The evening world., 1918-06-12
GIANTS, OUTGENERAED,
LOSE FIRST GAME TOCUBS
Home Club Has All the Breaks in Its Favor, Including Umpire
Emsie's Decision Calling Mccarthy Safe in Fourth, Although
He Was Out Twice, Which Enabled New York to Score the
Tying Run.

Weaver, one OF their young pitchers,
Is at home to enlist. IL he has bean
accepted the Cubs are under the
player limit and can use Alex rs often
as he anti to work, and he told me
yesterday that he wants to work day
and night against the Giants.
The Cubs were wiring frantlcAlly
yesterday to get permission to use
Alex, and they will use him in this
series IL they hear that Weaver has
been accepted.
Alex looks wonderfully well In his
Khaki and he Is prouder OF IL than
ne ever was Of his last one.
THE Yanks lost Pnother heart
breaker 10 Cleveland yesterday.
but did not lose much ground in the
American League pennant race as the
Red Sox got their trimmings at Chi
cago.
The big thing in the American
League race yesterday was the deser-
ton OF the White sox by Lefty Will
Jams and Byrd Lynn, who jumped the
white Sox to go TO a Shipyards team
so as to escape army service. WILL
Jams has been the most dependable
pltcher the White Sox have had up
10 date n Lynn wns the second
catcher on the club. Both were i'm
the first call OF the draft and thew
Jumped 10 the putty and paint lea gus
win assurances that they will not be
called for army duty.
| am at liberty TO tell now what
President Comiskey said when the
two players notified him that they
were quitting the club. He naid:
Turn in your uniforms and KitteIl
out OF here. II o won't fight for
your country you amt anne enough
to night for your ball club"
The loss OF Williams, who IL the
strongest left-handed pitcher and per.
haps tho greatest single asset Of the
club. hurts The chances OF the Worlds
Champions. The pitching stafr is left
short-handed, In spite of the fact
that S~hellenback has developed RAPID
~ n Is n OF the best young mitch
ers in the league and that Eddie
Cicotte is coming back.
The fact is that every team In the
American League, with the single eN-
ception or n St Louis Browns, is
short on pitchers, and some of them
cannot stand the loss OF even one
pitcher. The Browns have now min.
pitchers and they will not trade
which means that they are waiting
TO make their race when the pitch.
etS OF the other teams begin TO weai
down. az they are bound TO do when
the work gets hotter and the work
harder.
The outlook for the next week OF
the Hanks' Western tour Ia moi
promising. The team has been 20
ing at top speed, and the pitchinr
staff, short handed as II Ls, has beer
doing wonderful work. but IL is moi
In the best shape TO stand a hard
series. To take a weakened pitching
staff into Cleveland and Detroit, cs.
pecially with the Tigers starting e
hit as they are. Is dangerous.
Brooklyn failed to play yesterday
the grounds being soaked from tn,
heavy rains OF the night and morn
ing, and the Reds came up to tn,
Polo Grounds and watched the battl,
Of tho Cubs and Giants. The Red
are feeling pretty comfortable. The!
think that the Giants arcs slumpinj
badly and liable never 20 stop slump
ing. and they have small faith in tn,
CUBE, believing that Mitchells team
will crack when Killifer leaves to joii
the army,
After looking the Cubs over, I an
Of the opinion that they are now a
the same stage of proceedings tina
the Giants were a month ago-goinI
too fast, hitting too hard, and tina
they are bound TO slump. All o
which makes the Reds look better an,
better.