Evening star., 1919-08-20
Detroit UNLIKELY
TO WIN PENNANT
Task of 0vertaking White
Sox Seems Too Great
to Accomplish.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

B DEN MAN 4hOIA1 60V.
CHICAGO, ILL.,. August 20.-The
enarmity of the task confronting the
Tigers in their effort to overhaul the
WHITE Sox was illustrated yesterday
The men of Jennings decisively de-
feafsd the Griffmen. The count was
70. and when the scoreboard showed
the Mackmen to have obtained SIX
run lead over Chicago hopes of De-
troit fans that the margin between
the Tigers and White Sox would be
reduced went soaring, only to slump
when the Gleasons came from behind
and pounded out an S-to-7 win With
the dependable hurlers, Cicotte and
Williams. Chicago is making great
race Sof it Even this pair is jolted
rather frequently, but the fact that
Gleason has been able to keep his club
in front, despite pitching troubles ana
Injuries to three of the regular IN
fielders, just about answers the ques-
tion where the American League nag
will fly this fall.
In the National League the Reds
have stubbornly refused to crack, and
with but little more than month
remaining 1t now appears almost a
certainty the worlds series will be
contested in Cincinnati and Chicago.
The Reds have a lead of six games.
and recently demonstrated their SUI
periority over the Giants. their only
rivals. The distance separating the
Tigers and White Sox is five games.
If the Jungaleers can manage to ad-
vance a couple notches during the
coming trip east they will have
fighting chance to cop, for the sched-
ule calls for them to wind up the
season with three games in the
~,x ant ha
series with chance for the flag
what a swapping, snarling set u bat
ties will be enacted on Comiskey
Field.
II Detroit proves unequal to the
task of making the grade to the
crest it at least will have firmly es-
tablished one fact this year, that as
a ball town it has few equals and no
talk of dropping the city and trans
ferring Its franchise to Baltimore or
some- other place, yet the fans there
turned out $4,000 strong Sunday,
say Of ths Week n and eaessded 1906
yesterday, approximately $4,000 in
three days and to see the Nationals,
. seventh place club.
The Griffiess Griffmen appeared to
be just that yesterdays seventh
place club. For three innings, dur
Ing which Harper had slightly the
better of the argument with Dauss. it
was a contest, then the symptoms
Harper gave of falling into his old
bad habits forecast the outcome and
by the fifth frame it had developed
into rout. Janvrin' single in the open
er was wasted when he was doubled
up with Milan, but in the third Leon
ards-long double to right, AgneWs
sacrifice and Harper's slow bounder
over the pitchers box produced a
run. Dauss frightened thereafter and
was not threatened again until the
ninth, when, with six-run lead, he
eassd up enough to permit an addt-
tional tally on hits by Rice. Menosay y
for. two bases. This brought. Gill into
the,gaxne In the eighth. and. after dis
posing Of one man, pass. Jones
triple and - single s,. py ~. Aansmi,1 nn1r n
makers.
The ferrying to Shreveport Of Wheel
er p Fuller. the ex,iIeptenant;; ns wn4 saft
Warrington and whose only work
As II National was the lacing he re-
ceived in an exhibition game at To-
led9. is supposed to be part or the
oSsili.
Members of the team speak highly
L
Of tie trio of players that a dispatch
from Akron says have been pur-
chaAed from Mike Kahoe's Akron
team. The other two players are
Pitoher Fischer and Shortstop Lind
say. They probably VIII Iepors At
the team returns to the capital early
next month.
Msnaeer Grifith is expected to send
qeo!ge Erickson against, sh 3, the ne Mn;ss s.niss
herd, today, with Johnson and Shaw
folloring in that order tomorrow
and.Friday.
urEpire Ollie Chill left the contest
N Detroit yesterday nat after the
sixth inning to catch a train for some
placb or other. although probably not
where the various players and man
ayers in the circuit have advised him
% often to go. Brick Owens ran the
did . good job of it.
TIE Griffs held their lead only long
enough for the Tigers to go to bat in
the fhird. when Harper made 1t easy
sacrifices by Young and Cobb COM
pleting the job. Heilmann's hot
smash past Janvrfn, a walk to Flag
stead and Jones' single gave the
Junglemen a One-run lead In the
fourth, and in the following frame
all question as to the outcome vanished
when three alien runs spattered over
the plate Rice muffed Dauss' long
~ to start with. the pitcher making
second. He was safe at third on
Ghafrity's poor throw to Leonard of
Bus6,s grounder. Young forced Bush,
Cobb. was credited with hit that
11lled the bases when Agnew got his
tap .ss,and fired to Shanks too late
to force Young. Veach's long drive
10 Rice allowed Dauss to score
and his mates to advance a notch,
and sboth cashed when Heilmann sin
gled.' past Charity.
Manager pro tenn. Mcbride figured
Harper had had enough and called on
Judge to hit for him in the sixth,
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary then 60
ing 10 the rubber. JeZebel Tecumseh
etc.. eased by in the sixth and had a
miraculous escape in the seventh,
when, despite a double and two sin
gle&, the Tigers failed to tally, so
when Agnew hit safely with two gone
IN the eighth Picinich sticked for the
auburn-thatched southpaw and sent
Agnew to second with a single, but