New-York tribune., 1919-08-19
Giants Chances
For Flag To Be
Settled i'm Week
Locals Must Sweep Series
With Cards and Pirates
TO Remain in the Race
w. O. Mcclellan


The somewhat dcspondent Giants
will take on the Cubs twice this after
noon If tho st. Swithining permits. The
Cubs have yet to win a game at the
Polo Grounds this season. and this will
be their last chance. After the Cubs
come the Cardinals, Major Rickcys
"Lost Battalion" The Giants figure
that they have a chance to come back
chance
The Giants seem to have struck a
run of luck of the sort encountered by
Wild William Donovan when William
was handling the Yanks. Scvcnty-fvc
per cent of the veteran inficld is on
the sick list and Toney and Douglas,
those two delicate pitchers. are pale
and interesting invalids The fragilty
of these athletes will block any chance
that the Giants might have had to take
advantage of the mathematical chance
thcy still have for the pcnnant
This Week to Decide
This week may como close to dccid-
ing the pennant race. Unless the Giants
can tear right into the Cardinals and
the Pirates, who come after them. it
VIII be quite settled that New Workers
Will have to travel for the worlds
series or stay at home and watch the
Giants quarrel with the Yanks for the
championship of Manhattan.
1t is hardly possible that McGraw
can strengthen the Giants by trades
or purchases at this late stage Of the
game. Nobody has any athletes to sell
or trade
Fcrdic Schupp, who was the pitching
I sensation of tho fanrr,,a nd 81
pitching despair, when he was with the
Giants, will be here tomorrow with
the Cardinals. Ferdinand may be
started against his former club. That
might cure him. Most of tho PLAYERS
released by the Giants of late seem to
break right into a fever of playinp.
Take Heinie Groh and Bill Raridcn,
VINO are now playing brilliant ball for
the Cincinnati Reds
The Series in 'Cincy"
The probability that at least part Of
the worlds series will be plaved in
Cincinnati this year suggests that steps
/ ought to be taken for the visiting team
Inc Cincinnati fans are such rabid
/ partlsans that unless there is a Gordon
OF Federal troops thrown around the
grounds the account of the game by
innings VIII read something like this:
IRST INNING: Leibold singled to
right and was hit over the head bv a
brick thrown from the blcachers by a
/ loyal Cincinnati fan. The player was
taken to the Emergency HosDital.
where it was found that his skull was
fractured. The umpire called him out
ne was out for an hour and half.
Eddle Collins beat bunt and reached
nrSt; AS ne started to take lead off
the bag his foot was caught in bear
trap which had been cunningly con-
ccealed there by the Cincinnati ground
keeper. He was tagged out by Jake
Daubcrt. Buck Weaver hit a two -hag-
ger to left Just as he reached second
base he was very neatly blown up bv
mana grenade thrown by soldier
rooter or CINCINNATI, who had become
pfoncient IN bombing while abroad.
,.,, SLCOND 10 lNNlNG: Joe Jackson
knocked the ball out of the lot for what
threatened to be home run. but lust
as he was rounding third base a picked
squad from the Cincinnati Schuetzon
Verein opened fire, and jackson
dropped, shot through both LEGS. os he
tried to reach for the bag While the
crowd was cheering this fine marks
m1ra,nShlp 1ri,p Umpire Hildebrand gave
was played on the offending arbitrafor
and Umpire Connolly, the surviving
umpire, declared that Felsch had struck
out Gandi flied out to centre field
ana was applauded by the generous
minded Cincinnati fans.
ilayirg Host to the Bows
THIRD INNING: Risberg was about
TO W peat mt to first when Rafferty, the
KAT, one OF the most ardent fans amonq
'ne Olhclnnatl gunner, crept up behind
and dropped him with blackjack a
yYard on the base. Roush dropped a
inner by Schaik but before the White
SoX catcher could reach first ladv
rushed out from field box and threw
vtrlol into his face. There was
| slight interruption of the game at this
point when Cicotte, the White Sow
pitcher, was seen to drop dead II
seems that somebody had the fore.
thought to put little cyanide of 10
tasslum into the visitors drjnking
wiser 'is
FOURTH INNING: The crowd de-
scended into the field with rope and
1Thched 1yI: Kid GLEASON, manager Of the
hltc SoX. Th"fans got good deal
OIL enjoyment watching him kick after
ne had been holstcd to a beam in tho
grandstand. In the meantime I7mniro
connolly, observing that the Chamber
OF commerce was heading in his djrnc-
lion' suggestively rolling a couple of
Darrels OF tar, while the Patrio+ic
Daughtcrs of Cincinnati marched be-
nlnd, each of the ladies carrvinr =
1eather pillow, declared the game and
1he series forfeited to Cincinnati
weights were tied to the feet of vic
ting baseball reporters, after which
they were thrown into the river