The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-30

 "A CCOBDINC to precedent, there is h considerable truth in the base ball proverb that whatever team leads in the blk league race in the last week of May has tho peunant cinched. Thccr arc exceptions to all rules and proverbs. but it is a fact that during tho past decade or so the champion ship had just about been decided by teh last day of the merry month of May.
 Back in 1909 the last of May found Detriot leading the American League with Philadelphia second, and that was the way they finished. On May S1 19O9 the National League standing was Pittsburg first. Cricago second and New York third. which was also the final standing. In 1910. on the last of N1ay. the American League race was led by Philadelphia, with New York. Detriot, Boston. Cleveland fol- lowing in the order named. They finished that way. Chicago. New York and PittsburE were first, secondd and third in the National on May 30 and at the finish of the 1910 season. In the following year the dope was a bit off in both leagues. New York which won the pennant in the National was the leader on the 1atal last of Mty. and Philadelphia, Chicago and Pitts burg were the other first division
 
 had dropped from second to fourth
 In the American League in 1911 the proverb fell down utterl. as the last week of May found Detroit in the lead by so wide a margin that it did not appear that any other team could ever catch up with it. Philadelphia was second. Boston third and Chica- go fourth. At the windup Philadelphia led, Detroit was second, Cleveland third and Chicago fourth. Cleveland climbed from sixth to third place after the last of May, and Boston fell from third to fifth. In fact, Washington and St. Louis. seventh and eighth places respectively, were the only American League teams that contine- ed through the season true to their last of May form.
 While there are departures from the rule, the teams that are out in front at the end of this week will have excellent chances of getting the coveted flag.
 M ANY baseball sharps are begin IVA ming to believe that Ross Young of the New York Giants is 8 faster runner than Ty Cobb on the bases. Young certainly has developed into one of the greatest ball players in the profession. He is hitting splendidly and may be the National Leagues champion batsman this year. In the field Young is covering much ground and is making hard catches look easy. Cobb has always been won derful base runner. but those who have closely observed Young insist that he is unexcelled in speed. So far. Young is leading the National League in batting. and it is not an ac- cident.
 " ANYEE SULLIVAN, one of the | earliest of American pugilisdc champins, died in San Francisco 61 years ago tomorrow. May 31. 1858. After quitting the ring Yankee" went to California and engaged in political and other activities which brought upon him the displeasure of the vigilantes. His sudden end, whiiec onfined in the fortress" of the vigiIantes, was supposedly self-in- ficted, and aroused nationwide protest against the methods of the self-constituted rulers of San Fran cisco.
 Sullivan, whose real name is given as James Ambrose and Frank Amor, was born in London of Irish parents. He started fighting in New York, and later won the middieweight cham pionship of England. after which he returned to America and fought for the American hsayywetght title He v 1s.-S1 S13s " @=s =. 'Fs