Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-13
ASSISTS FOR THE FANS
lBY FRED LANE.)

IBY FRI
With the National leagues
western teams making their final
Invasion of the east and the east
ern teams of the American league
making Their last stand in the
west, outcome of the pennant races
ia the two leagues are as uncer-
tain as ever and interest is at
its highest point. The races are
SO tight that results of few
days might completely change the
standings. About the only clubs |
that are sure of finishing in the
places they now occupy in the
percentage column are the two
representing Philadelphia. They
both have last place cinched.
Before meeting the western |
teams at home Brooklyn cleaned
up on Philadelphia and Boston by
taking four out of six games from
the tail-enders and two straight
from the Beaneaters. New YORK
grabbed four out of five from
Boston and three straight from
Philadelphia. Cincinnati finished
her home stand by defeating st.
Louis in four out OF five games
and Pittsburgh and Chicago broke |
even in six contests.
Before taking on the eastern
contingent Cleveland won four
games and lost one in five con-
tests with Detroit and St Louis !
The Tigers took one from the IN
dians in three attempts while the |
Browns dropped two-both on
Labor day Chicago beat st. Louis
three out of five and took tko out |
of three from Detroit, Meantime, |
playing at home, New York won |
five out of six starts by taking |
two out of three from Boston and
trouncing the Athletics three |
straight.
This has been the greatest year
baseball ever has experienced !
From a financial point of view
expectations have been exceeded |
since record breaking crowds have
been the rule since the start OF
the season. And interest in the
races in each league has been at
fever heat all the way due to the |
fact that so many teams Were
close contenders for first place. |
league Is pretty we'll settled by the
first of September. 1t is so uncer-
tain now, however, that the win
ners may not be known until very
close to the finish.
The owners Of the New York
Yankees decided that 1t would be /
unwise to take Pitcher Carl Mays !
who killed Ray Chapman by an
accidental pitch, to Cleveland pc
cause of the resentment among the
players and fans. 1t was an
Inounced from New York, however, |
that Mays would join his team at
Detroit, Feeling against him also
is bitter In Detroit.
That things have not been going
exactly to the liking of Manager
Pat Moran, of the Cincinnati
champions, is shown by his action
in asking waivers on Slim Sallee
and the filming of Nick Allen ana
Walter Reuther. Sallee has not been
able to win many games this year
and he blames his lack of effective
ness on the rule which prevents
him from using rosin to dry his
hands. He says his fingers per-
spire and he cannot control the |
ball.
Reuther pitched well during the
forepart of the season and was
largely responsible for the REDS
staying up in the race. or late,
however, he has been of little ac-
count and since Manager Moran |
fined him for not keeping in condi-
ton 1t seems likely that irregular
habits were largely responsible Tor
his failure to win more games
Catcher Allen also was fined for
failure TO keep in condition to play. !
Moran seems to have been having
his troubles but he has let it be
known that he is boss and that TACT
should help him some.
Some baseball writer's have eX-
pressed belief that the rule when
prohibits the application OF arg
foreign substance to the ball should
be modified before next season.
THE modification they suggest would
permit pitchers to use rosin to dry
their hands They contend that
this would not let down the bars
TO freak deliveries, but would en-
able pitchers to have better con-
troll. Fred Toney, OF the New
York Giants. blames his luck of ef-
fectiveness ON the new rule ana
several other pitchers also say
they can't control the ball without
rosin. There is no doubt that the
question of permitting pitchers 10
use rosin will be considered by the
rules committee this coming WIN /,
ter but there is no certainty ina
the rule will be tempered with. IL
will be contended by those VINO OPP
pose making the change that there
are very few pitchers who com
plain and that the majority are as
good without rosin as with It, The
argument also will be advanced
that to so amend the rule would
to an extent, again permit FREAK
pitching--the thing which the RUE
was intended to eliminate.
Jack Schenberg, pitcher, anu
Lyman Lamb, outfielder, have
been sold to the st. Louis Amerl-
cans by the ST. Paul club.
Elmer Myers, the lefthanded
pitcher whom Cleveland tried toI
convert into a winner, now is pitch
ing winning ball for Boston, where
he went for the waiver price,
Winnipeg and Edmonton, in the
Western Canadian league, recently
played nineteen innings. the Tor
mer winning, / to 0. Each side
used one pitcher.
Napoleon Lajoie, former second