Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-05

III ana WIN the pennant and ever
the eighth club, Philadelphia, if i;
should strike winning pace whilt
the others divided their games
could force its way to the top in
a couple of weeks. No team is SC
far away that it don't have a
chance. However, class should
tell eventually and the race
should sparrow down between four
| or five~eams It's a case of take
lyour pick and await results. In
any event, everything indicates
Ethat the team that eventually wins
win not be able to show large
percentage Of victories since the
strength seems to be pretty even
| ly divided. 1t is going to be
largely a question of pitching
There is not team in the league
that can be said to be real slug
gers and none of them have
shown an excess of class"
The race in the American
league is much closer than in the
older organization. Not SO many
teams have chance. While Cleve-
land and New York have shown
the greatest strength and many
predict that they will fight it out
for first place; Chicago must not
be overlooked as a contender oW-
ing to the rounding into form of
nj OPS pf In Ia &c,
come through as n winner, Glea-
son now has three winning pitch
ers as Williams and Cicotte are
going well. Gleason practically won
year. OF course, Boston, Wash
ington and st. Louis are not so far :,
down that they are impossible !
ties but on present form they
cannot make the grade.
The Yankees, assisted greatly |
by Babe Ruth, slugged their way |
into first place by the fraction of |
a point July /, aided by BUSH
league playing by the tail-end
Athletics, while the Indians were
idle. The Yankees and Indians
have been running practically neck
and neck for weeks and on pres
ent form might swap first place
several times in the next week or
two. 1t has been the hitting abil-
ity of each team that has kept
them up as their pitching has been
nj lar oh,
tains for a couple of weeks the
Indians should profit most since
they are a smarter" ball team
than the Yankees Given a fair
Of good pitching Speak
er's tribe with its speed and brains
will lead the way. The Hugmen,
however, now have the advantage
of playing a long series on the
Polo grounds while the tribe Is
on the road playing a schedule
that calls for thirty games. ,
If they had been awarding boobie ,
Drizes in the American league dur
ng the last five years the Attn
eticS could have had a curio shop
~ now with excellent prospects
or more trophies early in October :.
1t looks like it will not take
more than a percentage of $50 to
win the National league pennant.
BY getting two home runs. one ,
n each game Of doubleheader,
N June 80, Babe Ruth entered the '
month of July with a total of ;
Last year on June
0 he made his seventh home run. y
lis eighth did not come until July =,
+. He made eight circuit swats >
ist July. If he can do as well this .
lonth he will have topped his last +
eason's record by three and still
ave over two months to go. =
After losing eighteen straight !
re Athletics had a winning streak =
nat lasted one day--a double -
eader not being scheduled. Doubt .
'ss that was the reason. y
Ty Cobb is expected to join the
igers at New York July 7, but is
OF expected to appear in the line
p for several days more as his
e is said to be still sore. Ty is %
noted as saying that lie fears his ~
Jury will prevent him fr ON lead -,
lg the league in batting this sea- ~'
IN as he was just getting started r,
n his best year when ha got hurt &c
George Sisler keeps up his pres -
1T pace it will take ,450 to beat r.
i'm. Cobb's best year was in 1911 "
hen he batted APO. b..
Speaking of batting averages, C.
apolien I4ajoie, former Cleveland ca
cond baseman, batted 1922 in
'01--the highest average made in Te
e American league up to the
resent time. No person has Ca
'tted 400 in the National league Ga
the last nineteen years. In 1899,
'wever Delehanty. Philadelphia, r,
t for an average of .40S. In 1894
uffy of Boston, then in the Ma
1nal league. hit for an average
.4SS but pitching conditions W.
en- and now differed. favoring Sc
Q batter s ns
ian
Ihe reason more bases are not Al
oien these days is because the
ISerunnerS are not able tn solya W.
e pitchers delivery and take afSe
al, according to Lee Fohl erst- 1
ale cleveland manager and now lar,
aeh of the Browns. F'ohl rightly tBa
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