Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-24

In So games played since June -
the Gotham entry has won Sc ana
lost 10, a 655 pace, and climbed from
the cellar to third place. within two
games of the pinnacle. Whether this
squirt is an earnest of its true cal
iber or merely a flash in the pan
should be definitely determined by the
intersectional series just started on
the fields of the western teams Their
present tour along the frontier VIII
make or break the Giants. II tneS
. can come through without suffering
/. any great loss OF ground they Will be
} in a strategic position to make de-
1ermined bid for the title later when
. they return to their own GROUNDS LOT
. the majority of their remaining
(: games Their previous western per
5 formances foster the belief that they
will be able to stand the gan as tties
/. won II games against IL lost on 'helT
. first two excursions. and SINCE the ldss
q week in June have clearly outptayeu
: their rivals, their 36 victories and j?
: defeats overshadowinG the records OF
the Dodgers. who have won 81 ana
:. lost ;26, and the. Reds, who have won
: 81 and lost %
Winner May Set Low Mark.
e But regardless of whether Giants.
sSReds or Dodgers cop it seems PROB
Z able that the successful club will
reach the goal with the smallest per
scentage of victories that ever cap
sfured a flag in either OF the Dig
@-leagues. AT the start of the race the
field in the National League appeared
ITO be SO evenly balanced that the
gdopesters vouchsafed the opinion that
80 victories would be sufficient TO re-
furn the winner, and indications now
ARE that the feat will be accomplished
with an even smaller number OF WINS.
Ninety triumphs in total OF lo4
esames played would give percent
age of ..5s4. and that is higher mark
by Is points than the pace-settlnS
Reds now boast. If the present see
saving tactics of the contenders is
xcontinued to the end of the campaign
at is assured the champions Will own
"a smaller percentage than ever De-
lore landed a title in the MAJORS. II
5 is almost a foregone conclusion now
cthat the winner will be under the
800 mark, and that has happened but
: once in the annals of the National
league the exception being furnish
.aed by the PhilIies. who finished hrst
.1yn's sos in 1900 was the next lowest
!, mark, and the percentages OF other
spennant winners range up to -79s, set
by Chicago in 1880
: In the American League three flags
: have been annexed with percentages
. under 500, Detroit in 1908, with .5SS:
: Boston in 1916. with -591. and the Red
Sox again in the curtailed campaign
. of two years ago, with .o9o NOW
: with only six weeks of the season re-
. manning. the Reds are riding at the
/. crest with a percentage of 81. ana
! the prospects are that the loWest
/. winning mark for the majors may be
4 ,.t,, al Nv IN IL n0ntS,
: Olympic Airing Is Needed.
I. Despite the fact that the splendid
: performances of athletes such as Pad
= dock. Looms. Foss. Ryan, Woodring,
. 1.andon and Hamilton resulted in the
. smashing of more than one record and
+. enabled the United States to run up
: a top-heavy margin in the. point to-
: tails, the extremely disappointing
showing made by other Yankee con-
: tenders. including Ray, Eby, Murch-
: inson, Meredith and Shea, has caused
Z followers of sports in this country
= to reach the conclusion that good
. airing of the methods used in conduct
!. ing Americas participation in the 1920
: Olympics is necessary to prevent
Z repetition four years hence of condi-
: lions which from all accounts must
: be regarded as deplora BILE.
(. From many quarters complaints
!. are heard of the manner in which
F. the American team was assembled and
: has been directed bungling. mfsman-
aeement and misjudgment being
terms frequently used by disgruntled
/. persons in reference to both the A.
u. officials and the Olympic com
. mittee. How much basis there is for
/. criticism directed against the men
/. who have. been in charge has not been
established but IL is probable that
= when the American Olympic team re-
turns its members will have much to
say. and the fun story may precipi
tate something approximate ting a
scandal.