Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-09-20


pennant. /, still is a ma themati-
cal possibility for either the Giants
or Reds to win but ii is not at all
q probability. The Brooklyn pitch
/ ers are still in the winning form
that has kept the team around the
top all season and the rest of the
team has struck winning stride,
! hitting and fielding in manner
that has taken much of the strain
| off the pitchers just at the time
! when they needed real support.
| The Dodgers pitchers have deliv-
| cred the goods in such IA manner
| throughout the season as seems to
have given the team confidence for
the final dash and set them out in
front with a comfortable margin
two weeks before the curtain
| drops.
A different situation obtains in
! the American league, With about
two weeks more remaining, Cleve-
land, New York and Chicago are
stiIl very much in the running.
Any one of the three still can win
and the outcome of remaining
games is very important A few
victories and defeats would COM
! pletely change the standings. New
! York has finished its schedule with
| the Indians and White Sox but the
Indians and White Sox still have
| three games to play at Cleveland.
1t is just possible that results be-
| fore that three game series will
! largely determine the winner OF
the pennant. but it is very likely
! that much will depend upon that
series which starts Thursday on
| the Indians home grounds.
The Indians pitching staff has
been strengthened greatly by the
addition of Walter Mails. who con-
tributed four victories in his first
four starts in the league. Sewell,
the new shortstop obtained by
| Speaker, also has been a help to
the team. playing a good fielding
game and hitting welt The In
/ tians thus look stronger than they
have been since the fatal injury to
! Chapman.
Just about the time New York
| fans were beginning to think the
| Yankees were out in front to stay,
4 the White Sex pulled them out of
first place and the Indians climbed
back to the top rung.
Those pesky Pirates have been
very troublesome to the Giants
| this year, as in former years. But
for the defeats suffered at the
hands of the Pittsburgh bunch Nc
Graw would be nearer the ton OF
the National league ladder. How
ever there is no room In tlrst
place for any team but Brooklyn,
so McGraw need not worry.
!. All of the bone-head plays are
not made in the minors, In a game
against Pittsburgh, George kelly'
of the Giants, batted out of his turn
and singled. Manager Gibson theh
called attention of the umpire TO
the fact and Kelly was called out,
losing his hit. .-.--.
~ Teams having. postponed games
i now are making an effort to play
them before the season closes as
parts of double headers. AS usual
a number of games cannot be
played owing to the arrangement
| Of the schedules.
The only perfect game pitched
this year is to the credit OF Jim
Parks. of the Drumright team OF
the Western league, against Paw
huska, the first of September
ONLY twenty seven men faced hlm
and twelve famed only two relis
were hit to the outfield, both easy
| flies. Parks teammates gave nm
perfect support, all their chances
| being easy. Perfect games are
very scarce and the pitcher VINO
turns one in is deserving of great
credit.
Cornelius McGllicuddy, other
wise known as Connie Mack, man
tagerr of the lowly hut promising
! Athletics, is not the only man OF
| that name in professional base
ball. For Connie has two sons that
know something about the great
rational pastime. Roy McGilil-
cuddy is trying to purchase the
Rochester club of the lnterna.
tional league, and it is said the deai
likely will be closed so that young
Mack can take over the club al
the close of the season, Earl MACK
another son of the tall tacticlan
now is managing the Moline team
of the Three-I league. He may De
associated with Roy If the deal Is
CCnsumated
There is talk of an inter-city
series between the Giants and
Yankees in the event neither of the
New York teams win a pennant.
AS a result of, the fatal injury to
raw Chapman several baseball
writer's are advocating a rule abol-
ishing the underhand delivery oil
which Carl Mays is the chief, eX-
ponent 1t is argued that the de-
livery is much more dangerous
than other forms Of delivery--the
side-arm or overhand-since the
ball rises as it approaches the pat
ter and makes it difficult for the
after to gauge. Mays prSbably IS
the only pitcher that such rule
would materially affect as he re-
lies on his "suhmarine" delivery alT
most exclusively. The few other
pitchers who use it do not depend
upon 1t to any great extent.
George Sisler, Browns first base
man, and Rogers Hornspy, Cardin.
ais second sacker, are credited
with having batted in most runs
in their respective leagues. Records
show that in 120 games Sisler
batted in ninety three runs and
scored 103 himself. In the same |
number of games Hornsby batted |
IS of his team mates over the
plate and scored seventy-five him
self.
Harry Harper of the Little Rock |
Southern league team hit safely in |
thirty-two consecutive games be-
fore he was stopped This is be-
lieved to be the record for the sea-