The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-21
NEW YORK CLUBS IN BIC LEAGUES
 FAVORED TO WIN
Giants Have Comfortable Lead, with Yankees Ahead
 of Cleveland.

CHICAGO, Sept. 21. = The New York Giants mad rush for the Ma ticnal League pennant was set back a notch yesterday when the lowly Cubs did the unexpected and trim med the visitors by a score of z to 6. Pittsburgh and Brooklyn. scheduled Smoky City yesterday, did not play. SO the Giants defeat gave their Pirate rivals only nalf-game ad vantage
 The Giants, according to the re- vised standings published today, now have lead of three full games, which is tremendous advantage at this stage of the race. 'The Pitts bnrgh players have not given up hope however, and will battle to series they play three games with Philadelphia on their own grounds and then wind up the season at St. Louis in a foursan1e series with the Cardinals. They ought to win most of their games with the Dodgers and the Phillies but they will be lucky to take into camp the Cardinals who are only three games in the rear and playing sensational ball. If the season were a month longer the Car dinals would be real pennont con- tenders. although they will just l.. ai,a .a.,
 The Giants have one more game to play in Chicago today, then they play at St. Louis on the 23rd, 24th and 25th. They rest for nearly a week before taking on Philadelphia October 1, and wind up the season at Brooklyn the next cay.
 Yankees in Lead.
 The New York Yankees frightened their hold on first place in the American League by beating Detroit to while Cleveland was losing to Boston ' to 4. Babe Ruth and his assistants are now one and a half games in the lead and will be hard to dislodge. The rest of the seasons schedule favOrs them, as they play most of their games on the Polo grounds.
 The official scheduled called for St. Louis to be playing at New York yesterday, today and tomorrow, with Detroit at Philadelphia but there has evidently been a switch, according to the report of yester- days scores. The schedule for the remainder of the season places St. Louis at New Rork Sept 21, ..22; fer what will undoubtedly be the real crucial series, Sept. 23, 24, 25 The Yankees play at Boston Sept. 27 2S, at Philadelphia Sept. 29, 30, then finish the season al home with Boston October 2
 Cleveland plays at Boston today and tomorrow and after the New York series finishes the season ai Chicago Sept. 29, 90 and October l and 2
 The grand old game is full of up sets, but indications now are that | uHleSS tltUtT tedu CTdCkS uHu6T tUt strain between now and the finish the Yankees and Giants will battle for the worlds championship on thu Polo Grounds next month.
 Close Race on Coast.
 In the Pacific Coast League i being waged as hot a fight for tht pennant as in the big leagues, witt 1 three clubs running neck and necl i for the lead and a fourth having ! fair chance to nose out ahead. Lo Angeles today is leading San Fran cisco by only half a game and Sac ramento by only one game. Seattl, is five games behind.
 Los Angeles opens at Seattle to day. If the Indians stage a winnin; streak against the Angels this weel and against the Seals the next week the final one of the season, they ma, land the pennant, but it is a forlorl hope Manager Kenworthy is leading
 The Indians failed to climb at tn expense of Portland last week, aa, seem to have lost their punch. Tn Seals should have fairly easy pick ings at Portland this week but vii have to extend themselves to. bea out Seattle next week, Los Angele tgoes to Portland next week.. Sac