The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09
YANKEES AND
BROWNS ONLY
STABLE TEAMS
0ther Members of Majors Have
Shifted Positions Time and .
Again.
By JOHN B. POSTER

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Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
New York, June 9.-The instabii-
.v of all of the American league
,sans. except New York and St
ynuis. has been the marked char
acteristic of the race.
Cleveland, for instance, has been
as high as second place and as low
az sixth. Washington has gone
rom eighth to third. Once the
Senators rose to fifth from eighth
and then dropped to the stokehole
again. Now they are up to third.
Boston went from fourth to sew
snth, then back to fourth and then
down to eighth and now is sixth.
philadelphia has rapbled between
third and sixth place all of the
season but not in eighth. Give EN-
credit. They have kept out of the
dungeon this year Chicago has
touched every key between third
Mace end eighth and Detroit slid
from seventh to eighth, then climb
ed to third and grayitated back to
sixth.
And while all OF this acrobatic
show has been going on the Yanks
have been in first grinning from
ear to ear and most OF the time the
st. Louis Browns have been sec
ond.
The National league has been
more sedate.
Chicago finished the first week in
first place and ever since then has
been gracefully stepping down the
ladder, two weeks in second, two
weeks in fourth, two weeks in sixth
and next week-who. knows? Gin
cinnati just as dexterously climbed
up. First in eight place, then three
weeks seventh, next three weeks
fifth. now fourth, and hopeful.
The Phillies took their natural
glide from fourth to eighth and
everybody felt sort of sorry to~see
the Phillies and Athletics part COM
pany. Brooklyn has been the real
little old vaciilator. She has dane
ed a hornpipe between fourth and
seventh. Pittsburgh sank. and now
It is getting its head above water
and St. Louis began humbly, shoi
up like a beanstalk, but has been
headed into the depths like a lead
sinker for the last 10 days. The
Giants have been extremely con-
sentative.
Big Scores.
Eight games were played in the
major leagues Tuesday and in five
of the games the winning team hao
seven runs. In one the winning
team had II runs and in the Other
two the combined scores of the
winning team, six and five. totalled
H.
Both New York teams have re
gained the winning habit at the ex'
pense of Chicago. Last year when
ever the Yanks met Chicago they
tumbled and the race frightened up
This year when they meet them thf
race expands and New York slip:
further into the lead. So with tbs
Giants. On the road the Cubs sim
ply fuss and get nowhere.
Perhaps the big event of Thurs
days round in the major league
strife was the first victory OF thu
st. Louis Nationals for the season
over Boston. Winning the gam
put an end to the rumor that 81
Louis wouldn't be able to beat Bos
ton all OF the year An event quit
as important in rs way was thu
beating Of the st. Louis Browns b.
the humble Bostons OF the Amer
can circuit 1t put another quirl
In the errctic manner in which tn
tail of the American league come
has been tapping itself this year
for Boston jumped out of last plac
to sixth and Chicago lonesomel
slid into the open cellar door. Will
the Athletics by being trimmed 10
the third time by Detroit relapse
into seventh place, a depresslo
they had hravely avoided all OF tn
season.
Washington has overcome all oh
stacles and il in third place wit
percentage OF more than 500
Honest effort will tell.
Cincinnati is Enthusiastically in IN
first division. Pat Moran's team g
all nations has lifted its lowl
frame from the tail end OF the Ma
tional to a position where 1t ma
make others dance and the Il toll
you so" are having the time OF thei
lives. George Burns. traded Clan
now belongs to the Reds and WI
be given a homecoming day at tn
Polo grounds Saturday to let folh