Evening star., 1922-06-23

MI told, twenty-eiSht games are
listed for disposal before the Griff-
men again hit the trail. Following
three tllts with the Mackmen run
ming through sunday. "A couple of off
days are afforded before the slipping
Yankees arrive for Il brace of battles
Another day of idleness. next Friday.
and the Red SoX come for contests
on saturday and sunday. with morn
ing and afternoon games listed for
Tuesday. July t. after another day
OF rest. Two more afternoons of
idleness then ensue before the real
grind gets under way Six games in
four days are scheduled with the
Tigers. starting July !. and. follow
ing the Cobbmcn. four games each
are booked with the White SoX.
Browns and Indians This will carry
the schedule up to Sunday. July 23,
when single set-to with the MackS
VIII precede a tour including every
city in the wheel except New York.
Despite the loss of one game more
than they captured in the swing
through he west just ended. the Ma
tionalS made better showing with
their : wins and y defeats than the
Yankees. who took as many and
dropped | more, while the Red SoX
won and lost II and the AS won
only to offset II reverses.
Tigers Sensation of League.
The Tigers proved the sensation
OF the league during the recent in
vaSion. having a record of 13 wins
against only 3 defeats. while the
Browns. now leading the league. tied
with the White SoX at 10 and 6. The
Indians record was and s.
Us section. the west demonstrated
Il great margin Of superiority. win
ming 50 games against % defeats, and
that this edge is not due entirely
to playing at home is indicated by
the fact that, including their recent
hike along the Atlantic seahoarG. the
sunset division has compiled % wins
against 81 defeats.
Including all games in both inter-
sectional clashes. the Tigers top the
procession with a record of 23 and s.
with the Browns in second place, II
and l.. The Nationals rate third.
their Is and IA. for an average of
than the mark of the Yankees. with
record of 16 and 10. The others
stand in this order: White Sox. 13
and Il; Indians u and Il; Athletics,
IL and Il: Red Sox. 10 and 10.
In the National League the eastern
contingent scored over the west in the
invasion just ended by twenty-eight
games 20 twenty-three. due largely to
the work of the Giants. who grabbed
ten Of thirteen games they played.
and. including both intcrsectional ses-
Sions. the east has a margin of sew
enty-nine won and seventy-three lost.
The foregoing summary of the re-
suits of clashes between sections thus
far indicates the west has a distinct
edge on the east in general strength
in the American League, and that the
eastern clubs are superior to those on
the other side of the Alleghenies in
the National League. although to a
lesser extent. but this dope may he
upset when the nexts shift in bases
gets under way two weeks hence
johnson Pitches Today.
Johnson had the best record of Mi
lan's pitchers in the tour just finished,
with two wins and no defeats. Zach
ary won three and lost one, Erickson
split even in two. Francis took one
and dropped two and MoSridge was
charged with four defeats. A fLke
homer cost George one 3-2 verdict in
St. Louis and his mates failed to get
any runs for him off Schupp the day
he limited Chicago to two tallies.
johnson, who hiked home after
blanking the White SOx last Sunday.
is booked to repel the Athletics here
this afternoon. Mack has a long list
of hurlers available for service. in
cluding Hastv. Heimach. Moore. Var
rison and Sullivan To date this sea-