Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-04
TENSER TENSION DUE
IN BIC LEAGUE RACES
Teams as Low as Fifth Place
Have Chance TO Cop Rag
on Either Circuit.
Hy Wrsthrnok PcgIcr.

NEW YORK. Aug. a.-Th,S, hn:a-
nhii races are tight as a crown prince
%" IN '"rnnai'"n DAY in the front posi-
uonS Of both leagues ana have been
lieht Tor weeks But now the strIr-
nSncN IS spreading as car down az
MN place in tn" National. where
nocrnt blood of the inoffrnsivs
braves. and down to the Indians in
N" american. VII" sim have a chance
after their unexpected ran Of twelve
consecutive Victories. From No ~
NO. In both leagues. then. any club
,na! win pcnnant. and there's
nronisc OF i"nscr tension in tho re-
manning ouc-third of the schedules
iuturc/ tense.
Even though the Giants pulled
themselves together and whipped Tho
OF the championship defense at the
Folio Grounds. the Pirates suffered no
s"tIacl,. For tho Pirates won in
Boston. To !. Whitley Gia2nrr per-
uniting only four hits. The pirar.>
ar" about nine games on, Of first
position ana that's "a lot of games a.
any time OF the year but the mir
aclc Braves OF u drawer age of base
hnIi gave proof that ANYTHING can
Tine Pirates pitchers have been
Screnmine along like nrcmeu going
pech going very badly.
hickey I.nmdcst Player
Thc Cardinals pitchers GO into ,h.
box expecting to 10 knoclkad right
OUT. ana no man is more surprised TO
win SO many ball games with such a
pitching staff than Branch Hickey.
TN" cardinals manager. who emit
understand what docs the ,ri,:t. IN
i"Ss rs prayer and an attitud. o,
onels Of centre college " prayed n no
NOR" than some hnIl PLAYERS.
They just prayed louder.
u" cardinals. iucidcntallv. dug
a. i'm H..
he Giants. when they wha,cd the
'nniIies III Philadelphia today. : to /.
ne cubs nav" been Il sirrrisc and
"A puzzle all season. with only the
m"rest nucleus of seasoned bali PLAY
RS TO steady Il Juvenile aud mex
pcricncrd rank and tlc. Th"y nave
been matntatned close to tn" lead
err lately. not 50 much ~ their own
.!'t"TicS. as by IN" miSfOrtuucS OF the
Giants and Cardinals, for the Cards
u,'ppred hy' and n" Giants matched
the Cincinnati Reds. with pitch
ius stan that "utclassrs the rest
ne team, and keeps the sat"r-
Erau' blooming. in the bouquet OF
Dodgers Thursday. 1 to =. but IL
w%Sht poor pitching that cost the ia
q hail game II was better pitching
10y RurlciEh Grimes. Of the Dodgers.
VINO gave only four hits. while H.Ney
aud Gillespie gave hu; seven.
Tigers Are Menace.
III we NI'tI lNdH League the | 4, IS
are scratching menace I" the asp!ra.
tons OF the Browns and Yankees
without Discrimination They won
two ball games from the Red Soy IN
Detroit today. {" o and to :. and
Herman fillettc. VIII" was tossed In
CAV" Just tw" hits. which - known
rs very elegant pitching wnurcycr
pitching j. followed as "a trade. Dauss
~" Ehmk" E"y" sin ia 'hc second.
- . a., Hl.Nf IL
dams rcs"mhi"d a nickel matching
contest The YIuks called It heads
with one run In the tenth ami heads
X came. The score WAS Ia t. =. and
every body pitched hut iris Speaker
and Miller ilUggins TIA, browns
beat the Athletics III -. Lewis . to
= and maintained their lead The
y. hitc SoN lost 10 the Senator's in chi
cago. 10 q. being held to -FOUR hits
| ny George MoSridRc
The Tigers now hav" won nftv- SIN
/ games. The browns and NankS each
/ have won hfty-niue. IN" Tigers hav"
/ los, forty seven. the Browns forty
[ two, and "a lankS forty-four. So
/ the Tigers would appear &" bc only
| three and Onc-half games removed
! from the load At "a tim" when an i'm
J rrtuous rush might carry them Into
/ FIRST place ana over the line To a
/ r"nnant. With one more good pitch
/ ~. they would b. a more likely bet.
! b'ckie Kerr. who wasn't worth S2.-
/ GOO more 10 the White S"N, nigh;
| nave placed the Sox higher In III
| race. and when the season ~ pasted
| into tho scraphook the figures may
indicate that Kcrrs detection cost
the son a pcnnant
There is no way OF proving these
| in favor of baseball. Anything cal
! happen: anything might have hap.
/ pcu"d. Your own argument Is t.ir
only one. and the next mans is jus,
good