Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-21
WINNING PIRATE SERIES
GREAT HELP TO GIANTS
Cardinals Come Out Of One
Slump, Go Into
Another.
A"r NEnr NEW Yonk MAiNsrAy
hrt.rhwnrn Have strengthened Posi-
ZION Since DouSI Hs EpIs0dc-f'ans
isk VIII" Are "The boys" Addressed
In Letter.
~ wr~tbrook i.cgl.r.

Lnit"d News stan Correspondent.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.--Iu less than
week the National Lcagu. has en-
Joy"d Il high-class scandal. and u
thorough rcJiggcrin8 OF the tickets
.or IN" big Prize in The annual rattle.
with pm Douglas more canned than
usual. and TIA" spirits Of the team IN
trhmpau upon condition. the Giants
turned about and SnatChcd the series
VINO only short t!mr ago whipped
lh"W fur times ia painful success
zion at thc POLO Grounds.
I'm" firai"s, who we're 80 agErcS-
IKE for - thirtecnBaGnc stretch Of
Victories under TIA" new and SUP
p"scdly Inspiring chapcrouhgc uf
ian Nd n"chn!". snapped their sus-
iu,pd-rS ia IN" Cincinnati series. and
were exposed to their followers as
.u,t bal club On "a rashy rampage.
~ zen IA" G"ur? garment Of victory
re- on Seen defeats Ia nine star,s
not only dropped them into nfth poEi-
con hc!"" tho Reds. but iikrwis"
paced them more than seven games
M'hInh Vic Giants. which Is "a long,
,in NOT very far from the end OF
rHu season.
Cards Como Bnck for Time.
u" Cardinals. who recovered
~ streak which they recently OK
rnh'i at the Polo Grounds. were
again IN position TO crowd the
ants out % TIA" lead. but they TOO;
,.nmplng again Tkey rccen,iS
dropped six games out % eight. and
their principal torrncnt-rs were no;
dodgers Of Fiatbush. and Kaiser VII
hclH.~ PhI!aG'i phIa scrvic. battalion.
Y L"dgers mad won just one gam.
'.il ct! from the Cards IA 81. Louis.
.atil this last series cam" along
IN g week from sunday TO Satur-
Gay ~" ri'hi"t won two ard lost
Nv" for 4 drop Or sixteen points fall
NIX from ;hird plac. 70 NTH md
re CUBS. with Il winning streak OF
~ straight. followed Dy one d.fear.
i"!scd themselves from fourth place
'l. Cardinals coming down The
'rg o' n" week found the CUBS only
ihr.e and onc.hait games behind IN.
Let Douglas Cm.- Die.
IN" bpus.as cas. probably Will be-"
permitted 10 die Of starvation. as
!ther McG:a" nor Lands seem 5
WILLING 80 fed the scandal any of
tno ineAty details upon which dis
'uHs!un jhriv"s Nevertheless. bali
players IN tn" National League may
~" rard"n"d for sensation OF stage
riEh' during the next week or two.
80 lf" grand stands will hc fun OF
u".S''lH detectives. An aroused Cit
<et.S. recalling that IN. Black Sox
.hrt'd q year after their tr.achrry
M"hlG o" glad to Know whether pm
i''hSla referred 10 other players
p It rival team or 10 "A gambling
D.l4u' "h"n Il. wrot. to another
r."E"r telling MIN 20 see the boys
mas not been made clear whom
douglas meant by the boys" ana
ii' difference is very Important, be-
'aI-'s u b" meant y gambling Syudi
cato. Then IL wouid be prudent, 10
Hac ,hai III" gambler intended
u"p" two horses In = three hprs"
81" between evenly matched on.
ANTS, tn" Giants. Cardinals ana Pr
Douglas. how"v"r. by his further
discussions iu N"w York since being
'Ir't, htA pictured himself AS the au-
offered - sell out the Giants. bu,
J." simultaneously offered Something
;hat BE-. didu't hav" 20 sc!l In other
words, b" believed he was Off the
team whom no made hts offer TO quit.
WAS ii"t-Wenth-r HurIrr.
mere was iC" water In the big
y''n"T that NcGraw threw out this
wees '"r PM douglas could shuri.
along on IA" hottest days OF inc
s.zII.ng Middle Western summer. i'm
proving with the heat. whereas men
81 itSs strength are likely To VIII.
N't"S' however. when he was fired
ana m" club Is now eniOy ing a bet
ter Lead than IL possessed when n.
"tSan touring IN" town the las. time.
M N"hi automatically becomes tn,
main pitching dependence, but other
"'S. ne stan ~ weak and uncertain.
JOSS Hnrncs has been going very.
badly %: late and Ros- r-.-r ls a
touugStor 80
tail. Ihrk scott has won :, cruuI.
a. games. hut he aud Hugh McOuil-
.>h nave IN" nature of desperate g..
not resort Il he Rad dependable n.n
- use instead