The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-27
Sectional Struggles for Half of Each League Ended-Suc- cess of Giants now Expected. Browns Chances Better Than Cardinals
By GEORGE CHADWICK
Special Correspondent oe The Ake- Heralt tCopyriRht, lo2s, by The ge-HeraId)


 Special Co.resPsndent es The AEs- Herald
 New York, August 2s.---with the finish of games Sunday the teams of the major leagues can feel that they have actually entered the home stretch of the race. The western teams of the American league will TO longer be in the east and the eastern teams of the National league will have bidden farewell to the west.
 The sectional struggle for half of each league is finished. The Giants, very bad road team in the ea:ly part of the year, spruced up on their final journey west and although they did not have Douglas. their success was more marked than when they had him.
 The Yankees, not always playing with class results on tho Polo grounds. braced up and did 6 lot better than ttey had done some weeks previously and the team moved forward as he spirit moved Ruth to arouse himself
 St. Louis Teams Mark Time
 Both of the St. Louis teams marked time. The Browns representing the American league lacked the strength tO iOTCc kHe Issue III bHC many QVdOic- headers that faced them in the east Had the Browns been a great team. able to rise to such an emergency as winning three double-headers io- stead of breaking even in them, tn ey would have been reckoned as 8 nine of some of that old fighting strength which made the Browns famous un- der Charley Comiskey. But they weren't.
 The St. Louis Nationals. vislbly floundering with pitchers who were shifted as often as the pictures in a movie, ran to Fred Toney for re- lief and Toney would have no more of baseball for the season of 1922. If the St. Louis club depends upon him for 1923 1t will lean on a weak brother, because Toney has been in baseball a long, long time. St. Louis on it's own field, in its own city, sloughed back from position of vantage to one where everything must be rebuilt as the ant rebuilds the home which is stepped upon by a No. Il brogan. And the rebuilding must be done upon the road by baseball nine that lacks initiative, that depends more upon the force of avot'- dupois and well trained biceps than strngetic skill and that must ham ---~~. push others to one side.
 Giants' Success Expected
 The future points more definitely to the success of the Giants in she National league than to the success of any other club in that circuit. IL was not so much that the New York club struck home hard at the right tibe to get this point of van tage but that St. Louis, Pittsburg and Chicago showed they lacked staying power.
 Nationals will not be seen ia their native city again. The schedule pro- gram which they face is more than bear.
 They should have been six games in the lead before abandoning St. Louis for the remainder of the sea son, to take up such battle. In succession, they play Pittsburgh on Labor Day, Cincinnati September 6, I, 8, Q and 10-thats enough to take the starch out of any team-Phila- delphia, Boston, Brooklyn, New York and then Chicago.
 The St. Louis Browns return home LaboI Day and never depart again. The Browns are in better position to win than the Cardinals. Should the latter team race away from the Tanks theirs would really be the greater victory.
 Beginning Labor Day the Browns play Cleveland in St. Louis. then Detroit. Boston, New York, Wash ington, Philadelphia. and after a lapse of days, Chicago.
 Where they have an advantage that is not so trifling as it may seem. they play their nearest rivals between the series of games with other teams.
 Yankees Queerly Allotted. New York Is sandwiched between Boston and Washington and If it should happen that the Browns need ed a breathing spell this would fur nish it.
 The Yankees are queerly allotted. They sing their last war song on the Polo grounds September 10. Tho next day finds them in Philadelphia. then Chicago, St. Louis. Detroit. and Boston in succession to be followed by a very last game of the season at Washington. October l. If. when they arrive at St. Louis in the middle of the coming month, the race is as keen and close as it has been the Tanks will have no peace of mind. perhaps, until they get to Boston where they will con- tinue their last grand attack on a weaker foe. If there were only one or two games between New York and St. Louis in the latter part of September. tho Browns would be playing Chicago and the Tanks would be playing Boston. the natural odds of the race would favor New York. Don't overlook that.
 The giants are on their grounds September with Brooklyn. On Sep Ca hAr r1o grounds against Philadelphia. On September {. s and 6 they are at Boston. On September II at home with Boston and then in turn they play Chicago. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and St. Louis, resting for five days after the St. Louis games. until the enfeebled Bostons go to the Polo Grounds to finish the season.
 Games cannot be analysed before they are played but situations can be. In6ica ations point to the Win ming of the pennants by both New