San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-07
GIANTS CAN'T
LOSE LEAD ON
REST OF TRIP
Reds Foozle Opportunity
and New York Now
'Sits Pretty"
CONSISTENCY DOES 1T
Giants Have Better Record
Against Almost Every
Other Club.
CONSISTENCY DOES 1T
BY JOHN b. FOSTER.

Copyright. by The San Antonio Light.
New York. Aug. mo matter
what the Cincinnati Reds do now
they cannot take first place away
from the New York Giants on the lat
ter's present western trip. They had
fair chance, but they bungled it with
brain power that ran askew. 1t is
mighty seldom that the Giants foozle
in their gray matter and any team
that tries to beat them with a blud-
geon and lets its brains remain mac
tive, will never get any further up III
the parade than in the platoon Of
those who also walked.
Cincinnati must beat New York in
dividually and not in any vicariou
sense by having other teams thump
the champions.
* just a moment is taken to analyze
the National League race it will be
observed that it was the ability OF
Cincinnati 10 beat New York early IN
the fight that kept the Reds in 9
threatening position. They have no
done so well against other teams.
Take the Phillies. The Giants have
won seventeen games from them ami
the Cincinnatis thirteen. Each team
has lost two to Philadelphia. Then
there is Brooklyn. The Giants and the
Reds each won eight games from the
Dodgers. But the CincinDatis lost
eight games TO them and the Glars
only five. Pass to st. Louis. Each
team won eight games from the Caro-
mails, but the Giants lost only three TO
them while the Reds lost seven.
Consider Pittsburg-and this is real
consideration, because the Pittsburgs.
the Giants and the Reds have been in
the deadly triangle of whipsaw. The
Giants won nine and lost seven play
ing the Pirates and the Reds won sis
and lost eight. If that ratio stays put
for the remainder of the season. the
nidrates could defeat the Reds for the
championship almost single-handed.
At Chicago there is change in
favor OF the Reds. While the differ
ence IL very Slight. it is enough to be
noticeable and the Ohio outfit has
done better against the Cubs than
has. New York. There is not much
between. the two teams so far as Bos-
ton is concerned.
Took 1t Out Of Reds.
Cincinnati cannot play against 1t
self in the western division. Therefore.
it cannot win from more than three
clubs, but, trying TO win from three
clubs, the Reds have a percentage OF
.511 against percentage of 300 for
the Giants against four clubs. In
other words, the Giants have out
stripped their rivals by Al points.
gaining a big chunk of that out of the
skin of the Cincinnati porker in his
own pen in the last few days.
New York has won 36 games from
eastern teams and lost eleven. TIE
Reds have won 81 and lost seventeen
Now York cannot play against itself
in the East any more than Cincinnati;
can play against itself in the West.
The percentage of the Giants in the
East is 1866. For the Reds the figures
are 1855. There Is a lead of 81 points
for New York. That is all. And If
the Reds cannot cut the Giants down
and if the Pittsburgs cannot cut them
down. that little lead will grow like
Jacks beanstalk and it will be an
other all-Gotham world series.