Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-31

N YEW YORK, August 31.--Not-
withstanding all the yowling
NJ heard in the Metropolis to-
1 day about the Cubs cracking
the Chicago team still has the
better of the argument with their
rivals in the National League If the
remnant can be won with 80 games.
The Cubs need only to break about
even on their remaining games While
the other pennant contenders must
do much better than that. The 1876
pennant. ii will be remembered, was
won with SO games.
When the Cubs have let down so
that their defeats mount above 30
and they were right on the line today
and when their victories are nearer
q fifty-firty basis with their defeats,
then II will be time to say that the
Chicago team has cracked.
The Cubs have closed a disastrous
Eastern trip. losing 10 and winning
s games, while one contest was post
poned. Far from showing evidences
of cracking. the team has been los
ing games by q scanty margin. That
signifies their fighting zeal and it
also signifies that in tight battles
they have been short Of punch.
This was plainly evident when they
lost two games to Brooklyn, three
games to Boston and two games to
Phila delpIia. Only in the last game
of the New York series on Tuesday,
when the Giants won by the score of
: to 3, did the Cubs opponents have
anything like an easy time in
winning.
Cubs Poor on Road.
The Cubs We're as bad a road team
as they had been a good home team
prior to August. Like the Pirates
they sloughed in the East. st. Louis
did not lose it's grip and the cham
pions appear to be better team now
than when they started their Eastern
trip.
The Cubs began their last Eastern
visit at Brooklyn. They won their
first game handily With Root pitching
and looked as if they would slide
through the Journey on ways that
were grea sed. The next game, with
Carlson pitching. they kicked away.
Brooklyn came from behind and made
five runs at the close of the game.
Blake won the third in Brooklyn and
Percy Jones lost the fourth.
That was the beginning Of trouble
for the Cubs. AT Boston the Chicago
team lost three straight-miShty bad
base bali for a team that had pushed |
its way to the top. Prior to that time |
they had been able to lick Boston with |
out much trouble this season. Root |
Bush and Carlson all lost in Boston. |
Then came Philadelphia. where the |
team regained little by winning three |
out of five. The series began with |
Blake losing. Jones won, Root won, |
Bush lost and then Root won again. !
In the New York series. Carlson lost |
the first game, Root the second and |
Jones the third.
The principal fact to be cleaned |
from this series Of SORROWS for the |
Chicago fans is that Carlson blew |
as a winning pitcher. 1t was partly |
his fault that he got stung in Brook
lyn, that Root won three games and |
that Blake and Jones divided the re-
mainder of the honors. 1t may also
be observed that with double headers
TO be played. Manager Joe Mccarthy /
kept Root, Carlson, Blake, Bush and
Jones steadily at it. Perhaps that
was wise enough because they had
been good pitchers for him. Carlson
has been known to tire. The Cubs
had better watch him for that. If
he wearies himself too much he will