Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1925, Page 30

Griffs Again Present Full Strength : Old League Race Rese GIANTS WILL GET SEVERE TEST ON LONG ROAD TRIP ALL CRIPPLES AVAILABLE _ FOR GAMES Zachary to Hurl Opene ting Handicapped BY JOHN B. KELLER. 2. EW YORK, July 23.—After a afternoon were to resume tk second American League pen: N The final series of the year with the Yankees in this city was to be started with Jez Zachary, southpaw, this season, toeing the slab for the Bucky Harris, Walter Johnson, who, used here Saturday or Sunda Roger Peckinpaugh, shortstop, weeks by an injured thumb, also is expected to break into the three- Goose Goslin, ordered out of action in Cleveland after game series here. slin, an affair at arms on the playing field, again. The Nationals will send their most formidable array into the battle with tihe Yanks and will have no alibis if the fight goes against them. Perusal of statistics relative to the atfacking power displayed by the Na- ftenals during their recent journey fhrough the West reveals the prin- efpal cause of their lack of success in that sector, Although hitting for a a respectable average for the entire | trdp, half of the time the Champs were | practically helpless before enemy moundsmen. Club Records Misleading. In 14 engagements in the West the club shows a stick work record of 301. Real good at first glance, but not S0 good when the figures show that only in Cleveland, where the Indians twere trounced for three straights did the club exceed the trip average. Only hardy hammering of the Tribe hurlers saved the faces of the World Champions. Tris aker's flingers | were socked at a .427 rate. In Chicago, | where the Natfonals broke even with | the White Sox in four games, the| Champs’ batting rate was .298. Two of | three tilts were lost in Detroit, when | the club hit for .257, and three of four | games were dropped in St. Louls, when the batting average of the Har- | rismen was .226. That’s the story in a nutshell of the Nationals’ failure to get better than an even break in their second Western trlp of the year, while the Athletics were running roughshod over their rivals in that sector to win 10 of 16| gumes and reduce the league-leading | CHamps’ advantage by two full games. Rice Leader for Trip. Only one regular who played through all four series hit better than 300. That was Sam Rice, who swat- ted for an average of .361 with his : hits, but Sam had to do some | mighty batting in Detroit and Cleve- | land to reach his figures. Averages, made by others who were in all| games of the trip were: Oswald Bluege, .206, with 16 hits Eirl McNeel 6, with 18 hit Bucky Harris, .281, with 16 hits. Joe Judge got into action long | enough to amass a .444 average, with | 12 hits, while Goose Goslin made but 14 hits for an average of .275 before belng chased from the game in Cleve- fahd. Moon Harris, who played both | first base and outfield at times, got a | mark of .286, with 10 hits. In the Chicago series Roger Peck- inpaugh went to bat 16 times and swatted safely only twice, for an av- erbge of .125. Peck did not get a | turn at bat in St. Louis before an Injury forced him out of the Nne-up for the remainder of the trip. Ev- erett Scott, who succeeded Roger at shortstop, hit for .359, with 14 safe- tles. Spy High Mark for Ruel. Muddy Ruel slammed the ball for a mark of .357, getting 15 hits, while Hank Severeid, the only other catch- er used, falled to get a hit in 6 times at;bat. Dutch Ruether was the real leader of the pitching staff at bat. He smote the ball at & .357 clip in making 5 hits. Vean Gregg swung a wicked bat in Cleveland, getting 2 safeties, to make his trip average ~ead .400. Fred Marberry got a_swat to make a mark of 333, Jez Zachary got 2 hits and batted at 2 rate, while Stan- ley Coveleski socked the ball once in Detroit and finished the tour with a of .091. Allen Russell and Ogden went hitless. and Nemo Leibold had chances to slam the apple. Shirley failed to meet it safely in his lone time at bat, while Leibold got one smack in three turns, for an average of .333. In Chicago Goslin's falling' batting mark and the inability of the lower end of the order to produce at bat | hurt the Nationals in the two games they lost. The Goose hit for but .263 against the White Sox hurlers, while all Bluege, Peck and Ruel could get in that town were 10 hits in the four games. Sam Slumps in St. Louis. In St. Louis Rice’s war club be- came practically useless, while the marks of Goslin, McNeely and Bluege shrunk terribly. Rice had 16 legal turns against the Browns’' pitching corps and combed it for a lone bingle. Goslin got but 3 safeties in 16 trials there, while McNeely batted as low as .222 and Bluege's average for the four games was .231. Perhaps the Natlonals were fortunate to grab one game in the Mound City. McNeely, Rice and Goslin bettered their averages remarkably in Detroit. Earl and the Goose jumped to .333, while Sam got six hits for zn even .500 against the Cobbman. Bluege, though, flopped to .200, while Bucky Harris dropped to .154 and Ruel to .125. Judge slammed for .667. But everybody except McNeely and Moon Harris awakened at Cleveland. Judge slammed for .667, Rice pound- | ed the Indian pitchers at a .533 clip, Goslin at .500 and Bluege and Scott at .462. Prominent among the battery- men were Ruel with a Cleveland rat- ing of .545 and Reuther with .667. Mc- Neely, though, batted at only a .286 pace in the Forest City and Moon Harris, who had hit for .333 in. Chi- cago and .364 in St. Louis, fell back to .111. Main 7612 NASH Distributors Salesroom and Service Station 1709 L St. N.W. Wallace Motor Company Against Yankees Today—Inopportune Hit- , because of an attack of tonsilities, has not hurled since June 30, is ready to go to work again, and will be His suspension was lifted yesterday. IN NEW YORK r of Three-Game Sen’e§ Nationals in West. day of idleness the Nationals this reir big job, that of shooting for a nant for Washington. , who has scored over the Hugmen champions. According to Manager who has been kept idle neatly two will be in the champs’ batting order I BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS I AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won. Lost. Pet. Washington .. 4 Philadeiphia Chicazo St. Loul Detrolt - | Cloveland New York | Boston | GAMES TODAY. Washington at N. Y. Boston ut Phila. Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. L. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. No games scheduled. GAMES TOMORROW. Chicago at Detroit. Boston at Phila. | | | | NATIONAL LEAGUE. Won 52 56 New York Pittsburgh Brooklyn Cincinnatt St. Louis Phiiadelphia. Chicago 39 Boston .. 36 GAMES TODAY. New York at Boston. GAMES TOMORROW. w York at Boston. Cincinnatl at Chicago. St. L. at Pittsburgh. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. All games postponed—raln. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Toledo. 1: Kansas City. 0 Milwaukee, 4: Columbus, 1 Minneapolis, 14: Louisville, 6. Indianapolis, 19 St. Paul. 4 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baltimore, 1.0: Toronto, 0-3 Rochester. 9: Providence. 8 Buffalo, i3: Reading, 6. PIEDMGNT LEAGUE. Durham, 4: Raleigh, | | | SALLY LEAGUE. Augusta, 10; Macon, 1. Asheville, 10 Knoxvilig Charlotte, 13; Columb FLORIDA LEAGUE. Tampa, 6: Lakeland. 5. Sanford, 41 St. Petersburg, 2. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Birmingham. attanooga, ew Orleans. 1 Nashville, 7 {of former Mobile. 5 Atlanta, 9: Memphis, EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE. | Easton. 6: Parksley. 3 | ‘ambridge, 5: Dover. | By the Associated Press. . "N\ HICAGO, July 2 ‘ by some of the gray-haired THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925 | PoLICE NINE WoULD BEAT FIREMEN AGAIN Determined to prevent the Fire- men from breaking their streak of seven straight victories, base ball players of the Police Department, under the direction of Finney Kélly, are going through an intensive train- fng campaign designed to put them in shape for the big annual contest with the Smoke Eaters at American League Park on Labor Day. The Coppers have been practicing at Diamond No. 1 eve afternoon for the past two weeks and are now ready to take on the best unlimited nines in town as conditioners for the all-important task of trouncing their friendly enemies another ~ time Lieut. M. L. Ready, at Precinct No is in charge of booking arrangements and is anxious to open his schedule Sunday. Games may be arranged for any day in the week Kelly and Humphries, members the champion Mohaw »mbination vears, will alternate on the mound for the Police team, while Stewart and Hoffman, veteran mem- bers of the nine, will share the catching ignments. Myszurki of the Quantico Marines will be seen at first, Murray or Kaufman at second, Hiser at short and Dalglish at third Boyd, Rinker, Redman and Sebas- tian will play in the outfield. INSECT TEAMS WILL SWARM ON SATURDAY r the In- y morn- Four games are carded f sect Base Ball League Satu ing at 10:30 o'clock. The Elks meet the Auroras at Third street and Mis- souri avenue and the Ravens and Orioles clash at diamond No. 1 in sec- tion A games. In section B the Eagle and Harris nines pl t Fairlawn, while the Parks and Molines diamond No. 2, Next Wednesday at 1:30 o'clock the | Ravens and Auroras play at diamond {No. 1, the Elks and Auroras meet at |1 the Missouri avenue field, Parks and Harrismen clash at diamond No. 2 and Molines and Eagles tangle at Seventh |and O streets. RIALTOS REORGANIZE, MEET COMFORTERS Rialto club tossers, winners of the | champlonship of the Jew munity Center Base Ball League, will make their first appearance in the uniforms of the Rialto Theater Sun- day, when they take on the Holy Comforter team at diamond No. 3 at 12_o'cloc Bill Warsaw, who led the team to victory in the league series, is at the helm again and has gathered the leading stars of the Community ter loop for the reorganized nine. Leo Jaffe, Harry Danofsky, Ben Guterson Ollie Feldman, Julius Myers, Ben April, Ellis Goodman Harry Shalin, Sam Simon, Joe Lip kin, Jake Milwit and Abe Povich will be seen in action under Rialto Thea ter colors. Members of the team will meet to. night at the manager’s home, 3223 Georgia avenue. Leo Jaffe has been elected captain h Com BRITISH ATHLETES SAIL. NEW YORK, July 23 (®).— bers of the Oxford-Cambride team, which engaged in meets athletes of four American Universities, have salled for home. t JOHNSON TOPS AMERICAN LEAGUE IN EFFECTIVENESS| —The lively ball is not so very lively as delivered major league pitching stars, it is proven by records compiled today. In the American League there are 11 pitchers with records of one hit or less per inning, and of the 11 eight are veterans of many seasons The National League has nine pitchers with an average of one hit or less per inning, and only two of these are youngsters These figures are from the 50 leading pitchers in each league Walter Johnson still holds the | crown for effectiveness in the Amer- | ican League and Adolfo Luque of the Cincinnati Reds is leading in effe: tiveness in the National League. | Sam Gray of Philadelphia, Buck- eye of Cleveland and Stoner of De- troit are the three youngest twirlers in the American League who are crowding the veterans for honors. | In the National League Reinhart of | St. Louis and Benton of Boston are the youngsters ranking -high. Coveleskie and Marberry of Wash- ington are not far behind their great teammate in effectiveness, and Dutch Ruether of the Nationals is also aver- aging one hit per inning. Danforth and Mogridge of St Louls, Dauss of Detroit and Herl Pennock of the New York Yankees are the other American League pitchers who can hold the opposition to one hit per inning. The Giants have two of the lead- ing effectives in the National League, | Jack Scott and Virgil Barnes. So| have the Chicago Cubs, Percy Jones and Tony Kaufmann. “Dazzy” Vance of Brooklyn and Pete Donohue of Cincinnati are the other veteran sharpshooters in the National League. Other branches of the records show that these same pitchers lead in other methods of fooling the bat- ters, Vance being far in the lead in both leagues in strikeouts, with 137, compared with Johnson's 62. Rommell of the Philadeiphia Ath- letice, although batted more freely by, opposing batters, leads both leagues in games won, with 16, an- other argument for the veteran skill. LIBERTY A. C. STAGES FIELD DAY SATURDAY Followers of the Liberty Athletic Club are looking forward to the club's annual field day at American League Park Saturday, when the Liberty base | ball nine meets the Hess Senior and Modoc teams in a double-header and a program of athletic events is staged between the members of the three teams. Promptly at 2 o'clock the Hess and Liberty teams will take to the diamond for the first clash, with the second fol- lowing immediately after. Four spe ial events—fungo hitting, base ball throw for distance, base running and a 60-yard dash—will be run off before the diamond clashes, thefirst starting at 1 o'clock. Prizes are being offered by local sporting goods firms to the winners in each event, and, in addition, a special | award will be made to the batter who makes the last home run of the day Pop Kremb, Liberty manager, has five hurlers lined up for the two games. Sunny Kremb and Gene Dulin probably will draw the starting assign- ments, while Dick Finch, Joe Freschi and Henderson Cleary may be called on for relief work. The Modoc team will practice for Saturday's fray this afternoon at 5 o’clock on the Modoc field. Van Heusen is a new low collar with longerpoints,forsmartsummercomfort VAN the Worldy fmartest COLLAR, On.wm‘ Cen- | Buddy | fem- | e ick| Takoma Tigers and Clover Juniors | pitched the last three frames. with | wilt meet in 2 Washington Base Ball | lone run of the Battle Creek team was N | A for a three-week trip which their most severe test of the four-game series in Boston ne games out of 17 were dropped by New York in their last Western in- vasion, but the club recovered its winning stride_in the home stand, dropping only 5 out of 13 starts. The Giants maintained their slight rgin over the Pirates yesterday in | another day of idleness throughout the | circuit, rain forcing a postponement of all contests. Pittsburgh had a mar- to 8, when a downpour drove both clubs from the diamond, in the fifth A new nssault on first place will be made by the Corsairs beginning toda C of the Capital, will put in an | at 5 o'clock on St. Elizabeth’s Field, Walter Reed Hospital at 3 o’clock. at 1 o'clock the two teams Congress Heights field in the me of a double bill for the | home outfit. At 3 o'clock the Heights monders take on their neighborhood . the Anacostia Eagles. Tomorrow at 5:30 o’clock Congress Heights will stage a practice sesston | to prepare for the three contests. afayette players will meet at 1003 Thirteenth street southeast, Saturday at 12:30 o'clock. Pullman vs. Aloysius Club at Union League Park, National Circles v hamrocks at Eastern field, White Sox Knickerbockers at Georgetown Hol low and Warwicks vs. Petworth at Washington Barracks are the games | listed for Saturday in the Unlimited | andlot Base Ball League. The Knicks will entertain the Dominican Lyceum n the only clash scheduled for unday. S. S. Hessler of the Northern Ath letic Club is attempting to book a Sunday game with some strong un limited nine. Call Columbia 9333 after 5 o'clock. t Sunday the Northerns dropped their third game of the season to Fort Humphreys, 9 to 8 Benning Athletic Club tossers will play a double-header Sunday, meeting the All-Stars at 1 o'clock and the | Prospect Athletic Club at 3. Fort Humphreys and champion hamrocks will clash at Washington arra diamond Sunday at 1:30 Shipping Board nine, leader in the Potomac Park League, Sunday after- noon. Chevy Chase Bearcats, conquerors of some of the strongest unlimited | teams in this vicinity, will go against {the Union Printers Sunday at the | Chevy Chase field. nd Athletic Association series game today, at 5 o'clock, on Plaza diamond Southern Railway tossers nosed out Black and White, 5 to 4. in a_Wash. ington Terminal Y. M. C. A. League game 3 Aztecs Midgets took the mehsure of the Winsalls, 3 to 1, with Nealon twirling for the winners. Tigers took their fourth straight in the Thomson playground loop when they trounced the Yankees, 10 to 7. Corinthian Midgets will meet the Aztecs Saturday at 1 o'clock on Dia- mond No. 3, and 3 o'clock will play Randle Highlands at the same field. YANKS BUY SHORTSTOP. HARTFORD, Conn., July 23 (#).— Leo Durocher, shortstop of the Hart- ford Eastern League club, has been sold to the New York Yankees for de- livery at the end of the local season Durocher is 19 years old. | WILL RIDE IN GERMANY. PARIS, July 23 (#).—The American jockey, Frank O'Neill, who is con- sidered the premier jockey of France, has accepted terms to ride in Ger- many. In Germany O'Neill will join | Everett Haynes, another American. BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. Chambersburg, 1: Frederick, 12 | | | STA 635 Louisiana Ave. N. EW YORK, July 23.—The New York Giants today took the road through the West, where the pacemakers last month lost their tight grip on first place after opening the campaign with a rush. gin of four runs over the Phillies, 7,| MANY ATTRACTIVE FRAYS LISTED FOR SANDLOTTERS! NDARD CIGAR & TOBACCO C Distributors, is expected to offer the champions season. = starting today will begin a swing in a home series with St. Louis Card- inals, who have thus far been able to take but two games out of 11 from McKechnle's cohorts. American League teams, granted a holiday by the schedule yesterday are due back on the diamond today. The Yankees, after a disastrous road |trip, entertain the leading Washing- | ton team, while the Red Sox invade Philadelphia. Chicago and Detroit lock in a dis- pute for positions in the lower section of the first division, while St. Louis will try to hold third place against an attack from Cleveland. CARNEGIE AND V. M. 1. ATHLETES WIN MEET FORT HUMPHREYS, Va., July 23. —Carnegie Tech and Virginia Military Institute student officers, who made up the second platoon of the R. O. T. C. Engineer company stationed here for training, carried off first honors in the interplatoon military competi- tion and track and field meet that closed the six weeks' Summer en- campment yesterday. Virginia Tech and Johns Hopkins cadets, who constituted the first pla- toon, placed second with 106 points to 149 for the winners. Penn State men, who composed the third platoon, finished third with a total of 7 Carnegie and V. M. I. athletes placed first in seven events, Reds Peck of Carnegie alone accounting for 15 points in the track and fleld competition by capturing the mile, 880 and 440 yard runs. Combined teams scaling, indoor base ball and volley ball. The competitive drill went to Johns Hopkins and V. P. I, Penn State placing second. H. Hayes of V. M. I, E. M. Roder- ick of Penn State and E. G. Shower of Johns Hopkins were the only three men in the company to qualify as ex- ONGRESS HEIGHTS and Lafayette base ball nines, which com- | prise some of the best diamond talent of the Southeast sectior extremely busy week end. The Lafayette clubmen, who meet the Red Cross nine this evening | will travel down to Herndon Satur- | day, while the Congress Heights tossers entertain the Soldier nine from | MISS EDERLE READY FOR CHANNEL SWIM, By the Associated Press. BOULOGNE, France, July 23.—Ger- | trude Ederle, the American swimmer, and her trainer, Jabez Wolff, have proceeded to Cape Gris-Nez, where | Miss Ederle will awalt favorable | weather and sea conditions for her | attempt to swim the English Channel from the French coast to England. Channel - swimming attempts this | | year are assuming an entirely femi. | nine aspect, with North America and South America arrayed against each | other. Miss Lillian Harrison of Buenos Aires, who made an unsuccessful try | to cross the channel 10 days ago, also is at Cape Gris-Nez with the intention ditions prevall. Miss Harrison is under the care of between Burgess per swim the rough course France and England. formed the feat in 1911. | Wolff 11 times has unsuccesstully | endeavored to cross the channel. In one of his swims he came within a |mile of reaching Boulogne from Dover BENDER ON THE MOUND. BATTLE CREEK, Mich., July 23 UP).—"Chief” Bender, restored to the active list by the Chicago White Sox, pitched three innings of an exhibition |game against the Battle Creek |all-stars ~yesterday, the American | Leaguers ‘winning, 8 to 1. Faber | worked the first inning. Mike Cven- |gros relieved Faber and Bender The | { made by Smith, who uncorked a four- bagger off Cvengros. INDIANS WIN EXHIBITION. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 28 (#).— Taking a lead in the first inning when Tris Speaker drove out a home run after Jamieson had _singled, the Cleveland club defeated Terre Haute in an exhibition game yesterday, 8 to 3. Jamieson and Wyatt, former Wabash College player, also drove out homers. STAGE STARRING FIGHT. CLEVELAND, July 23 (®).—Pete Sarmiento of the Philippines and Ed- die Anderson, the Wyoming bantam- weight, staged one of the greatest 10- round bouts ever seen in Cleveland last night. Sarmiento was the victor by a slight margin in the opinion of newspaper writers. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street Hawkins Nash Motor Co. Sales and Service 1337 14th St. Main 5780 o W., Washington, D. C. platoor | 8. of trying again when favorable con- | William Burgess, the second man to | NASH pert pistol marksmen. TRACK AND FIELD MEET. 100-yard run—Won by Lawsen (V. P I first platoon): Hogan (V. P. L. first D toon) . second: Kohne (Carnegie Tech, second third. Time, 11 1ds 220-yard run—Won by Hogan (V. P. L. ret platoon) : Lawson (V. b. L. first pla: toon). second: Kohne (Carriegie Tech, second platoon). third. Time. 25 second 440 yard run—Won by Peck (Carnegie Tech, second platoon); Lawson (V. P. 1. first platoon). second: Hogan (V. P.'L, first platoon). third, Time. 0.5% 2-5. (Carnegie » BRGyard TunWor Wy Pcke, (Carmecie ‘ech. second platoon); Mover (Penn State. E iogan (V. P L. third _piatoon), second; firet platoon). ihird, Time. 3,18 2. Oue-mile fun——Won "1y Peck (Cameste Tech. second platoon) : Moyar (Penn State, third platoon). second: Mack (Penn State, third platoon). third. Time, 5.14. Hop, step and jump—Won'by Saunders (V. P. 1. first platoon): Bennet (V. P. I. firsi platoon) . second; Kobne (Carnegie Tech, sec- ond platoon). third. Distance. 33 ft. 6% in. Shot-put—Won by Disney’ (Penn State third platoon) . Reigle (Penn State. third platoon). second: Drain (Massachusetts In- glityte of “Technology) . {hird. " Distance, 32 ‘Runnitig high jump—Won by Bennet (V. . 1. first platoon) : Mcars (V. M. I. sec: ond “platoon). second: Benson _{Catnegie Feon. "sccond " platoon). wnird. " Height, 5 . 1'in. ‘Discus throw—Won by Disney (Penn State. third platoon) : Dalton (Carnegie Tech, sec- ond platoon),” second: Welcher (V. P. I, first platoon). third. Distance. 100 ft. & in Runping broad jump—Won by Lawson (V P. 1. first platoon) : Corby (Johns Hopkins. firet “platoon). second: Kline (Penn State, | third platoon). third. Distance, 18 {t. % in MILITARY EVENTS. Equipment race—Won_by Hoch Tech, second platoon ) : Segner (Pe: | ihird ‘Dlatoon). second: Daiton | Tech. second platoon). third Tont” pltcnlng—Won by Hay meling (V. M second gqulonn‘ holemens and Otis_(Johns Hopkinai, ond: Woodward and Von Shilling (V. 1.. second platoon). third. Wall’ sealing—Won by rst | third platoon. second: Time, 40 seconds Competitive drill—Won by first platoon: third piatoon. second Rifle competition—Won by Dalton (C negio Tech. first platoon): Hughes (Cars | nerie Tech). second: Winters (Carnegle | Teeh) . third. Plstol competition—Won by H. Hayes (V. tecond platoon Rodefick ~ (Penn | State. third platoon) . second; Shower (Hop- | kine, first platoon). third OTHER SPORTS. Swimming meet—Won by second platoon first platoon. second:_third platoon. third. Indoor hate ball—Won by second platoon: third platoon. second. Volley ball—Won by second platoon: third | ptatoon. second sec M second platoon: platoon, third. FAVORITES ARE OUTRACED. KALAMAZOO, Mich., July 23 (®).— Todd Hart, bred and owned by C. D. Hart of Clinton, Iowa, toppled over Trumpet and Hollywood Jessie, fav- orites in the eighteenth renewal of the $10,000 Exchange Club purse here, by a burst of speed that carried the gelding to victory in the second and third heats. | tute. isn’t they’re not Keds. end of the country to Whether you want boys and girls—look whenever you buy. Keds come in all the popular les —and at prices from $1.25 o .50 mbles from the two schools won out in wall | Ask for Keds—accept onl the name Keds on the shoe United States Rubber Company SPORTS. That of 1920 § FLAG WINNER MAY FINISH WITH MARK OF UNDER-.600 Present Figures of Giants and Pirates a Novelty for « John Heydler’s Circuit, Where the Leaders Usually Boast of a High Percentage. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, July 23—The National League is headed into a race very much like that of 1920, which was won by Brooklyn. It is not because Brooklyn appears to be the winning team this year— far from it—but beciuse the figures developing for the probable winner are coming down to the level of the 1920 contests. The National League already has touched a mark below 600 in i centage this season, which is quite a novelty in that circuit. The leading team in that league has been hitting a faster clip than 600 by many points, save for a period in 1922, when the Giants got dowh to .591 in the middle of August, though they eventually won out with 613. Turning back to 1920, when teams were humble and fought like cats and dogs to keep above one another, the Giants, recovering from their licking of 1919 at the hands of Cincinnati, did not show any such aggres- siveness as they have beea showing, beginning with 1921. Cincinnati popped along for a time|down from the million mark to no with a full head of steam, but the pace | MOTe ‘tvh:mt a gross of sifi;l)(n,;)on.h i s | hile it is very unlikely that tha was too fast for the Reds, who, like | xoti0nt) 'Teague race Wil drop to other championship teams handled by percentage basis of .560 this season, | Pat Moran, were good for one year it is possible provided the Western | only. teams take a few hard cracks at New Wt " York and ot On June 30, 1920, Cincinnati ledrthe | league with .547. That's down to the the Eastern teams do the dead level, and more so. But more | same thing for Pittsburgh. Of course this next Western trip of the Giam‘ to come. The Brooklyns led with | { 68 August 15 and with .560 August have a lot to do with their stan, 31.- They finally won out with .604 If they are no better on the ro than they have been in some rece: ons, they will have an awi and Philadelphia was last with 407 Bt Brooklyn was wabbly at the finish,| The Boston club, now last in tth and stories were in circulation that|race, with a percentage of .404, is they were offering other teams gra-|pragtically as well off as the Philade SudeaCmeycid et the menacing phigs were at the finish of 1920, and ants. It is on record that purses have been paid to certain players for their if Boston can close in on both New | York and Pittsburgh the leaders are efforts at licking certain contenders | when the race was very close, and bound to be drawn closer to the cen ter of the web than their present .598 such_ things have made a lot of trou ble for owners and offi in both and .595, respectively. major leagues. 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