The evening world. Newspaper, June 9, 1913, Page 13

FIGHTING SPIRIT OF “NAPS” ‘GIVES THEM PENNANT CHANCE ‘Manager McGraw, in Reviewing the American League Race, Favors the Athletics When It Comes to a Showdown, Because of Their \ Manager of the Champion Giants. jj the early days of Fal spring it looked mii as if tt would be ; out of the stable @f dark horses Cleveland has ad- yanced and is giving the pia team a great old nip and tuck fight. The Nape were not reckoned fm the pennant running by any of fhe experts before the season; they ‘leet many of their exhibition games. ‘The showing made by this club is @eility of Birmingham in my opin- fon. Before the end of July race threat- er than it is & chance to take the honors. Three of these have only outside opportunities, the chance of the Washington club, rated to be d atrong contender before the sea- fon, becoming more outside every day. It would not surprise me to see either Chicago or Boston come through eventu- ally, they being the other two of the three teams with the outside chances. @ battie'beaween Cleveland and the Ath- feties. However, these two clubs stack wp very eventy, with the Philadelphia dove having the edge on experience and @eneral team play. Better In the pitcher's box. Both clubs are determined fighters, the fighting spirit having Deen put in the Nups by Birmingham. He picked up practically fhe same club with which he ts making ala, race now, GLEVELANDS HAVE THE NECE SARY AGGRESSIVE SPIRIT. and anariing and aggressive. ‘They tell the came mild mannered athletes who appeared with the club last year. The players will not speak to an opponent divilly on the field. They are alwaye in there scrapping over every inch of the aggressive spirit which wins many @ ball game. ff the Naps should take the pennant {t wowld be a baseball sensation, because te fighting his way through ef 32 fi Ht au i i wae per g He 8 8 s t i é 2 : = § winning 19 two straight heats of three sniles eaoh, the first in 2m. 19 4-5e, and the second in 3m, 188-58, Only a few fleet separated the men at the conclu- Won of each heat. George Mercier, the New sional, riding in place of John Cox, won the five-mile open professional race. ‘Hagan nosed out Paul Ohne for arti = THIS IS BIG WEEK FOR LOCAL GOLFERS BY JOHN J. M’GRAW, |The thing comes down th Hiadel-| and, it ie leeen Jerzely due to the fine managerial. teams have | Probably the race will settle down into Cleveland looks '¥OUnS pitching material, but 60 far they Birmingham has his team fighting | me out through the Middle West that / yeu would never recognise the men for | «, Wins o York profes- « Rae DA AT TO eis VARY OO aie f , EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, sUNB 0, 19:8. ‘NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT ——- PLO SIT y ae EDITED BY :; ROBERT BEDGRE. Polo Invented 1,000 Years Ago, Persians Originating the Gata —_——— riding | rvidden, angle | new Sport That America and tampi paneled the ne a 2. that the te | not be used to otrike the ball or i an opponent. Re boweves, © a ing @ good showing | In the fret place polo ls supposed to: INTERNAT +. 4 team. In a driv Athletics ehould have enperiencs and eaié, Birmingham has injected a grea’ the end. |on account of the superior efnas | Napa’ twirlers, Birmii ing the best pitching ‘can Leagye right now, in ‘The only one that can sth tht 150% and they only approach it on pa- Der. MoAleer’s box men have net shown any kind of form this ecason. MACK MUST DEPENO ON HIS VETERANS, PLANK AND BENDER. Mack seems to be almost as badly off for pitehers as he was lam year. If i i é i 4 Hi HE z EF fourth Only the re! white the bal ges being the.r decisions | Coombs were in the shape that he | showed in 1910 and 1811, the race | be over now, but Coombe bad condition all season }Pecovering from a foolish to count on him gt He E Se Felt # im | tt 4 fiz “ and Bender, Both are stare, but they | cannot do ail the work, eepecially “Ed- die” Plank, who has already turned thirty-eight years. ne Athletics have some promising ; i bs have proved too unsteady t be depend- able. If the race tightens up they will | be dangerous starters, Notice how many times you seo either Bender or Plank joa _—_— Jacob Magin and John Bodetl enliv- | tr; ened proceedings et the Newark 4 @tum Motordrome yesterday WHAT THEUNION LABEL STANDS FOR! It guarantees sani workin, conditions. tary 3 It paptigned that there will absolutely no sweat shop labor. | has a good chance to repeat, according | to what he told me in Boston when I |saw him there @ couple of weeks ago. But he is Ditterly disappeinted because the club @id not get the jump em the fiela this year, whieh every one ex- pected it would. RED 80X PITCHERS MAY BRACE IN HOT WEATHER [Sa 97 ENDS IN STOCK Bleces, ‘Joe’ Wood has hardly worked work. one Bame eo far this year. But walt Sane We he wees, Weems Soe It guarantees the pa pk ye al Bey Hd 7 Blue Serges Worsted Sunndig a Se" wun Som 'a| | practically the best help Cheviots.’ Th orsteds, Crashes, Tweeds and eee le the city, eviots. ese are ends of suitings that sold acre ot omng, Bree ares | An for the next for $20, $25 and $30. Guaranteed all wool; beget dyad ge H weeks, w! is $ ; lgction now on paper, Bettet looked] I sale is on, you are able each garment bearing the Union Label. Lape gpg Wah Rs hoa e ¢ “a pase fut of Comers Cet % ve 10 ‘or wi crecyiing « plaher shoud sare in| Hf foemerly sold for $15, . the Better Selection atte, ed he ts ent 0 poner to. $18 and $20, This is But this season he bas apt been very the lowest price sre eureonates. Perhane be ts one 96 Coese charged for a sult of ae tee ane ae et eaite. | § Clothes made under warm weather alibi is an olé and Good one as tar as pitehete go, Many pitchers cannot ewing inte their stride B@ until it warme ep, Many can't eayway. the Red Sox can got the pitching od read eee at Sa es @ big advantage over most of the teams tm the American League, because Cleve- | land te the only other club that has a twirling department to compete with MoAleer’s. Boston ts going very much etter right pew than it hes at eay time this eeases. (Copyrighted by Scha 3. MoOrew, 1918.) I have a number of ends of trouserings in stock—some of Sensational Last season I_had a Gents’ Furnishing Department in|the ends of suitings, others crashes and flannels—and I want to Boston store, which } have discontinued. The only thing |¢/¢aM these all up. Some sold as high as $6.00 and $7.00. My remaining Is this order of 200 DOZEN STRAW HATS that | r x" Trousers to order, cut with stationary turnup, belt loops, So yryiny eS ete $ OLC., 1S ccccccccscccercccscccces fell for $2.80, $3.00 and $3.50. All 2 5 Early Custome % this season’s newest shapes. Reduced re Hove the Tailor, from Bos‘on, "1 rs Open Evenings Until 9. Saturday 10 o’Cleck