Show GIANTS TO WIN OR OR LOSE PENNANT DOPE THIS SERIES BY WILLIAM HILLMAN Universal Universal Ser Service cc Staff Correspondent Correspond Correspond- cut ent N NEW V EW YORK Au Aug 13 Following Following 1 1 n ti successful raid this thi afternoon on the Brooklyn sector the Giants have taken up a u position on the Polo grounds s an and have dup dug in prepared to repel the invasion of the Reds Heds who from all nil indications will begin their attack tomorrow So o intense has the battle in in the National National National Na Na- league become that no resorts natural to ID the convenient tt of lit I the tho war correspondent describes the thc Si situation The Giants and the Cincinnati Reds are aro exactly four Cour and a half haC bam games s apart tonight Tomorrow they will stage a series of or three consecutive double rt Upon this aeries the tho pennant of or tho the National league rna may bo be said to depend If the hods arc are fortun fartun- fortunate ate ato enough to win the whole six or oreen even en o fI o of tho the six games the they will clinch the tho fla flag Tho Thin Reds Heds will bo ho satisfied to split the tho series aeries as aa that will keep them up in front and s send nd them away to moot moet W weak steak ak teams while tho the Gla Giants t arc are playIng play play- In lug Ing Chicago at l. l Louts Louis and Pittsburgh who have boon been giving them trouble In Inthe inthe the last lat two too weeks If It tho the Giants Giant's chances arc are Lobo to Lo tobo tobe bo be taken seriously they waist must win at least four O Of tho the six Nix lx games gained In tho the thoI I next three weeks the tho Giants are arc tho tiro only team thru that can bo be depended upon to halt the hods Tho The Giants will bo be I either cither on their way 3 to tho Cho championship championship championship champion champion- ship at al tho end of ot this tills week or a b badly bad d- d ly lI licked team In lit the battles tills this week McGraw seems seem to have the edgo on n Cincinnati In the pitchers Nehf Barnes Darnes Douglas I Benton Denton and Tone Toney ma may be bo depended upon to pitch good ball Toney has not notI I quite recovered from the prostration n which ov overcame me him In St St. Louis but butwill butwill butwill will be able attic to pitch one game Dou Douglas la arid and will probably pitch two games each Benton Denton is 18 in good shape now and Barnes tho the Giants' Giants pitching ace uce after his tiny fine game ame against Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Drook- lyn In today should be able to tame lame tho the i I Itc Reds s in iii at least cast one ono game ame I De Despite the disasters that encountered creel ered the Giants on their recent In Invasion ullon of r r tho wc west t. t the pitching staff has been doln doing fine tine work No 0 pitcher Is expected to win J if the team is not lIot batting Unless th the Giant GUnt sluggers can Cr er from their slump tho the best J kind of or pitching will win no games Jamos for them Tho The situation In the Giant c camp mp Is 18 exactly tho the opposite of I t what it was A it Then Theft tho the hatters were doIng dolog do- do month a ago 10 tn log Ing all aU the work and the pitchers fallIng tall fall log Ing down Cincinnati on the tho other hand Is It batting well Ilor Hor work team is unique Instead of tos tossing ln away aWRY games to weak opponents as us tho the Giants have been doing they have been playing consistent ball Hod l Idler Eller per who finished two games a against tho rho Giants at Hi Cincinnati Is la ex cx expected ex- ex peeLed to hive Ivo the New Yorkers a a. tun- tun sic ale lie He Is 18 using the tho shine hall bail with effectiveness nuts now but the h Glands Giants do clo donot trot not think ho can last moro more than six Inn Innings InS's against them Sa eo will give S1 the tho Giants moro more tr trouble than any other pitcher r. r Whether ho will he be strong enough to pitch h moro more than one gamo game In the ser ser- seri i ies les is Ie doubtful New a attendance r records cords I are arc rc expected to bo be m made de In the next three da days Not ot since the old Giant Chicago a Glant battles battless ha have hate the fans here boon been so worked up over aver a struggle for tor the tho pennant In the National lea league Some Sonic mischievous oUs perIson per I person per pcr- son has starred cd tho the rumor that gangs aro h being ln or organized hero here to Intimidate tho the Cincinnati pl players In return tor for the thc I reception given tho Giants In ht Cincin Cincin- nati But New Yorkers arc aro not so d de delirious de- de over cr tho the affair as tho the Red fled fans tans I A close struggle for the pennant by bythe bytho bytho tho the local team Is no new nett thing to I them They'll Thell bo ho partisan during the I games hut but Ul It Is not likely that the they will resort to bottle bottlo throw throwing In Ac According to the latest the local situation IH lit very quiet to to- to nl night ht A lull ull has set act In before the battle baUte |