| Show PHILLIES CLIMB CUMB IN FLAG RACE Both A American and ana National Flag Dashes Tighten t n During During During Dur Dur- ing n TT Weeks Week's eek Play sPlay YORK Sopt 3 The 3 The beginning begin begin- beginning NEW ning Ing of ot the last full month of ot the 1916 baseball season brings no diminution diminution diminution tion In tho the Intensity of tho the races race In tho the National 1 and American leagues leas In Intact fact tact leading teams In tho the two major leagues are aro closer together Boston I leads the American and nd Brooklyn the tho National al but ut both of ot their leads were reduced The National league race has superseded superseded super super- the American In interest Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn now Is threatened more moro than at any time sice It has held the tho lead Boston Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton and and nd Philadelphia have crept so eo close that they are In a a. position to go ahead of Brooklyn at tho the least turn inthe In tho the leaders' leaders fortunes Philadelphia played the better ball b of tho th three leaders leaders lead lead- ers era during tho the week and cut d own down wn the advantage hold by the Braves Bra and Su- Su Brooklyn's lead was wan but seven seven seven sev sev- en p points rots at the tho end of ot the week weel AJ Alexander xander Friday established d a new major league record of fourteen shutouts shutouts shutouts shut shut- outs for tor one ono season The Tho closing intersectional games of f I the National In the west had these re results results results re- re West 7 7 enst cast 11 II Boston Doston which had doubled Its lead lead leadIn leadin in the tho previous week had Its lead over Detroit reduced by half haIr during the week The Tho Red Sox lost three of the tho series of four games game at St. St Louis and St. St Louis moved from sixth to fourth place place- Tho The margin mars between the tho first six teams In the tho American was reduced from tram 65 to 48 8 points Boston Doston and Detroit Detroit Detroit De De- troit did not change their relative c po positions po- po b but t Chicago St. St Louis and Cleveland moved ahead at nt the tho expense of New York |
