Show I PHILlIES LOSE HEADER DOUBLE I SENATORS SUCCUMB TO OBRIEN O'BRIEN Races Are Practically Over in Both American and National National National Na Na- Leagues Two major league ea ue pennants practically clinched yesterday after atter- noon Barring Sp Speaker dropping dead Heine Wagner from losing his right mind Duffy DuCh Lewis having both legs cut at off and Joe Wood being mixed up In a cyclone Boston has hns the American Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican league bunting packed In tho club- club house It If Marquard Marquar l Red Murray Mathewson and Merkle Merkie live Iho through the next ten ten- ty days s 's New York will wIn the tho National league flag Boston whIpped Washington and New NewYork NewYork NewYork York took the Philadelphia Nationals Into camp twice yesterday Here Hare are how tho two leagues stand in relation to the he leading clubs American American- T L. L PC p r Club W. W r Boston 91 01 37 17 Philadelphia 77 ij 52 r SOT ton 78 78 63 53 3 Just for Cor the sake of argument well we'll I suppose Boston takes n a fearful losing dO- dO while the tho Athletics and Washington a wonderful winning streak Say remaining remaining remain remain- Boston out of the twenty five ing games the club has hns to play loses fifteen and wins ten o. o Then suppose the other two clubs win each ch twenty and lose each five At tho end of or the they will stand this way season Boston with won and o. o 62 52 lost lost which leave Stables Stahl's gang four and a half games ahead of Philadelphia with 97 won and 57 51 lost That argument IH 1 Just about settled In tho the National the two leading lending clubs and the only ones really In the race stand this waY was New York and Chicago New York 87 won and 37 lost and ChIcago SO won and 46 lost and another slump Now well we'll suppose winning streak the former b bY New NewYork NewYork York and the latter b the Cubs Out still games each club twenty five of the lo loses fit fit- es York New must pla play suppose teen and wins wine ton ten and Chicago o wins and loses ten ChIcago has been while recently this at pace oln only been doing a little better bet bet- Gl Giants have havo the tho o break even This will leave than ter 97 7 won and the New e York of ChicagO ahead ta 3 lost and I games It would still give McGraw a margin |