Show L BO BOTH H RAf RACES STILL HOT I I t I MANY TEAMS CLOSE UP J I N NEW TE T Y E YORK YORK- July 25 Both Both the tho major league races aces continued to develop IN new points of interest but the struggle in ill the National league is claim claim- j jug ing tho maximum of attel attention on the on-the the part pare of r b baseball fans Seldom lut hits has the fight for tho the pennant been so 50 close at nt this stage of the tho game g-ame in any organization ns in tho the Tener rener circuit this year ear Tho The Boston BostonI I Brakes Brues rI just two rounds above nho the bottom botto of the ladder luder for example are right now lIOW only 83 points behind the in in III first t place In the tho int intermediate positions Brooklyn Chicago Pittsburgh and New York are on Ott fairly even terms Tho The American league battle still lies between tho the only three clubs in inthe inthe the circuit that havo have shown real class this season Boston season Boston Chicago and Detroit The White Sox have havo not been doing well of lato and President Comiskey has seemed very much upset about it Obviously he had cause causo for regret t that Manager 1 Rowland was suspended at a n critical stage of the tho game for tho the White Sox leader lender had been guiding tho the club along a roa t that appeared to be bo leading to pennant honors Und and worlds world's series senes money A r A n TI THE lIE loss of tho the lead the club had 1151 held held- so long was regrettable from a L Chicago standpoint but tho the ardent supporters of the tho team are fire convinced convinced con con- vinced that tho the slump was such as ns any team may experience at some stage of the time race and that the tho recession is only temporary Tho river disaster of Saturday in Chicago caused both the tile games of that day and Sunday t to tobe tobe be postponed and deprived the White Sox of tho the c chance ance of further improving ing their standing l by y beating Now York There has been no denying the in recent weeks however and the tho Re Red Sox now fairly well entrenched in first position are duo at home within a n few days s 's for a long sta stay r. r Thoy They lost only ono one gamo game of tho the eight played during tho week Tho The remain in third place although at nt ono one time during tho the week yeek they were wore ahead of tho the White Sox Washington has hns pushed New York out of a n first division berth borth tho the Yankees after fter making a n fairly good record in the tho other three cities of the tho western circuit falling down hard in Chicago Better play pIny by the elands Clo who took five in a row from the tho Phila- Phila l- l delphias and set a n record of six straight victories put them ahead of the Athletes who appear to bo be going from bad to worse as tho the season progresses St. St Louis continues to play pIny indifferent rent ball |