Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-08-08 | Page 20 | Heated Pennant Fights Will be Seen in All Leagues This Year

I HEATED PENNANT FIGHTS WILL BE SEEN IN ALL LEAGUES THIS YEAR w I I S flA S ir f 4 f 4 I 4 II I 0 4 f milE present dope on the big leagues leagues' 1 races seems to show that tho the fans tans of ot this hemisphere are due for tor a fair treat this fall The National Na and American l leagues the Feds and the American association are all aU display display- lag Ing a group of teams near the lie top well bunched and all apparently determined determined de de- de- de to slap and scratch In th the tho most furious manner when the tho homestretch homestretch homestretch home home- stretch h heaves fL ea In sight There has been complaint this sea sea- son that tho the games have not been well attended Managers and owners have declared that thal it has been and continues con COD to b bo be one Oie of the poorest years rears cars financially the game has ever er seen lIeen Fans seem to have ha b been en given gi nn un anesthetic They are all nIl In a comatose state slate Nothing will rouse them from their torpor Well If it the tights fights for the pennants that are soon to be begin ln do not throw a little pep pel into the tan fans then they M are worse verse than er very hopeless It is seen that the National r leAgue legue has Its first tint five fhe teams grouped tho the space of ot a few tew points All these teams hove shown that they are arc out after the tho top this season Lots Lot of oC action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion may be expected here In the American league the three teams at atthe atthe atthe the top are clove close which Is far tar from die ln Boston Chicago and Detroit can hardly fail fall to stage a l raiser hair sooner or ur later