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Show Brakes Need But Three Games to Cinch National's Pennant I Have Eleven More Contests Scheduled; Athletics Appear Certainty; Milwaukee Again Wins Flag in American Association. N. EW YORK "5ep T Boston worked nto a. afe lead for the Nat oia eague pennant during the pa-t week and nothing but a baseball m rac e can Heat ti e Bra es out of til flag Seep ng through the sx day period n Ui a record of eight vie torjes and only one defeat StaJ ngs s n en estab shed a margin of eight and a half games oer the tobogganing New Torks v. ho -were swamped by Chicago and St. Louis Jn the series at the Polo ground dropping fi e straight games . before they finally managed to pull out , a rictorj The Bra es ha e eleven more games ? to play and need only to win three more i to nch the championship even jahould " tho Giants wis all their remaining eleven games L A further drop is not impossible for t AIcGraw s men v bo are being pushed Kj hard by St. Lou s two games in the rear ? Chicago also has an excellent chance 1 to pass the drooping champions if the Polo grounders do not impro e their play Brooklyn and Philadelphia are fight lng It out for fifth place w th the Su f perbas eomlng strong the r reco d of e eyen straight victo es completed j es terdy "having pu led them up rapid y Pittsburg seems anchored in Be enth v J-aee with Cincinnati 1 opelessiy last y Cinch for Mack In the American league the Bostons lost about their last chance for the flag by dropp ng a douo e header to St. Louis yesterday One game of their double in Chicago also went by the board today ' and the Phlladelphlas are w thin short s ght of. establishing their right to the 19H championship of the league to a mathematical certainty Detroit and Wash ngton are the two bidders for third place while Chicago Iew York and St Louis are strugg lng for the modest honor of topping the low er division Of the second d vis on clubs only the Clevelands are definitely settled in pos tion, the cellar berth having been , conceded them for weeks past 1 Within the coming week in all prob ability the result in both the major leagues wl 1 be flna ly established and definite arrangements for the world s ae ries, to start gn October wil be be gun Milwaukee Again The close of the Amer can afisoc at on s race today marked the end of another tight battle for the pennant in Presi dent Chivington s eague Not until yes terday was Milwaukee defln te y known as the winner Louisville right up to Sat urday be ng a contender Practically every team in the assocla tion was at one t me on top o near it during the season but M wa kee and Loulsvil e were there most of f time The c oseness of the race made the year a fa one from a f nan a "stand point t is sa d though n on mon w h other eag es unde the major ass he In th" Federa league C ag aga n most p spe ous on In he Fede a eague h ago agaa n atta ned f st place the outing of Ind anapo s at he ands of Bait mo p top pling the Hoofeds and putt g he Ter rapins into the runn g once more |
