Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-05 | Page 29 | Heavers who are Keeping Phillies at the Top Alexander the Great and his Hill-Top Aides

HEAVERS WHO ARE KEEPING PHILLIES AT THE TOP I .41 A . .. lALEXANDER THE GREAT AND HIS HILL-TOP AIDES t i SAYS AMERICAN IS V PlAIGjESI BALL ..M -v HIS BROOKLYN CLUB Expert Says Facts Show 'f.. J ' V Prexy Is Confident His That Younger League -I'"' '. ' ; It' - ) jyfc Bunch Will Snatch Flag This is what on. of the ns.ehal fx- , - l.'j ' - perts said the other dav: , t: ,V . .fj , By CHARLES H. EBBETS. "No matter what team wins the Amerl- , '... ,'-" President of the Brooklyn Nationals. ran le.srue pennant, that team will win fDrflrnn p .M SjMm ' to':" J?' "m, nTrTVd The Pennan' Prospects of my team the world series. It's a salt r. to 1 bet DI-JVJlVIjIV J wh"' are 35 Dr'f!ht as those of any of the right now." when we asked the whys ', , ' $3 - clubs that are mixed in the thrilling and wherefores of such an opinion, he AN i I lirlFlSS W'sK''-if i 'l'2i 7-14 National league battle but no brighter. continued: KjIILjJJ VBtt&&2fr Vn tu lt ' jV It's a fight such as baseball never "The first division American league SBr1 S' -""T?TfHi8B rJ-il n- n-it has seen before, and, although 1 have clubs are playing at least 25 per cent ?.-;'., ,s fcShjfri ' ' -S "-" s-n 14-u 20-24 K-3 absolute confidence in my team, it better baseball than the first four In the tem. , HP251SP- ,. '-::.-,..-.if --- s- would be foolhardv for me to claim the National. Look at the tahies or statu- I -m I " ., .- ' W to-:; 6-10 M-JJ nennnnt now ings and vou'Il find the answer. NlHil t M s clr.nlng of , 'ij V ! -i-n ' "The Phillies for nearlv a month held ! F?i M m -, p pV'V -ii .' : M i. -Dr.-.. Baseball is an uncertain game and the leadership In the National league with i S B 7 Bl L. : ;t"te t- '- 'i V-arutio t this year, above all others, is a year of Pr s-.era! BiBllStiiBp "" ' '" r"Io' uncertaiutv. In this battle, where at times doling that nsotnh a teai with ri""B""Ji ! .BfflT !"-'f-'- ''Ai M tV least five teams seem almost evenlv a percentage of less than .50D broke Into j 1J BB M Hi ISH bercd to IT. iV-.-,'- J'-V.' -' A . matched, the result mav remain in at-;. ;h, ,i..h ,ha, ha-., .SnBjluH 1920 l'-y '4 doubt untU the last week of the oeuon. alternated In leading the American leacu ' 21 Bl U 24 mtn ,ho!iK HaPi' 'w-.-.- "-Dr... - Bt g"., B,.k The Brooltljn team is vojim team; have had percentages that averaged .660 lii"iiB,B,ii numbered 21 WM! XitS-?4. W-i h ' - s-to u- io-i. u-u "i! s-5 practically a new team. Of the twenty or better. T..:.' : - - ms 3 25 KB 26 Ej 27 B 28 , - n , . y9 ' "' ';( . .. ..- ' utt.i-r rc.'-rn r.mo arc wear-In wear-In the American are playing at least too I M mm ma ,, sh m ' " pJ. v - ing Brooklyn uniforms for the first joints bettei e National leaguers M " W ' ft'iV-fc .-!.,;"; 'Mm riiMIh-d rla- gives m-o. Mr. BJnkses time six ot these in fact never had bitS&WCsS ' fe, I UrMDDJS?E ntajor ufar&iiZ ?fi