Show 3 3 40 DODGERS FURN H I J LAST LASI WEEKS Af NEW YORK Au Aug U sot Mt th the pace tiace ce In lb the National during the w wc we jk k Just Jurt ended t strongly pressing Philadelphia hla for th l leadership er hf in the senior m moJor organization Tho The won six atz out of ot the seven games game they placed regaining A n. strong hold on n 8 second place and putting themselves In a iL po position to displace the leaders l t latter show any signs of faltering The Phillies however do o not ap appear appear ap- ap pear to be In a faltering mood They dropped only one contest during the week putting three to their to-their their credit and playing tho the steady garrio game gamo that bat has baa kept them thorn at the top or near It for the greater part of ot the tho season eason The Tho Braves are not having a a. ver verr successful time In working toward t top Last year at this stage of t the thi therace therace race they were In tho the full fun stride of their march to a la pennant a a worlds world's championship Now they lart aro hovering ho around tho the mark with no evidence of ot th the climbing j ower that they displayed in 1914 The American lea league e contest contestI an altogether different affair Long It lt bec became me apparent that only three clubs had a chance for th pennant The games of ot t the e past put week eek seen seem fairly to have m measured the chances of ot the trio The won seven games and dropped one Detroit and Chicago o each played four o r games e If i ining ning three and losing one each Red Sox of course were loVi their home grounds but they hut the proved an extraordinarily goon gOO rOa roa rOat team this year t 0 Kansas sai City had City had a a. of ot it in the league Federal dropping enough to plunge the club to fourth during the week ending Sat rf The first five clubs clubB however o remain closely b bunched with chan changes among them possible as ns the thC res pf result a a. day or twos two's vIa play I The weeks week's play lay in the American American- Am ass association brought no no change chango in iii th the comparative standing of ot tho the leaders St. St Paul doggedly held eId la ts ta per e J above the mark while Minnea- Minnea polls polis was was was' compelled to tr trail its ti h bIh bor hon by a few tew games gamer o W ft H b B M 1 J- J |