Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-06-19 | Page 17 | Giants' Collapse Adds Interest to N. L. Race

Giants Giants' Collapse Adds Interest to N. N L L. Race Pirates and Robins Hitting on High Speed at Present Time NEW YORK June 19 Pending collapse of ot the New V York Giants is making making- a contest out of ot the National Nation Nation- I al league pennant race and is furnishing furnishing furnishing fur fur- I one of ot he she big features of the maturing baseball base season Leaving home for an invasion of the west the Giants had a lead of seven games and they looked like a cinch for the championship They stumbled and are on their way home now now with their lead whittled to two and a half halt games their bench filled tilled with injured players and their pitching staff shot Meanwhile the Pittsburg Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds shot Into high speed The Pirates have closed in on the Giants by winning nine out of their last twelve games and tho the Red have shoved the Brooklyn Robins out of ot third place by winning eleven of ot their last twelve games The sudden transformation of the Pirates seems to have been brought about by the injection of ol a fighting heart into the team The Pirates always have been a good ball club The success of ol the Reds Is due almost entirely to good pitching as there are only three players on the team who are doing doing- any kind of ol hitting The American league still looks like a a. battle between the Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia Athletics and the champion Washington Senators The two cl clubs bs are still separated by a a.- half halt game Some of the critics are predicting predicting pre pro the Athletics to blow but they are still playing the aggressive aggressive aggressive sive fiery game that got them away to such a good start Walter Johnson the old noble has been the mainstay of ot the Sen Son The Tho Yankees are still toasting boasting of ol ofa ofa a a. winning steak of two games Ten times this season the Yankees have won a pair of ot games in a row and then dropped the third Ruth is getting back bacle to his real root game but the team does not seem to go along with him