Show tF S SPORTING PO R TIN G C CHAT HAT Dy By row Now York seems to lo bo be out of ot the race ace iii In the tho American league anti and the battle now lays between Chicago o ant and t C Cleveland oveland for tho the pennant with he I advantage leaning toward the wind windy t I city team But Dul the wonderful tight put up h by the Highlanders during Juring the thelast thelast hlf last t month must be a admired b by en cr c every n lover of tilt the great national game Iame Coming f from Crom far tar to the thc rear though thou n In second place men cu cut down clown the Uw lead of or the White While Sox a abounds at I IV bounds of two games per pel day a winning ten games in tn live successive headers hea headers ers But the strain was wab I t great nn and Is now beginning to tn tt Ml II The Highlanders are arc all in for tOI pitchers is The walloping given and Chebro Chos Che- bro 10 In tho the Ural civet game yesterday b by th tit lIw lan 8 In Indicates In a way the lilt Inability of oC these th t two great groat slab m m. i ito ii to lo hold their own atc after r the Awful trial of a few days ays ago The Tho Highlander Is I's Istook took the pleasure o of the box hOX It i- i i true tru but the they could not nol hold the ll- ll D trolls and fell Cell consistently Though h the Sox seem to lo have thin their way I believe the Cleveland will ill mal make c one of the greatest realest lights fights fi fat i ithe the tilt championship ever r sc seen scon n. n if the they ii not win out The Blues are arc hes' hes They have gone gone- along cu easily lIy during the tho season and while the Chicago a anI Now Yorks s fought and anti worried m nt i 1 first place the thc Napoleons have be bet bellI i n a conserving three their strength but strength but winning winning winning win win- ning games And now the Cleveland are only a game back of oC New Yoi Yo k with three more yawning in iii front of if i. i them before they can overtake tho the i- i Sox ox At this stage of the fame nine i vcr ever luna counts ants and every ery victory looms loom u up P big New ew York plays plas today and Saturday at Cleveland Chicago just r. r now has bus something easy In 11 Washing ashing- Washington ashington ton but journeys to St. St Louis Monday An And as the tho Browns Drowns havo have been doing some borne fairly good 1 playing lately Coms Com- Com have there men mell will not nol a snap s But Dul tho the real struggle for Cor the championship championship cham chain will come corne when Cleveland Cle and Chicago meet In the latter city for tor forts foru u ts series of or three or 01 four Cour games beg beginning be he- tho the Napoleons g inning ginning Oct I. 1 Unless suffer a set hack that final series selle will put pul on the tago one of the greatest league ue championship struggles ever everAnd W And jU judging from her present wonderful wonderful won won- erCul playing the that elands that noble gang of oC sluggers sluggers seems seems fair to tobo bo ho returned tho champions of Ih the American league j |