Show ga oJ 1 Western Athletes Supreme In Contests FIVE STARS 4 PICKED FOR FORt t flAG CHASE C Yankees Expect to Gain Bunting Says Midget Leader of Tribe by Ls L tl 1 on e cn D DIn In pC I I ml I rt on e of f if J I llio Ice be 1 1 lId Ii il-i il Copyright 1924 by hy The Tho Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated dald Press As AMo sHW E 1 OHI July 1 li lii It U Is Ih itching that thaI dodd de the Uie thull thull-lue thull lug race ree r c for tile ch In the and the te iem m that gets the I I ct JI from Crom now on will ivUl be the l nN 1 ibis his I li is the opinion ot of no less an authority than r Huggins 1 manager ot of o tIme tim world champion ew ew York Yankees who ho figures hat his Is 1 five th r el tart staff elves gh hi his team the tile edge ed-e 0 over oer rr their then up and and up houGh ho he peets a tight saco lac i do downto down doI I to o tile thu finish there lucre 1 here will no 10 beh be h change In batting and fielding between now and nd t the th he end of ot th the season aid Id ins Huge toda toda Pla ers art ar hitting the ball hail about lIt as a hard right now V as the they can be 0 ea- ea ex expected to hit lilt hit except here Iere and here litre 1 where tiA a n man n his Die 0 by ability abl to 10 meet met curves sue suo- The Tho field fieldi I Ican can t be much better r unless you ou e I a ers erg to make 10 oo ml es t hat bat is going to tell In this laco ieee is to te pitching m u n tap between now and the last of f September You dont don't see seo batter as a whole going stronger after tier th J I of at July You see Mee the tIme biel big r hews 5 settling down to the final with Ith the tho pitchers pitcher Field neld- r rs re reach their best beat tv the mid mid-dl mid mid mid- middIe dIe dlo of June end ond nd It If thiv are ro good the stick there thero the tho remainder of the year vear t Pitchers PIle ou cn cant t I tell teli an- an an- an an timing thinG about abou about The They may coal come like 0 a suea between bleen the he lI first t of Juli Jul and the last of September and aDd tome some of ot them theta y m hit a gait gaitIn gaitin fitIn In September that will add four or the five winning games game to io theIr I edit In this legu league of ours it tt Is la going to bo be more of ot a pitch pitch- pitch fr rs gra battle between now and the than h has been the case in III any race since I was a Ii kid sons gom H swimming HImming Imming In the old Lolo at Cm- Cm Cin Cincinnati of batting and nd fIeld fIeld- fIeldIng fielding lae Ing are about the same In the National league but tho the condition of the Ih race is something else again The Tho Th lead of on one club Is Isgro IsS gro growing ins Ing like a weed and there J is nothing In la the tho th league leaeu which can prune down clown th the growth of the tho Giants advantage Pitchers said ald Uncle Wilber Robertson the tho rotund shepherd Of the tho DB are r the th main guys to help you yon between the middle of the th season eason and nd It its wInd wInd- wIndup windup wind wind-up up Therein ho h agreed exactly e with Huggins It Zt might also be b 1 said 1 that John J McGraw the th pilot ot of the else th Giants Giant was wa a party to this opinIon He H was quoted In the th spring as M saying Baying that his hla team would do something t 1 4 the th pitch pitch- pitchers Cr ers showed an The Th er tr ers have not been ben Christy Mat islet Mt but bul they c been do- do doIng dolog Inc do-Inc log Ing so well wll that the tho GlInts Giants Giant ale ase snortIng around In th the lead It can c n well veli be that It will III be b a pitchers pitcher battle In the tho American league leaeu when it Is re- re remembered re remembered that separation of the tho seventh team and the first team can be b covered by ly tho palm of the tho hand band figuratively speaking VICTORY Time The play r of the th Yanks hay hay- Ine hav-Ine log Ing been ben through tho mill three times times know what to be- be because because caus be-caus cause In ono one beath they ey express their hopes hope of winning a thUd II pennant In iii succession nd In the tho next they tell even ever body that the Washington pitchers have hav got cot thoI to I como come back and can no stand the pace Thus Indirectly the they make mak plain that they know how Ir uch n-uch uch the pitchers may hav haye to bay kay as to the winner Leo Lee Le F rohl ohl manager of the Bos Bo- Boton Boa Boa- Boston ton Red lIed So SO s Uel theme e are not ellough pitchers to co S-O around He He too loo Is I might light For Fel a league to be b well weli ell balanced In pitchers each of the tho clubs should ha hale hae e four who ho could bo be called wInners That would bo be a total otal of 32 For both leagues It would necessitate b 4 A winning pitcher might not mean man a pitcher with a percentage of ot because caus b-caus whore where the race raco was t as close as a It Is I In Inthe inthe lathe the American league leacu team tams teama can can- can cannot not ilOt a s winning Inning percent percent- percentage aeo ago age of o 00 which renders it sery ery hard for tor pitchers to get above that mart marL themselves It Jr the tho records of ot the th pitchers of both leagues leanes to to d dit are aro nna- nna ana analyzed It w will iii bo be b foun found 1 that there thero are not 32 pitcher pItchers In either of the tho majors major who wIse can bo be b called winners Inners to agree areo acre with lIh tile the th ae- ae opted c-opted form of cas are ar four tour pitchers pitcher oo or better In the th American eleen or better bettor twelve too or orb b is IB I a of ot 27 In tIme National league leane there ther are eight men or bettor ten who are re tr 00 or better bettor and nine nino who are better than 00 also alo a 0 total ot of 27 It Is I plain that both ot of the tho majors major are uro starting on their way y Into th the tha final stage mage ot of the tho pennant fight with lea leims l s pitching strength than the tho situation do- do demand mand 00 oa- oa I I I I I |