| Show CLOSE RACE RAGE IN i ii AMERICAN i B r LEAGUE BASEBAll CHASE GwM BY fly GEOUGE GEORGD DWICK Cli DWICK Special Co Correspondent of ot The St Standard dardI Copyright COP right 1924 by The Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Press Association NEW MEW Tp JEW YORK Aug Pennants 2 Lare are not won son on In baseball by mathematics but old rIggers figgers often orten are straws tro that show the thea a cay the wind Is ln blo bloIng pennant pennant- pennant vi ard and they disclose some In- In In Interesting things about the three leading teams in the thrilling league race The world champion Yanks suffered Buttered a 0 a net loss of 35 points in percentage In inJune InJune June and July the lot lost about 20 points and the Washing Washing- Washington Washington Washington ton m made de a net gain of ot about bout 70 00 It If Washington had continued In July the spectacular climb cUmb the team made In June about June about points points-It it would bo be sitting silting pretty on top of the heap The ha haa haco a chance to come coma through all it of ot the time lime but they slipped out ot of the tha position in July be- be because be because cause Cluse they could not gain at the late of three points dilly dally Old show thit th this American lague race raco needs a n three point dally daily gain gala for any bill club that to go f om sixth place to first and stick through lh In the month of June the Yanks dropped 70 10 odd poInts while Washington on was gaining more than points In the tho same Sante month Detroit lost 60 50 poInts With the Yanks losing 70 poInts and the Detroit 60 50 It Is la easY enough nough toi foi fo any soy fan to see sec ehat hat the actually gained net when hen their total of advance ance advancement ment was more moro than points It If Washington had maintained that where here do vou OU think they v cs have been at the tho end of Jul Jui Juli luG JUG GUI GIN MAIE lInI The net gain of the tho Senators over Now Nov York during the month of June was one of the best things that the Washington ton se b ball bise-ball ball bali club his done since It has hos been boen 0 I ed by Clark dark Griffith During lAw June It I is 19 also ecu lAll ell to n note the Detroit club did not lose as much in percentage as New York That It lost lot an am thing thine certainly sas as a 0 matter o of ot hard ard luck for forthe forthe the Tigers because had IhlY been able to get got tb ir ground grippers working there was a chance to beat the Yanks until the latter in misery June was on one ot of the best opportunities that TY TYCobb TYCobb TyCobb Cobb ever had True he gained a little because he ho did not lose os as much as New York but If It he had ad gained in the relative e proportion of Washington ashington or even halt half as much he vi have had the tho 1 anI groggy groI Bel Between een Washington Washing Washing- iton ton and Detroit the tho New J lork ork tem team would be bo sprawling all over the tho diamond Bumping Into July as the Jaunting car moved maud on a 0 neW condition arose aroe Both New tori and Detroit came Into v U month In the doldrums and going corns bad Their j jews lW ached from the but but- buffeting buffeting feting they had received The Tho pia rs began to sit up and notice Washington and e means mean to throw tho the Sen Senators tors down and spread od a thick la Ia laver or er of humility oer o them During Jul the lIce Yanks Instead of losing mo e than they had been bl ac d up and begin beg to right fight back They gained about 35 33 points on n tho the month but were wre stilt 35 to the bad combining their June and Jul July records In the same sante time that time that Is July the the Detroit gained 30 10 points In round numbers within the five of the Iho total gamed gained for that month by ew I cork lork but as these were not as many as Detroit had lost lostIn lostin lostIn In June there thOre Is still little differ differ- difference difference difference ence ot of o about 20 that Detroit needs need to make nake un UP for what It couldn t do while June w was slid slid- slid sliding ing tog out of the tho As the th Yanks show a loss los of 35 points In June Juno and July combined and the tho D Detroit trolls n a loss of ot 20 there I Is Isa Isa a difference between them of ot 16 is in favor of Detroit and I Ia which represents to some all of the actual gain I made by bytho bythe bythe the tho Detroit club It further that the hac have e 0 been play play- playIng playing playing ing a trifle better ball since June than thon New York Washington lost about 39 30 points In July instead of o gaining The loss los of o total drooped dropped the senators down to a new V gain In InJune InJune Juno June and July of ot about 70 points point 1 0 0 CONTENDERS COTIl The Tho figgers in Jn the tho legue need no analysis because the tho race has not a contender The team In the New lead lead New York of 1923 1921 has drawn a assay ay on Its natu al show of ot skill It hn has bus not fallen behind a as the Yanks have haye fillen hllen The litter are aro aroI aroI I not within points of o their dis- dis display display dis display I play of o In 1121 and In addition to that have hace ha 0 been drop drop- dropping dropping dropping ping instead ot of accruing on an thing That cond condition Illon doesn't exist In inthe Inthe the Iho National 1 Tl-e Tl leaders are lettIng le sven clubs and are pot ot being fought by two hlo that hl e also led and the tho In the National are arc dra away ay and not l vacillating in their tight fight Old riggers figgers can only sa say of the Glints nt there they are ore with nobody to ketch em That's bout about it 00 0 |
