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Show I BOSTONS SURE OF THE FLAG I Giants May Take Further Drop in Closing Games St. Louis Pushing Hard. I New York, Sept 27. Boston worked work-ed into n safo lead for the National league pennant during the past week and nothing but a baseball mlrarle tan beat the Braves out of the flag 'Sweeping through the nix-day period with a record of eight victories and only one defeat. Stallinps' men estab lished a margin of eight and a hall' games over the tobogganing New Vorks, who were swamped by Chicago and St. Louis in the series at tli Tolo grounds, dropping five straight games before they finally managed to pull out a victory. The Braves have eleven more games to play and need only to win three moro to clinch the championship, even should the Giants win all their remaining eleven games. A further drop is not impossible for McGraw's men, who are being pushed hard by St Louis, two games in the rear. Chicago also has an excellent ex-cellent chance to pass the drooping champions if the Polo grounders do not Improve their play Brooklyn and Philadelphia ere fighting it out for fifth place with the Superbas coming strong, their rec ord of eleven straight victories, completed com-pleted yesterday, having pulled them up rapidly. Pittsburg seems anchored in seventh place, with Cincinnati hopelessly last. In the American league, the Bostons Bos-tons lost about their last chance for the flag by dropping a double-header to St. Louis yesterday One game of their double In Chicago also went by the board today and the Philadelphia are within short sight of establishing their right to the 1914 championship of the league to a mathematical cer tainty. Detroit and Washington are the two bidders for third place, while Chicago, New York and St. Louis are struggling for the modest honor of topping the lower division. Of the second division clubs, only the Clevclands are definitely settled in position, the cellar berth having been conceded them for weeks past. Within the coming week, In all probability, the result in both the major leagues will be finally established estab-lished and dcfini;e arrangements for the world's series, to start on Octo ber 9. may be begun. The close of the American association's associa-tion's race, today marked the end of another tight battle for the pennant iu President Chivington's league. Not until yesterday was Milwaukee definitely defi-nitely known as the winner, Louisville right up to Saturday being a contender. con-tender. Practically every team on top or near It during the season, but Milwaukee Milwau-kee and Louisville wcro there most of the time. The closeness of the race made the year a fair one from a fin.uKial standpoint, It is said, though in common com-mon with other leagues under the major ma-jor class, the association could not cell the season Its most prosperous onp- In the Federals league, Chicago again attained first place, the rout-lr,g rout-lr,g o, Indianapolis at the hands or Baltimore toppling the Hoofeds and putting the Terrapins into the run ning once more. |