Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-26 | Page 8 | Speaker's Team in Need of Good Hurlers

I SPEAKER'S TEAM IN I NEED OF GOOD HURLERS NEW YORK. July 26. Brooklyn continued to lead In the National' BBWBS league despite a slight slump last I week. The Robins' lead, however, was not cut to an extent because Clncln- nati. the runner-up team, lost three I games during the week The relative H positions of the two teams was not . changed today as both were defeated. H The New York Giants "had a sue-' I cessful week in the west and tor a day occupied fourth place. The Giants I with Chicago and St. Louis are having I a lp and tudt race for the honor of j bringing up the rear of the first dl- ; vision, all three being within striking ! distance of Pittsburg, which occupies HI third place. Boston fell behind nd I Philadelphia, although having a tight hold on last place, improved its percentage. per-centage. : New York and Cleveland are fur- H nlshlng plenty of excitement for the I leadership of the American league I W The Indians took the lead early In May l and were displaced for a dav by the B Yankees the week of Jul) 4 and again H for a similar period last week. The)' regained first place by defeating Hug- H gins' men yesterday and both won yes- !l Sneaker's Ipjiii 1-. still in bad for lack of rood pitching, while New-York New-York is winning games consistently by heavy batting. Chicago maintains its place hehind the leaders. A similar situation to that In the National league exists with three clubs Washington. Wash-ington. St. Louis and Boston fighting for fourth place. Detroit and Philadelphia Phila-delphia have little chance to Improve their positions although the Mack men last week won a majority of their games for the second time this season.