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Show 14 ! CRUCIAL RACE IN AMERICAN o O O O O o o o o o I YANKEES HOLD SMALL LEAD o o o o o o c o o o GIANTS LEAD NATIONAL LOOP !i : ! ST. EOUIS. Mo.. Sept IS. (By the Associated Press) The 1922 charn- Iplonshlp oJ the American league hlng-)ed hlng-)ed In a large measure upon the out-.come out-.come of the final contest oi a nerve- racking, crucial three-game series between be-tween th" N( York Yankees and the St. Louis Browns here today. Both teams were confident of vlc-jtory, vlc-jtory, which mealis triumph iu the ! scrl a and probably in rlns season's strenuous neck tmd neck pennant race. The team winning today would hnvu a more favorable rliane Cor the pennant, pen-nant, while the unfortunate club would I be compelled to travel rougher road j to Pennantvllle. New York possesses the slim lead of a half game over St. Eouis. Each nine has won u game, the Yankees i winning Saturday, 2 to 1, when Bob iShawkey oubdued I'rban Shocker in a 'thrilling pJtohers battle and the Browns winning Sunday. Shucks" jl'mett. southpaw chOOlbpy hurlei-. pitching Invincible ball against Watte iHoyt and Sam Jpnes, right hallders. If New York should win today's I contest, the visitors would Increase I i their lead to a game ana a half oer I the locals Should v ictory perch on the Browns' banpeT, the locals would capture the leading position and leave a b td of a 'half contest. This result, it is believed would mean thut the Li. owns have a favorable chance to beat the New Y'ork team dowrt the stretch, is the' Yankees appear to be facing R harder! schedule to the finish than the' Rmvm ( ion HOMERS Ken YVilllams of the Browns nnd Babe Ruth of the Yankee both demonstrated dem-onstrated their favorite art in the second sec-ond game, the former slashing out his thirty-eighth homer to break a lie for the major ! nd with Rogers Hornsby of tho St. Louis Cardinals, vhii Babi Ruth busied ins thirty-third. George Sisbr added another laurel wreath to his collection by hitting safely in his forty-first consecutive I game, breaking Ty Cobb's modern I mark of 40, set in ISU. The Giants lost to Cincinnati 4 to .1 arid 3rop$ed a half game of their six-game six-game margin over the Pittsburg Pirates, Pi-rates, who were idle. If the Glan'uv win half or" their 14 contests, the Pirates Pi-rates must take all of their thirteen to. anne the pennant . I VI x SEEK I LAG NEW YtiRK. Sept, 18. While the1 New nrk Giants barring ;i startling I reversal of form, apparently have; clinched their eighth National league Championship since 190f. the New York Yankees and St. l.ouls Browns are waging B sensational battle for the American league pennant that I may remain in doubt until the last few games of tho aeason. The Browns squared the count in the "Uttlo world series," today by taking the second game from the Yankees and are within with-in a half game of the league leaders. The Giants, overcoming pitching weaknesses by aggressiveness typical of McOraw's aggregation, battled then way to seven straight victories last week, before the streak was brokl D b) Cincinnati In the SOCOnd gani" of a doublcheader. Despite defeat aain today at the hands ot Cincinnati, while Pittsburg was idle, the New YoiI.ts hold s bnd of five und a half games oypr the Pirates The Bucanneera have a fighting chance, but to win they must take all !of th ir remaining thirteen games, while the Giants break even in their remaining garnet Timely batting and brilliant defensive defen-sive work, when pitchers faltered, i have been bulwarks in the play of the world's champions. Proof of the hard won character of their recent games Is the fact that four of them were cap- i tured by scores of 7 to 8 . Starting weit after three victories! over Philadelphia, the kankees were stopped by brilliant pitching in two I out or four fames witn Chicago and faced the Brbwns in th- third and lasi game ot their all-important series today to-day with the lead at stake. Consistently got pitching, especial- ( ly by-Rush nnd Shawkey, plus ateiia-i defensive work, ure the factors upon Which New York bases Its hope "t win- hing another championship, while the Browne, lacking as steady bo.- work, depend chiefly on their hard hitting ami versatile attack for victory. ( II i s DIMMED Early In the week the Browns' chances were dimmed by ah injury, that torced their uli-around Star, ' iGeorge Sisler, out of the game, but he I returned to the Une-up Saturday and today ioundeU out a bit that brought his consecutive batting Streak to 41 games, breaking Ty t'obb's modern mark of -I0, set In 1911, and putting' him within three of thr record for all time, 14 games, set by "Wee Willie" j Keelef in 1S97. The race for the remaining first ' division berths among clubs eliminated 1 from pennant consideration has narrowed nar-rowed down to three In each league, j St. Louis and Cincinnati have increas- i .I their advantage over Chicago In the I National, while Detroit holds third! placo in the American, with Chicago leading Cleveland by a half game for fourth position. With the exception of Brooklyn in the National, all of the other eastern , dubs in both leagues fell before the superior play of western rivals |