Show I GONE r m rt v piM IN PHILADELPHIA Big Le Lead d Secured by M Macks Mack's s Athletics Takes Life Out of Game Philadelphia ln Pa July Juh 10 l. There I Is less baseball excitement In this city at present than at any ony time this season The Tile Jon long lead taken b by the Athletics Inthe in the American league h has aR taken some of the fire firo out of 01 the Interest It I la is looked upon here as a a t foregone conclusion that I Connie Mack Ia is piloting his White hite Ele Ele- to their fifth cham championship The big advantage which the team has al already already al- al rend ready secured and nd the fact that there thero has been no let down In an any department department depart depart- ment mont makes the teams team's followers more confident as each series Is safely passed Since going going- fa a away the Athletics have hay been successful in Washington New ew York i ork Boston and Cleveland Not one of ot these tiles teams could check the White Kle- Kle Ie- Ie and It remained for Cor Detroit to administer the first real blow So far the Athletics have gone along serenely They have piled up one long run of victories This was fifteen In a row Otherwise the they have been content content con con- tent with getting the better of ot each series with an occasional clean sweep Just to make their work more sive I The manner In which Connie Mack ck has kept his team on the winning road with witha a a. pitching staff starr which which- has not been rated ver very high has been one of ot the marvels o of ot the carreer of 01 this great baseball general Steadily The hones of the Cleveland team are centered In the I belief bellet that Plank or Bender or both may not keep up Under un under un- un der the strain As yet however there has not been the slightest evidence of ot these theBe past masters In the art ort of ot twirlIng twirlIng twirling twirl- twirl Ing slackening blackening in their pace Meanwhile Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while the youngsters are steadily ll gainIng gain gain- ing more lilOre experience and the chances are that before either of ot the veterans show signs of a letdown the Juvenile hurlers will have rounded out Into first class workers There Thore rte are rumors here ere In the cast east that Manager ManaR r Mack is going to have some strong additions to hl his pitching department It is still believed that Jack Jock Coombs will bo be able to g get t back on th the 0 diamond lamond before the champion champlon- ship season is over Coombs Is still at his home in Maine taking things s easy an and gradually getting back his health and strength The rhe chances are that he will be tossing the ball around during September and antI that It would not be bo surprising if IC ho were able to perform per per- form on the mound in case ease the tho Ath Mb get into the worl worlds world's s 's series |