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By WILLIAM MULDOON,
America’s Foremost Physical Conditiner,
FRIEND of mine came to spend the recent holidays with me. On his
A return to New York he wrote expressing his appreciation and grati
tude for my hospitality and adds:
“If it were not for the awful solitude and quiet of the place I would
envy vou your happiness.”
“The awful solitude!” My yvoung friend has not reached the age of
reason. Solitude is one of the grandest things and one of the best friends
1 have ever met.
The solitude and quiet and peacefulness that we are surrounded with
at I'nrchase, N. Y.. have done more toward helping in my work and repair-
ing shattered nerves, tired minds and
restoring lost confidence than any
thing else I have et in my experi
ence.
Solitude affords us the most incon
testable advantages under the great
est adversities of life. The convalezc
ent the unfortunate, the misan
thropist find equal relief here. Their
tortured souls here find a balm for
the deep and painful wounds they
have received, and soon regain their
health and vigor.
Solitude Best Tonic.
Sickness and affliction would fly
with horror from the retreats of soli
tude if their friendly shades did not
afford them that consolation which
they are unable to obtain in the tem
ples of pleasure.
The subtle vapors which sensuality
and intoxication shed upon the ob
jects that surround the state of
health and happiness entirely disap
pear; and all those charms which
subsist rather in imagination thanin
reality lose their power.
Ton the happy every object wears
delightful colors of the rose; but to
the miserable aiways black and
dreadful. The two conditions are
egually inthe extreme, but neither of
them discovers the errors into which
they have been betrayed until the
moment when the curtain drops.
When the scene changes, the illu
sion is dissipated. Both of them en
joy the dream, while the understand
ing continues silent and absorbed. The
one feels that God employs His atten
tion to the preservation of His crea
tures, even when He sees them the
most abandoned. The others devote
themselves to those vanities and
pleasures with which the fashion of
the world intoxicates the mind, even,
although, at the very moment they re.
flect seriously upon themselves, upon
their present situation, their future
destiny and the means by which alone
they can be conducted to perfect fe
licity.
How miserable and unhappy should
we be if the Divine Providence were
to grant us everythirg we desire, even
under the very afflictions by which
man conceives all the happiness of his
Jif2 annihilated. God perhaps pur
poses something extraordinary in his
favor. New circumstances excite new
exertions in iamude and tranquillity.
If we earnestly endeavor to conquer
misfortune the activity of life, which
until the moment of adversity had
bean perhaps suspended, suddenly
changes and the mind regains its en
ergy and vigor, even while it laments
the state of inaction to which it con
ce ves itself to be irretrievably re
duced.
Patience Will Bring Results.
But there are still greater advan
tages. [ have about me as my com
panions and comrades those that are
unfortunate and have been forced into
,Bolitude by their exhausted nervous
condition. Patience and perseverance
soon restore the soul to its natural
tranquillity and joy.
We ought never to ingpect the vol
ume of futurity; its pages will only
deceive us. On the contrary, we ought
forever to repeat this experimental
truth, this consoling maxim, that the
objects men behold at a‘dlstance with
fear and trembling lose on a nearer
approach, not only their disagreeable
and menacing aspect, but frequently
In the event produce the most de
lizhtful and unexpected pleasures.
He who tries everv exvedient, who
opposes himself to every difficulty:
who stands steady and flexible to
every obstacle; who neglects no exer
tions within his power and relies with
confidence upon the assistance of God,
exiracts from affliction both its pois
on and sting and deprives misfortune
of its viotory.
$64,000 at Soccer
LONDON, July 18.—Burnley easily
smashed all records of the English soc
rer clubs by announcing their net profit
on the geason's working ot §64,416. The
pepularity the club enjoyed through
Iheir many successes in the cup com
petition, ending in their winning the
coveted trophy, atiracted tremendous
crowds to thelr home games, resulting
in the large amount of $120.550 in gate
money. The season before last only
§4.738 was made.
Chelsea, which caused so many sensa
tions recently by signing on a number
of star Scottish players for next season,
received the big amount of $112.950 in
gate money, but with the larg; transfer
fees paid for these crack men! it s not
surprising that their net profit worked
out at only $8.647. After paying a divi
dend of 5 per cent. $11.251 is carried
forward to next season.
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‘uban Asks Tria
Don Luis Valeriano Camacho, rich
young Cuban, wants to replace Mar
sans with the Cincinnati Reds, but
makes his proposition sound right sen
sibly Camacho, educated at a Boston
uriversity, and rated as a fine inflelder,
Bays he will sign a Red contract and,
instead of kicking against going to the
minor leagues, where he can play every
day, he will try to show his speed, in
hopes that Herzog will see his class, and
recail him in a nurry Camacho says
the salary is a minor question, and that
basebail glory is all he seeks with a
charce. to squa-e up the Cuban nation
by making gecod for the vanished Mar
sans.
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b e L
THE JUMPER,
Beneath 2 spreading chestnut tree
The contract jumper stands.
An idle, listless lad is he,
And vet his wealth expands,
For baseball magnates fight to shove
Their money in his hands.
Those suffragettes who threaten to
kust up a rifle toeurrament have a lot
of nerve, but not much sense. Any
tody who would interfere with a ri
fle tournament would monkey with a
buzz saw.
At the age of 71, Dan O'Leary
walked from Chicago to Joliet. And
yet he is old enough to know better.
The English may be crazy about
fighting, but Freddie Weish will teli
you that the craze does not extend
to their pocketbooks.
If Charlie Carr can preach as well
azs he can practice, it behooves the
Pelicans to take a few lessons in his
baseball school.
The Austin manager who lost 30
games in a row has been canned,
showing that there is no more senti
ment in baseball.
S .
1t is true that automobiling has
hurt the attendance at ball games.
When a man has paid his garage bills
he hasn't the price of a baseball tick
et.
Mollwitz fits in well with Herzog,
Neihaff and Groh, but he wouldn't If
his name was O'Brien.
Jess Willard wants to fiaht John
son on %he theory that it is hetter to
have fought and collected the short
end of the purse than never to have
fought at afi.
ALBERT IS A REGULAR JOKER.
Dear Sir: This is how | dope out
the present National League race:
The New York Giants have the
best Stock, and with a Schauer of
hits will win,
Cincinnati Ames to win, and their
chances will Groh.
St. Louis seems to stand the strain
like pillars of Steel and Cruise along
to the finish.
Chicago is Phelan Good and will
stick like a Leach.
Of course, there is always some
thing Dooin in Philadelphia, and they
may yet Byrne up the league.
Brooklyn's lead has been cut down
like a field of Wheat—in fact, they
don't show enough Pfeffer.
Although every Mann is Whalina
the ball for Boston, they will finish
a great Deal better than last.
ALBERT SEIDELBACH.
HEINE FAIN WOULD SPEAK.
“I'd like to join the Cabinei”
Said Silent Heinie Zim.
With all the heavy fincs 1 ges
My wealth is growing slim.
“But if I joined the Cabinet,
Chautauquing ! would go.
And speak mu little piece and get
Five hundred hones a throw."”
THOSE LONG GAMES,
Old Rip Van Winkle went to slcep
I'pon a bleacher seat:
He sank in slumber long and deep
Despite the noise and heat.
In twenty years he raised his head,
The selfsame sight he met.
“Go back to gleep.” a rooter szaid;
“The game ain't over yet.”
We are glad to read that society
women are attending boxing matches.
It will give them an occasional oppor
tunity to meet tha husbands.
Tommy Burns writes from Australia
that he is just as g®od as ever. This
shows that the heat in Australia is
just as cppressive as it is here.
Red Co-riden laughed when a ball
bounced fiom his head over the
grandstand. We don't know why ne
laughed, but possibly it tickled him to
make Heine Zim jealous.
We beg of you not to become en
thusiastic over the report that Jess
Willard intends to fight abroad. He
may change his mind.
If Mr Willard goes abroad he can
win undying fame by swimming the
English Channel. All he will have to
do is to fall across.
We fail to see why the English »f
-fer Frank Moran a $25.000 purse when
they can see some real fighting every
time Asquith shoves his head out
doors.
1f you want to know why Jim Pugn
calls his boat Disturber, all you have
to do is to lieten to it
THOSE UMPIRE BAITERS,
A short vacation now and then
Is relished by the hired men,
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Herewith are shown two characteristic fighting attitudes of Freddie Welsh, the world’s light
weight champion, who won the titfe from Willie Ritchie, the American, in London. At the left
Welsh is on the alert for an opening to whip over his left jab, the blow that enabled him to out
point Ritchie. While he has the left poised Freddie never neglects to protect his abdomen. At
the right Welsh is seen in his favorite defensive position. He is slightly crouched and has both
hands ready to stop almost any blow that comes his way.
Browns Buy Bpwdgp,GeprgiaStar
Macon Club Gets $3,000 for Him
ORD has reached Atlanta from
Macon that, Timon Bowden,
the University of Georgia
athlete who has been playing pro
fessional ball with Macon in the
Sally League, has been sold to the
St. Louis Browns for $3.000 and will
report to that club September 1.
Bowden is kncwn all over the
South as a college athlete. At Geor
gia he was a football star of the first
magnitude for the four vears ending
with 1913, when he was graduated,
He also played baseball. working at
first base and behind the bat, and
batting well.
Powden's best college work was
das done in football. The coaches
and experts agree that he never was
Iron Bricks Sold to
Banks by Cripple
AMSTERDAM, N. Y., July 18.—-A
eripple vigited the three banks in this
eity to-day and in an indifferent man
ner threw down packages supposed to
eontain 50 1-cent pieces each wrapped in
the customary. paper used for this pur
pose. He asked that he be given half
dollars for tham and his request was
granted, When the packages were
opened they were found to contain
nothing but small iron bars having tha
dimensions of a package of 3 pen
nies, The matter was reported to the
policé by a trust company after the man
had tried to work the game there, but
he had disappeared.
Hands More ‘Germy’
.
Than Flies, He Says
CLEVELAND, July 18.—''House pets,
files and dust breed /isease faster than
the health authorities can stamp it out,
but the human hand is the most dan
gerous enemy to family and community
health that we have, declared Dr. C.
F. Langworthry, Government food ex
pert, at the closing seselon to-day of the
Home FEconomirs Association éonven
tion
“Women should not prepare food
when thelr hands are dirty,” he con
tinued, ‘‘and the family cat should be
banished from the kitchen.”
HAEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1914
properly valued by the bulk of the
fans, and say he was one of the most
useful backfield men ever seen in the
South. It was his grand and heady
work as a side partner of Bob Mc-
Whorter that made possible much of
the brilliant play by that great half
back.
Since getting into professional bali,
Bowden has been playing the outfield.
He was not a star catcher or first
baseman, even in college ball; but he
ecould hit well and run bases ciever
ly. His hitting became sensational
in the extreme after he joined the
Macon club, averaging close to the
400 mark, and his base running has
been excellert.
Bowden is & native Georgia boy.
His home is in McDonough.
Divorce in Nevada
RENO, NEV,, July 18.—The Supreme
Court to-day declared constitutional the
State law providing for a one year's
residence requirement to give State
courte jurisdiction In divorce actions,
thus upholding the bill passed by the
Legisiature in 1913.
The bill increasing the residence re
quirement in divorce actions from six to
Iwelve months was passed by the Ne
vada Legislature on February 17, 1913,
and became operative om -January 1,
1914. It was contested and taken to the
Supreme Court, which to-day handed
down its decislion
For Mile a Minute
BOSTON, July 18.—A mile a minute
‘n a motorboat is Miss Esther Foss’
idea of a honeymoon. SBhe {8 the daugh
ter of ex-Governor Foss. Her engage
ment to Albert Hickman is announced,
and he is rushing work an the Viper,
which, it is belleved, will be the fastest
motarboat in the world. A new system
of propulsion and steering and a con
cave keel are features of the new boat.
Hickman claims his {nvention wiil revo.
lutionize motorboat construction. Tha
boat will be used on the honeymoon,
after which she will be offered for sale.
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Makes Thief Wear
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. 25-Cent '‘Knickers
NEW YORK, July 18.—Ellas
I.aurie, a vaudeville actor, escapes
from steel handcuffs to amuse audi
ences, but he was unable yesterday
to escape the wrath of Mrs. Sarah
Kolub, of No. 149 Amboy. street,
Brooklvn. She accused him in the
New Jersey Avenue Court of having
stolen a suit of clothes belonging to
her husband
“Why, he's got the suit on now,”
cried Mrs. Kolub, pointing to Laurie's
clothing. On command of Magistrate
Steers, Laurie went to the “pen” and
returned with the coat and vest on
hige arm. These were handed to Mrs
Kolub.
“Bu what about the rest of the
suit?”" she demanded.
“If vou can find a way for me to
give the pants to vou I'll gladly ac
commodate you,” said Laurie. ‘“‘Bui
If vou can't—-—"
Mrs. Kolub hurried out, made a
tour of the clothing shops nearby and
returned with a pair of knickerbock
ers.
“Here, put these on and give m~
the trousers,” she snapped to the
prisoner. He looked dazed when he
saw the size of the lex coverings but
he went to the “pen” and donned the
knickerbockers. They were a tight
fit, but he was presentable enough
to he arraigned before the judge. The
knickers cost Mrs. Kolub 25 cents.
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Will ‘Snap’ the Sun
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0,000 Feet in Air
BOSTON, July 18, —From the precari
ous perch of a monoplane, 20,000 feet
above mother earth, Professor David
P. Todd, of Amherst College, will seek
to solve a mystery of the corona of the
sun that has baffled astronomers for
ages. Professor Todd is to sail within
a few days for Riga, Russia, where he
is to study the eclipse of the sun in
August. ""Twenty thousand feet above
the earth I expect to obtain the best
ghotognphs of the corona ever taken,”
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Last Three Men Have Held Title
Less Than Three Years
After Victory.
HISTORY OF THE TITLE.
1885-1894—McAuliffe, retired.
1894-1899—Kid Lavigne. Lost to
Frank 'Erne, 20 rounds. |
1899-1902—Frank Erne. Knocked |
out by Joe Gans. |
1902-1908—Joe Gans. Knocked
out by Battling Nelson. ‘
1908-1910 — Battling Nelson.
Knocked out by Ad Wolgast. ‘
1910-1912—Ad Wolgast. Lost to
Willie Ritchie on foul
1912-1914—Willie Ritchie. Lost
to Freddie Welsh.
HE lightweight championship of
the world, which Freddie Welsh
chased for six years before he
won it in London, has®been in the
hands of many good men during the
past 30 vears.
The first real champlon of the past
generation was probably Jack McAu
lifte, who reigued from 1885 to 1804,
and he was the only unbeAten light
weight champion to retire, When he
gave up the title he was succeeded in
18904 by George “Kid” Lavigne, who
held the title from 1894 until 1899,
In 1892 Lavigne beat Mark Shaugh
nessy in nine rounds and fought Solly
Smith a draw of eight rounds.
Lavigne Was Great Battler.
Lavigne fought many good men,
among others beating Joe Woleott
twice and practically won all of his
bouts until' he lost to Middlewelght
Billy Smith on March 19 1899. July
3 of that vear he los: the champlon
ship te Frank Erne in twenty rounds.
On March 23, 1900, E~ne beat Joe
Gans and In July of that vear he lost
to the crack feather, Terry McGov
ern, in three rounds. In 1901 he was
knocked out bv the welter Rube
Ferns, and on May 12, 1902, he was
knocked out by Gans at Fort Erie In
the first round.
Gans was one of the hest men that
ever held ‘the lightwelght title and
from the time his record shows in
1894, he lost but thrge fights in six
vears.
Gans kept the champlonship until
he was knocked out in seventeen
rounds by Bat Nelson at San Fran
cisco July 4, 1908, Gans fought him
at Goldfield, Nev.. September 3, 1906,
and Gans won on a foul in 42 rounds
Nelson had been hammered so much
in his previour fights that he was not
able to hold the title more than two
vears and he lost it in a memorable
battle with Ad Wolgast at Point
Richmond Febroary 22, 1910, Nelson
was one of the toughest fighters that
ever entered the ring and as battered
a® he had been in years gone by and
as he was in that scrap, he made
Wolgast resort to whisky {n the
twenty-second round
Wolgast Lost to Ritchie.
The career of Wolgast is generally
well known to all the sports and he
will he remembered by all classes as
the one fighter that never picked an
opponent or never side-stepped one.
All he wanted was to be shown the
monev and he would fight anyone.
He kept the title until he lost it on
a foul to Willie Ritchie November 28
1012, in sixteen rounds, He was to
have fought Freddie Welsh, the new
champion, one year previous at the
Vernon arena, but was taken down
with appendicitis a few days before
the fight and Ritchie was substituted.
After Ritchie became champlon he
took life easlly, for he had but few
fights, the only good men he met be
ing Rivers, Murphy and Charley
White, the latter beating him badly
‘ln Milwaukee recently
. Now he has lost his title and his big
earning abhility to Freddizg Weish
s 67 Fon In organized baseball since 1906 when he played under name of
ofe > ''Sullivan.”’ Now with Philadelphia Athletics. Student at Columbis
RS "> University where he excelled in baseball and football. Developed
. s ~ g 4 by Connie Mack and is now one of the greatest 2nd basemen ia the
8 8 88¥ game. A left-handed batter and right-handed thrower. Pronounced
¢ I) 0% by John McGraw as the greatest ball player. He is the Hub of
W Connie Mack’s $lOO,OOO infield. 27 years old—s ft. 10in. 160 lbs.
; Vo R He is a quick thinking, brainy player—that’s why he
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Arrow think ATLANTA, GA.
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Patsey Has Wonderful ‘Record
By Left Hook.
HE fignt fans just now are clame
I oring for a battle between Kid
Williams, bantam champlon,
and Patsey Brannigan, one of the
top-notchers in that class, and a man
whose past record certainly seems to
entitle him to another chance at the
title,
Brannigan, who now is under the
management of Ed Fritz, of Newcas
tle, Pa., battled Willlams before the
Baltimore vyouth was champion,
fought with Johnny Coulon, while he
held the title, and fought two batties
with Johnny Kllbane the feather
weight champion. And In every one
of these fights Brannigan was credit
ed with a draw, although in each case
he was from two to seven pounds
lighter than his opponent.
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BRA.\'l\'[GAN’ who has been called
“Whirlwind” Brannigan because
of his rushing ring tactics. has fought
350 times, has lost but one decision
and that on poiuts, and has never
been floored, which {s some record,
and one which the fighting public
feels entitles Brannigan to another
chance at the championship.
Brannigan's friends always have
claimed that instead of being given
fraws in his batties with Coulon and
Williame he should have been given
the decision, as he outslugged and
outfought both men.
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‘ I » Brannigan and Willlams get to
gether the fans can count on
seeing a bang-up fighting exhibition”
said Manager Fritz. “Both boys fight
from the tap of the gong until the
finish, both ean hit, and both are
gkilled boxers. I think my boy Bran
nigan s the better of the two, and if
Williams will give me a match in the
fall or early in the winter [ am con
fident that when the battle I 8 over
there’ll be another bantamweight
champion—and his. name will be
Brannigan.”
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JOHZ\'.\'Y DOUGHBERTY has pulled
one of the funniest tricks In
pugilistic history.
Johnny used to manage Al McCoy,
‘who weuars the title of middleweight
Major League Races Qnsettled
Giants and Athletics in Danger
By Monty.
EW YORK, Ju'% 18.—With the
pennant races ®n the two big
leagues half gone there is still
no definite development to show with
any degree of certainty who will cap
ture the flags. In the American
I.eague six clubs remain in sight of
the pinnacle ,and at least three are
possibilities in the National League.
The half-way mark was reached
a week ago to-day. From April 14,
the opening ‘day, to Otcober 7, the
closing date, is a stretch of exactly
177 days. Half of the total would
be 88 days and a half, so that the
elghty-ninth day is the middle. And
the eighty-ninth day was last Satur
day. Altogether each club is sched
uled to play 154 games during the
vear's campalgn, or eleven conflicts
at home and eleven abroad against
each rival team. Thus, half of the
total games would be 79 Because
of the way the schedule is arranged.
including double-headers and post
ponements, only five clubs had com
pleted half of their schedule by the
midway mark, four of them being in
the American League. The Detroit
Tigers had engaged in 80 combats,
the Browns and Red Sox in 79, and
the Senators in 77, the same number
as were played by the Cardinals of
the National League up to that stage
The champion clubs of the two cir
cuitg, however, had not kept up the
gchedule that well, the Athletics hav
ilng played 75 games and the Giants
only 71, But these clubs are all well
paust the halfway point row.
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Jl’l)(‘.l.\‘(‘. from what has occurred
to date, the first half of the sea
son might just as well not have been
champion. but which title doesn't
geem to fit hin at all. Johnny man
uged Al until Dan Morgan, a rival
manager, came along and weened Al
away from Johnny,
Losing his ‘“champeen” upset
Dougherty for a time., Then he be
thought himself of a brilllant idea.
He had In his “stable” a likely look
ing middleweight named Alexander
Theil. Johnny took Thell to court
and had him make application for
permission to change his name. Per
mission was granted and Alexander
Theil at once changed his name to
Al McCoy.
SO, vou see, even though Johnny
Jid lose one Al McCoy, he has an
other, and Johnny is telling every
hody right now that as soon as he can
chip off the rough edges Alexander
Theil-Al MeCoy will be able to ham-~
mer the davlight out of the Danny
Morgan-managed A] McCoy.
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Y"H'NG AHEARN, who wasn't
much shucks in this country as a
middlewelght warrior, is being her
alded throughout England as ‘“one of
the most brilliant hoxers of the pres
ent day” and as “a man who soon
will hold the undisputed champion
ship of the world.” Ahearn has made
o great hit In England by putting
away- all the fourth and fifth rate
scrappers who have been lined up
against him.
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.‘BHX[N(‘. {s becoming more popular
{ every day In Australia, declares
l.\'nn\\ v Baker, the Australian promot
er, in a recent communication to a
friend here. Baker says that the
whole island lis all heated up over
the question of which man is the bet.
ter in the middlewelght division—
Jimmy Clabby, Eddle McGoorty or
Jeff Smith. Baker has written Billy
Murray, the California middleweight,
{to hurry to Australia and mix {n the
elimination bouts that are soon to be
arranged to decide, from Australia’s
viewpoint, which man i{s the best in
the world.
Baker's idea is to match up the
fcur men, the winners of the semi
final bouts to meeat in the champion
ship scrap. Baker declared that such
a bout would bring a record gate.
played at all, so far as its bearing
on the destination of the pennant is
concerned, It is extremely unlikely,
even in a race where the teams are
so ‘closely bunched in the middle as
llhey are now In the American
lL.eague, that the winner's final mar
gin will be less than six or eight full
games over the second placer. Last
vear the Athletics captured the
American League pennant by a mar
gin of six and a half games. The
Giant's edge was twelve and a half
games. At this time of the year in
I”” these two clubs were playing a
Imu"h hetter grade of ball than they
are just now, and hardly anybody
|muld he found to het against them.
But this year you would not have to
offer odds to get your money cov
efed.
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O NE thing the early season toll
has decided, however, and that
i= who will NOT win the pennants.
| The Yankees and Naps are hope
| lessly out of the American League
iponnnm fight and the Boston Braves
!nnd Pittsburg Pirates have no chance
[at all in the National. These clubs
jare the most sensatlonal disappoint -
i ments of the year. Before the season
| opened, the Pirates and Braves wers
{ the favorites of most eritics to five
ivhn Giantg a battle for the flag. he
| Braves have been in last place nearly
{all season. The Pirates are the
imwflpr disappointment of the two,
| for they got out ahead to a long lead
|in the first month of play, and then
| catapulted to the second division in
{a spectacular slump, reaching seventh
lvlace in five weeks,
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