As was generally predicted at the beginning of the season, the New York Yankees are proving to be in a s by themselves in the American e of the United States national Their remarkable hitting demonstrated so well when major batters distinguished themselves in the inter-league game at Washington, is evidently too much for their competitors, who are falling steadily behind in the race for the league pennant. At the beginning of the season it was noteworthy that managers of other good American League teams did not talk of their chances of winning the pennant, but of within how many games of the Yankees they might keep. The more optimistic said that the Yankees such as that ttle had last season. would never again establish a lead
Nevertheless, at this stage in the series it looks as if the New Yorkers are going to end up as far @head as ever. The kees, their supporters will testify with sorrow, have a habit of slipping perilously just when they seem most set for the championship, But this season they seem to have plenty of margin for a real landslide without its affecting overmuch their chances of appearing again in the world's series. In the National League it is a different story, There the constant changes in the leadership of the tables gives proof of a most exciting struggle, with the chances going in anybody's favour. The Giants, the Cubs, the Cards, and the Pirates have all looked like winners at one time or another. But none has been able to hold his position for long against the keenest opposition. This makes ior interest in the series, and there must be few who will offer long odds against any of the teams in the first division of the tables ending on top.
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