Well, it appears we have ourselves a real race this year. There are not two, but three teams knotted up at the top of the leaderboard. The Phillies, Orioles and Bridegrooms are all 66-43. Since only two of these teams can play for the Temple Cup, someone's going to spend a discontented winter. The question of who will be answered in September.
So who'll take the flag? Well, going by pythag, the Orioles have the edge, with a pythag 6 games better than their actual record. On the flip side, Philadelphia's pythag is 4 games worse than their record. Brooklyn? They're right there at even on the pythag-o-meter.
Brooklyn's
Harvey Cart continues to flirt with .400, sitting at .396 and still leading the batting race by a fairly sizable margin. Boston's
Harry Ransom is looking to become the first player in history to have two seasons with 20 or more home runs (he has 19 after hitting 23 a season ago).
August's monthly awards went to
Zane Bridges of Pittsburgh (rookie) who hit .343 for the month. Top hitter went to Harvey Cart, who posted a none-too-shabby .425 average in August. And pitching honors go to Baltimore's
Rick Kushner. Kush posted a 7-3 record with a 1.68 ERA in his 10 August outings.
HARRY RANSOM