Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1916 — MUST BEAT DODGERS TO WIN [ARTICLE]

MUST BEAT DODGERS TO WIN

Only Team That Appears to Be Dangerous to Phillies Is Brooklyn— Hitting Is Desired. The Phils must beat the Dodgers to win the National league flag, writes George M. Young in Philadelphia Public Ledger. We have seen Moran’s men stacked up against all the other clubs in the league on the home grounds, and the only team that appears dangerous to the Philliefi is Brooklyn. It is their inability to hit that has prevented the Phillies from taking the lead. The pitching has not been what it should be, considering the showing of the tWirlers last year, but if the champions were hitting up to their regular form that .factor would offset the weakness in the box. The Phillies have demonstrated that they are the best run-getting team in the league on a few hits, several games recently won betng*jifecided by the finest kind of in-, side baseball. All that the Phillies need is to regain their batting eye and Brooklyn will have to be a better bail club than it appears to be just now to keep Moran’s men out of another pennant , ' '