Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1917 — GIANTS FAR FROM PENNANT [ARTICLE]

GIANTS FAR FROM PENNANT

Manager Huggins Predicts Hard Road for New York Before Month of October Rolls Around. Miller Hur jins, the shrewd little manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, thinks this year’s,-race In the National will be one of the hardest fought and tightest in the history of the game. “Naturally, I have watched all the teams in the league carefully, and have arrived ht the conclusion that there wiU be a blanket finish in the old league this year,” said Huggins. “Of Course, at this time the Giants seem to be the class of the league, but there are other clubs that will have to be reckoned with before the end of the season. The Phils are far from being O.ut of the running, and my own club, the Cubs and the Beds, must be counted in. Mathewson seems to have his beauties in a winning mood, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the Reds caused no end of trouble before October rolls around." *