It appears that San Francisco's run of 4 straight Western League championships is going to come to an end. The team that is up 10 games on them is the Cincinnati Moonshots. Cincy never seems to win 2 pennants in a row but have popped up in 1902, 1913 and this year to field very strong teams. This year's crew is balanced from top to bottom. Dutch Leonard, 3-time Ace Award winner with Cambridge, has 20 wins but overall, it is a balanced club. 24 year-old Austin McHenry is having a great season - he met an early demise in his real life.
"By the time he was 25 years old, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Austin McHenry was considered one of baseball’s best outfielders and hitters, especially after enjoying a 1921 season that saw him finish with a .350 batting average, second only to teammate and future Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby. His performance tailed off in 1922 as he battled inconsistency at the plate and in the field, caused mostly by problems with his vision that had McHenry fearing he was going blind. Concerned about his health, Cardinals manager Branch Rickey sent McHenry to his Ohio home to rest, where it was discovered the star outfielder had a brain tumor. He died four months later."