The Oregon daily journal., April 12, 1908, Page 22, Image 22

THE OREGON; SUNDAY JO URNAi; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 12. 1808.
TTER
FOSTER'S SECOND M
on coming ball season m
fillll C)jGES
: IH THE TEAMS
National League Players
Compared What Boston
m .'Is Doing: for the Fans.
; By John B." Foftv v
MORH KXCITINO SKABOH.
By Harry Pu 111am. President of the
".- -'i National' League.' '
It Is my conviction that th clubs
f tlia National league have . baa
strengthened during th winter, aaa
I believs 4hat will .tiara a. better
and mora exalting raca this laounir
than we Had la irus r in. it
hwu to ma that the changes which
have been triad by the Boston and
Now York cluba will aid both, and
tha rhiuiniiia antr miaou rr ciud
showed V? thatr Work at tha and
of tha Surrimar of 1107. that they
ar. steadily Improving-. Chicago.
win make a nara ngni lor iu cnara-
rlonahlp, mo doubt,, but -I- balievs
hat ' other cluba In - tha ' National
league will maka Jt harder for. tha
"Cuba" to win tha pennant this year
than they did in lQ7. There seems
to be do reason why tha season
should' not be prosperous.
Underlying tha National league ther
I !a unquestionably a stratum, and a aub-
: atratum, it ansy m aoaeo. or conaerva
tiara. , Mor would ; it do nyper&oje to
atata that tha heritage of tha NaUonal
i league ba -been conservatism. ' It la a
tradition as well aa a positive quality
denning- its methods. ,
; . Tha ; explanation of .this Ilea largely
v In tha character of tha men who have
, had to do with, tha upbuilding of the
" organization and with tha history of the
lea rue from Ita Inception to tha present
time.', . V
Long before tha American league was
! a stray thought in tha . other of . the
, psychological "world tlia
t was building slowly but
mm--.?
A near manager will have charge of
tha players this year. John Oanael, the
first baseman, has been chosen. It will
not ba prudent to discount Oansel's
managerial ability too early. . lie has
ahown aklll and intelligence In handling
na it la not out or the qu-
be will succeed ' In aremn
good results In Cincinnati, unleea
victim or too much gratuitou
soma or ala oradacaaaora have
oaan.
Aa a whole, tha Cincinnati team does
not Shine with cbamctonahlD raaolend
enoy, Tha main aueatlon la how much
good can be got from' tha players to
maaa every nght ror a game as inter
siting ajd as 4ifflcult as possible.
Behind tha bat tha team la atrona.
Schlel is an accomplished catcher and,
even were there no other on tha team
who could ba of material asalatance to
him,' he would ba of Inestimable value
to th nine In general.
Hansel, JIugglns, lobert and Mowery
win max a up tne inneia eome young
diooo ana some mat is in. but or tn
young blood there is - hope. Lobert
promises to develop Into a star. AH
that ha needs Is the proper guidance.
In ' tha outfteld Cincinnati has bean
fortunate In deevloplng a fine player In
outneinera are
Hani Wagner. "Tha Modest Man."
ho la not quit ao fast on hl feat aa
b wag two or three years ag.
Rltchey la one of tha surest Infield-
National lea ma I ,r ll 'Hber league, aven If ha falla to
. u , 1 ? I cover quiu ao much ground as aome.
t surely to the I and Dahlen for yeara haa been con aid -
' success or proresaional basebalL . It was ared one or tha great ahortatops of tha
.pot always an easy task. . Tne Ameii- country. Brain la a hard working third
can Joague had Ita flgbt for existence, baeeman. When this Infield fairly gets
; but It was aa nothing compared with Into action with tha warm months or the
that of tile National league, aa the latter year it will make trouble for all nines
'organisation had demonatrated before which face it. - I
some of the present members of the la tha outfield are Kelley, Beaumont
American league were out of their and Browne, with Bates-aa a substl
knlckerbockers that professional baae- lute. It Is a powerful quartet.. 'If
hall could be made succeasfuL All the all of them bat to their apeed Boston
. timber had been cleared from tha land ha found nearer a place In tha flrat
; when the American league came Into as division than some think possible. The
' iatence and undertook to cultivate soma material for a good nine la there. Tha
of tha clearing. question to ba aolved Is what tha ma-
Men Who were prominent In the suetanai win .ao wnen tne right is really
I ceasrui advancement of tha National on for the pennant, una advantage in
league's .-Interests In Its earliest daya favor of Kelley Is that most of his
- were mostly of tha conservative bual- present team are men of experience and
neas element who loved boaeball for will aot lack for knowledge as to how
what there waa in the-game, and who to do welL If they fall it will be Id their
- promoted It, not so much for the revenue execution rather than in - their - fore-
. to be derived from it, for year after year thought.
passed without some men ever realizing Breaka Comhlnattoxu
a penny from their' Investments, as for SW John James MoGraw has been In
th2.,,r?od ?f thport r ' charge of the New York team It al-
Thelr close adherence to the methods waya has played attractive- basebalL
which they practised In their commercial Sometimes It has played championship
relations, their unwillingness to appear basebalL - When It hasn't dona as well
" i! , . V a iwuHH i ss tnat, u naa piayea ura inouju w
"w ,uw Mieir wmdui careera, I make the winning or tne cnampionaoip
' nd 11 unquestionably true that they I no easy Usk far other teama.
-thought more of their efforts to Impress I Th Giants are a remodeled nine this
jiuneoiy upon me sport man ever they year. Players were permitted to go to
did of any detail of the game. Well may Boston, not so much because they had
basebalL In ita professional capacity, forgotten how to play tha game, but be-
thank auch men that they were Interest- causa it was McGraw's opinion that he
ed to place such a solid foundation un- had held hla team together ao long as he
uenirain ii, ana mat tnrouarn all . tha lniild raonablv hooe to De successiui
Mitchell. .The other
promising. They mar be surmises. It
would not ba astonlrhlng to see better
results come from Cincinnati than pre
oloted. aa such frequently has happened
u a team or young piayera.
Sere's tha sCaohlae.
It Is almost unnecessary to enter Into
any discussion of the Chics gos. Bo far
as a baseball machine Is worth any
thing, that of Chicago la almost price
less as relates to th championship of
mis year. -
There Is no necessity to tell what th
players may do or what may ba s
pented of them. Chicago enthusiasts
will expect them to win th pennant for
th third time In succession. They have
an opportunity to do so Jf their players
keep up tha mark of others yeara and If
they ar sble to gd through tha season
without Injury to, any of their most
vaiuaDis men. '
Th same styls which won for them
th champlonahlp of th National league
In 107. and alao th world's champion
ship, may win for them again. The sole
question Is whether th National league
clubs conjointly have so Increased their
strength that 'the Chtcagos will not
have to fight - a single club for the
champlonahlp, a they did New Tork
last year, or whether they will have to
fight several cluba If the fight be
cotnea harder by reason of belnar more
diversified, tha Chlcagos will be put to
a greater tet of strength than they
have been sine they have been under
their new management
suing will be the main dependence be
hind the bat. with Moran to assist him.
Tha pitchers will be the same as laat
year Brown, Reulbach, I,undgren,
Overall and Pflester -with the addi
tion of th problematic youngsters. . On
the Infield will bo Chance, Kvera.
Tinker and Stelnfeldt, and In tha out
fteld Bheckard. Slagle and Scbulte.
There'a tha outfit and with Hofman.
one of the moat valuable utility mea In
have their good Qualities, but here Is 1"' TO i".p'u",I?- ?
none of h .hi. K.. . I . wuacu u, lajui,
.inn., ii.. nT.-C.-- - V-,' I must enter the lists to stand or fan
-" -" -" unon tha work of the nlavara who have
j 1 asBBss I isiissp
1
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Type
These, beautiful '.new Silk Suits" arc
of the famous Picadilly brand; the.
jackets cut single or double breasted
.semi-fitting, with contrasting velvet
or silk trimmed collars and cuffsThe
Vskirts are both plaited and plain with
folds -They come in reseda, natural
coldr, blue, 'and pther .plaiA colors,-
aiso cnecKS. ; r.
Values $35
upon him this year. The olher pitchers ff
winner,
tyre are winners at times, ana Bell now m,'. tha team .at
and than haa ahnwn w,nw,Amrf H-.t-. tn-tam-great
lty in the box, but there len't a Walah, Xoals KzperlmastaL
a Mathewson, or a Brown In the team, a ' On the whole ther seems to be HtU
pitcher In whom the players have the chance that St Louis will do better
confidence born of the knowledge that than run again In the second division,
the batters csnnot hit him. The owners of the club have succeeded
The infield .Will be COmnriaed Of . Jor. In ellmlnntlro- a mramt Amm nt urMoalv.
un, iperiuan, uiwn ana-eneenan. un i able mnuence which did the team no
thewhola, a bit . better than last year, good, and have undertaken to build up
ir onKflio -is . possiDiy atronger on
ground hits than Casey.. Al perm an may
&.840.
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aSff wr aMrS St 4 tailored shapes and picture hats. Prices very moderate,
and ,Lwls can play .better ball than ever with those to be reckoned upon aa first
be has it ho will but set himself to th I division contenders In a champlonshlo
task. Ufa comes too easy to him. . , race, but it does not appear as if such
nuuinfL atiuncv uiq Ijuminr will 1 wmiM h. thA.MM thl. vmmr
make .up the .ouUield.. - As fielders, a That th team wlU play better ban
fine organization.; As batter, passable, than It did ln l07 1s believed by a ma
except Lumley. who Is a slugger, but his Jortry of baseball men who have dis
streogth with the bat does, not atone cussed Its possibilities but ther Is
for Maloneys weakness. ; Hummel Is a none who thinks Bt Louis will rise
r' niDori xne secona ai vision. . i
improved more durlnr the aeajun r 1 nr. av..ii ,m ha niaav iiii4 I Lnr. MnIH
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ton lad
Teita Streets
mstebri omrac-m
versified career of the .National Imru.
there never haa been the slightest ques-
Hon raised as to its lntegity. Its spon
sors were too far abovs dishonesty.
Thus, from early attachments and sur
roundings, it Is found that al) through
the history of the National league It
leans strongly -to the methods which
have guided it for years. It can no
mora get away from conservatism In the
management of its club affairs than It
can In its ordinary business relations.
TilltlB. pfayminary to the statement
that the National league clubs move
slowly as a rule, in regard to tha chane--1
lng of their players. . They cling to men
at times,; when it would appear that
it is useless to expect as much from
them as in the past and they are very
loath to part with playing talent which
gives some promise for th future, even
though it may be a long time in devel
oping. Hence, as a general rule, it will
probably be found that, National league
clubs have ' a . greater nucleus of - old
players from season to season than clubs
In other major league of the past and
preaent and clubs In minor leaguea of
major Importance, a , . . .
For this reason there are usually not
such radical shifts in. the National1
league, as a whole, as have been seen
from time to time in ' the American
league, t This spring it is possible to
take a small exception to that general
rule, as there is. in evidence throughout
the NaUonal league a patient determina
tion to Dlace -many of the clubs on a
standard approximate to. that of -the-Chi
cago nine, wmcn at present noias not
with It Conservatism In 1107 cost him
a ehanc to win a championship.
Two, and perhaps three young pitchers
will ba added to , the team'a atrength
this year. Outside of them McOraw will
depend upon .the men whom he nas naa
with him for. four and more seasona
The assertion hss been made that the
pitchers have seen tne Deat oi tneir oa.ii
playing careers and that McOraw has
made a mistake In placing reliance on
them for another year. Thia is to be
doubted. As a matter of tact. It was
not so much poor pitching which lost
for th Giants In 107 as it was poor
batting..- Opportunity after opportunity
to win games was dropped because of
the lack or a timely nit. Twenty con
tests can be named on the Polo ground
alone when a single basehit would have
won for the Giants. This is not indic
ative of a weak pitching outfit If Mc
Oraw Is wrong In his estimate of his
pitchers as winners, this season will
Drove it beyond Question
Behind the bat the main reliance of
the team will be placed on Bresnahan.
He Is one of the greatest catchers who
ever-stepped foot on a baseball field. It
is not nis physical aDiuty which makes
him great, but' his splendid knowledge of
01 li lny8t ur young player in the bat. and in . the box ther Is an
the National league. abundance of good young pitchers who
Philadelphia's Tessa. need the . encouragement of hard bat-
If tha Phlladelphians show as much UnJn' 5alSL ,a .
Improvement under the management of sConstcJty; tft "rst baseman, is a
Murray this year as thaydldlaat thii proml"""?. r?ungstr. and Gilbert will
ara likaiv tn ha it. .c. I aaa greatly to ins success or tn team
championship all of the season. r7ntlt ?.njr!l "?!L,Vat!u.fJ woulJ dTOt their tlm strfcUy to ad-land I think that McOraw has th bat
ha?.hemW organua- tar. for thl. Mason."
necessities of their positions.- Thev Pabiy b at mird. ana snort stop on as it. exists at present without In-1 n urn xr.n
knowtoetter than rarMr. may not be settled until th beginning dulaina- In too many Idle (ream. I 1,09 A(U"
d6firfL?r. em.": '1' manager. . 0f.t&,j' n,i...... l0 P"-lo- A.Ah Jpresent rate
ucu.nu iuo uai mey wui carry thai.. vii'vi.u ....u,, .V. 1 UI pvwin oi uie cities or tne Amen-
The Store Where
- Yonr
- Credit Is Good
ame men mat they
Doolln snd Jacklitsch.
did last season,
Tn thm kA th.
Will have much tha . aana i..... .1
last year with the addition of fh. .i....
.may be kept for the summer.
(Again a Major League Manager.)
Ta ur sr ru war i n gir wrtm rir ibsbb nr t naa a man. i m uwia a. j ia saw sui r uiauua i tn nua
Murray, House snd Bhaw. who will add can association it will bo but a shortlother tf)an to say that the Boston club
" only the championship of its organiza
tion but that of the world.
. . Addition of Strangth.
Beginning with the B6ston lub ' a
series of changes is found which, to a
' '- large extent, has revolutionized the play
lng strength of the team , in the Hub.
A new manager usually means much
to a professional nine. Hence the en
gagement of Joseph- Kelley to conduct
Uhe affairs of the Bostons this season
unquestionably is prophetic of an entlre
: ly new system of play. I
Tt lav not Kelley -s first experience as
a National league manager. He under
took that hardest of all tasks, the con
trol of the Cincinnati club, and failed
to do as well as ha -wished. Very fortu
nately for Kelley ther was ho one who
was more conversant with the lack of
strength at Cincinnati than himself. He
left the city acknowledging his Inability
to make anything out of the nine, offer
' m excuses for himself, but with
manr offered by his friends. He went
fnnm r.incinnatl to Toronto, in the East
ern league, and there, surrounded by
' t) la vers who were not ! considered of
championship caliber, succeeded In pro
ducing such good ball that Toronto won
the championship.' ills znenas imme-
i.i.iv nninted to his success as show.
ing what he could do when h was left
to handle the arrairs oj an organizauon
without being the victim of unsolicited
advice, and when th Doveys, who were
. lucky enough to draw .him under base-
tall law, found mat tne piayer wm actu
ally at their service, ther wer urged to
rut Kelley In Boston without fall, part
ly for his baseball ablhty partly be
cause It is a city which la pleasing to
Mm snd one whicn win wmins io
jfivo full credit for all the good that h
'"Boston IS not overwhelmingly strong
In pitchera Tner are soma wuu ai
.of average ability. They may. be better
tills year than last oecauso mej wm
have tha services of ;- Bowerman - aa
.catcher to coach them. Bowermanhas
l.ail eiperiencs of years with tha. New
York club and is wen conversant witn
tiie crania, Kelley has Graham and an
other young catcher. Ball, whom ir be
lieves will prove a. valuable helpmate
H liowerman and ie confident that hla
t-.nttrles will render him good service
a the year. - - - .-.
Honton s infield Is made up of some
f..rt!iT Hoaton players and some trans
i l.ii-ii'it New Toik blool. McGann, day
i.i sriJ ii.iv out, has been one of the
. ti-'i -.i ! firnt baaemen in either
: . .r 1- -nif. He is a splemlld man
!'.' i.'.r.mn liilis. In'' w'II and
baseball and his srreat mental antlvltv.
There is no catcher In either, league
quicker to grasp a situation, and few
so quicu. unce ne steadies a own, so
that he la accurate In his throwing, he
win oe nearer me counterpart of "Buck"
Ewing than any' man of recent years who
haa played-behind the bat. Needham
will be carried aa catcher and It Is very
unci 7 iimi jucuraw win retain two
young players to assist him.
Tenney, at firstrbase. Is the best left
hand . first . baseman in either league,
barring Chase and -Donohue R I, m
a par with the latter and not much be
hind the formr in all rcsneeta arrant
ability to get over, the ground. In that
attribute Chase has no equal. Doyle will
probably play second, the most experi
mental member of the team. If he
wio iu come up to tne standard which
is necessary, McGraw will flnil aimih..
man to fill the bill. Rrlriwoir. nn.iti.n
i auurt is sssurea, and, -hy the way,
his western friends will be surprised
t0. 8e. that this young man can shine
"'"V "t n company tnat keeps him
on the jump; Devlin is the best third
baseman In either league, and with this
quartet McGraw must make his swlna
toward another pennant. wig
2t.tr-Sut,ieId equal t0 tnat composed of
Shannon. Seymour ni HahMi. pv.
mer has developed Into one of' the great
est left fielders of the United Stated
"bility to cover ground is e":
w.u u, nunc, ana uoniin not only Is
an.la3?h.,? LZlL ?WJR "jr . but
FaaViTa iion in im National
to the team's speed even If they are time when th population la aa large, I'" a great daal better 'In the field and
not able to hit with the ability of old I collectively, aa it ever was In the earlier I ?n the batting 11ns than some think. It
(imera. - ji is an organisation wnicn i aays or tne present major leaguea I'? "7 opinion mat we snail oe aoie to
will mar Interestlna? samea more often I Tha Houtham lum. la in tha hail I rinian nisner in tha r&ce than wi am
On the baaaa th. will v,..,. I than, stunld a-amea but like all teama In I of enndltlnn. tha Maw York- Rtatallast year. If evarvthfna hraaka .rlrhtl
field at flrat. Knaha at .ao n..u. 1 whfoh vnunar nlavara nredomlnata miv lauran with a naw rlrnnlt al.rli mnn I for US it Is nnaalhla that wa shall a-at I
st short and Grant at third. Here their I occasionally be stampeded. Gilbert may I favorably than it did last yesr, the. Newjioto the first division. Soma of our I
firengin win be greater than It was atb a Die to cnecx some or tms. .- liungland league looks as If it will be a I '"-nas seem to think that we may not
iue oegiamng or i07. Grant did not! wnen its pitcners sr at tneir, nest i money maker, tne Tnre ir is Doom-1 worse uian ronrtn. ir we had
hg!n to play with them Until he had I ther will be many a. contest played ling, the PaclflcCoast league la In good two winning pitchers we might finish
minima nn year at Harvard, and it tnis year in wnicn tn. ,xxui wui do I stanaing in every way, tne western i pener man tnat"
will mean much to have him this season I baten by only one or two runs, snd If I league seems prosperous and its out-1 .
from the start t the club but had the batters to help (look favorable, and the score of smaller I By Charles Doola.
- uuuiuiu c itiaaree. one or thai11 viwarri, ou xjvuis ujijtiu uo nuBCiimiuci ut lium.-.uiwH i
very nest players In the United States, ling every club that was In tho second auspices.
possibly MoCormlck and. Titus. Murray I division with it last year and In addl- Three-fifths of this Is due to th ex-
... . . or opinion that McCormtck tlon to that might be
Save IWonfey!
Avoid Pain!
making merry f cellent agreement which was made when
(Auburn Haired and Talkative.)
"If the Chicagos have an idea that
th championship is coming their way
h."0. Wit for blm thaT Thomaa with Som it the firs! t division tssTms: th Natfonal league and th American M to w
P-erhap," but ltMia change in which all - Minor Leanest league declared peaos. Th present syy- KLki- noVslMi Tha ?Miii-2dT..SI
baseball men do not aa-ree with tha ' ' l . tern under which organised baseball Is 2 P "8,D1 lb Thllllor hava
Philadelphia manager. WUh th , th prospects of th teams in working Is absolute th"best In the !S2 !5t,SS?2 Vf! f.nn1t0 PjT
. Tho strength of his team is not likely th major leagues always will be a sub history of ;tho. sport It has placed bS"'r-bA12.t.han w "l ,n "7 T 6out
to De in one rood nlavF twn I ject or uiierest to Daseoa.ii eninusiasis. J baaahaJl an: a firmer financial haala I
- - . . .T r y awu uiaj Mk.tl... - - . ! T. :: . . .
-. " -- i mwi 'VIVli uu V"J auvx b . il.l.
scon of th games as New York Unm. .ntMiio V i.'mj,, i. .Mii
There, is where the greatest prove- flom 8an rrn?,8c0' tne tP"bllities of I the efforts of men to hold i together
iiient was in evidence last year, and :i. w..v f v""w f the minor leagues rrom year to year.
iiicra -Hf wiinra mora imr.rm.a,.n. i . i uivruuxuir wiuivui m wvru tur lua mi-
be anticipated. lu nor leaguea
, , "-r Mmu into ins ears or I . . . - ;
uLV.l?S! d7. .lty iir "! ; Surh bvv: hahk thing they all forget They haven't
'br'aSSsAS ar -SLrVSTfC Knto anT-d buslasV Th. small..t bo Lwho know. fij ff Vh 2
... i ... . rvaaano i . f nasa las nArnm wrhinh . wahm i BiUKiit ua. usLnniisa i in liib urtuiKn sag u wssa . . . w -
.W- I r-l7sa-?" l.Hswl. a..ta1 Ja v I 1 D&CK TOTS'. -a.
IMsTUfil Will 1 u atiuuiciu viiwiiij vm ivu wu i . -.s. ,
than over he- "Hans" Wagner;, the pickaninny who ' p ' ' "' -.'- .
d fronT what watches the T players with a smUs of Fred CUrke.
nt tha Am.H. adorauon in Mobil nas heard or "Hans" I (Custodian of , tha Pittabure-s.)
owners that minor fluru.7 ' i?" "t i tiri.. ajooks-to me iikb a Better race man
Teeth Extracted FRE0
WHEN PLATES OR BRIDGES
ARE ORDERED ,
A . Good BaXIriaaywr.
'By John Even. ,
(The Wit of th Cuba)
I can't Bhm whera wa are anlna- ti 1
lose: this year. ' Th other clubs in th
let
n tne game. "Don't be satisfied -with nrsorana s-na toss, it into orgs
one base because the hit looks rnaA a"baH. ther is nothing which '
for only one haa. ..m ii' ?f0? Indicate that th minor leaaues
hla man '., .7 '"f"1 10 I not ainlov mora nroanarlt-r than i
and see' if you CM't ret it If Im! 1 ,0M- 11 might be Inferred
fairly certain that you can't aet It ,7 had i been said by certain. of
Prom aast- to west and from north il"u.'?. atronger man
tn south tha name of "Hans" Warner .Pen P Jn past, DUl mere a
to
that you think that you eaVT mak. it eagu baseball had proved to bo a poor Li. '? VtT Z.atI.Z I1 WA". la " we do as much bet
Draw a throw now and thS? Tt investment for them. On th contrary. "0W,:0,,n?Uh .'i.i.t!.-&r th.'s B,ea"-on M in 1907
be wild If it is annth; n7 it has been an Investment which paid b Tav. Play, b-llj has listened, to tli than in 1906, we shall have a chanc
taln! f mother base is cer- hanomeiy; ani lt wU1 continue to pay wf'fnVAle of what Wagner can do to make, Chicago thinkr that winning a
It is Murray's nnrto th.t .v. handsomely Just so lonr . m , tht ' bh , 'Vii, f?'1::: !. ll.5' pennant - three times. In succession Is
'u a-aicava. a.Il -KT II II SB" I l t A S - al - a. . l . r ' VI nssn ' I IIH ' T1 W Tlr" IBB I Sir -i LIIH m M.L1I1HBU I Ma aaSaaBa w ajAaB Vaaaa gaiia a II a..S
i wno are now in coniroi oi mo ciuds i i, iz r s IIV". I "w j : vim .vuhu h vui.
aeipnia flayers were Uking baseball
too asy twhen he obtAlneri tha
aarement At. tha taan. m T. rfT
mittlngf th possibilities to get away
from them because thev
With thfl rmrttLintimm a A i 1. .!sl
refrain from disturbing; tho methods ,1 T.'t. T..r v wTnt
which ar in vogue in th national past- iR,,n. y..1 vL"i.wJnSr.a
lima. , ., '-, v,i-, --. .-r m.t 1 vJiiartes wpou aiurvujr, jriujiii vi ih
In the east there is a snlendld Outlook 1 Chicago ciud,v gave a iin. , a mner i
. . . " - . i navsra i ; SFTisaa r aa nora usiss nm v rswin nnn
Drore tne ksaacem iearue. k
h' nowar. uuu nitv I txr. n
v v as""1
ie MMtreal; J veral guests "pecause his team had
JwarkvcluE ? haJWo0 the world's championship. 'Hans"
ISr3t.LubDsil? Wagneri was i invited to sftend. - He
By John James tHfcG raw.
(Who Talks for tho Giants.)
"Not sine I have. been a manager
FINE TEETH
delphia should be In the light from tha Pa""ea" ?5 . .lJTOVif?S .cS from Pittsburg somewhat in fear begin. I have
Pittsburg' Has Possibilities.
Another team, which must be reck-
have I ever claimed a championship be-
roro a season oegan. it s too iat
l. .. . a.i rt ... t MM,, mmi . r. n i i.nMa.t..
nam jnterests to those or ueorge otaii-1... tramblinar. for Tie had no lntima-1 team Was good now and then. an
- f-aKoii r,iTiJi5?tha v summoned -.- I think th Giant will b
5 tb winl lat m1 a6?1 1 f meet with tha National league in higher In the race this year than they
tiian-iivuia last year is -Pittsburg.' in, able to win another cnampionsnip; with
ma lericui-n eh i;- . I "M t" k .llv at tha heart nr tha team
fthpr ' Ittnwi h called i attention to nd Buffalo is in lino .with a good nine
uu .1W.L .uinc. wni fl Kirr.nii, n.tK .
rln the season poorly Jt . would grow
trpnger as the 'Summer advanced. JIaw
f,.
that
'In tha ahnva 1mm : i- - '
i; A.:,.,r. ,mair- woum be a great
b"ityt.wer. It -to . face a less
umumne inan tnat or Chicago,
rookoyn a Taotor.
.vL,4tle .,r no 'chang will ba found In
th Brooklyn team of 108 as compared
with that of 1907. The auestlok to b
considered Is whether It will hi V."
aggressive, more successful this v.
Than tt waa Taaa, , mi j a . "
t " ";!" ma 0Lln aeason
Will Have Droved whether Rrnntlv. i.
It must ha rnrnftmrsftrftrl ttm owi-.
began to lm prove three years ago, when
r;-tWBOVAn J00. barge of the team,
ana from that time . has continued to
ihB.PtII--Jt m7 bve. H'lble, however,
t-ha.'-I?r"l.''l," n nade
!Tji1JOU.ntebal"c th x that haa ac
crued to Brooklyn in the j last three
ivais. bu tx iiiaii - i n ansa AnvMinat a
even if , the tesjn oiiv- .."'-..""fr'ft
' z, ' ; 1; "tue too. weak
wMiinj win . me nines
which are scheduled against It - v. "
' Hehlnd the hat thl . tJJrt.T. -.Jl.
catchers in Berren and Rt t
ox '- the problem. 8trlcklett will not
be with the team this year, and It Is
possible that Scan Ion will not be at his
heet until late owlnr tn an ,n.r.ii
I for
appendicitis which was performed
wen tnat . waa borna nt i.
"trated by-the position in tha race- which
was. occupied by Jhe Pirates at th end
ofthe campaign. -.- , , t
team this year, but it. has had th ad-
'"uvi ' "i payma togetner. ror a sea
son, and the memnera nf ih. i.. -iii
w.?-euhl.11 he ba thejlayers wfil ' b
aZiL ? " . witn woson,: phelp and
ItJ,'--an tAa.box 0era -w4U b thold
M5La,n1 whatevf r nw ones are- added.
Maddox who made suck .a fin showing
5.'. faJi.ls Rafted to do, better this
?frUi h6 Jl ns'othw youngsters
Ko hm " U"-1' on - ins oases, id
inHSri. Wasmor, and Leach are . as
"ed'.i.ne..flr8t beroan is not settled
SJSiJ. . . ?- likely to be Swaolna.
SP .5 " In himself. Leach
IPf.y f ta.the. outfield after Storks has
2,!5fd Harjard. but ho can as
fhf ?iybe. reckoned uPon at third in
illt,eiDDlDg ot tht yearif h 1
t S?rke Hallman at likely to b
Ln e ?eld' and Leach wUl probably
t center after etorke Jolnstha
wiim". Ma??rt and Moellar are possl
b'es on the outflelo. although neither
aT jt the regular team. , No mat
ter What MmhlnatlnM la . - . .
fllX iU.f0r Pittsburg, it Is probably
that It Will ba a mmU..!!.. iTlk iTi
nght with pertinacity to win all Its
games, and is not likely to be on that
will be easy. to beat
v , ; v; cnacinnatl Begins . Tar.
There is hardlv a ttaaahAll imnn Af
recent hlAtnrV.ln Whlfll. .Uaka n.
been soma rhunu in.nnr(,nrtA at
Cincinnati. It seems to be one of the
traditions of the cltA to feed upon
changes. . . - . i
for the coming year. Jersey -City and
Providence are wen rixea witn players,
and "Jack" Dunn, th Baltimore mana
ger, says lt is up to him to make good
this tlm with the Orioles, and believes
that he has tha nucleus of an organisa
tion which may win the pennant Base.
ball has taken a. new life since the
games last year between tne Eastern
league acd the "old timers." who once
won th . championship for Baltimore,
and the Interest Is greater than it has
been in three seasona s
Patrick T. Powers, tha president of
th league, insists tnat mis season
will bo better than any which has been
enjoyed by the organisation for a long
time, vand concludes by insisting that
he 1 Willing to stand oy tnat prediction
in spits of th fact tnat tms is a "presi
. Tn tha west ther will be another fine
fight among tne ciuds or tne American
Association, If Columbus shall happen
to win the championship again it will
not be due to the fact .that tha team
fails to-meet opposition.
Toieao believes mat - it nas a peter
ball team than it had last year, and
on the western end of the circuit addi
tions have been made to some of the
teama whleh ar expected to make them
bettor able to cope against the present
aha mniAfl
Milwaukee will not secede from the
association this year, and it Is doubt
ful if it attempts anything of the kind
any other year. It Is certain that an
i..i.inn of Chlcaao will be foilrht h
both major leagues, and It is not likely
thst the American association will be
in a hurry to riak a battle which would
raault , in eomebody beina f financially
crippled and somebody else having. afj
the advantage of the fight, at the end.
That Is usually th case la all base
ball wars.- - . : -
All the cities In the American asso
ciation circuit would be winners, from
ti e money end, at least, if their owners'
At the dinner h was presented with will play better ball than they have
a magnificent sliver cup. xnis is tne i since we won tne cnampionsnip ror tnei
first tlm in the history or DaseDau last urn in iuo."
that an organised league of tho lm - 1
portanoe of the National league ever ' ,i By John Ganxel.
r9'J'mtSntt ttmlUXr: " (Th Cincinnati Student.)
r"rv-U".i;" -l ."Most of the people don't glv us a I
mot
Scotelr taken br l'J yb
. -i.v. - .u...L i ioua h wiu ao me 10 s.y anvmins. 11
raLWaTtZ we can play better ball andwin more
tha wV mnlrTn "its cover anf wendod wne this year than we did last I
i,hS .!iff &X?Ilnalnw -nail not thfnkhat, th summer has
yania" tS pass th remainder of th win- been misspent. . I guess maybe we will;
MH.ws.n?emerbei:ed by the National . By "Patsy" Donovan. '.
league because for - years he had led! ' The Beau Brummel of Brooklyn.)
the ora-anisatlon in batting, and in ad-1 "Brooklyn has been sort . of a dark
dltlon to that had given a good account I horso for the last two years. If we get
of himself generally as a ball-player. -1 good start in April wo ar going to
- The hug figure of this genial man Is be a. : light ' horse this year, and our
one of tha best known sights on a ball 1 light will shine so that it can be seen
rieia. no is one oi ins xinest paui over tne learue. ir we ret anothet
piayers in xns msiory urgumzea , Daa ala,rr l naven t a word to say.y
DaseDaii,-.. oi ouij la u an mui-um-
pushed batter, but he is a crafty and
fleet baae runner, a fielder whose limit
seems to rest onl with the limits of
character. He is so modest that he will -apuwioaa paaaiaate tot sTtat ana-i
JOHN D. WILCOX
sight of a - reporter ' and i
' In his room when "fans"
run at tha
shelter himself
become too effusive in regard to his
ability.
WHAT THE PLAYERS SAT.
By Mike Donlin.
(Returned to Life.)
tor, Advocates .Statement Ho. X. :
i -At the primary election next Kriday,
April 17, there are five state senators to
be voted upon for position on the Re-
Duoimu inujui in inn june election. I
Among the candidates Is John D. Wil-1
cox, who is well and favorably known to
a great mimiwr or uregomana, as he has
lived In this state nearly 60 yeara : Mr. I
W11COX is Well Qualified tA tnnMnl.t.
IMff 1L l ruiu 111 a ilia,.'. I II B . inn T n WIUI l.n III in. NTH I R in wninh na mvmm
have a chance to win the championship I born and has lived so long,' Mr, Wilcox
a ' iwvn saw tne Doys piay at cni-iis oy proressien a lawyer,' having been
cago last year while I was laid up with I admitted to the bar of California in
a broken ankle, and I know that they 1886., .In that year he returned to Port
are at able to grab the title this sea-j land and formed a law partnership with
' tney were two years ago,, wnen tne iate. senator Jonn It. Mitchell.- who
they not only beat Pittsburg for the for over 0 years was a firm believer
flag, but the .Athletics for the world s In the election of United States senators
championship. Some persons say that by vote of the people,
the pitchera are weak this year. I can't Mr, Wilcox Is In favor of Statement
see It that way. All the pltrters need No. 1 and the choice of the people for
1, a little batting to help them out, United States senator.
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