The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
FHF BALL RACE IS CLOSE.
Biz Leagues Are Putting Up Fast
Contests.
|,.uGGIE IN THE NATIONAL BEST YET
IN All Cities Are Showing Some
se..n,io,sl Balance-Cincinnati and
E, ouis Being Carried Forward.

.o,ber baseball season is well under way
q ~ fanatics the country over are
49, their attention to the task OF at
an,,ru TO pick the teams In the two big
rnich will quit with the best per-
next fail. Clearly this seems 10
: most difficult thing to do Just now
hordsr than II was last year even Mt
1.-Two when the baseball critic who
,r,se Mt all could see just about which
uould finish at the TOP and mad
{rstty coed idea of the one tnat vas iu'ed
/ Nc dubbed the tai-ender.
rsn srst thing that causes the fan and
h.a,amite no small amount of comfort
49, nretty race which is being Run IN
4 ~ leagues Long before The season
s.,oa the calamity howicis of the
a,,on.l game declared that IN the Ma
mol league things would he walk
,,ov for PtAburg, with Brooklyn tagging
III. close behind, thus detracting in
ysst and excitement.
pasorrng to the American league these
mi nersons declared that there was
f,,niu' TO it, but the Chicago ana Balti-
nre mines, with the advantage slightly IN
yor NJ the white stockings. Thus iar
ksl,ber Pittsbmg, Chicago nor Baltimore
i given much promise that tl.ey are GO
!, to make a runaway race of the leiSne
6ntests. On the other hand. 1t looks rs
the favored mines are going to nave
retty hard time TO keep even with the
hrface and then trust 90 their own sta :
n make fairly respectable showing en-
# has been long time since the Ma
oDsl league run has started out 80 au-
IbI,iously The manner of the getaway
fesages only keen contests and welt
bught games the season through uness
bme team shows some unexpected Strength
e. at * not apparent now ana blossoms uut
10 real championship STRIFE within tie
III, few weeks. This ducs hot appear toI
at all likely. Cincinnati ana ~ Louis
11hye both shown In the few Gaio y nat
Nave been played that they are cams
n hlch can be depended upon 10 H,r Ia, ir
4 bare Of the games, and perhaps II few
m hers besides.
"a Neither of these teams is made mp of In
+ yidua stars, but the men playing with
ke reds and the cardinals are Nurkn.s,
eery one of them Cincinnati, y IS tire,
<Ihs more star players than has -. Louis.
Hnt the team is still well balanced. The
issourianS have a much more every
~ elghed team this season thGn th'N had
~ en as McGraw and Robinson, bat 1t was
4 Eoved that, although these men ShCnc
lore their competitors they could not win
Fmes, and the result was i filling off In
Tendance at the lower end of he d'tcA.
Ne have not SO very ma ~ Stars this
par Is what the RobinSols are saying,
but we have team that Is willing 10
lcrk, and work hard for rvcryt 1ing it
pes to get and We do not think we viii
so far behind when the inu percent
kps taken next October
81. Louis has string of mighty good NJ.
rs, as has Cincinnati. lot of confidence
reposed In each man nnd almost every
be can be relied upon TO get his '"am Out
some pretty tight holes through clever
pd timely work with the hi '6orv Inc
featest handicap ST. Lonis is forcn, 40
ndergo is lack of high-cl4ss pitchers. In
s respect the team is very much ike
hlcago Cincinnati has, on the other hnL,l,
obably the hest staff Of pitch ms. every.
Ing considered, in the league Hahn AMI
ewton, the souirpaws, are, II is thought by
pose who have seen them work, showing
tter form this season than last year,
nile the other fellows who crook the
fnders Tor the reds may he relied upon to
cords
Plttsburg and brooklyn. 1t IS true. are
pa making n good light aad showing
ahe form, but the point Is that NJ m
cauohs seem to confirm the belief that
Iner me pirates nor the bridcglooms is
wv AHuu iulluutllula, 80 sTUn- IN
nnali and St Louis. The Phiiacs anl
noStohs are, of course, rather uucci-
yet They have not strlrk their
nae and when they once redcn II they
oe great deal better lr much verse
~ they are now
Lhicago and New York were cut the
s ~ ~ the National league woIld lie t.'uly
auiylns The other tennis a,c well
ay su so well. indeed, that e,eIy day
y are rubbing elbows AMI stupIlnr on
"a "a other toes 1t looks. too. as If this
"a ,a oil running is to be kept M for uuiic
ume yer, perhaps all of the season The
!, 'ms Of baseball certainly nope that
Inc New York team is just about where
fesdusss Sat the bottom of the list. And
my LUZ made all sorts Of lurid prcdic-
NJ os'orc me season opened as to what
iloWs we" Mere gong to do to the Other
Wv II predictions counted he wouli
N, won the pennant long ago. But It
ntN ,nat Andy did not mean one-lalf
M Tnat ne said, for it Is foolishncss to
MANN dnii man who has been engaged
selIns not know the difference between
), ''nns Platter baseball PLAYER and onc
readrns ~ distance and carry weight.
MA ' sna picked up about the worst he
s nsons toward National or American
h sseIs and now ne is getting about
pSirni ne deserves, while the cobwcbs are
Il" "~ @rngn % grow over the gateways Of the
" lineage 1nlcago team Is IN a had rut. Loft
rr ,,'unssters are hard and willing la
L c,r.a 2nl taey do not accomplish much,
r. pht N, ne mas failed Il get hold of the
M, . siu OF pitchers. Besides the PLAYERS
peh, ,a Muys hat SO effectively as they
z hictorwv htn good cracking drives With
n hans my gre needed, In fact, the Or
ck nay De said TO be weak with the
chny' s ar, Iarlor Is the dean OF the
fins Stait and he is probably the best
70 c, ms got Hughes Is uncei tain, Men
knpInnhon moi always be depended upon,
od ssmus nhty shoots are open to
ans una lambasting at almost any stage
S y Fame while Eason is an expert
sin,, ~ ~ did very well In the game
sei. rittsburE Thursday and II he keeps
nv wen 10 a few otheI games he
x Min . ~ aoil on the game that Il few
l now, however II apnears 10 the
nt,,o he studies hasebnll thai Lotus n4s
n, :, netter chance OF winning the pen
tan saah has Andy Freedman But the
Is as slfe IN q different class. Chica-
|ncinns,, nucn hntter than New York as
thar ~ ~ 81. Louis or Brooklyn Us bet
BIZ tSta Nhlcasoi Perhaps the Orphans
Is whe-a@ plunge toward the top nj the
biz anS me Slreamer will fy after
81 TT All good. tue Chicago fans
N fortrILo.l LOTUS and his men all of the
lem. suNe The pennant race cnn give
lie ~ american league the race Is not
gencs lose as D the National, the d.
ntgyes ~ - t"eeh me top and bottom per-
y the toas inud greater. Hut II Is the
e hoy AUS are running that makes the
oDe n, sVpl. Just now II looks MS IL
petna.. hflh hns chance 10 capture
Iong pssshant- Wellington is certainly
gojrs 30 j. Ddrolt These two clubs
be an 70 bother Chicago and Balti-
n fe1Iin, 10 the point Of desperation