Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
BOSTON, June %, 1905.
For the first time in many years the west
seems to have the best of the east in major
league base ball. and the only way of sizing
up the different sections is through the big
leagues. In the American League, Cleve-
land, Chicago and Detroit are going some
lust now and the two former very likely to
keep it up, while the only club In the east
playing good ball is the Quakers, as the
great teams of Boston and New York nave
fallen out of the running. and nothing snort
of phenomenal luck will land either back in
the race this season. The Quakers under
Connie Mack. can be counted on to keep In
sight of the leaders. while Washington has
passed out of sight around the bend. The
whole country seemed to enthuse over the
early good work of the Washington men,
and l fully believe three out of every five
Sall fans all over the American circuit
would like to see this young club win the
championship. and the way they were going
at time had the boys guessing The
club has some fine players and are bound
@ come once more before the season is
vyer.
The Boston and New York teams are suf-
ferilg from the great strain of last season
they WERE and the glory of pulling off "A
championship is not precious as in the
past New York felt the strain even more
than Boston. The same conditions pre-
vailed at Pittsburg after their heartrending
defeat by Boston. and it Is more than likely
to come to all teams that go through
hard, trying campaign. For this reason l
have not the confidence In the Boston cham
pions that / had early in the season. The
west is bound to outpoint the east IN the
American League this season.
In the National League New York and
Duffy's Quakers are holding their own, but
club for club. the west has a shade the bet
ter of the argument Pttsburg, Chicago
and Cincinnati are pretty sure to keep COM
Ing strong. The western clubs are closer
and in touch with the rising young talent
and will force the eastern clubs to hustle
for the best of the youngsters. The bumps
the New York Giants received on their last
trip west was good thing for the league
in fact, for base ball in general. The clever
McGraw was fairly sat on and his world
heaters made to look like common dande-
lions They will soon return to fatten up
on the clubs of Boston and Brooklyn and
increase their lead in the race, which they
are pretty sure to win.
During the last fifteen years the east has
taken fifteen of the nineteen championships
of the National and American leagues
three going to Pittsburg. and the only PEN
nant going to the real west went to Chicago
the first year of the American Leagues ex-
panslon. Professional base ball was intro
duced IN 1871, since which time the west
has carried off just eleven championships
of national Importance while the east has
collared twenty-eight-a wonderful showing
for the east And even this season the
chances are an even break at the worst,
with still a fair show for both pennants.
Boston has landed sixteen winners. more
than double that of any other city, but this
season must be satisfied with a reasonable
amount of glory in the American League
and be satisfied to beat out one club in the
National League.
There was a time when the old National
boys walked on to the field the crowd knew
they would see top-notch base ball, but all
has changed, and now it's case of fatten-
ing up the old club. 1 think Pittsburg
the only inland city to ever win champion
ship and even that great team went down
and out when they went against the boys
who summered on the banks of Massachu-
setts bay and thrived on the good old east
wind so refreshing in the summer time.
St Louis and Washington are sidetracked