Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-05
Teams Of Major Leagues More
Evenly Matched Than
Ever.
THE WINNERS OF LAST YEAR
Have no "Clnch" ON the Pcnants This
season--Some Are Showing Dis.
tress Signs Already.

Tim Murnane, the well known base.
ball writer Of Boston, writes as fol.
lows concerning the outlook for the
national game in tho big leagues
Already II is plain to see that the
teams Of the major leagues are mora
EVENLY matched than ever before. Tho
championship will be carried off this
season by the team having a fair
break OF luck and up-to- date, agrees
sive management.
The pennant winners of last year
have no "cinch" on the honors thi,
season, as the Athletics will miss Lave
Cross. and the New York giants have
already shown signs OF distress with
out the great Mathewson in shape
The Cleveland club Is not sure OF La
jole. Washingt viii miss Joe CASSIDY
Boston has already missed Lou Criger
while Pittsburg has missed the clever
Beaumont. There isn't one chance
In one hundred that players can he
found to MI the places Of the men
named above, Lajoie. Mathowson
Beaumont and Criger may all return 10
their teams and help out, but time win
be lost and other teams grow holder
until the complexion of things changes
all around.
President Charley Murphy should be
happy. He Is tho only man alive cele-
brating victory over local rival by
floating to the breeze a pennant. The
American league clubs of Boston. st.
Louis and Philadelphia won the same
honors only to enjoy their victories IN
modest way. But then Mr. Murphy
to cd "a n lTy
Joys rubbing II into the cold chief"
Comiskey, although the latter has won
honors enough In baseball to load q
freight car with,
The fans should not look for too
much from the players. although all
arc IN earnest and do their best but
often scratch hit will win n gdme
for some lucky club. Good sport ia
what the lovers Of the game should
be satisfied with. for the work of the
visiting teams Is a treat when they
play fast ball As the boys become
more accustomed to the spit" ball
there Will be more batting. and / be
lieye the batting averages this year
Will be 20 per cent better all around
than last year.
LOYAL TO OLD TIMERS.
tdpl' NVlllHs tNu, MS American
league club picked out the most de-
lightful weather for their home games,
playing To $4,000 people, actual count.
In three days. which Is certainly the re-
cord for baseball games for three sue
cessive days. Then our National league
boys returned to find cold weather and
small crowds, although coming back
In the lead
After witnessing the work OF Ten
ney's boys at Brooklyn In two sameg
] wrote my opinion as to where thew
would land this season, and failed TO
place the locals IN the first division,
For this crime was called 10 nc.
count by some Pittsburg writer, who
wanted 20 know where my LOYALTY 10
me home club was and then remarked
mat | favored the American league
when seems to be a crime with some
people--but not with the masses in
Pittsburs. No writer has any show o,
pleasing the public II he considers low.
any To q club before LOYALTY to his
readers who demand honest reports.
~ Is not necessary to roast" hut
WY tell your readers that the town
mas great ball team when you know
Inherently, just to please the club
owners" believe IN being loyal TO the
Oh players. who have made good and
may be n little off-color, but I REFUSE
70 tout youngsters as phenomenons
until they make good. Loyalty TO the
players is one thing, and loyalty TO the
club owners is another phase OF the
business altogether The man writing
baseball can help club wonderfully
by calling attention to weakness IN the
team, and saving o good word for tns
men VINO try hard. Gooi-natured
criticism VIII never hurt and advice.
Vhen you are capable Of Offering Il,
can do no harm. The private affairs
ol 'ne players should never be men.
TONED IN the baseball columns.
a man may be ferfect genius for
leadership and yet fan down az the
result OF selecting team that has
no use for him. as the result OF some
mean act that the players magnihed
eno passed around. Here IN Boston
captain Collins IS admired by his play
ers, While Captain Tenney is disliked
by his men Of the National league And
yot both mon nre quiet and gentleman
~. Tenney could never win a pen
nant' while Collins has already shown
mat he can turn the trick.
LAJoIE AND WAGNER.
The critics and fans never tire Of
comparing the two great players, La
Jole and wagner, and very often those
VINO compare these men have no chance
70 see both during a season. The
Two players have different styles, La
1oie graceful. with no movement for
erect while Wagner will swing his
arm ana Kick up the dust In making
tne simplest Kind Of n play in the
neld. To the average spectator Wag-
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