The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

work and the winning atmosphere sur
round the players too late in the sea-
son, the best that the New York man
ager can hope to do is to place his or
ganization at such an altitude that it
will be able to strike hard for the
flag in 1907. If
St. Louis is wholly problematical.
Viewed in it's best light, the team can
hardly be placed as a pennant factor
this year, and it seems to be the i'm
preston that McAleer will devote all
his energies toward laying foundation
in 1906 that will make his task to
develop winner in 1907 much easier.
generation than those Of any manager
in the league, and as they have not had
the benefit Of years work in COM
pany, it would be asking too much of
them to jump in and make a winning
| fight this summer. eGs
Washington looks better than it did
last year. How much better is another
problem. The team, perhaps, has not
| the strength to win the championship,
but it unquestionably is so constituted
| that it will put up a hard fight for
every game in which it's pitchers are
working WELL Washington has quite
some batting ability, which stands its
players in good stead when the runs
Of opposing mines can be kept down to
a fair average.
In the National league it is difficult
to see why the giants should not play
as well in 1906 as they did in 1905
Most of the men are young. The
admirable manner in which they
care for the field and the all-arount
magnificent baserunning Of the play
ers has not been excelled by any nine
which has played in major league con
4 tests. Not heavy batters, the player.
make all hits count, and with Their
sterling corps Of pitchers to stand then
in need in every contest in which they
4 take part it is but fair to assume tina
they will constantly be knocking at tn,
4 door for the leadership Of their leagu,
from the time that the season begins
Chicago should be a better team thar
it was last year. While Sheckard ma,
not excel Maloney in base running, h
certainly does in batting, and. Will
he may not be the superior of McCarth,
in batting, he certainly is in base run
\ ning, 50 that by gaining him the CHI
q eagos have better alI-round playe
q I'M one than they possessed in two mer
= Chicago has been strengthened benin
the bat, because Moran is a good bat
ting catcher, a player sorely needed b
the cubs.
Pittsburg should be no weaker i
1906 than in 1905, even if Nealon fail
to be as good a first baseman as antici
pated. The addition Of Willis probabl
will help the club. It will depend en-
tirely upon the present condition of tn
: pitcher. When he finished the seaso
with Boston last year he was up to hi
old-time form in a measure, altho
! took him some time to acquire it.
The one great change in Cincinna,
: has been not SO much in the substitutio
Of some players for those who hav
been released as it has been in placin
q manager at the head of the nine VIII
will instil1 more team work into til
: heads Of the men than any individu.
g who has figured in such capacity fe
|, Cincinnati in years. Hanlon does NJ
t expect to bring championship vii
s ner to Cincinnati in the first year. q
Y has said SO repeatedly, but he has a
b idea that he will place the nine on
Q better playing basis than it has bee
|. in a long time, and there are many e,
u perienced baseball men who agree wit
d him in this respect.