The Washington times., 1906-04-01
be asking too much Of them 10 jump ia
and make a winning fight this summer.
Washington Looks Better. tt

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and make winning fight this summer.
Washington Looks Better.
Washington looks better than il oiG
last year. How much better Is another
problem. The team. perhaps. has not the
strength 10 win the championship. but
il unGuestionably IS so constituted that
II viii put I'D a hard fight for every
game in which its pitchers are working
well Washington has quite some bait
ting ability which stands its PLAYERS IN
good stead when the runs OF opposing
mines can be kept down 10 a fair aver
age.
In the National League IL is difficult
20 see why the Giants should not play
as well in 1906 as they did in 1895.
Most OF the men are young. No team
in the league is more skilled in general
;eam work. The admirable manner in
which they care for the field and the all
around magnificent base running Of
the players has not been excelled by
any nine which has played in major
league contests. Not heavy batters,
the players make all hits count, and
eth their sterling corps Of pitchers
to stand them in need in every con-
test in which they take part il is but
fair TO assume that they will constant
~ be knocking at the door for the
leadership of their league from the
time that the season begins.
Chicago should be a better team than
ii was last year. While Scheckard may
not excel Maloney in base running, he
certainly does in batting. and while he
may not be the superior of Mccarthy
in batting. he certainly is in base run
n i'm he Chi
Cages have a better all-round player
in one than they possessed in two men.
Chicago has been strengthened behind
the bat. because Moran is a good bat
ting catcher. a player sorely needed by
the Cubs"
Pirates as Good as in 1905.
Pittsburg should be 10 weaker in
1906 than in 1895, even if Nealon fails
TO be as good a first baseman as antici-
pated. The addition Of Willis probably
will help the club. 1t will depend en-
tireIy upon the present condition of the
pitcher. When he finished the season
with Boston last year he was up TO
his old time form in measure, al
though il took him some time TO ac-
quire il.
Tho one great change in Cincinnati has
been not so much in the substanuation
of some plavers for those who have
been released as il has been in placing
:. manager at the head of the nine who
will instiIl more team work into the
heads of the men than any individual
who has figured I'm such capacity for
Cincinnati in years Hanlon does not
expect TO bring a championship winner
to Cincinnati in the first year lie has
said so repeatedly. but he has an idea
that he will place the nine on better
playing basis than il has been IN long
time. and there are many experienced
baseball men who agree with him IN this
respect.
Phillies Are Dangerous
The dangerous club in the National
League is Philadelphia. Were that or
ganization assured of one steady re-
liable pitcher it would make abundant
trouble for every nine. from the New
Yorks down. 1t possesses excellent bat
ters. fair fieIders-some of them better
than fair-baserunners OF no mean abil-
ity and has developed more teamwork
under Hugh Duffy than the nine has had
in long time. If It gets a winning
start it will be hard club TO beat
from the first game to the last.
Brooklyn. Boston. and st. Louis are
three teams in the race which enter
under a handicap OF not being probable
pennant winners. OF the three. Boston
has been strengthened the mosi and
is team which must not be heid too
lightly. If Tenney is able to get winning
work out of his players he will capture
many game which will be anticipated
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of his rivals. Brooklyn has better
assortment of players than the team
had in 1906. and some W. positions