The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-31
EAST ANXIOUS TO
TRIUMPH OVER WEST
Every Club Has Been Strength
ened With This End in
View.
GIANG'S HAVE SHAKEN
UP THEIR INFIELD
Both Quaker Clubs Have Added
Several Crack Men to
Teams.
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BY BAN JOHNSON. I.
president American Leaque) -

=. (President American League), -
!. AT no time since the American =
:. League came into existence has It =
=. begun season under such hatter- =.
= ins auspices as it will begin this. !.
:. We are at peace with all of the =
:. baseball world. we arc IN the pos *
= session OF the worlds champion =.
!. ship. which we shall do our best :.
- to retain. and we have a circuit =.
r composed OF eight clubs OF such =.
:. average strength taat our race !.
= for the championship bids fair to -
- be fully as successful as 1t was -
=. In 1901 and 1905. Throughout all -
= the cities of the American League r.
= hear the best of reports as to the -
= interest In the forthcoming race. -
:. and ! shall be surprised IT, at the =
:. end Of the season, we have not -
:. done better than ever before and -
= have established a new high water -
:. mark for enthusiasm and attend :.
= ance. =
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work which he expects from II Cincinnati
Will be strong In the race,
Detroit has q new manager in the per-
son Of Hugh Jennings. the old Baltimore
player; who has shown excellent e%eeu-
tive ability in his connection with clubs
In the Eastern league. lie has not
changed his team much, except, like q
few others, 10 add young pitchers, but ne
RosSman, who was with Cleveland last
summer, and this may prove of great
advantage TO his infeld
Both the Chicago Nationals and the
Chicago Americans have added soma
young players TO their list for the com
ing year. but when the season begins IL
is pretty safe TO say that they VIII have
the same men in line whom they had last
summer. Neither team is willing 10 make
a change which shall substitute an un-
tried players for those who were lnstru-
mental In winning the championships i'll
1906, and baseball managers would reek-
on them foolish for doing so. Tinker
may be out OF the Chicago Nationals Tor
a time because Of an operation lor ap-
pendlcitis recently made.
The ST. Louis Nationals will be mix
ture of young and old players, concern
ing whom il is mostly guesSWork 10 Nen-
ture Il prediction as 10 their Irish. Most
Of their players were with the team last
year. but only during 81 part oI tho sea-
son. go that il is rather ditnculc TO es-
they have had the advantage OF training
together this spring. The inheld VIII ba
Bcckiey. Bennett. Arndt and Crawford,
in all probability and the outfield keily:
now look. The pitching staff, although
composed OF young players, looks very
strong. Brown, BeeDc, McGlynn, FROM
me and Thompson are big. husky men,
who are likely to hold their own against
the more seasoned and more formidable
mines OF the league St. Louis is a team
OF great possibilities, which viii need at
least Il month TO be demonstrated.
The ST. Louis American league nine
seems 10 be one of tho more dangerous
of the American league. BY the addi-
ton OF Buelow. "a catcher. and 1eager,
MS an inneder. TWO positions nave been
heIped exceedingly The team is fast and
iively on the bases. and also fairly ac-
curatc in fielding, 'rne pitching staff has
been increased BY the addleion ot TWO
or three young PLAYERS, who were good
minor leaguers. and ic they, prove TO be
valuable. the nine, as whole, viii DO
better able 10 make a good race Ill the
American league than 1t was last year,
when ST. Louis was always considered
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