The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02

pennant Winners-Four New Man
ayers Viii Try to Produce the VIC
tors.
stand pat and fight 1t out on the
same lines as last year" apparently
is the motto of practlcallyevery ciut
In both the National and American
leagues for the coming summer. rev
changes of Importance have oeen
made from the forces that were allgh'
ed in 1906 and the battles VIII be
much the same as last year. Tor the
teams, with one or two exceptiohs
will be of about the same strength
The battle will be a fierce one to
the end, six months away, Which
clubs will come out on top Is haru
question to answer, but glance al
the conditions of the various teams
in the two major leagues VIII con
vince most fans that repetition vi
last years pennant winners Is not De
yond possibility. Stranger Things
have happened than that the two chi
cago clubs should again win the hass
In the National and American leagues
and again meet each other in the CON
test for the championship OF the
world.
In each league there have been
changes in the personnel OF the man.
ayers. Three new managers appear
In the American league and one In
the National Billy Murray, late OF
he Jersey City club in the eastern
league, has been secured to manage
The Philadelphia National leaguers IN
place of Hugh Duffy.
AT Detroit the American Leaguers
| have a new leader in the person OF
Hugh Jennings, long known as one OF
| the most famous ball players OF the
country He was playing with and
managing the Baltimore club of the
Eastern league. and the American
league drafted him to give him the
job with the Tigers, which w. X
Armour filed last year.
Joe Cantillon, another class A man
ager to step up, will be with the
Washington American league club He
was manager of the Milwaukee clul
in the American association last year
Who the third new manager for the
American league will be has not beer
determined. Boston Is the club lack
ing a leader.
Cast up the chances of the Nationa
league first With the exception
the New York Giants no club in tina
organization looks, on paper, stron
enough to beat the Chicago Cubs on
of first place.
Aside from this club there appear
none in the National league capable
maintaining the gait the Cubs can Sc
Pittsburg is scarcely as strong as las
year, while Philadelphia appear
stronger. Duffy has the nucleus of
+, good club and with another goo
pitcher or two would boost the Phi
lies into championship rank. Murra
has three good box artists now
Sparks. Duggleby and Pittinger. LUIS
and Richie are good men, too, and
4 alternate with the regular trio ougf
to make that club contender wit
: the Pirates for third place at least.
4 Where the other clubs will finis
will probably be a matter of baseba
J luck Accidents might change tn
face of things generally. Brooklyl
with pair of heavy sluggers like TIL
G Jordan and Lumley, looks good no
for the leadership of the second divi
ion. with Cincinnati, Boston and S
} Louis trailing, in what order is imm
terial.
y Three clubs in the American leegl
G look good for the pennant next ia
o and with luck favoring either is cap
BILE of carrying off the flag and NEE
ing the National leagde champions
n the fall for the worlds championship
II These three are Chicago, ClevelaI
IL and New York. Chicago is the chal
] pion of this year, and Comiskey h
d practically stood pat on his team
e. 1906 that beat the Cubs and won 4
is worlds flag A few youngsters ha
been picked up, but most of them W
soon be back in the minors aga
from whence they came Team wo
u and the pitchers are depended on
~ Manager Jones to keep the White s
OF winning stride they are one OF t
IN hardest teams in the country to be
ID for they can turn hits into runs bett
Il than any other club in the country.
% Cleveland has all the earmarks OF
II champion, but can't quite attain
az mark. With five regulars batting oy
lie 800 and a good string of pitcht
no there is no logical reason why
II Napoleons can't win the flag this s.
o son, nor why they didn't last We
ie Lack of team work is apparently
trouble and until that is strengthen
the Maps are sure to fall just short
the. premiership.
!" Grifiths Highlanders appear to
ils the most dangerous team the VIII
'se Sox have to face this season. Grif
oe has won championships in the Am'
On can league and knows the essenti
Vi needed to put a club at the top.
on has gathered bunch of good stlckt