Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-09
iCIBS ARE PICKED
IN THE NATIONAL
csioauO Team Looks Mighty
Good and Likely to
Win.
v'eRAw HAS A RIVAL CLUB
n,,,.Durr Has Hopes of Climbing out
Of the Rut aud Reaching the
Top This Season.

r,o follow the fortunes OF base
fe'Sv" IN the National league ooase
gu san thew can get better .llne ~ mo
Knit. u.a, Of It's teams thah 'nose ~
American league. .,, ,,o.s,hly only
rSe reason for this is that POSSIBLY an
lhs ,Sl clubs have a chance 10 an
wv me remnant, while in the Amer.'sn ~
mex 'nr o,lly four clubs that must DO
there 90 as remnant contenders.
fecohn+ '.,rc The National league nelo AZ
sufV.s"9 1ate II locks as II the Chicago
va. ar viii again finish IN tdynanoe of
opinion y Ua snen ID captured he cunning
last season, h NM o6 points in the percent
age iapt Pun aTe expected TO repeat .n re
lne MS year, as they have ho' a Vg Of
aimed all Of their oepen'inus'ad am f,,r new
S 20. bnt have also reacheu ou' ''t
material a.as tvers. Tinker and stel tah az
Cna.S' indeld that is well baiaiessu 40 W
loIti lr n and mas the faculty ot Scnite
iogsteeT. sheckard sidsy r,en and sure
sre a great trio Of lhsioe ny"
coaches in the field
king IN THE MAST.
- I'll, again be the Cubs mainstay
kllhe tbs eat' He Is Justly raten az tn1
n rsasi finished catcher IN the N"''V
league. -. cubs are lust as fortu-
~. ~ ''i prSwn, Reulbach Luhas,e en- ,e ann
nav nav, ara a Quartet mat no otlSl ,stan.
iasra c,r,utt can matcn toI Ca,, Ne =
wo,I In ADDITION, Presloent au. ~ P'S year
pSsts,er who did good work tds' lang
Jeck harper, Chiek rt"9S'
string ., Sas agned Tommy Corcoran
Asois" snaw 20 III Giipeit place. az
sscond base. These men are GUY a NOT
ystter than Gilbert in hitting, a ap1d g. 49,
near as fast as the ollet IA iS ni'ening
"Vus,bewson may regain his oil pi PLY ,,ns
,,r.e mi one star on the stan WI ho.
,ein he nag. McGinnity seems W re'
t,r nm the decline that ne may p y.
isssed before the Giants start 10y ,~i
Angeles Taylor has oulllNeu ht t,S,oa of
ress IN New York and "a"'S Z" ''"''
Anes is a rank lu-and-out. ana ms Win ggstn
go nave nd confidence in him. NhIso
tsn a. n little work well, but hasn mo
stamina for regular turn IN IN IVA
ferguson mas yet 10 prove MS WORTH
RuMoR ABOUT DoNLiN.
rho,e are also vague rumors that Mike
n6niI never will tuily recover rom tlo
effetts q the injury TO his leg last ssAs ~
he Is said 10 have grown qulle stou, to
basepall men say he viii never Dc Aoie -
STANG training IN the spring o.,rna
NcGraw also has shannon, seymour any
Brcwne for his Quilted. The lirst named
h as ordinary as a mosquito IN Jersey,
while the last two are out tor inalVlouai
Pittsburg hopes to leave the rut that
followed Il after il lost its grip on the
championship and give the Cubs hght,
The Pirates nave made one big swap tnat
may have flrreachlng effect on the
team. They traded Ritchey to Boston for
Abbaticcbio
b. tns move the team gains natural
clu6ber, but loses a steady reliable in
fielder Riichey never made dumb play
IN his life, and his worth 10 Plttsburg will
be realized nextseason when he is gone.
The Phillies Will line up virtually the
same asst last year. Manager Murray has
asked that ali VI the 1906 players be re-
tained in order that he my get line on
their ability.
Murray mas bagged some youngsters
that may prove surprises. He says that
Third Baseman Grant Is better than poo-
lin, which means that Grant will DO
regular,