The Detroit times., 1908-05-15


Boston spent a fortune In the pur-
chase or promising recruits and IL Is
| but natural that Mr.. Taylor's club
should have profited most by the deals
OF the fall and winter Outfelder
Thoney always near-bigleaguer.
seems 10 have arrived at last. Sec
ond Baseman O'Connell, secured from
Providence, looks like the real ind
OF the year on account OF his batting.
Ii Is not 10 be expected that he VIII
| DE hitting round 400 all year. Never
theless he should win many game
| for HIS club. Cravath. another out
! fielder, looks very passable. Big Ges'
sler is no better than before and he
has held major league Jobs twice on
other clubs. Eddie Cicotte looks like
a finished boxman.
! Washington fans are proudest OF
! Shortstop Mcbride. secured from last
years Kansas City club. He Is prob
ably as fast a fielder as there is In the
American league. His batting Is not
anything TO brag over. but shortstops.
II agile, can be satisfactory in spite
OF weakness with the stick. AT that,
Mcbride Is batting better than when
with the st. Louis Nationals.
Freeman. the former Minneapolis
first baseman. will probably last the
year out. though showing no signs or
being anything more than a star min.
or-leaguer. Burns, a big California
| southpaw. looks the best OF the new
! pitchers and has won some sensation
al games.
Manning. the Tri-State recruit, has
pitched some very effective ball for
New York, and Neal Ball. the Michl-
gan boy. looks good enough TO play
short stop in spite OF Elberfelds pres
/ ence on the team, which Is certainly
saying a great deal, in spite OF the
fact that the kid is far from the player
ne was once.
Connie Mack has developed what
looks TO be the only new catcher OF
the season. as Carrigan who Is max
ing good with Boston has been on
that clubs list for couple OF seasons.
Sid Smith. OF Atlanta, Is the man re-
ferred TO. He can catch, throw and
bat
Rube Viekers. another OF the Mich
iganders who has broken into the
lmelight this season. has been equip
ped with some sort OF toeweights that
have proven effective IL appearances
are TO be believed. and is formally In
stalled as the successor of Waddell
Schlitzer and Carter. two more pitch
ing recruits have done but fairly we'll.
Another OF the list OF Michiganders
making good this year is Pitcher Ora
ham, OF ST. Louis, who has won a big
majority OF his games this year. He
is southpaw and should improve
steadily. The Browns have a utility
outfielder named Schweitzer who Is
also said TO be all the cheese, though
he has not formally demonstrated the
fact in public as yet. II he Is as
good as they say. he should soon dis
place Danny Hoffman. He comes from
the o. d p. league.
Cleveland is resting her claims for
added strength on Outfielder Josh
Clarke and Pitchers baltimore and
Check. Clarke and Check are veteran
minor leaguers and will never be SEN
sations. though both may last the sea
son out baltimore is likely to prove
bothersome to some OF the American
league clubs for a long time. on the
basis OF his work here
Chicago has In Jakey Atz, of the
New Orleans club, an infielder who
promises TO be a fixture. though not a
regular. He is fine fielder and a
fair hitter.
AS for Detroit, II Is useless 10 re-
mind home fans OF the fine showing
of Eddie Summers, the Indiana pitch
er. He is as good as any of the al
legged pitching finds" OF the season
and. perhaps. some better. At any
rate. Hughie Jennings smiles In sat
isfied way when the youngsters name
Is mentioned.