The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-09-16
TEAMS IN WEST BEST
Two IntersectionaI Series Prove
Them to Be Stronger. .
EAsTERNERs ARE LAMENTING
Many Former Members Of Clubs In
That Section Have Handed Out De-
feats to Their Old Team Mates With
Great Regularity.

That Section Have Handed Out De-
feats to Their Old Team Mates With
Great Regularity.
On the results of the first two clashes
between the eastern and western teams
of the major leagues thus far fans of
the east are inclined to the belief that
the balance Of power In the basebaK
world lies in the region beyond the AL
leghenies. The American leagues
eastern representatives did very poorly
en- their recent tour Of the land of the
setting sun, and the western National
lists cut quite wide swath in their
Journey around the eastern end of the
Pulliam circuit.
I'm the National league conditions are
exasperating to the expectant eastern
enthusiast. He sees the pace being
set at the top by the chesty Chicago
Subs, the rampant Cincinnati Reds and
Pittsburg's perennial pennant pursu-
ing Pirates. Taking peek at the cell
lar end Of the standing, he observes
with keen woe and anguish the fran
tic efforts of the Brooklyns to rob
ahe St. Louis Cardinals of their ia
niliar tail end honors and the stren-
Nous activities Of the New York Giants.
the Phillies and the Bostons to keep at
or near the 500 mark.
Disappointment with q large and
double decked D is written all over
the careers of each club representing
the eastern district In major league
ball. New York is no worse off than
Philadelphia in having its various
diamond representatives fail to per-
form according to specifications In
the off season, for William Murray's
Quakers were by general consent &C.
claimed the dark horses Of the Nation
al league running. The Philadelphia
Americans did get into first place for
E brief stay through some great box
work by Victor Schlitzer, Eddie Plank
and RUDE Vickers and by the usurpa-
ton Of the Chicago White Stockings
tactics Of making a number Of runs
on scarcity Of hits, but once their
pitchers started to lose effectiveness
down went Connie Mack's tribe just
like back number McGinty.
The Boston National league team
was built up around one man, Frank
Bowerman, whose address used to be
the Polo grounds, New York, and when
the Romeo receiver entered the hos
pital ward the Doves lost their chief
asset and a lot Of games besides. In
the Boston American camp things are
trlfle more CHEEKY, for the Red Sox
were not expected to do much, and
they have done better than expected.
Winter critics, well posted ones at
that, assigned last place to the Taylor.
ties, who are proving q pleasant sur
prise, even If the larruping Lajoieites
did happen to score ten runs In one
nning against them.
The Washingtons were the choice Of
many for lower eight, and on the road
their efforts to win were series Of
jokes. Brooklyn fans know full well
the spirit of sadness that envelops
Charles H. Ebbets' recently improved
ball yard. Ii the Brooklyn team has
any idea OF forsaking last place they
must quickly adopt the "do it now
plan.
What pains the loyal and lamenting
eastern enthusiast as he scans the
public prints and reads such headlines
rs THE Reds Make Clean Sweep In
Brooklyn" or pirates Take Three Out
or -Four From the Giants" is that UNI
gracious western combinations have
been In large measure recruited from
fhis end Of the line. For instance,
take the Comiskey Chicago come
backs. Their boss is Fielder Jones,
whose home is in New York state and
who was member of the Brooklyn
team once upon time. Detroit's man.
ager, Hugh Jennings, was by turns
with the Baltimore Brooklyn and
Yh1ladelphia clubs, and Leader Lafoie
Of the Cleveland Maps was so long a
Quaker that his appearance in Cleye-
land garb often looks unfamiliar Nc
Aleer Is westerner, and so are three
OF the four National league command
ers of the western outfits. John Can
eel, the courageous commander of the
remarkable Reds, was by turns both a
New York Giant and Yankee. So
much for the Chicago teams. The
privates now doing their best to again
nave the worlds series played in the
west are many and apparently unfor-
giving for their shifts to foreign soil.
AT least twenty-five former customers !
are now members Of western teams i'm
the American and about sixteen in the |
National league.
There is consolation in the fact that |
with the inteisectional trips over the
western teams can get together and
proceed to cut one another's Threats,
Then an eastern team may get the
chance to sneak into the lead again
and lend silver lining to the present
dark cloud extending from Boston to
Washington.
Maps Sell Exploded Wonder.
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