The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-04
DETROIT TEAM is STRONGER
THAN 1T WAS LAST SEASON
TO-. r ,n R;.Ix..~oa
(ey E. w. Dickerson.)

| After seeing the four western teams
of the American league in action, the
first four in the race last year, it looks
| to me like the Detroit Tigers will have
an easier time winning the pennant
this year than they had last year or
+, the year before. The Tigers look fully
| 90 per cent stronger than they did In
| 0S.
Bush. an American association re-
oruit, who joined the team the latter
part of last season, just too late to be
! eligible for the worlds championship
series. strengthens shortStop greatly,
/ even over O'Leary, who was anything
but weak member. OLeary was out
of the game a greater part of last sea-
son through injuries.
Morlarity is a splendid third base
man. better than average batsman
and corlSing good base runner. He
is also aggressiveness personifled to
the point of dirty baseball, Coughlin
was "all fn' as major Lacquer last
season. Moriarity is an improvement
over him in every respect, despite the
formers greater experience.
Schaefer is a much more valuable
$1,000 Paes ing cS1Ohu pooC lC6
than thru or short, shifted around as
he was last season. Rossman may not
be the greatest first sacker In the
American league, but his faculty of
making hits when they are needed
make him one of the most valuable.
Cobb, Crawford and Mcintyre
form an outfield which has no equal
In either major league. Cobb looks
even faster than ever this year and
does not seem to have lost any OF the
dash and pepper which has made him
the baseball sensation of the day.
| The backstopping staff is the
mediocre point of the team. Mullin
looks better than he has at any time
since breaking into the big league.
Willett and Summers are also showing
splendid form with Donovan a great
standby who may be depended on to
star as soon as the sun begins to
shine.
Moriarlty Is liable to be put out OF
the game by some OF the many play
ers who are LAYING for him for his
dirty work. but If he Is O'Leary will
be available for third position. Schae-
Ter makes a good captain and Jennings
is leader who inspires the spirit of
victory in his men, such as few non
playing managers are able to do
Crayath's batting and fielding
strength look at least equal to Fielder
Jones, as in a playing way the team Is
not weakened by the loss of that great
center fielder Whether Sullivan will
prove the leader Jones was remains to
be seen. With Smith showing the
form he has In the last few games. he
and Ed Walsh give the Sox pitching
pair with few If any supeIiors in the
league.
White looks good this year also, and
great young pitcher has been dis
covered in Scott. who halls from Lam
der. Wyo-, and is brother OF Lee
scott deceased a former member of
the News staff OF artists. His pitching
IN shutting out the st. Louis Browns
last Sunday was one OF the finest exhi-
! bitions of box work I have ever had
the pleasure Of witnessing.
The ST. Louis Browns look COOL for
a place in the FIRST division. but there
are weak points In the lineup es.
pecially in batting, which take from it
the suggestion OF pennmt winning.
Cleveland looks third best at
present, with the clubs usual string of
hard luck incidents starting so early
as 1t has this year Cy Young strength
ems the pitching stan fully 10 per cent,