New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
READY TO PLAY BALL
u4KE-CP OF AMERICAN
LEAGUE TEAMS.
Preliminary Training OUer and Plan
ers Picked for Their Positions
No1C for Test.

roe davs are getting longer, the price OF cos,
- bAen reduced and the Yankees are on +bei-
e nome or viii be to-day. All things consnire ~
make man GLAD
re preliminary training is over. and stau,nss
iii soon bring the men he has trained in Geerria
- the hilltop. 70 see II he can be more success
al than Clark Griffith in the effort to bring
a. American League pennant TO New York
c,slInrs comes from Newark, with A fine ren,,
,sron as a capable manager, in Detroit, Phila-
ssrnbis and Buffalo before he went TO New jersey
S.A has taken club that finished bad last in the
re last year. after splendid early start hut the
.,--,stinn is discouraging the record IF
1.sf vear would seem 10 indicate. The Yankees
rsre handicapped by dissensions in the club and
nv change Of managers in mid-season, and they
ss5 lost Chase before those last heartrendins DAYS
n the rooters sorrow.
c-sllings has Z team Of fast youngsters mingled
z1th few veterans whose work heretofore is
enough 10 recommend them. The old men are
chase al first base, the best man in the league
and superb hitter we'll as phenomenal fielder;
FIbsrfeld. who has moved from shortstop 10 third
hsss: Hemphill. one Of the ten leading batsmen
~ -hs league last year: Keeler. outfelder: Klei-
NV behind the bat. and Manning Lake, Ches-
hrn Glade and Doyle for a nucleus for pitch
.nr staff. The best Of the seem be
Gardner, who viii probably play second base, Aus
,in and Ward. who. with Jack knight, the
Hsdins candidates for shortstop, and Cree and
rernitt. outfeIders. The new pitchers some Of
whom did 4 little work with the Yankees last
1ssr sre WARRIOR, Quinn. Brockett. Tom Hughes
ana Schmidt. Sweeney and Blair are catcbers who
-lsved z little last year.
Those who are inclined be peSsinaistio say
,he teams chief weakness will lie in its pitching
,tsf. Lake and Manning are good men. but little
lacking il big league experience. Chesbro is
certain and Glade. after connendable season
with 81 Louis in 1917, i'll most Of last season.
u The pitchers DO their share, the Yankees
viii take q lot OF beating. although il would be
asking TOO much 10 expect Stallings to capture a
peunant in his first year.
DETROIT
Hugh Jennings thinks he has stronger team
Than the one that gave Detroit its second cham
pjonship last year. He has strengthened a weak
spot q third base by buying Moriarity from New
York Noriarity is q better man now than BIZ
Coushlin. good as the veteran used to be, and his
hiring viii help the Tigers a good deal Jennings
expects Bush TO be an Improvement over OLeary,
xao is getting old shortstop. His pitching stan
remains intact. and some sphere ssers predict tnat
failure 70 strengthen il will the Tigers the
pennant The men on whom Jennings viii rely are
Donovan, who is good enough for any team' Null
liz Kilan. Wiletts, Suggs and Summers It is
good STAFF. but hardly in the same class with that
Of Cleveland. In the outheld Detroit still wins en-
vious looks from other managers, for Cobb CraW-
ford and Mcintyre ideal trio.
Rossmsn al first base and Schafer 81 second
with Schmidt the principal catcher complete
G strong team.
CLEVELAND.
Napoleon Lajoie and his Cleveland team gave
Jennings and the Tigers the fight Of their lives
last year and Ilajoie has better team than ever
now The Cleveland pitching staff has always
hAen strong and with Cy Young, the grand old
man acquired from Boston, added TO the team no
nine in the league viii be stronger in the box JOSS
Rhoades. Young, LIebhardt, Falkenbers and Berger
are remarkable OF twirlers, and Cleveland
should have the right end OF a number OF smut
outs
There is one spot on the team that may ne weak
Turner, the fast little shortstop. has hao trouoie
with his arm and II is said that Cleveland oneIed
be Yankees $4,000 for Elberfed, 10 be On the safe
side Bradley at third base Stovall at the opPo-
site corner Lajoie himself at second base. ana
Perring as utility inhelder- with Flick, linen
nan and Birmingham in the outneio ana beIilla'
Y Clarke. EasterIv and Land behind the bat
,o-,nlA+a tho roster Of regulars Ben1is. who is just
recovering from an attack Of pneumonia VII! De OF
little use a. first. Jim Mcclure. who left the
Yankees % Try his hsndsa manager IN Boston
is helping Lajoie-
CHICAGO.
The Chicago team. which lost the championship
70 Detroit in g single game last season, Is unset
-}ed II seems certain that Jones will not manage
the nine again and as yet Coulisley has chosen no
successor the manager who won q worio oianh-
pibnship in 1906. The White Sex VIII nave prac-
ticaHv Z veteran nine. although there VIII ne
changes in the outheld- The pitchers. stan VIII
bs : novre-4rl one again. with Walsh, White, owen
Altrock and Manuel. Fiene is a youngster OF whon
rnuch IS expected. Behind the bat viii De blIy
Sullivan the veteran and Payne, bought rom De
trot The fnfeld contains Dononue at nfst oase'
Isbel n second Davis and Parent al snortstop
and Tannehim at third base. Jerry Downs, OF De
trot and Altizer Of Cleveland have been added 10
ths list.
In the ovta.ls there Is much uncertainty. Jones
Is out and Dougherty. known Of old 70 Ne" iorh-
err. is likely 70 be absent also. Eddie Hahn Is
back. however. and SO is John Anderson. both
eere once with the Highlanders. Cravath is the
best Of good lot Of men
ST. LOUIS.
James NcAleer. the canny Scot who turned out
3 team for ST. Louis last year that was IN the
fight until the very end finishing fourth promises
award the pennant this year 80 the team that
heats the Browne sdcAleer has record OF proht-
able trades that has recently ecpsed even that
OF Connie Mack and his acquisition or the ecceh-
tic Rube Waddel after the Philadelphian gave 'hat
amazing pitcher up s bad Job was a good move
FOR St Louis Lou Criger has been added TO the
list Of St. Louis catchers. Boston thus parting
with both members Of the famous Young-Criger
hettsrv
McAleer has good lot Of pitchers Waddell.
Howell Powell Dineen, Bailey, Graham, Criss
and Petty are a formidable group. His infeld,
with Jones first base, Williams. the former
Highlander. second Wallace at short and
Aartzell az third is a proved and strong one. and
with Stone, Hoffman. also an ex-Yankee. and
Jones ne is well supplied with outhelders. Many
esese students Of the game think that ST. Louis
VII b. one ot the contenders in the worlds cham
plenship series this year
BOSTON
s0elon despite early reverses and a rnid-season
sAlt Of managers. led the second division and the
eastern clubs last year. Fred Lake has hard
YAK this year. with tbs developing Of many new
.I 10 undertake Young and Criger will be
1o'y missed, and Boston fans are far from pleased
= their departure The most promising Of the