The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-14

+ ana KING mas passed up reported Sal
airy Of $4,000 to attend to bis Kansas
City pool room,
With these two Johnnies not "on the
spot the Cubs will he handicapped, but
the Chicago bunch are fighters, a.
quarter Of a million New York fans
know 70 their sorrow, and no one around
these parts il as yet wearing crepe for
the Cubs,
/ Unless representations receive black
eye the same four teams that have late
/ III got the habit Of occupying the upper
berth IN the National league will again
4 hold this division The only team that
/ the dopesters coneede TO have a chance
/ to crowd out either Chicago. New York,
pittsburg or Philadelphia. Is Cincinnati,
Early season reports show that Manager
Clark Griffith, the new Red Leg pilot,
has got together lively bunch Of young
sters and at the same time has enough
seasoned material on hand To lend bal
Last 70 his craft. If il were not for the
fact that blowing up3 i a iayorite fail
I ing Of the Reds, the team would be
taken much more seriously.
Naturally John McGraw and bis Giants
occupy a prominent place III the base
ball horizon. Near winners last year
and hopes fed on the most roseate re-
ports this year, Gotham fans are going
70 have their very souls scared ii the
team doesn't repeat the glorious triumph
az 1905 McGraw is 4 manager who
likes TO raise his own players and
tie has taken on 4 lot Of new fellows
this year THAT are touted to be "a karat
He'll have need Of them, too, for like
Chicago Ne will be without the services
81 two Of his former stars, big Roger
Bresnahan and the irrepressible Nike
DonIin The managerial bee got @Bres"
and he Is now the boss Of the luekless
crew Of the Mound City, under one
of whose mounds the city's base bali |
hopes are annually buried The stage
ensnared DOnlin and time alone will tell !
which made The wiser Jump.
Mctsraw may have found some won
ders in his new consignment. but the \
scrappiness of Bresnahan and Donlin and I
the mauling that the latter was won 70
give the bali are likely to be sadly miss
Cd this year Al the Polo grounds. Schlei
the first string catcher, is a good man.
and 0'tiara, Devore, Herzog and Murray \
ninsure a good outRed. BUT local fans
would feel better If they could again
have the opportunity Of eoyly shouting
"0h yoH Mikel" The New York manager
has already sent out advance notices
that smoked glasses will have to be used /
this year in watching the work Of his
Sll 900 wonder, pitcher Ruben Mar
guard He, with the eccentric Mr. Bug.
Raymond. "Admirals Sehlei and ont6eId.
eF Murray, wilI make the habtnes Of the
Polo grounds forget that Donlin and
Rresnahan ever trod this terrestrial ball.
So McGraw says
Pittsburg again looks good. despite the
fact that the first base problem Is still
nnsolved. But it doesn't look any better
than it did last year As the pirates
lost ont last year by only game or
SO, manager Clarke is counting by the
grace Of Honus Wagner and a little bet
ter break in the duek on resuming the
old place az the top, which the Pirates
graeed for three years in succession A
new outlielder and new first base
new center fielder and new first base
man are IN the Pirate line up and Clarke
figures that whatever they do Will be
at least as well as their predecessors
did.
Almost without argument, the last
three places in the race are allotted
to Boston, st. Lonis and Brooklyn, with (
but little speculation on now the final
shuttle will find them arranged OF the
three, st. Louis viii be watched with Z
Che greatest interest, owing to the Her
sulean effort that Rrssnahan is putting
forth to make something out Of nothing. |
With misiit lot to begin with, st.
Louis had 10 part with Raymond. MUIR
ray kafger and Fromme. its chief as
sets, to gain possession Of Bresnahan.
The latter has grabbed up youngsters
md castofis wherever he could find them.
md though he talks hopefully, it looks I
ike case Of man whisting IN the 4
lark # Bresnahan can cushion the !
Browns on just one other team. tie need I
not dodge his friends at the end Of the
season. IL
Brooklyn looks very much like Brook. /
vn again. IN its preliminary work !
Manager Lumley's bunch has been leav-
ng a blazing trail behind it. but Brook q
vn simply can't be taken on faith AtIk
Boston. Manager Bawerman seems to
nanmhveohlrehap II 20 az te itartoh {
lave q tougher problem than trying to a
,ut puzzle picture together with sew a
raj Of the pieces missing. The only n
hing IN Bowerman's favor and Bresua-
ian's and Lumiey's too, for that matter. f
s that not much Is expected 4
The race for first honors promises to \
e Just IS exciting rs last year ard club
,wners aFe SO happy over the prospect il
hat they are not worrying a bit over o
he working Of the new tariff law. q