The Washington herald., 1909-04-20
BASEBALL NOTES
AND COMMENT
Clarke Grlnth Is happy.

Clarke Grifth Is happy.
No ether city can offer the President as
an attraction.
Those Highlanders may fool the Doubt
ing ThOmases-
Boston is taking kindly 10 the great
American game
- Clarke Griffith and his Reds ROW lead
the National League
Teans that look the weakest now may
be the strongest at the finish
Denim and Seymour wiz be sadly miss
ed BY the Giants. Wait and see.
Pittsburg Is looming up as a pennant
possibility in the National League.
Wait until we win big bunch Of
games and see the diheredce-just wait.
Rumor has Il that Cy Young IS not
likely 70 last out the season. Put pin
here.
The PhuEes seem to have the batting
and fielding skill 10 keep up dangerous
clip.
With President Taft a patron OF the
game, why not the Yale bulldog as mas
cot7
Arthur Devlin. the former Georgetown
star now with the Giants. has his batting
eye with him.
rs a ten-to-one shot that the Boston
Nationals viii not be in second place in
q week from now.
DR.. Powers, the Athletics catcher. who
underwent an operation Wednesday. is
slightly improved
Detroit has been greatly strengthened
at short Bush IS showing Up a far su-
perior man TO O'Leary.
Duke Farrell. when here with the Yam
KEGS. said Jouett Meekin had more speed
than any pitcher he ever saw.
Boston has a fine lot OF youngsters,
fast on the bases and splendid felders,
Tayiors team IS also wei balanced It's
pitching staff looks 20 be It's only weak
point
Washington is a strong batting aggTe-
CATION and has q great pitching stan
Il I we're as certain OF this team pos
sessing the baseball brains and fielding
skill as I am Of its batting and pitching
strength, I would pick Washington foE
q first division berth.-Horaee FegeL
with the baseball season only q week
old the critic who Is jealous Of his rep
utation VIII not hazard a prophecy IL
placing the clubs OF the two major
leagues in the order they win finish
when October rolls around
There IS but one American League
team going It's stride-the Detroit Tigers
When Il comes TO the last word in The
Lne Of optimism you've simply got q
take your hat OF TO the City Club Of Bos
ton. From the flag pole Of the clubhouse
swings e monster pennant which bears
the lettering:
BOSTON-ls5
IF that isn't going some on looking
ahead for a championship We miss oul
guess-New York Globe.
Manager StaIIings, OF the H5ghIanders
has a problem 10 solve. Before many
more days he must decide upon the MAJ
who viii play second base permanently
When Stauings took hold Of the team h
had secOnd-base material IN Gardner En-
gle, Ward. Ball. LapOrte. and Austin
Austin has developed into a star all
round infeIder Bal has been shelved
Laporte, a big hitter, has also been put L
z test and fallen down Ward has beer
III Sifted down IN this way. therefore
the solution Of the problem appears 10 III
between Clyde Engle and Earl Gardner.
Who. in your opinion, IS the creates
llE4aEE II LAAC <1AiECl lltllA La &c A1li4
Ct Jones was asked one day, and hi
answer was:
DIatty' Mcintyre. Of the Detroi
Tigers
TIE other day Matty'' was aske
who, IN bis opinion. was the best out
fielder baseball has seen in recent years
and -"'SIatty'' Immediately replied:
why, Fielder Jones, Of course"
Mcintyre believes Jones q great out
fielder because he can judge batter
better than probably any other man 4
baseball.
Jones believes Mcintyre the creates
outfelder because Of '@8fatty's" abilit
to throw and because he IS goo
jIr5ge Of batters and because ne Is on
OF the best hItters in the league. Jone
often spoke Of 3IcIntyre's arm, and re
marked more than once
"If could only whip ball Ike Nc
IutyTe