Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-04
BIG [EAGUERS
READY FOR
OPENING
PROSPECTIVE REMNANT
WINNERS GOING HOME
All the Players in Good Shape
and Anxious to Hear Familiar
Call of Play Ball,

A week from tomorrow the first gun
will be fired at Philadelphia opening
the big leagu campaign Of 1903.
Nearly every club in both leagues LEFT
their spring training quarters over a
week ago and are gradually nearing
their respective home towns, playing
exhibition games at all stop-offs ana
picking out the players who are 10
be sent back to the minors for an
other years Seasoning
The number OF young players taken
south for Il try-out this spring was
many less than last year, ana Will
show a greater falling off for the
next few years. for there has been a
doathblow dealt to the farming-out
business. a feature of baseball that
helped no one in the long run and
was expensive to all alike. The cal
iber of BAN put up by the players or
the higher classes of the minor
leagues is only slightly inferior to the
work of q majority of the major
league clubs.
There are less than fifty great ball
PLAYERS to 70 around, md the minor
leagues would soon become major
leagues with the addition of these
men scattered among, say, the two
leading smaller organizations. The
great strength of the major leagues
lies in the managerial talent secured
10 pilot the teams Let the sixteen
major league teams start off evenly
balanced as to playing strength and
the chances are ten to ono the best
managed teams would be awarded the
honors each fall. with accidents al
lowed for, as luck viii break even IN
q six months campaign, and the poor
navigator Will see the leaders enter
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In the American league every man
agcr has been tried. Hugh Jennings,
bred TO the business. fun OF natMral
enthusiasm. will 0nce more lead the
~hard-hitting Tigers from Detroit,
equipped to go the full distance at al
merry clip. The Chicago White son
Will have COmiskcy to furnish the IN
spiration ana to carefully note the ot-
forts Of each player and discover the
weak points in the makeup of all po-
sitions-ccrtainly a master mechanic
at his trade.
Jimmie AcAleer viii pilot st. Louis.
His marked ability to get excellent
results ont Of veteran players makes
him the ideal man for the Browns,
which is a team that must be forced
to their best work this season to keep
in sight of the position predicted ior
them by the fans in the West.
Napoleon Lajoie Will once more
guide the Cleveland team. Year af-
ter year the Maps have been in the
fight. Larry is growing wiser, and
is now n safe man to lead a major
league team Boston will have Fred
Lake. who is not very wei known to
the major league public, and yet his
training for the last twenty years
makes him the man for the position
he holds with Boston. He is not only
one of the clcVcrcst business manag-
crs. but is a natural leader and
knows baseball from the ground Up.
Connie Mack has the business down
as fine as any man living, n with
the players can be counted on for get
ting out the best they have. In fact,
for years, MI. Mack did wonders with
a very ordinary lot % bail players.
Joe Cantillon will handle the Wash
ington club for the third time. when
his three years contract for $4,000
will run out. 1t has been ever a case
of hustle for Cantillon, as the play
crs landed in Washington were sell
dom of the higher class. S~talllng
will handle the New York Highland
crs and is Just the man for the con
ditions that now prevail in New
York.
Stallings is a worker and is sure to
improve the conditions of the Ameri-
can league in the big city.
In the National league Frank
Chance will be absolute in power over
the Chicago Cubs. His record speaks
louder than words. John McGraw
VIII once more handle the New York
Giants He is a genius for the work
cut out, full of enthusiasm and bound
to get results. Fred Clarke will con-
tinue to handle the Pittsburg club,
and it would be interesting to see
what that team could do without its
great leader. William Murray Will
have charge of the Phirics. Murray
is a wise fellow and seldom overlooks
a white chip.
Clark Griffith will have complete
control Of the Cincinnati Red Birds
this season and the chances are for
several years to come. Griffith is OBJ
solutely one Of the best baseball man
ayers in the business from every
standpoint Frank Roworman will
take chan go of the Boston Doves. 1t
will be a new limo OF work for the
veteran player and therefore his
standing lies in the future.
Harry Lumlcv Mill lead the flying
brigade from the south end Of tho
brooklyn bridge. with Charley Ebbcts
for his affinity. Mr.. Lumlcy is %
sweet young man. but in this new I'M
dertaking viii need the wholesale
- mpttNN OF MS ltlEINr- lit1llAIHH
viii act as lion tanner for the ST Louis
Youngsters. R%resnahan Is e scrap
per. fun Of enthusiasm. knows tho
playing end of the game n has the
good will OF the baseball fraternity
rs well as the public. which you'd
help some ir Die had ban playoiF IF
.-Sir Roger can escape the target poo
sition be- should Zoe congratulate fd- !
hope he does.
Every nag mentioned HIS been
a professional ball player and al but
Murray and Cantiilon have + on SER
vice in major league compeny. Tho
managers played the following posi-
llons. Like. Mack. BresnAhan and