The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-04

| consecutive pennant According to
Hughcy, tho Tigers have a splendid COL
lection OF youngsters from which to
select material. The Pennsylvania
lawyer says that owen Bush. who
played in with Detroit the last month
of tho season last year. will bo ono OF
tho shortstops In the league this sea-
son. Tho pitching department will be
greatly strengthened by tho addition OF
Ed LATTE. n Splitter" from Jersey
City; Ralph Works of Syracuse and
Elijah Jones. who, after two years In
the minor leagues, are now reckoncd
capable Of trotting in fast company.
Jennings says that none of his veterans
Is slowing up; consequently he can
not figure how any club can finish
ahead of him.
Even II Fielder Jones does not re-
turn 10 tho White Sox. brains VIII be
In abundance on the Chicago team.
The hitlcss wonders Will have Billy
Sullivan. George Davis and Frank Is-
bell still left on tho board OF strategy.
President Comiskey. II Jones does not
come into the fold, may toss aside his
former habit and accompany the team
on It's 1aunts. to assist In oil momcn-
tous matters. Comiskey says that 10
Pitcher Ed Walsh returns tho team
with the pennant aspirations Will have
to look out for tho White Sox.
Clevelanders opine that there Is no
way TO keep the Maps from climbing
to the top and staying there. Lajoie's
combination finished only four points
In tho rear OF the Tigers last foil. and
with the addition OF Pitcher Cy Young.
whom the management secured from
| Boston recently. Cleveland fans figure
their team has tho brightest pcnnant
chances OF any club in the johnson or
gonization. Mono of the kids grabbed
by the Larruping LaJoieitcs has any
chance to make the team except Cntch-
crs Terry Easterly md Grover Cleye-
land Land. Tho Maps need third
oackstop to help out mig" Clark md
Harry Bcmie and think they Will pick
up the necessary man either In Easter
ly or Land. Easterly Is from the coast.
while Land Is an Ohioan and once be-
fore has tried for n big league birth.
Manager McAleer OF st Louis Will.
like LaJoie. rely on veterans in ordor
to land the pcnnant- The demon trad
err has mado only ono deal since the
close OF the last campaign Then no
got next to Fred Lake and John l. Tay-
lor of Boston and passed Ed Spencer
and a wad OF cash for Catcher Lou
Criger. who has been major league
backstop einco 1896 McAleer wanted
| Cy Young badly. but the Boston club.
which hns been stung so often in
trados with St Louis. did not give
David Harum McAleer any chance to
get tho vet. though It IS a cinch he
would have coppered Clcvclands bid OF
s12.6OO and two players worth $1,000.
McAlcer is counting on his veteran
pitchers to lnnd tho Browns In first
place Tho st. Louis boss Gays there
are several good years left In George
Edward Woddell. Jack Powell. Bur
ly BIZ Dineen and Harry Powell and
VIII hcap all the work possible on these
mon. Good work 10 expected Of Kid
let's SWIFT. Bailey and Graham. In the
Browne lnoup there Will be only one
real youngster, AL Schweitzer,
Connie Mack. whose Philadolnh,a
team were pcnnant contcnders two
years, considers the outlook for his
nine promising and thinks he has an
outside chance to win the fne. Roth
President JOHN 1. Taylor and Manager
Lake figure Boston ae a pcnnant CON
tender, According to these gentlemen
a tho Red Sox combination Of 1909 ia tbc
0 fastest aggregation OF youngsters over
, lined up.
Washington fans are clipper bocouao
j tho Senators havo a great nltnh,ne
n staff and havo many players who nra
: able to clout tho ball. Tho Senatorg
. made gallant finish last season and
knocked tho Maps out OF the pennant