El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-02

PROSPERITY SIGN
HUNG OUT FOR
NATIONAL GAME.

Second. a seasoned and powerful
pitching corps. Attention to pitchers
Of the American league is called else
where. Results in the season Of 1908
speak well for the proba billy of good
we-k from the pitchers Of the cham
pions IN tho year TO come
Third excellent team work. which is
natural resultant factor from the as
ISOLATION of players with each other, o
quality in which Detroit should be
strong from the fact previously stated
that few changes, if any, are to be made
in the champions for the year to come.
Detroit has a well balanced team, in
side and out. Jones, Delehanty, Bush
and Moriarty are not the best infield
ers in the American league individually.
but collectively they have accomplished
results for Detroit. Cobb, Crawford and
Mcintyre are three Of the best outfield-
ers in the organization. Mcintyre was
not always able to play in 1909, be-
cause OF illness. but "Davy' Jones
proved a capable substitute.
If the team has weakness it is be-
hind the bat. and yet. as matched
against other American league clubs.
Schmidt and Stanage, who are none too
fast. have been weighty factors in the
Detroit clubs success. If not so much
by expert catching, because of their
ability to bat. Beckendorf young
player who had little opportunity to
| show what he could do in 1903, is likely
to prose a valuable substitute when
ever he is needed in the season to come.
Studying the Athletics
The Athletics come upon the scene
possessing some of the admirable quail
ties which have been accredited to the
Detroits. First of all there is their
manager. Connie" Mscs. In many re-
spects the exact antithesis of Jennings,
for he is grave when the Detroit mana
ger is gay. sedate when Jennings is
frolicsome and demure when Jennings
hides his bushes. he waves q manager
ial wand and produces results identical
with those Of his contemporary. There
is some quality in this serious, clerical
looking man which enables him to
mako some player great when other
managers have tried to do so and fail
Perhaps he puts them on their honor
and at the same time. knowing a great
deal about baseball himself and realizing
the possibilities of players better than
they do. develops their art before they
have appreciated the change which has
come over them
Philadelphia, too, has a corps OF SEQ
sored pitchers, who are likely to be
helpful. The experimental pitchers are
just as much a variable quantity for the
Athletics as they are for any other
team. But the veterans, men like Ben
der, Plank and Knause-if he may be
considered TO be a veteran-will give
the team helpful assistance when the
warrnest weather comes, and Mack ex-
poets better pitching from Morgan this
year than Morgan has done since ne be-.
Tor 1ao nh
Philadelphfa's infield is attractive It's
the same as last year Tt is a great
fnfield on the right side OF the dia-
mond Davis and Collins, side by side.
are two men fit to grace any nine
Barry, at shortstop. and Baker, al third.
are two players who were q little awl-
ward and tiTnid AT first. but who have
put on the Mack seven league boots
since they have ben in Philadelphia.
The manager says Barry viii be ono
of the leading shortstops of the coun-
try this year, and Baker he expects
TO be a better player than he was in
e0s- The quartet played together part
OF the season of last year. and this must
be reckoned as in their favor for the
season to come.
Work to BE Done In the 0utfieId.
In the outfield there is another prob
lem. Mack has been vexed by having
an outfield which was not wholly sta
BILE Very likely Murphy will be right
fielder, as he was last year. Hartsel
will try hard for the team, for the time
has arrived when he must exert himself
TO hold his own. There are candidates
for left field and candidates for center
field, but it is by no means certain who
will be fortunate enought to hold the
position when the season begins.
There could be Improvement be-
hind the bat without injuring the
chances of the Athletics None of the
players regularly in the position is the
fine, clear headed and quick thinking
man of the Powers type. Livingston
is fair Handicapped by his height, be-
cause he is short. and Thomas can bat
fairly well, but is erratic in his throw
ing
Yet Mack will probably have that
club. with it's weak points known by
other managers, persistently in the race
from the beginning of the season He
will do so because he is patient and con-
fident. and his players seem to absorb
something of his spirit, for they will
turn the slightest rally to their advan-
fage even though the game is on the
verge of the ninth inning.
Boston begins with a new manager,
]. Donovan, who has been with
ST. Louis. Washington and Brooklyn,
will handle the team in the year TO
come.
Admittedly Donovan has a hard row
to hoe He succeeds a manager who
took tumble OF players and, by skill