The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21

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In his of moments when he Is not
watching a youngster work out. when
his mind is of the real business which
occupies most Of his waking moments,
Arthur Irwin. scout for the. New York
American baseball club, Is wont to
sprognosticate in regard to the chances
the big clubs have for bringing home
the bacon. meaning the pennants of
afered.
Last night, ate: having consum-
mated the deal whereby Pitcher Ryan,
OF the Norfolk club. was pinned to
the encourage OF one Farrell of New
York. Irwin slipped into the prognosti-
eating mood and made the above pre-
dictions. Irwin confesses that in such
matters as horse racing and chicken
lighting there Is a. rat Ter wide leeway
for mistake. and in such matters he
does not stake his board and lodgings
that he is right. In baseball, how
ever, he is firmly OF the opinion that
he has the real rig ht notion OF things.
and there are a good many people
who will bet on his opinion.
Irwin has looked them all over care
fully. He knows the weakness and
strength OF every team in both Of the
real big leagues. and he has the thing
doped out to the queens taste. He.
In addition to what has already been
said, is of the opinion that there will
be a worlds series in the East this
fall, and he further believes that
tile series will be between Philadel-
on the other. In which case the
Richmond baseball fans will be glad.
because Philadelphia is only certain
distance from Richmond and there
are some people who will even go TO
Philadelphia to see the series at ina
end OF the proposition.
In regard to the a L NOBLE .ha :
the highest batting average. irwin:
can see only one bet. Snodgrass, he.
says, cannot possibly put In the $50
times at bat that Is necessary TO pc,
a contender. and even II he could. the
scout thinks that Cobb would beat
him out Wagner Is coming strong
toward the close of the season, but
Wagner had an awful slump in the be-
ginning and middle, and there Is 2
the pace that he is going now SPEAK.
err and Lajoie are a little weak and
Cobb, as has been said before. is the
one best bet.
Detroit doesn't seem to be inside
TWINS calculations at all. at all. The
last years bird nests that were sched-
.uled to carry the palm away nave
weakened to q certain extent T, and the
third place In the running seems 70
Mt the Tigers just about RI ght. Cobb
is doing all that a man can do to make
things brighter. but the pitching de-
par nlent Is sad, and when the other
teams get hits enough to bring the
runners home the game is lost.
In the cours of his remarks irwin
remembered the time w hen Wee Willie
Keeler was released five times by{mf nor
league clubs before he made go cd. and
when Latoie and another good one;
were bought for $1,000. and the owner
of the club that purchased them was
as sore as a pup because good money
was being thrown a away on young sters.
stimore until the bench became shop,
worn before he got the chance. That
was after he had halfway mad g good
too. AIcciraw finally let him INT Q the;
game, and the way the Wee Willie
Jumped into the ranks q !, those Who !,
incidentally, Irwin has a great big
hope that his dear Ameri leans Z. will
land in the first d ivIsi lon Stof the race.
hut there wasn't much talk about that.
II wasn't necessary to to k q bout per-
sonal matters. and Irwi n wasn Y wing
out any dope about the sAmeric ms ex-
cept what good men had been boug ht
iforsthatEagg ation ext sea son. And
THE fact is that the New Y ork Ameri-
youngsters to pick from next season.
RYAN. Reyelle and Priest. from the
Virginia League, and enoug from the
other Southern leagues to ma Ike things
for baseball {, and has been buying the
boys right along. II they. don. II make
lSgood, which, Of course, Is possible he
Twill go ahead and buy more. sg