The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-27
LOOK OUT
FOR THE REDS.
Cincinnati Has Become Logical
Factor In Pcnnant Race.
TEAM LOOKS FORMIDABLE.

Much Depends on shortstop, az Team
ls All to the Good In Other Places.
orihith's Pitching staff Stronger
Than Ever.
Look out for Clark Grlhith and his
baud of Cincinnati Reds this season.
Watch out for them from the very
jump and don't let your vigilance
siacken anywhere along the route. A
little carelessness. a little bullheaded-
ness. a lack OF pfecaution In dealing
with this formidable baseball outfit,
and the pennant viii be floating over
the park near the Ohio river. The Gin.
einnaii aggregation lacks few NUM-
bers of being OF championship team
caliber and any slackness IN fighting
the Reds VIII mean Jolt that will
make Plttsburg. Chicago and New
York howl Ike lions
Batting counts terribly nowadays,
when there isn't much OF ". and the
Reds VIII come very near being the
best batting team ia the National
league this season. A little money can
be found II need be- that they will
outhit Pttshurg on the offclai aver
ages when the count is taken Base
rnnuiugf They are the hest base run
ming feam in the National league right
now, and they are not going ~ lose
any of their speed Fielding: They
we're not as good ia the field work last
season AZ they should have been, but
this year they are going 10 be there
with The stops and pickups almost as
accurately as even the Cubs, who are
the smoothest and hossiest machines
Ia baseball The pitching department
II the Reds held them back last sea.
son and now Griffith thinks this has
been corrected Net result The Gin
cinnati team comes pretty near being
the one best bet ia baseball today n
anybody offers decent odds While q
is generally accepted as solid prop
osltlou that Pitlsburg and Chicago viii
light e ant Cincinnati wit be The
dark horse
The nsttine strength " tue Cincin
natl eeani. rs t5ridth has doppd Il cut
y tremendous and Is sure a. be much /
better this season FOR several reasons
BE Il remembered also Thar both
Lobefl ami llowney are great base
runners naturally and that if they
come baek n their proper batting
form this year they win also steal 4
heap of extra cushions
Hoblltze. % first Is magnificent
batsmau. a mere boy. aud likely 20 hit
better as be gains muscle Egan, on
second. is splendid hitter and one Of
the classiesi base runners 10 the game
Lobert and Downey. AS has been said
are almost certain 10 come back to
form. These four men we're new 10
one another last season and played
the indeld raegedly All Of them are
natural delders. and this year they
will play indeld bah of the machine
pattern Eean ia particular viii teach
the ginger and speed and viii mold
them into quartet % winners.
Mike Mitchell in right. is fine
fielder. swell ghrower and one of the !
hest batsmen ii the country. In cen.
ter Grin has BIS choice among Pas
kert. Miller and McCabe Paskert Is
neat batsman and Fast fielder. Mil
Ter is easily ihe master Of the lot with
the stick aud the best base runner,
but has bad an ALMOST useless throw
ing arm lf The wing gets well he
viii vef uai The regular ioh II not
Paskeft Will take it at the start as
Mccabe. though fine hitter is crude
aud also a slow runner for SO young 2
man
Another element OF added power Is
found IN left Bob Bescher This man
new 10 the hig league. was The lead
ing base runmer Of The circuit last sea
son. though he his lightly Bescher is
bv rights q fine hitter and should re
turn to form without fail.
It viii be seen. therefore. that Grif
fth can count on all the batting and
base running strength he had IN 1909
The catchers. Mclean. Clark and q
new man named Konnics, are all good
Mclean As d corlsing catcher and swell
hitter when III good condition. kon-
nick IL touted as q sure conner, and
clark showed more than common qual-
ity last autumn
Fromme. spade. Casper. Rowan. Bee.
be and Covaleski make up a pitching
SIAN that Is good enough to win with
and more Than good enough with n
team Of suggers back Of them
Give the Reds the least bit OF luck
start Them on a winning streak, and it
viii be almost impossible to choke
them Pin deep tack right here
,rbe Reds are going TO be the heavy
bifiers of the league and II Pitisburg
or Chicago LET'S 60 the traces for even
n little lime that Red team is going
10 win the dag