Evening journal., 1911-11-22
GOOD TEAMS FOR
new MANAGERS
Davis, StahI and Callahan Have
First Division Clubs
Waiting
ALL ARE In THE
AMERICAN LEAGUE

CLEVELAND. Nov 22.-At least
three of the new crop of managers
in the American League have had the
baseball table rather we'll prepared
for them for the start Of next season
and lack of material" should not be
their cry in the event of their fall
ing to make good. The trio consists
of Harry Davis, Cleveland; Jake
Stahl. Boston, and Jimmy Callahan,
chicago.
Davis takes charge of team that
finished in third place, a team in
which exists perfect harmony. I'M
fact, the Maps were famed throughout
the circuit last season as being the
most harmonious aggregation wearing
American League uniforms, a team
composed of players who had but one
thought, the desire to work their
heads off for George Stovall. 1t is
believed that the same spirit will
1 prevail under Davis, for he has the
respect of the men over whom he has
been placed, while all regard him as
a friend as well.
In Lajoie and Jackson Davis will
lieved that Lajoie will continue to-
show prOwess as a sticker. Jackson
can scarcely eclipse his 1911 batting
record, but he should improve along
other lines. Olsen should be a better
player as we'll, while the young pitch
ers are expected TO display the bene-
fits of the experience they acquired
! during the last campaign. Kaler be-
gan to show real class as a hurler
the last half of the season, while there
are none better than Vean Gregg, If
be reports with his arm all right
again next spring In Birmingham,
r Davis will have an outfelder second
TO none and also very fair batsman.
So much for the material be-
y queathed Davis by his predecessor. In
addition, it will be up to Davis to de-
velop a better catching staff with
Easterly, O'Neil. Fisher and Whaling
as members. He e,will have to develop
also a couple of pitchers with Bill
James, Baskette, Steen and Bair are
, possibilities.
1t will be up to the new leaders,
with the aid of Joe Birmingham, to
make big league outfielder OF Buddy
Ryan, the Portland home run manu-
facturer, who seems to be slated for
Jack Graney's job in left field A bet
ter base hunning team will also be at
tempted, while the use OF more head
work in every department will be
sought.
Jake Stahl is a manager who steps
into rather soft spot at Boston, for
= there Is no deyning the fact that the
Red Sox are dangerous. In the first
place they have two grand pitchers in
4 Joe Wood and Buck O'Brien. the lat
j ter being the Denver spit ball pitcher,
4 who is said TO be better than OToole,
Il S22, 500 pitcher. and a hurler who
made all his opponents look cheap
when he broke into the American
League two months ago. He downed
the Athletics with a whitewash brush.
4 the first crack out of the Maps and
others. There are few better catchers
than Bill Carrigan when he is not
worked too hard, while Stahl him
sell, will fill the hole at first base,
which was Bostons weak spot during
the last season. Larry Gardner has
developed into a great third sacker
while Yerkes looks like a comet al
short. Wagner at second. is still good
for a year or so more, but may have
4 to give way to some recruit. A better
oUtfeld than Lewis, Speaker and
Hooper would be hard to find.
Jimmy Callahan is another who has
a splendid bunch of players to look
over in the spring. The White SoS
finished strong, especially in the post
season series, when they took four
straight from the Cubs. All they
need is a hard-hitting first sackcI
who can field up to the standard
~ Callahan himself, Bodie. Mcintyre and
Dougherty are acceptable as outiield.
ers. while in Walsh, Scott. Lange and
Benz, Callahan has the nucleus of a
strong pitching staff with several
promising recruits to be heard from.
Everything to gain and nothing tC
lose is the situation in which Clarl
Griffith will find himself when assum
ing the management of the Washing
ton club Washington has never in
ished better than sixth. Eighth place
has generally been its nome when the
s. Season ended and all Griffith has u
20 is TO land the Nationals In tiftl
place to provoke numerous banquet'
IS in his honor when the 1912 campaign
comes to an end.
IL They used to have the saying
J. "Washington first in war. first II
peace and last in the American
League" but since the st. Louil
: Browns went from bad to worse
NdSnluBlOh udb uSNu iulNSu " ~
content with seventh place. Whei
the Capital city was taken into thu
American League in 1901, the clul
under the guidance of Jammy Map
ming, finished sixth, ahead OF Cleve
= land and Milwaukee. the Clevelanderl
being then piloted by Jimmy McAleeF
q They were sixth the following yea
under Tom Lotus, dropping to eight
81 in 1908. Jake Stahl then took charg
q and while he had the Nationals spin
- ming along In the lead during tn
~ early part of the season, they tinishe'
& y IN the cellar position when the cam
paign ended, the same as usual. The
came the Cantillon regime. Joe KEEP
the team in seventh or eighth plac
Il then turned the reins over to McAlee
s. who failed to better their position. al
81 though the team did finish in 1910 AM