Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-18

not finish in the first division and sheir chances for the pennant would warrant odds of loo to with onc of three other clubs the fayOrite.
 Chicago is the genuine dark horse" Duffy has built up a team which, with a capable pitching corps, is making an the teams step to win games. However. the White Scx are hardly pennant contenders. They may unish third or fourth.
 Cleveland has been a big disap pointment Jim Mcclure, who be pennant contender this season. be came So greatly disheartened that he quit. and the first baseman George Stoval, succeeded him. StO- wall has been seriously handicapped by injuries to Lajoie, Jackson and other regular players. and win have difficulty getting out of the second division
 Washington and St Louis need not be counted. The Senators lack good pitchers. Walter Johnson. their star. has proved a disappointment so far MeAleer is Q good manager but he cannot do better unless he has the material St Louis, with q bunch of youngsters under new manager, Bobby Wallace, will have trouble getting out of last place. although the material may be there for future seasons when it Is de veloped properly.
 Summing up the American league race. it would appear to the writer that the fight for the flag is between Detroit and the Athletics, with Bos- ton. Chicago and New York fghting it out for the next three positions, and Cleveland, Washington and St, Louis second division clubs. That may prove wTcng, but sudely not so very far.
 National Race Hard to Dope"
 The man who can dope" out the National league situation is won der Last winter baseball experts were almost unanimous in selecting New York tC win the pennant, but it has since developed that at least three other clubs-Chicaso, Pitts burg and the Phillies-are going to have something to say about the To-
 aGc7 of the flag
 Sl~e it is safe to say that one of lg r teams will win the highest honors in the senior baseball league. it appears to the writer to be 8 question Of two veteran clubs against two teams rebuilt and strengthened
 Giants and PhiIIies Reorganize.
 New York and the Phillies have the reconstructed teams-DOOlin's Hopes to a greater extent than the Giants Chicago and Pittsburg have the veterans. generally speaking.
 The Phillies, infused with a neW blood by the addition of Paskert and Lobart ard with some grand young upitchers added to the corps. are the dark horse" of the National league race. If they continue to progress a. the pace they set at the start they can afford an occasional slump and still recover the ground lost. Far be from us to say the Hopes will win the flag. To be absolutely truthful. they have a first division club and 9 pennanr contender.
 New York, under the leadership of "Muggsy" McGraw, has a good ball club. And what is more, McGraw has capable pitching corps. When the Giants have the material McGraw en- thuses a spirit into his men which
  body considers New York anything except a one-two-three club and Q possible pennant winner.
 Cubs Are Uncertain.
 Chicago is uncertain. This is due largely to the fact that Chances pitching staff has shown little UT til very recently and his veterans in all departments appear to be going , hack a trifle Chance found third lhaseman to take Steinfeldt's place in Doyle. and Zimmerman seems to b. dling Evers' shoes quite well. But one cannot get over the idea that | the Cubs of 1911 are not the Cubs which won the pennant in 1910. l StiU. they are in the fight. PittsbuTe's pennaut hopes are cen tered to q great extent in pitchers. If the tWirlers can hold the other fellows. Wagner. Leach and Clarke. with the youngsters in other pos.- tions. will come pretty close to getting the majority Of the victories. let it is a teSa dependant largely upon veterans. and they cannot al ways produce. Anyhow. no one has figured the Pirates out of it ai any stage.
 Of the other four clubs St. Louis appears 70 be the best. Bresnahan has a bunch of youngsters who hght to the last minute. And he has some very classy twirlers. The Car dinais are hardly pennant contenders and yet they can make it mighty unpleasant for several of the four clubs which are looked upon as hrst division bets.
 Cincinnati. usually touted in the spring as a pennant contender has aesin rroyed a disappointment. The Reds may. like St Louis. do some aehting later on which will hurt the Jig fellow near the ton. but Griffith s clnb is not even considered when the nenEant Is mentioned in these parts.
 Brooklyn has a fair baseball club and seems able to win a good many games from some of the leaders But the Superbas are hardly what is termed q winning team and VIII bo so~tunato to finish hisher than sixth, with seventh more likely. Boston need not be considered, since the
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