El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26

The man who can successfully dope
out the winners in the National Amer
lean, American association or the Paci-
fic Coast leagues this season, can re-
sign his position and take his reserve
fund and get any and all kinds on
bets that will put him on easy street
for the balance of his days
There might have been a time in
the beginning of the season when one
could have figured the first division
in the various leagues, but like horses.
a number of the players have failed
to run true TO form, and teams that
looked good in the beginning have
showed up as being out of the running
and seem TO be making thefr hardest
fight IN an endeavor to stay on the
bottom.
In the National league. on July Z,
New York was only one game anean
of Chicago and Philadelphia, with st.
Louis and Pittsburg in close<running
Chicago Furnishes Surprise.
The greatest surprise in this race
has been the playing all season Of
Chicago team. 1t started out the
season Handicapped with the loss Of
Johnnie Evers. who was laid up with
nervous prostration. This made a. hole
in the teams defence that made the
Cubs stagger, but with his indomitable
fighting spirit manager Chance showed
Zimmerman into the second sack posi-
ton and made his start only 10 face
the issue that somehow, somewhere
and sometime since the close Oh the
1910 season that magnificent pitching
staff which he had organized was
not up 10 form. Brown has proved
their nafnstay and has been working
over time IN an effort TO keep up
Chances Breakdown.
Then came the greatest blow the
Cubs could conceive. Manager Chance
went down and out Of the game from
q pitched ball catching him in the head
Not only did this take away the main
spring of the team in offensive and
defensive work, but also left hole on
first base that was problem Out
in center field was a player who could
play first base. His name was Hof-
man, and he was a good first baseman.
but likewise he was a demon In the
outffeId and there was not sub on
the team that could be relied upon
However, Chance realized that some
thing must be done, so picking out his
best sub. Kaiser, he put Hoffman on
first and then he made deal thar
set the National league agog; in one
night he snapped four players with
Boston and among them were Kaiser
and Killing. Killing was one Of the vet
Grams and it looked like bad move
on the part Of the Cubs manager, but
out in Boston's center garden was
man called Goode that was causing
them all to take notice and Chance
wanted him and the only way TO get
Goode was to yield to the wishes Of
Boston and give UP four players
With the prospects Of Johnnie Evers
coming back into the game, maybe
they will be strengthened somewhat,
especially IL he comes back in form.
But the loss of Chance on first base
is a serious blow to pennant winning
team and it looks now as If this ram
Gus player has been seen in his last
game. and unless his condition i'm
proves greatly, 1t will not be many
days before he will be unable TO run
his team from the bench.
And yet, despite all this handicap.
they are within touching distance OF
first position
New Aork and Philadelphia are
simply making q good hard fight, the
bird of I'll omen apparently having
passed them by except in just few
minor cases that have not handicapped
them to any serious extent
Bresnahan's Marvellous Success.
In Bresnahan's bunch of young ball
PLAYERS another surprise has been
sprung. The ST. Louis fans did not
anticipate any chance of winning the
pennant, contenting themselves with
the hope that in their team they
would eventually build up a pennant
winning team, but the class of ball
that st. Louis has put up in the last
80 DAYS has raised their hopes and at
the present writing it would seem as
II Bresnahan is due TO finish the first
division and it would not surprise some