El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-01
AMERICAN LEAGUES
TEAMS EVENLY
MATCHED
Ia the National League the
New York Giants Look
Mighty Good.
Rv ". s Farnsworthl.

New York, n. Y, April I'm about
two weeks the baseball season of 1911
will open, and until October. Ameri-
can and National league fandom will
have merry session. In both or
CARNATIONS the race this year should
be even closer and more bitterly fought
than last season. as the teams at this
writing look pretty evenly matched
throughout both circuits
The Giants in the National league
and the Athletics in the American
league are favorites IN their respective
organizations. but 4 bad break in luck,
Illness or the many other things, which
have to be battled with in baseball,
would put either of these teams out of
the race.
To get line on the American
league race first, there never were
eight more evenly balanced clubs in
Ban Johnson's circuit. While the
Athletics have first cali because they
are not only penzant winners but
champions OF the world, New York,
Chicago, Detroit Boston and Cleveland,
all figure TO have a chances st. Louis
and Washington may spring a sur
prise, but just now they hardly class
On form with the other half dozen
clubs
Connie Mack's men are nearly all
youngsters who have years and years
Of good baseball left in them Harry
Davis is the only veteran in the in
field. and a veteran, whose long and
timely hits have made baseball his
tory He is what ball players call the
''Old Head" of the outfit and keeps
the youngsters steady when the tension
IS strong TO do a flight
Coombs and Bender.
IN Coombs and Bender. the Athletics
have the best pair Of boxmen, possibly
IN the league. But those two men are
the only real class pictures Mack has
on his roster. Morgan, Plank and
Krause are fair, but not above the or
binary b. any means. If either one
OF them should have bad season there
viii be a grand opportunity Of some
other club stepping in and coping
the pennant
The Yankees figure next best Here
IS a team of youngsters who should
play some grand baseball this season.
With Hal Chase, a beloved leader. at
the helm, the players are going to work
they very fingers off in hopes Of win !
ming the bunting.
Last year Ed Sweeney was the only J
real backstop the club possessed. This !
season Walter Blair. who last season i
caught las games for Rochester, the /
Eastern league pennant winner. will be |
Sweeney in case of accident or sickness. /
This pair form about the aiftiest catch
ing staff in the country.
There never was any doubt as to !
the quality of the Yankees right-hand /
twirlers- This year big Jim Vaughn is /
in shape to do himself Justice His |
sore arm is Q. K now. And from down /
In San Antonio the Yankees have un-
earthed a young southpaw who looks
like a real find He is Harry Ables a
sixfooter who has everything that the
high class southpaw possesses, and, be-
sides, his control is perfect, some
thing unusual with most portside
Fingers.
Vaughn and AbIes.
Vaughn and Ables viii do the bulk
OF the twirling against Philadelphia
Detroit and Boston. teams who have
never been able to do much against
left-hand twirlers. The starboard
Fingers wiz look after the other four
clubs
Chicago is the darkhorse in the race
II Billy Sullivan comes back and has
z good year, the White Sox will be
well taken care OF behind the bat
They have a grand bunch of hard
hitting outfie1ders and their young in
held should be Overlooking with pep
per. Harry Lord at third base Is
probably the best guardian OF the diff
hcuIt sack in the world.
With Walsh. LANCE, Scott, White and
Hughey Duffey certainly has
one of the strongest stats of boxcen
that ever decorated a clubs roster
Il George Mullin has a successful