The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-04
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Of the Atlanta Journal. He picks the
Tigers to win next years pennant in
the American league. Here is hts
dope:
'one Of the matters Of most interest
now Is the outcome Of x years pen
in my selection for. first place. be-
cause I firmly believe hat Detroit
will be the winner next year. And
here comes the pinch when l attempt
to tell how and why they are going
to win.
The second position I give to Phil
adclphia; the third will be filled by
Boston. and the fourth should belong
to the White Sox. Cleveland should
he the next selection. New York fol-
lows Cleveland. and Washington
should follow New York. with the low
'ly st. Louis Browns finishing absolute
ly last.
Lost on Fiuke.
My reason for thinking that Detroit
will win the pennant is that I honestly
believe we lost on q fiuke last year. l
could go into a complete analysis and
show you where, after u first base.
man got his arm broken by n of
Coombs' fast shoots in the .thirty-sec-
ond game of the eason up to which
only six games, indicating the class
of the club, which was absolutely be-
yond comparison with any Of the other
clubs. We had showed Philadelphia
under in the two games just preceding
that in which Galnor. the first saoker.
got injured. Gainor's injury, of course,
necessitated our placing Delahanty. a
second baseman on first. and when he
began to put away games by his mex
perience it knocked out that supreme
confidence that the Detroit team was
endowed with. lacking which our play
lost its decisiveness, and we gradual
lv lost our grip. finally finishing up a
good second.
20 think we have the same. team
with the same strengt' and more de-
termination to: show that last year we
lost only on a f1uke. you might say, by
having u first bassman crippled. and
this year they will go in with a strong
determination to win. while Philadel-
phia. having had a winner for two
consecutive years. will probably rest
on their laurels and will not be quite
as determined in their play. We have
strengthened ourselves, of course this
year by getting several promising
pitchers and o%utfielders, n I think
Detroit will be we'll fortified with
young blood.
As to Athletics.
LAS to Philadelphia. they have not
occurred many young men The pitch
Ing staff. while they did good work in
the worlds series. to my way of
thinking. did not seem to have done
any more than they did in the regular
season. when they were hammered
hard by the American league hitters.
It only appeared that the National
league hitters who participated in the
worlds series did not lave the ability
to quite solve our American league
pitching, and / cannot believe that the
National league batters and pitchers
have the ability that III American
league had.
The pitchers of the Athletics have
been through several gruelling CAM
paigns, and I do not believe that they
will be near as good this year as be-
fore. They have Coombs. who has
been o~verworked. and Bender and
Plank. who are getting old in the
should not live up to their last years
reputation the Athletics chances are
slim. and h teams that were easy to
them last year will show marked
strength and improvement for the
coming year. putting the Philadelphia
club in trouble at h beginning of the
season. They have men in the out
field who won't get m better. and l
am safe in saying that they can't do
any better than their last seasons
work..
These are my rea reasons to sup
port my selection Of the winner of next
years pennant as between the two first
clubs mentioned.
Chicago Tough.
Now, Chicago will be a hard team
to down at all times next year, but
they have not much chance to improve
and cannot be selected as c~ontenders
for the American league pennant. for
the fact that their outf1eld is made up
Of men who came back this year
very successful.
However. If you will follow the
dope, YOU will see that men Did in
the game. like Callahan and Mcintyre,
who come back and do work. they
cannot be depended. upon to follow
1t up In the ext year.
Il think that the selection Of Gala
han for manager is an improvement
over eX-Manager Duffey. of last year.
Naturally. Duffey was handicapped by
having to act on others suggestions.
Now, Boston ! put in third position.
but they are liable to be the surprise
of the whole league and finish higher.
They were hard to beat all his year.
and they were handicapped by many
accidents to their star players, and by
h lack of a capable first baseman at
any time during the whole of last sea-
son.
They have a wonderful young
pitcher in O'Brien. who will prove a
tower Of strength to them. and with
the level headed management Of the