Evening journal., 1911-04-12

genuity to do so.
New York Looks Good.
New York's chances are considered
particularly good this year because Of
the belief that Mathewson is as good
as ever and that Pitchers Raymond
and Marquard will be Of tremendous
service to the team.
Marquard has found the thing he
needed most-control. If these two
moundmen meet specifications, Nc
Graw will have about the niftiest
pitching staff in the National League.
The only change IN the Pittsburg
lineup is the placing of Hunter at
first, in place of Flynn. Hunter is
the umptyumpth man who has tried
TO play first for the Pirates since
Kitty Bransfield quit Smoketown
Some OF these days Manager Clark is
bound to find a good man for this
bag-on the law Of chances-aud
those who have seen, say Hunter is
the man.
Cincinnati and PHILADELPHIA will
show the most changes Of any Of the
leading teams, due TO the swap Of
tour players. Eddie Grant, according
to reports, is playing a bangup- game
at third for the Reds, and Pitcher
McQuillen, another Quaker castoff is
showing great form. That Cincinnati
has good team-even dangerous
team no one will deny, but the team
has blasted hopes so often that It is
next to impossible to consider Grif-
hth's men as anything more than
trouble.makers for others. In Fromme
and Gaspar. Griffith has two men who
should win a big majority Of their
games If their arms remain intact.
There is the usual talk OF Brooklyn
and St. Louis breaking into the first
division this year, but If either of
them does, Il will be the surprise Of
the season AS for Boston. the YER
dict of baseball writer's is almost
unanimous that she will win the boo
by prize hands down There doesn't
seem a chance for any other team to
rob her of the dishonor If any team
other than Chicago. New York, Pitts
burg and Cincinnati enters the first
division, the dope all points TO Phila-
delphia. but Philadelphia Is a great
deal like Cincinnati, I'm failing 70
measure up to expectations.
Manager Chase's New York High
landers, runners-up last year, are
generally picked TO repeat this trick,
although Il will not be the same team
this year. Austin at third and Laporte
and Gardner at second, are gone from
the lineup this year. Jack Knight,
who played short last year. Is doing
we'll at second and Johnson, Hartzell
and Elliott are fighting IL out for the
positions of third and shortstop. II is
divulging no secret to say that many
New York fans doubt the managerial
ability OF Hal Chase. They say that
a man who once deserted his team aud
brought about his own elevation
through the medium of disorganizlng /
cliques. Is not the man to hold team
together throughout an entire season. !
The Highlanders look strong, espec- |
tally I'm their batteries, and have a
lot of pepper, but It is feared that a
hard row is ahead Of them.
Keep Eyes ON White SOx.
Already the word has gone down the |
line that Comiskey's White Sox must |
be watched closely this year. Duffy's F.
men have done wonderful work in
practice and there is feeling abroad !
that this is the White Sox year to
finish we'll TO the front. Comiskey
seems to have picked up a wealth of
good new material so that his team
should be well fortified at every point.
Corhan at short, looks like he would
create as much talk as the harem
skirt.
Hughey Jennings at Detroit says
the Tigers are going to do what the !
Cubs did last year: covee back after |
their reverse and carry off the flag. /
Jennings is known as a great man |
lger, but If he beats out Connie Mack
his year with his somewhat doubtful
bunch of Tigers. he may we'll be called
he greatest manager. Jennings has
ost Tom Jones from first. and Matty
Mcintyre from right field and their
successors look to be men OF only
mediocre ability.
Cleveland fans are refraining from
making any predictions, as it is real
2ed that nearly everything depends
On how Maguire's big string Of young
pitchers turns out Mcguire will have
10 rely almost entirely on youngsters
In the box, as Joss. Falkenburg and
Young are all tottering. Several OF
The Cleveland youngsters showed we'll
toward the close OF last season, but a
long grinding season, when the whole
circuit has learned a pitchers stock
in trade, is n different proposition.
Few experts pick Cleveland for the /
upper berth
The easiest thing I'm the world 10
do Is to pick the most probable occu-
pant of the last place in the American
League race. Bobby Wallaces luck |
less Cardinals have a warranty deed I
to the ground floor and II there were
twice as many teams I'm the league.
the same condition would prevail. II /
the Cardinals have a single strength,
Il has been concealed up to date.
Twenty-nine of the baseball writer's
referred to consigned the Cardinals
10 the cellar. but one writer. deter
mined to have his joke. doping st.
Louis to beat out Washington.
II St. Louis does turn such a trick.
there will be one manager ready 10
lump of the Washington Monument.
He Is Jimmy McAleer. pilot Of the
Senators, who actually has visions Of
he first division this year. The vis-
ion is not new to McAleer, but II Is
painted in more glowing colors this
year than ever before. In Johnson,
has one Of the grandest
pitchers that ever kicked on a de-
,ision. There are several other good
men in McAleer's band. but on the
whole. the team seems TO lack unity
and conference" 70 borrow from the
rhetoric.
The Boston Red Sox are sure to be
heard from, although their work last
year was disappointing. The Red Sox