Evening journal., 1911-03-01
BIG LEAGUES
HOLD THEIR MEN
Few Changes Will be Made in
Personnel OF Clubs
This Year
OLD PITCHERS REMAIN
WITH FORMER TEAMS

A glance al the roster Of the Amer
lean and National League teams
shows that few changes have hecn
ilnde fcr the coming season. Practi~
caliy no shifts OF importance have
bsen announced, and now that the
meetings. are over and the schedules
nave been adopted. we can SIT oacA
and content ourselves with reading
the dope until the magic call play
ball" "a sounded on April l2.
Pitchevs are very important actors
In a penmant drama. by taking pe, b
&C The past performances OF several
star tWirlers we may get liac on
the chances OF a few of the teams,
although GCpe Of this kind IS likely
&C 60 wrong. as a pitchers arm D. q
questionable article. In last years
race the American League had he
market pretty well cOrnered for GOOD
pitchers Il was the superior twirling
of Connie aiack's mon that landed The
worlds soriCs for tle Athletics rne
Cubs we're unable TO do anything a'ta
Co1nbe or bender, while the Athlete
had TO trouble I'm connectin6 with ih
Windy City twirlcrs.
The only no-hit games Of the sea-
son were pitched by two American
League men Bender, OF the Athletic
and Addie Joss, of Cleveland. Beu
der's performance occurred on May
II against Cleveland. while jos.
pitched his no-hlt game against ~
Chicago White Sox on April 20.
Mack Holds Good Men.
Mack has not disposed OF any of his
good men Coombs. Bender and Plauk
arc all there, and from present indi-
cations are in as good shape as eycr
Bender led the American Leagu,
pitchers last year with "a percentage
OF .S21. while Coombs was third with
.775, and Plank with .6l5. With three
such men and the large number OF
recruits from which to choose, the
Athletics pitching staff should be one
Of the best in the league.
Manager Hal Chase, Of the New
York Yankees. has signed up all Of
last years stars. At the close OF last
season young Russell Ford stood Sec
ond in the American League pitch
ing ranks with percentage Of .Sl3.
This young man proved a twirlins
sensation of the year, and during the
one OF the greatest twirlers in the
world. Quinn, Vaughn and Warhop
have also signed up for the season
and while they are not in Ford's class,
they show possibilities Of develop
ment
Donovan and Mullen are Hughey
Jennings two best bets. Last year
Donovan won Is and lost seven games
and had a percentage of .720, being
fourth in line, while Mullen won q
and lost II, his percentage being 636
There are also Willet and Summers
but the latter did not show good form
last year
The Boston Red Sox have several
good twirlers, who should help to
make things interesting in the pen
nant race. They are Collins, Smith
Karger, Hall and Cicotte. Washington
still holds on to Johnson, who was
very much overworked last year, and
who is again the one best bet for the
Capital City.
Changes I'm Nationals.
In the National League we fnd the
situation slightly different. The pitch
ing staff of the champions, the Chi
cago Cubs, appears to be going back
King Cole made the best showing las
year. winning 20 games and losing
but four. Mordecai brown, who was
the sensation a few years ago. wOr
20 games but lost IA. and toward.
the end of the season showed the e.
fects Of being worked. Overall. Reul
bach and McIntire are still on the
roster. and their rest during the wi
ter months has brought them back
/ to their original form.
The stan which looks the best ir
the National League is that Of the
New York Giants. Mathewson, OF
course, heads the list. Last year he
won q games and lost nine, finishing
the season with a percentage Of .750
slightly below that OF King Cole, OF
Chicago. although the latter did not
figure in so many contests. There are
also Wiltse. Ames. Crandall. Druckc
Raymond and Marquard, besides q
host of recruits from the minoi
leagues. Last year Drucke made an
| unusually ~cad showing for a new