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contenders, and wise baseball men
give any one of the four clubs a
chance. Of course. ii will be the
Giants against the field. for the PEN
nant winners Of the year before
should reign the favorites. Manager
Chance. Of the Cubs, believes that he
will have much stronger aggrega-
ton than he bossAd last year. The
big bear expects to be on first and
the fact that Evers has regained his
health and will be able to go through
Chances optimism.
The Cub manager also believes that
In Lennox he har as good a man as
Doyle. the brilliant third baseman.
who dieu during the winter. A
stronger pitching staff is also a hope
Of the Cub leader. McGraw liz OF the
opinion that he will be able to repeat
his success Of last year. Mathewsou
and Marquard arr again his hopes
on the slab. The remainder Of the
team will probably line up as did the
aggregation which faced the Athletics
in the worlds championship series.
Philadelphia 4 Dark Horse.
The Phiiiies are considered the
race. Manager Doom IL certain that
his men will BE- right up with the
leaders II they are not cut down by
repetition OF the injuries which
ruined their chances last year. Marty
i-o'Toole IL likely TO determine the
chances Of the Ptttsburg team, II
ne pitches good bail, Clarkes men
Will be in the race. II he fails. II
10 dtfncuh to see how the Pfttsburg
lads u-3n vwfth nsTnn1o
showing little form. the Pittsburg
pitching STAFF Is not formidable
one.
Others Not Strong.
The other four teams In the league
may have been strengthened during
the winter. but they are not consid-
cred strong enough to give the other
teams scare. Manager o'Day will
be watched with interest in Cincin-
natl. The Boston Doves also win at
tract much attention. Here Is a crew
which should punish almost any
twirler. but = bad pitching STAN ID
likely to more than offset the batting
strength OF the tail-enders oil last
year.
President Ban r. johnson. Of the
American League. promises the great
est year In the history OF baseball.
Never did q league open It's season
under more promising conditions. It
seems that every team has added
some strength and that the race will
be far closer than the ones Of last
year and the season before when the
Athletics won with ease.
The Athletics are going into the
season with the favorftes. But they
should have tougher battle than they
had In 1911 and 1910. The Detroit
Tigers promise to be just AZ strong
AZ they were last year. The Ros-
ton Red Sox seems to have. added
considerable strength, while the
Cleveland Maps and the Chicago
white Sox are far more formidable
than they were At the start Of the
race last year. Since Connie Mack IL
going into the season with practically
the same lineup with which he made
his Ant LIST ysar. H. n dtftEcuA 10
see where his team can Be any
stronger. The addition OF Jake stAisl
to the Boston team has made that
club one Of the favorites. The Red
Sox were weak al season ut nrst
base and the presence OF the biz fell
low from the University Of Illinois
u expected to MI the most gaping
hole.
Mhifh 4aaks a4o~s,
The Chicago white Socks look to
have improved their team more than
any other club IN, the ,sasuAs.. The
presence Of zeider on first: Of Rath
at second and Of Weaver at short.
along with the addition OF Mattick to
the outheld. contribute to make the
Chicago lads one OF the most promis-
inR cluhs In the organize ton. Man.
aeer Callahan also believes that his
pitching stan will display much i'm
provement over that OF last year.
The blk question about the TIGERS
Will he the pttrhine stA0 With Cobb
and Crawford hitting It their usual
stride the Tikers are always danger
ous. and II the Tigers ret bit OF
pitching this summer Jennings will
aRain head an OUTFIT that must be
given chance at the flag.
clsvsland ce0Nden<.
The Cleveland fans believe that
this u their year. They figure that
and that with Latnjo ~ Jaclson hit.
ting ~ they did lAst year. the Maps
look 60 Be the team witch win hight
&c out with Connie QAek.,
ThA chances OF tho New FORK High
landers. of the WaehingtOn Senators
and the at. Louis BroWns do not look
brlaAt. The 1foWna saRo efA1ttne. ths
senSon or form ma a4tst bAing
trqunced W the n, LoAio CaeAtfals.
The Senators do net aoom 70 ~ much
st~onGer than they were lA1t year.
Tho trcubis batwee0 IA oWeeGey. the
0tant catcher. ana Prevalent Farrell
certainly has done the Yankees no
G0od.