Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
HOT SPRINGS DOPE
Speed Boys, Pirates and Phil
lies Getting In Form There.
JAKE STAHL LOOKS GOOD
Expert Opinion Predicts a Back
ward Move for
Pittsburgh.
JAKE STAHL LOOKS GOOD
BY II. w. LANIGAN.

BY III. w. LAN1GAN.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 1s-Or
looks, Charley Doom and Garland Stahl
have two mighty healthy looking young
outfits. Yours truly has observed enough
OF the two aggregations in action in Hot
Springs to MARBLE the crack that Jimmy
McAleer, who never had much luck as a
manager, and Horace Fogel, who was
never rated very high as q base ball
editor, appear set to encounter hugs gobs
OF luck as base bail presidents. All of
which shows that our world is a funny,
funny world.
Inc Phillies have an Enthusiastically big
chance to capture the National League
championship. Dooins first mount might
have gone merrily Waiting over the plate
year ago if he had encountered any
thing like as much good luck as he en-
countered poor fortune. The clever
Charles layout is even niftier looking this
spring than 1t was down In Birmingham
last March. Alexander and Chalmers
nave delivered: Luderus has proven a
hitting first baseman. If not q fielding
nrst baseman, and time has shown that
DOOM put it over Hermann, Griffith,
Fogel ct al when he made that gigantic
swap with Cincinnati
Doom acted like a regular pilot last
season. His mistakes were few and there
was absolutely nothing to indicate that
ne was going to blow as the director gen.
erai OF this crack young team. So there
is little. II anything, to worry about in
ms case He is q star hitter, star
catcher and star hustler and also the
satisfactory skipper, to all outward ap-
pearances. He has a truly good lookina
squad. The Cubs, the old class of the
base ball world, have been shot to pieces.
ana while the game has never had a bet
ter man or better manager than Frank
LeRoy Chance, / think l saw enough of
MS machine In the three months I spent
around Chicago last summer to make the
appended prophecy safe one:
me cubs will be lucky to finish in the
Big -Four. Hugh Fullerton. please write.
The Pirates are not the great team thew
We're In former seasons. Clarke and
Leacn were always the toplners aside
from Honus Wagner, and when they
started to peter out the team began to
lose tremendous lot Of it's aggressive
ness mes and md class: Mr.; Dreyfuss, I think.
Mike can make lot of noise, and Mil
Ter, wilson, Gibson, Carey and some of
the others want and really REQUIRE a
nara worker and fighter around them
Soooy Byrne' one of the few good play
ers knew of whom the astute r.
Bresnahan declared would never prove
1--we one, has fit In most snugly in the
Pirates lineup and Clarke paid Robert
the Wee sterling compliment when he
nominated him to serve as field director
The Giants had all the luck last season
and, of course, they will get that same
mastery ride. Just the same I doubt
II they will come back. That whipping
the Athletics gave them last October
won't do them any good. Then, the
mighty Matte must remain as good as
ever and Marquard must duplicate his
swell 1911 record. Doom looks to own a
better squad than McGraw and the dope
chart vii! show that the Phillies were
ularity last summer up to the time that
Doom experienced his long run Of mis-
fortune.
AS for Stahl. the other young skipper
who is showing us his wares. he has had
a lot, an awful lot put up TO him. First
ne must make good with a team that
looks mighty good. Secondly, he had to
prove TO be the owner of a wonderful ex-
ecutfve base ball noodle, as no manager
in either major body is surrounded by
so much smart talent as the Chicago
nnancfer. McAleer. president, is a wise
geek, even II James never had much luck
as manager. McRoy. treasurer, is one
Of the coming wise boys of the game
Taylor, I know not the cognofnen Of the
title he now holds, has ever been con-
spicuous. Stahl has got to handle this
trio. as we'll as his ball players Then,
thirdly. Stahl has got to come back him.
sell as a demon bingle-maker and q
Stahi Is OF high type. as well educated
and highly polished q man as there is
In base ball. He mikes well with his
players and he is going about the train
past master in the art Of teaching the
young, as well as the old. idee the tricks
OF the game His early form, both as q
manager and player. is very o. K. His
squad is a trim looking one and is hust-
ling. Jake has hopes, but then what
manager hasn't in the spring? Bet Killing
and Hedges also have lofty visions about
busting out of Lemonville and landing
round the top Of the second division.
Paul team. spent the past week here.
running down from the big Minnesota
town with Umpire Bill Brennan OF T. G..
Lynch's staff. The A. A. is a big, power
full body these days. 1t is making even
bigger money than the National League
and owns better parks, as a whole. than
the big leagues controlled previous to
the time that the big yards commenced
springing up. and you know just like l
know that shibe;, Brush. McAleer-Mc-
Roy-Taylor. Noyes. somers. Dreyfuss.
Ebbets. Comiskey, Hedges, ct al. did not
begin celebrating their layouts on q
lavish scale many years back. Kelley
trains his men in Little Rock, close by,
this spring.
That Brennan person is a whale of a
person dolled up in citizens toys. He
must hit the scales at around 230 pounds.
and. at that, doesn't look as If he has a
whole lot Of superfious flesh to chase.
Bill has DEVELOPED finely in the National
League. BY the by. what bunch OF
young men Mr.. Lynch has working for
him, now that O'Day is q manager and
Emslie is used only to fill out. KLEIN
tombstone. Rigler, Eason, Brennan,
Owens. Bush and SO on and so on Owens
know. will make good So will Bush,
who Is st. Louis product, by the way,
providing he doesn't carry too big a chip
on his shoulder. He's conner, all right.
and should stick. no matter what some
souls think. If he plays his cards prop
erly.