New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-08


ter. The pitching staff. with proper support
and a fair amount Of batting behind 1t, is
quite good enough TO do its part, and
will be surprised II Dahlen has not made
a big change for the better in his catching
department Daubert has few equals as a
first bsseman and the infeld, as "A whole
looks reasonably strong. with Smith at
third, Tooley AT short and Stark or Hum
mel al second base. The outer works will
be more formidable. too. if reports from
the training camp can he believed. with
Wheat, Northen and Moran, the ind.
perhaps, Of the year
Roger Bresnahan and his st. Louis Car
dinals may be the surprise Of the league.
as they were for a time d year ago, but
somehow or other faith is lacking in teams
that have been trailcrs 50 consistently for
number Of years. The Cincinnati Reds
look promising and the Boston Braves ap-
pear 80 have been strengthened, bat while
both teams may show flash, it is hard to
see how they can hold the pace long enough
to land in the first division.
Taking up the American League. it is i'm
possible to look beyond the Philadelphia
Athletics. who have won the worlds cham
pionship two years I'm succession. Nothing
succeeds like success, and. 50 far as can
- Judged. not change will be made in the
team that made runaway race for the
pcnnaut a year ago and then defeated the
Giants ANY doubt tina Mclnnis the
brilliant first baseman, or Jack C0ombS. the
pitcher. would suffer any lasting effects
from their injuries late last fall seems to
have been dispellcd. and the only doubt
that exists lies n the tact that Chief
! Bender has been suffering from rhouma-
tism and Eddie Plank from ii lame
shoulder. II these two pitchers prove TO
be less effective than wear ago it might
! make all the difference I'm the world. but
time only will settle that point with the
! pitching staff at IT'S best it is practically
| impossible 10 pick n flaw in the baseball
! machine that COMFY Mack has built up
Following the Athletics five teams appear
| 10 be remarkably well matched on paper
| These five arc the Yankees, the Boston
Red sox. the Detroit Tigers. the Cleveland
| Maps ana the Chicago White SoX. and
| flirting with chance they are picked 10
! finish in that order with the Washington
| Senators and the st Louis Browns bring
4 INK El' the rear. " ODD, one OF tI'' 81 'dl-
| est baseball PLAYERS of all time. has said
! that il would be well 10 keep ones ewes
! on the Yankees. and fully agree with him.
as pointed ont a week ago. Few teams can
! boast Of better balanced pitching staff
/ I'm fact. / would not exchange Ford. Cald-
we'll Vaughn, Warhop, Quinn. Fisher and
/ O'Connell for seven twirers that any team
| in the country could offer. There Is some
uncertainty concerning the left side Of the
! infeld. and a doubt even about second base
| because Of Earl Gardeners delicate consti-
/ tuition, but Hartzell, who has one Of the
! best throwing arms in the country. IS COW
| ering a lot Of ground at short. while Dolan
| has been playing IN a way to indicate
, great future. Wolverton appears 10 be the
| right man In the night place and II he can
! develop n strong combination for the inner
works the Athletics viii have no easy road
| 10 travel.