The chronicle=news., 1913-04-15

baseball history Washington. TOO,
ig likely 10 be u much Improved club
over n year age. the host;tHt yonnr-
s;rrs who su,sdn Griffith,et lr.,ntssi
rpasi.,i'ytIrht2up s,oSikc ..oay .nad
81 ,lr1 pasI is.AS.r, iLsi.oisad b. lySinr
norg s?ratsslc, WIiE s,ltr ( cv.r,Iah9x
/ hfa .wo,iS .,.af t6getaci: (Th. stz,,nte
Amcricili, lsaEi,e sSAls f,ito lIh!iy:tJ
furnish onc .,or ihGsej old -ia5hihnct
tinishes for which. Jan. .Iohnsoirs
cirGuit 'ns"d 10 y. ,IL1,edi !Esi,
| ,l,Ncw York ;has ~ mighty. igopl
chance. for my eflrhl division IL, " nj
DO wc,I tostisiish JaaTth lhn, has; rs
much lic"nseGio iirlif.iifiiia'tclptid ID
Boston and Washington. ms anything
else In the league. The three 'con,
tenders are the class Of the orIani-
zaiiou. III" rest are very uncertain
and may finish in almost any old or
der. Frank Chance has n better ball
lclnh than last Seasons sorry cShihi-
tion would indicate. The Peerless
leader may be In the hunt from
start to finish. ~" will have n good
ball club before the end OF the year.
Hut 1t will take time for him to get
his men playing Chance baseball.
| Detroit has Ty Cobb imaybeb aud
gam Crawford. n pair that mnkcs
I just about half an ordinary team
Jennings flashed - lot Of promising
mat tcriai last fal. but he has u bad
pitching staff and none too strong a
catching corps Jean Duhuc is his
nnly rcllIbl. veteran toss.r: Georg.
Mullin may he good. but he is likely
TO he bad With strong battery ma,
It"riol Jennings would he dangerous.
As 1t IL. he viii hive 10 fight his
hardest to siav" off Chicago and
lCievcland. o.
| Jimmy Callahan Is seriously regard
cd In some Iuar'crs-principall
around Chicaeo--but he Is too veal;
In III" box 10 cut much Of n swath.
Ed Walsh is to tho White Sox what
! Walter Johnson II to Washington;
Ioc Wood to Boston and Chief Rcn-
der to Philadelphia walsh has been
pitching about half Of ChicaGo's
games FOR years. lie canno, forever
20 on doing this. HrF
| Cleveland has n better club than
either Detroit or Chicago. bu, Joe
birmingham. the manager. is I'M
tried and likely to encounter his
downfall with an aggregation which
for wears has been torn asundcr by
strife and petty factions Indeed. II
would not be at all surprising II
George Stovall's Browns moved up
n few peg, at tho expense OF some of
the more favored. Stovail. ut least.
liz n manager OF ability: the trouble
is that he has little with which TO
work.
! The Red Sox won tho pcnnart
I l.N Ia, Ia pl
run witohut n slump or without n
s.rions accident. In tho worlds
series 1t looked like anything hut n
championship array. The Athletics
,or 1910 and 1871 were fully 20 per
cent stronger than S,ahi's much
wanted rcd h-hoscd clan. And the Ath-
lctics Of 1871: Will be the equal OF
the old guard II the veteran pitchers
show anything near their nveroge
form. Bendcr. Plank and Coombs
4 form the backbone OF an invinciblc
t, twirling brigade. Connie has n few
live young wires to help them out.
He has fine catching. the best inficld
in either league aud an Outfiel,i
second to none in all-aronnd effect
i ivcncss That Is why he should
win.
| McGraw will take his men to the
barrier perfectly conditioned and
| ready to jump into the lead In the
early running at the expense of tho
weaker eastern clubs. Mathewson is
still one of the grnndcst pitchers in
! :hc country. while jeff Tesrcau IL
Just beginning to find himself. Mar
Guard is questionable. He Is more
than likely to win half his games at
worst, and with the Improvement
Tesreau. such u performance would
| justify McGraw's faith in his battery
strength. Pittsburgh lays 1t over
New York in battery material. The
! Pirates have the greatest pitchers In
the National league. In other re-
spects the Smokc Town lnds do not
frame up with the champions They
are sadly lacking by comparison in
icfercnc" to speed. The great
strength of the inficld lies in Hans
Wagner grand old man. but a
waning star Every year leaves him
more liable to serious injury, which
would completely dcmoralzc the
outfit. McGraw's greatest strength
lies in his substitutes; it would be
almost impossible to cripple him.
| Cincinnati and Philadelphia are
likely to furnish n very thrilling
scrap Tor third position. If tue Ken
land scrihcs lay off Joe Tinker is
likely to show something. lie is the
best shortstop in the league-bar
irossibly the Plying Dutchmnn"--
! If his managerial duties do not in
terfcrc with his playing. He will fill
! a long felt weakness for the Reds
and being one of the wisest players
in tch game, should prove one of the
most capable managers. Red" Doo-
in is now working for Billy Locke.
ia shrewd baseball man. who will
give the manager free rein. lf the
Phillics evade the tough luck hoodoo
that has pursued them for years
they should surely land among the
elite
| Brooklyn has first division possi-