The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-16
Will TIGERS Be
AT The BOTTOM?
Hot Race Looked for American
League Next Summer

Chicago. Jan. 16.-StrengtheninS the
New York and st. Louis teams of the
American league will make big diff
ference in that league next season.
Ban Johnson has had some very pref
" races in his organization in the
past. but the prospects were never as
good for "a great year as they are for
the season of 1913.
The tailenders should be able to give
every team in the league a battle, FOR
! both of them have good pitching stats.
! Under the management of Frank
Chance, the Highlanders should move
up close to a first division berth. and
George Stovall had his combinations
working pretty we'll toward the close
Of last summer, so there is nope i'm thu
mound city of getting a peek at frs
division.
The important question to the Amer
lean league fans. therefore, is what
team is going 10 be the tailendcr. If
the teams which battled for the cellar
championship last summer. are to bc
SO much better than they were and
move up into the thick of the fray,
then some other teams will have to
take their places at the bottom. The
tightening Of the race will make IL
a hard proposition for the winner and
a real guessing match for the fans
right mp To the finish.
The Detroit and Cleveland teams are
the ones that look like the taiienders
IL the Highlandcrs and Browns move
up higher. The Maps and Tigers last
year PLAYED disappointing game
ana the chances are there will not he
any Improvement the coming year.
Hughic Jennings has lost all of his
terror for the opposing teams now ami
1T will not be as hard To beat him
next year as 1t was last summer. Joe
Birmingham, of the Maps, was able
to get his combination working well
toward the close of last summer. but
the makeup of the team will he much
the same as II was last year.
Manager Chance. of the Yankees
will give the leaders real battle with
out doubt While a manager is only
a small part of the team, he can do
much IT, make his men win. Ry put
ting fight into the Ilighlauders. tie
former Cub leader should he able To
take the same combination Wolvcrton
had last season and win at least -
per cent more games. Instead of ieav-
ing the team as it was last year,
Chance will strengthen his combina-
ton very much by getting other play
ers from different clubs in the league
which are disposed to help out i'm
building up the New York team so that
the league may be well fortified in the
biggest city In the land
While there is no disposition on the
part of the other magnntcs of the
league 10 help out the Browns. the
craftiness of George Stovall IL going
to make the former tail-enders a much
harder team To beat. lie has gathered
formidable bunch of young pitchers
for years to come II Chance had not
taken charge Of the affairs Of tho
IIiphlanders. that team would awe
been the most likely candidate for
last place.
II would have been a terrific pat
tie To keep the Gothamites from drop
ping into that cellar championship. for
Stovall has hit upon n combination
sure To remain much nearer the tcp
than they have for the last five years
nj least. While the Red Sox. Alhlct-
les and Senator's are the most likely
candidates for the top places. II is not
certain these three teams will have
any easy time OF II I'm holding the
places they had last year.
With the tightening of the battle In
the second division the first division
men have To fight harder to keep their
hold on the first division berths. and
q Is a question whether Jake Stahl
Connie Mack and Clark Griffith can
get any more speed out of their teams
'he coming year than they got last
summer.