The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-07-21


heard little Of the inside" talk which
asership. McAleer 10 . friend OF mi
appointed with thu way his club wei
70 see It leap out in front and make
. runaway race OF It. Such storms as
resulted In the ousting Of Jake" stahi
usually blow up suddenly. Doubtless
there was some discussion and dispute
over the management Of the team. and
the great divide was the outcome.
There can be no doubt Of one thing.
The passing Of stahl as the manager OF
Boston Is going to hurt the teams
chances Of finishing we'll this year.
with stahl at the helm. the Red
0ox. In my opinion. still had chance
to catch the Athletics--a very outside
chance. Of course. depending on .
slump on the part of Mack's team. The
Philadelphia Americans have threatened
70 slump once or twice on this last
Western trip. They have hesitatsd
more In their victorious progress than
formerly. With his pitching stan 30.
ing right. stahl might have closed up
on the Athletics with that team In .
slump. That was the only chance the
Red Sox had. and for that matter II 10
He only opportunity any other team
In the American League has now to
beat the Athletics.
When a club switches leaders In the
middle OF a race the new boss 10 up
against n tough job. especially II no has
~. .k. NaR Tt
First. he must assert his authority and
make It stick. which Is often dificuit.
and then he must be careful not to
create clioues In the team.
TALK OF DissENsloN IN RANKS
OF RED sox.
There has been much talk Of dissen.
slon In the ranks Of the Red Sox since
q reported row during the worlds series
last fall, but I do not know the facts
Of the case. II there 10 . dispute. how
ever, which has existed since that time,
Il II going 20 make even more dificult
work for the new manager because
such . condition 10 bound to result u.
factions. Johnny Evers encountered
something of the same situation whsn
hs took hold OF the Cubs last spr1ns'
! have only heard scattered rumors ~
% the permanent successor OF siam
Fielder Jones has been suggested. ou'
I doubt It. Good Managers are nara 70
and.
NoAissr has never mentioned any
trouble In hts club to me. In facI NJ
denied the reports the last time ! sev
him. He blamed the bad showing OF M
tam on the pitchers and the lnjuris'
- the regulars. He did not criticise
atahl In any way. but said he wished
"Jake" were back In the game because
h was Q valuable man to balance tns
inAsld.
q. ,'.You can never tell from aprna
training trip what your club 10 soial
% DO" said MoAleer to me In bostos
some time ago. The Red Soc had
trip which nilsd ne with Joy this year
Joe Wood never looked better In MI
NE and We moved down the clubs u
our exhibition games without AM
trouble at all. We beat the s1le.s'
when We played the ante'sesson sene'
1t Hot Springs, and they were ra'eo y
b the best club on paper In your ieasas
Bat once the team got into the resuie'
seSedule the players began to crack
Wood was OF for two months, AM
-Stahi had to quit the game. Wasne
has been out. and the team mas Dsss
torn to pieces"
"You can never tell from sprin'
trip," l. echoed. Look At the Giant
this year. never brought . club nom
from the South In better condition
my life. All the pitchers looked riga'
and there was not even sore toe anon
the regulars. But We did not get AVA
to any lying start"
LITTLE HOPE THIS YEAR FOL
THE BOSTON TEAM.
With Stahl out from behind the Ne
sox do not see how the World's chan
pions can pull up on the Athletics muc
now with the lead Mack's team poo
sesses In fact. the Boston CLUB ma
have a great deal OF trouble climbin
ont Of the second division. To do thi
IL viii have to beat either Washlngtor
= Cleveland or Chicago, and cannI
figure how It Ii going to do this. Clevs
land is yet hanging on well. not plsyin
- sensational ball as In the early week
q the season. 70 be sure. but eth iivin
In second place. II y the terrific N
conslstent batting Of the Maps that
holding them up. The pitthing staff
mot now going nearly ~ well - II d
n the nrst two months Of the raoa
On The other hand. both wsshinsto