Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08
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White Sox and Maps Are Strong

NLENELAND, June That the
Red Sox must be considered as
pennant factors is the belief ey-
pressed ny Manager Joe Birmingham
Of the Maps
Just ar present the three strong
est clubs in 'h, league are Chicago,
Boston and Cleveland declared the
youthful leader Of the BatUeTs IF
the Athletics pitching staff We're in
better shape. J would include them
bur Coombs q ont OF the game. thus
leaving the bulk Of tho work up ID
Bender and Plank. and neither is
young enough 10 carry the burden.
Both are great pitchers, but each
is p man who needs his rest PLANK
has had trouble with his arm and
90 may bother him some more. Houck
and Brown are 500 pitchers no bet
ter
Senators Lack Hitters
AS for Washington. 10 has no H.
Cense 10 think il is n better ball club
than Cleveland. In the FIRST place, =
has not the hitting strength. II g
not as strong in the box as Cleveland.
Johnson is a wonder I'd be crazy
not to admit that. Groom is a good
pitcher With a better hitting team
than he would lose Hughes has lost
his power 10 beat US, while Mullin
is q man who needs q strong batting
club behind him. Az for the recruits
] must see more Of them before I
venture an opinion,
why ! rank Boston and Chicago 50
high Is that they have the pitchers.
Boston began the season ovcrconfi-
dent Then IT got crippled and was
HHa.ssH Sole. g -
out its manager. Now 81 has gone
home for a long stay. Stahl viii be
on deck again as manager and per
haps as layer Joe Wood IS him
self again and he should be able -
work every fourth game. ] look for
him to start another long winning
streak as he did in 1912 Look out for
the Red Sox, ! say They'll be In the
rrst division by the time We come
back from the East next month.
sox Are Better at Home.
THE White Sox will not be as hard
20 beat on the road as they are on
their own grounds. where they are
almost iuvincible. You see, the Chi
cago infeld is soft and the SoX. not
as hard hitters AZ clubs like Boston,
Philadelphia and Cleveland are placed
on a more even plane as regards bat
ting. Balls that would 90 through
the infielders IN cleveland like a shot,
are slow rollers In Chicago Away
from home the SoX do not have that
helm. but Callahan has the pitchers
and a club well fortified with capable
substitutes Texas Russell Us looming
up like wonder while Walsh IL
slowly but surely showing his old
time form. Those two, with Scott,
Benz Lauge Clcottc and White 10
RsHv. trfH hnH hEr any IIuh
What have ] 20 say about my own
club2 Nothing much, except that we
are out there every day trying. We
have no cutters on the club. Every
man is game. We are making "a lot Of
blunders In the field and ON the bases
but We are trying and We are winning
What more can we do The pubic
must expect mistakes. Turner is the
only real veteran I'm the inheld now
and he Is playing out OF his usual
position Johnston and Chapman arc
entering upon their first real year IN
fast comnany. while Olson. like Tur-
Nor is out Of his position. The out
field Is lacking a man ~ big leag le
experience.
Not Hard On Youngsters.
Most Of our pitchers are young
sters who have lots of things TO learn
They are learning every day some
times at the cost Of bail game
such must be expected. ] figure that
we have beaten ourselves In six or
seven games I am surprised that we
have not lost more. We would have
lost more had % not been that the
fellows are game 10 the last man and
work 10 overcome the ground lost by
their blundeTs.
Il will not promise that there viii
be any cessation Of these mistakes
When a young club is working so
hard and trying 20 accomplish so
much. bad baseball must be looked
for All we can do is 90 excuse the
ones at fault. pa, them on the back
and tell EN- not 20 do 10 again
Referring 10 the charge Of Clark
Griffith. the Washington manager,