The Sentinel=record., 1913-04-02
CHAMPIONS DIFF
 FOR LEAGUE RACE
MANAGER JAKE STALL IS WELL SATISFIED WITH THE CON-
 OPTION OF PLAYERS.
Believes the Boston Americans VIII Again Wear the Honor of the Champion Ball Team of
 the Country.
(By H. w Lanigan, Press Represent. ative, New York Hotel Co.,

(By H. w Lanigan, Press Represent.
 ative, New York Hotel Co.,
 T am well satisfied with the con- ditioh of my players. They form the greatest baseball team in the world and l am confident that they will re- peat their triumph Of year ago and capture the American league cham pionship." So stated President Jas. R. McAieer of the Boston worlds champions, shortly before boarding the northward bound train with ~ warriors at l o'clock yesterday.
 The Red Sox are bound for Cham paign, H. Manager Stahl is a gradu- ate of the university of Illinois and he booked the two games with the Illini at the urgent request of Ath- letic Director George Huff, who wanted his old gridiron and diamond hero to show himself with his crew of worlds champions on the campus where he achieved his early success in sportdom.
 The Red Sox are booked for games in Cincinnati Saturday, Sunday and Monday Joe Tinker's ball yard is under water, as a result Of last weeks heavy storm, and, where the Reds were due home last Sunday to inau- gurate a biief series with the Wash ington team, they remain in South land and intend to remain there ln. til their grounds dry out
 Garry Hermann has high hopes of staging the Sunday game with the Red Sox, but wired McAleer yester- day morning that there was only an outside chance of the two teams be- ing able to line up Saturday. So, Stahl will tarry iii Champaign. if there should be nothing doing in Cincinnati, until Sunday, when he will escort his braves on to Boston, where they are carded to meet Holy Cross and Harvard in advance of the cham pionship inaugural Boston opens the season ill Philadelphia, April 10.
 Both Stahl and McAleer are con firmed champions of the Spa. They own permanent training grounds here; in fact, their field at Majestic park, on the soutb end of town, 4s the very best one of them all in all Southland. The Boston party stopped at the Eastman hotel, the same as in bygone seasons, and the players got 100 for department.
 The Pittsburg Pirates. Hot Springs pet team, due to the fact that Bar ney Dreyfuss. the best man in base, ball, was the first club-owner to hit upon the American Carlsbad as a training grounds, break camp thiS afternoon Manager Clarke ducked Ioc fnr,.. rl fc ufffl f, field Kan, a town which he put on the map and which he practically owns Clarke, too. states that he is we'll satisfied with the condition of his men.
 The Pittsburg regulars leave at 5:30 o'clock for Memphis where they show Thursday and Friday. Clarke will join them in Kansas City Sat urday morning. They are down for four games in as many days with the Blues. Billy Murray. MT Dreyfuss right hand man, now that clever Billyam Locke has become the pres ident of the Phillies, will take the Yannigans to the metropolises of Fayetteville, Ark. and Wichita and St. Marys, Kan, en matinees, while AHC AESh4dio diG bdANltilG III MtinDUiS and Kansas City.
 The Pirates one fine lot of gentle men. have been at the Eastman since the first week in March Just like the worlds champions. they, too, made a aost of new friends among the guests. It is naHght but the truth that the big league player of today is 8 cleancut, likable. gentlemanly- ~cting fellow. The rowdies have been run out of the game and no new re- rowdies are being brought in.
 Infielder Janvfin and Pitchers Leonard and roster are the juveniles Jake Stahl has placed on his team, Ilanvrin was wita Jersey City last season, being sent there by Stahl, who was willed this promising recruit when he took hold in Boston last winter. Janvrin can play anywhere