The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-05
Sailor Superstition Gets
Goat of Smoketown Crew

road run as much ahead OF Pittsburgh
as we are now. all hands Will be sat.
ished The rest OF the Eastern clubs
Will experience great difficulty in
beating the Pirates. especially with
Philadelphia and Brooklyn crumbling
and the Boston boys just gaining their
feet and being none too sure OF their
hold. Still. If the team has the goods
To deliver. ~ should be Just as effect.
i've on the roaG as at home. and | be-
lieve the Giants have the goods and
will deliver.
h western invasion in the Amer
lean league should bring out some in
teresting baseball within the next
two weeks. IL is common gossip on
that circuit that the Cleveland team
Is a much bigger inner on it's home
grounds than away on the road. The
present trip should show whether this
is true. With Birmingham's pitchers
> and the club hitting as It is there is
no reason why II should not he lust
as big a winner in the east as the
west. The Cleveland club looks like
. strong one 10 me. and the Athletics
are worried by the showing IL is max
Ing. They fear the excellent pitch
ing, the Philadelphia club being none
600 -trong on the twirling Itself.
Picks In Athletics.
Still ! do not see how the Athletics
can be beaten out. They are playing
AT their old time speed now n
should pick up on Cleveland during
their long stand AT home. Outside OF
the Maps, Connie Mack's team will
be playing the easy western clubs
while the only soft spot Birmingham
will find IN the east will be IN New
York. The series with Philadelphia.
Washington and Boston VIII all he
hard ones. The Maps have made all
these gains without LajOie. and. with
him back I'm the game. the aggrsga-
ton VIII be greatly strengthened. as
the return OF Wagner braced up the
{ Pirates.
The Boston Red SoX are still a..
oolcr. although they have shown
flashes of better ball recently. The
failure ~ their pitching staff has
been largely responsible for the poor
showing. None OF the ~p.tcuers. who
looked 30 good In the worlds series.
has been able to win consistently this
spring. Even smoky Joe Wood has
not been smoNl when their pitch
ers come around In shape. as they
are bound 10 do. Boston viii do con
slderably more winning. but ! do not
believe the Red SoV have a chance
for tho pcnudrt. There are LOO many
other high class hail teams ahead Of
them in tho competition now.
a Good Showing.
Tho White SoX have made a good
showing. better than was expected 81
them. and may come Though and
scare a lot OF MANAGERS before the
race Is over. Their pitchers are die
playing grand form. even without the
aid Of Ed Walsh. White. Russell
Benz and Scott have all pitched good
bail PITCHING has been a hg factor
IN the races in both leagues so far
this year. Z" clubs with the tVirlers
g"'ting the "ariy starts. with tho pos
sible exception of the Athletics
Detroit and the New York AMER.
can look hopeless. Somebody said
tho other DAY that the only reason
they ar" keeping a club in detroit
l. % give tuhb q chance 20 see how
high 30" can hat Chance realizes he
viii have TO tear his club down and
build over again. lie began h. trad.
ing Chase. His task j. a tough one.