El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-12

~ mas his inning z' at last, the m major l
league campaigns are under
way. For a few frenzied weeks the
followers Of 10 different clubs may
have pennant visions for their favor
ties. After that the respective races
viii Strengthen out, IN ali Likelihood a.
they nave been IN the habit OF doing IN
the past until the prospective WoIIu
series fans into new flames the hopes
or disappointments Of the drive.
Sentiment Makes baseball.
Sentiment makes baseball as 1t made
horse racing when II was a sport o.
kings. Individual opinion does not cut
a whole lot of ice when II comes 10
splitting up the worlds series sWaS-
But the reader may pardon the effrOn-
terry of a wild guess as to how the con-
tenders Of the two major leagues VIII
stand when the strife IS over. 1t must
be borne in mind that the writer makes
no predictions IN his selections he
would not bet a lead nickel against
swiss movement that the clubs would
finish as he names them because after
all a prediction at the beginning Of a
campaign is nothing short OF guess
Athletics and Giants
The worlds series OF 1913 should
bring together the Giants and the Atm
Ietics Pittsburg is the only club IN
the National league that appears TO
have much chance OF hustlng NC
GraW'S champions Cincinnati and
Philadelphia should fight for the show
Dosition with the Cubs Dodgers,
PraTes, and Cardinals trailing alOong
in the weaker set II connie Mack
5ustifies expert opinion as voiced py
the greater majority Of baseball crl-
tics he viii at least know that ne mas
been through a fight. A worlds cham
piOn must always be considered
worthy rival and the Boston Aed SOA
Of 1872 formed one OF the most consls-
tent winners Of baseball history.
Washington. too, is likely to be a
much improved club over year ago
the host Of youngsters VINO mace GrlL-
nth a pennant possibility rlgnI up 70
The very end OF the past season ShOutd
be far more capable with the expert
ence of a whole year together 1heSe
three American league clubs are llkely
TO furnish one OF those old fashioned
finishes for which Ban Jonnsons CIR
cult used TO be noted
Y ankees Have Good show.
New York has a mighty good cnance
for the first division II VIII 40 "S!-
10 finish fourth but has as much IL
.ense 10 trail Philadelphia Boston ana
Washington as anything else in lne
league The three contenderS are the
class Of the organization the rest az e
very uncertain and may 1lnlSn IN al
most any old order FRANK Cndhce
7as q better ball club than last sea
sens sorry exhibition would indicate
Il is every bit as good ana pOSslDIy
better than the 1910 team with when
George Stallings and Hal Chase nm
5shed second. The Peerless Leader
may be in the hunt from start to nm
5sh He viii nave a good ball cIuD
before the end Of the year But II WllI
take time for him to get MS men play
ing Chance baseball.
He viii find far stronger opposition
for first division hOnOrs than 1aced
StalIings in 1910. If he CROWDS among
the first four he will have assured
real pennant contender for 1914
Tigers Batteries are Weak.
nn
sam Crawford in reality PAIR Jnal
makes just about half an ordinary
team. Jennings flashed a lot OF prOmls-
ing material last tall but ne mas d
bad pitching staff and none too strong
a catching corps Jean Duouce IS MS
only reliable veteran tOsserf GeorSe
Mullin may be good but he IS as lkeIy
II be bad With strong battery mate
rial Jennings would be dangerous As
II is he will have to fight his hardest
10 stave off Chicago and Cleveland
White SOE on TObOEEan.
Jimmy Callahan IS seriously regard
ed in some quarters - principally
around ChicagO-but he is too weak
in the box to cut much Of syTath. Ed
Walsh is to the White SoX what va" wal
ter Johnson is TO Washington; Joe
Wood to Boston. and Chief Bender 10
Philadelphia Walsh has been pitch
ing about half Of ChicagO's games for
years. He cannot forever 60 on doing
this His arm showed the wear and
tear in the tail end Of 1872 A dis
astrous year for Walsh would be far
more disastrous for Callahan, who is
on the. tobOggan, also, so Tar as MS
athletic proves is concerned.
Cleveland Club Improved.
Cleveland has a better club than
either Detroit or Chicago, but Joe Biz
rninFham. the manager, is untried, and
likely to encounter his downfall with
an aggregation which for years has
been torn asunder by strife and petty
factions. Indeed, it would not be at