The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-01
LOCKE PURCHASE
HELPS LEAGUE
Removes Only faint of Syn
dicate Baseball From
National Organization
E T. Ed. Grinol

The sale of the Philadelphia club to
Will Locke and his colleagues has wip-
ed out the weakest link in the Nation
al league chain. Ever since the Taft
Murphy interests have heen in control
OF The club. it has been in i%ll-reputc,
bee $ i, savored too much of syndi
, cate ball. Poor .iudgmen, was dis
charge of the club and public interest
i'm the team was on the wane.
Under the new regime there is sure
TO be Il revival. Locke shows his
Knowledge Of the game by having
most of those Interested in the club
never popular in baseball. PhiiaG-l-
phia can support TWO ball clubs.
though tho majority of the %patronase
du:.i ms h past few :'aars has zone III.
mt.. entirely to the American lcdeu1
Club. which has been successful in 80
mary campaigns. But there is d COCO
chance for the Phillies urder a popH-
lar management. Manager Doom ha.
a much better team han its standing
in recent campaigns would indicate.
lHe has been hampered by outside i'm
reference. and as this. too. should be-
eliminated, there is Il chance for him
to have something to say as to where
tho next National league pcnnant shall
be unfurled.
All Are I)0rk Horses.
If the young pitchers vino attracted
Year repeat M or two of the clubs
which are not figured as being dam
gerous are going to prove Il surprise.
lis is particularly true of the ST.
Louis Browns. Stovall had a pitching
staff last season which compared ia
vorahly with any in the league. and.
being made up of youngsters. there is
a good chance of it showing further
Improvement. There are. of course.
numerous instances on record where
young pitchers who have shown mark
ed ability the first year in fast COM
pany have fallen down lamentab bly, the
next year. This may happen to some
of the Browns phenoms. but if they
perform as they did las, year the
Browns arc sure TO he troublesome.
Hamilton. the young. l~eft-hander.
lison was hard to hit. and Stovall has
Wellman. a big left-hander. and
Mitchell. who showed up we'll the few
times he worked. Cleveland, too.
ought to nave Il corps of pitchers that
will be hard to beat. If Birmingham
can get their best efforts he ought to
have no trouble with his twirlers.
Gregg a Star.
Gregg is d star and Rlanding has
>sASS' AaaS oo5h w DG Il SOOu pllCIl-
er. but he has never received the prop
cr handling which he shows he needs.
Chicago led the race last spring be-
Il of the excellent work of the
pitchers, but Callahan undoubtedly
erred in forcing them too much. His
pitching staff was through by the 18th
of May. because in his anxiety to win
games he had used UP the entire lot.
1t was nothing for him to use three
pitchers every day for a week. and. Of
course. being deprived Of the rest
which pitchers need, they did not
stand up long under the strain. and
then the Sox began to fall. Callahan
Will be better supplied With twirlers
this year. and if he has benefited by
his experience Of last season he will
get better results out of them.
When it comes to handling a pitch
ing staff few managers have anything
on Griffith. He proved this last sea-
son by having his twirlers in shape the
year around so far as their arms We're
concerned. though. of course. he was
not responsible for the sick spells
which interfered once or twice.