Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
BY ]. ED 0RILLO.

The sale of the Philadelphia club to
Will Locke and his colleagues has wiped
out the. weakest Ink In the National
League chain. Ever since the Taft-Mur-
ply interests have been in control of the
club II has been In ili-repute. because 1t
savored too much Of syndicate ball. Poor
judgment was displayed in placing GER
tain persons in charge of the club and
public interest In the team was on the
wane.
Under the new regime there Is sure to
be revival. Locke shows his knowledge
of the game by having most of those In
terested In the club Philadelphians. for
alien ownership Is never popular In base
ball. Philadelphia can support two ball
clubs, though. the majority of the patron
age during the past few years has gone
almost entirely to the American League
club. which has been successful In so
many campaigns. But there is good
chance for the Phillies under a popular
management. Manager Doom has q much
better team than It's standing In recent
campaigns would indicate. He has been
hampered by outside interference. and as
this. too. should be eliminated, there Is a
chance for him to have something to say
as to where the next National League
pennant shall be unfurled.
II the young pitchers who attracted at
tention in the American League last
year repeat one or two Of the clubs
which are not figured as being danger.
Gus are going to prove a surprise. This
Is particularly true OF the st. Louis
Browns. Stovall had a pitching staff
last season which compared favorably
with any In the league. and. being made
w OF youngsters. there is a good chance
nj fur frnp
There are. Of course, numerous instances
on record where young pitchers who
have shown marked ability the first
year I'm fast company have fallen down
happen to some of the Browns phenoms.
but II they perform as they did last
year the Browns are sure to be trouble
some.
Hamilton. the young left-hander, look
ed like a rare find last season. Allison
was hard to hit. and Stovall has Well
man. a big left-hander. and Mitchell,
who showed up we'll the few times he
worked. Cleveland. too. ought to have.
a corps of pitchers that will be hard
To beat. II Birmingham can get their
best efforts he ought to have no trouble
with his twiriers.
Gregg IL a star and Blanding has class.
kaler ought to be good pitcher. but he
has never received the proper handling
which he shows he needs. Chicago led
lent work Of the pitchers. but Callahan
undoubtedly erred In forcing them too
much His pitching stan was through by
the 18th Of May. because in his anxiety
to win games he had used up the entire
lot. II was nothing for him to use three
or four 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
8ox began to fall Callahan will be bet
supplied with twirlers this year. and II he
has benefited by his experience Of last
season he will get better results out OF
them.
When ii comes to handling a pitching
stan few managers have anything on
Grimth. He proved this last season By
having his twirlers In shape the year
around 30 far as their arms were con-
cerned. though. Of course. he was not
responsible for the sick spells which in
terfered once or twice.
Though he was in the thickest Of the
fight for the pennant where every game
counted. he did not use his pitchers out
of turn. Any other MANAGER might have
forced Johnson to the utmost in an effort
70 gain the lead. but Griffith used him al