The Washington herald., 1913-12-08
WINTER LEAGUE
IS NOW BOOMING
F Picking Pennant Win
ners, Causing No Exertion
on Part of Owners.
HAVE REAL PRESIDENT
National League, in Gov Tener, Ha,
Real Leader-Hold-outs
Will Be Few.

New York. Dec. THE winter league
season has opened once again.
Playing out the schedule around the
cheering glow of the old base-burner I'm
these days of snowfiakes, chilblains.
and soaring coal bills, however, isn't
going to cause as much mental exer-
tion as in the other years. A number
of events that transpired recently will
tighten the burden of the winter
leaguers.
In days gone by the winter league
crowd has had to put in many weeks
of toll and anguish before it arrived at
the name of the team that would grab
the pennant in the National League
and the name of the club that would do
ditto in the American.
But this problem. take it from the
dispatches now before us, already has
been solved. In the National League
the New York, Philadelphia, Chicago.
Pittsburgh, Boston, and Brooklyn teams
will be leading the league when the last
game is played next October. In the
American League Philadelphia Boston,
Washington. Cleveland. New York, Chi
cagO, and Detroit will win the pennant--
Press Agents Working.
If you don't believe this all you need
TO do is to look over the predictions from
these baseball centers. The diligent
press agents of each and every team,
knowing what a task was for the win
ter leagues to pick the winners, saved
them the trouble this year They are
out with facts and figures TO back up
their claims.
1t may be noticed that no prediction
has been so far issued by the +. A :
holding down jobs for the Cincinnati and
the two st. Louis teams. But one must
be patient. The season still is young.
Perhaps the three 7. =. 5 mentioned are
away on a vacation. Perhaps they are
ill. Just as soon as they get back, or
recover, one may be assured that three
more predictions will issue forth.
Another matter that will not worry the
winter-ea guers this winter is the fate of
the National League president. Tom
Lynch. who used to hold the job. was a
mighty nice fellow. He had lots of warm
friends, and they constantly feared that
Tom might come to some untoward fin
ish at the hands Of G Waistcoat Muir
phy, OF the Cubs, or others of his kind.
who used to regard the heckling of
Thomas one of the real joys of life.
Have Real Leader.
As affairs stack up now, the old league |
has real, regular governor at the helm.
That gives him power over thousands of
soldier persons. and any time he finds
Mr. Murphy, or his gang, trying TO |
kick up too rough sea for the good ship |
National League all he'll have to do is to |
call out the militia.
Mr.. Richard Marquard, the portside |
finger of the Giants, will be another per |
son who will not cause the winter !
leaguers much worry. Last year, il may !
De recalled, Richard was quite famous. |
He'd just finished amasSing an unbroken |
string of nineteen victories. and followed
this by going on the stage. thinly dis
guised as an actor. When springtime
came Richard appalled, the baseball null
titude by announcing that he'd stick TO
the stage and never again cavort on the
diamond.
Richard isn't going to repeat his threat
this spring. He's well hooked by Giant
contract, and from what We can gather
from items that appear in various papers,
he is close to being hooked as an actor.
The public this winter seems to have
his disguise and discovered
that he isn't an actor at all
Ty Cobb is another who will save the
Last winter Ty muir
INJURED loudly to the Detroit manage
ment: Gimme $4,000 per year or I'll
quitcha." This threat like Richards,
also appalled,. But Ty. few days ago,
issued statement saying he was con-
tent to play with Detroit for the rest of
his days
OF course, that coquettish, outlaw Fed
eral League may do something that will
inject hardship and real worry into the
playing out of the winter league sched-
lle. Shes an awful hirt, that little Miss
Federal League, and she insists that her
papa has lots and lots of money. The
way she is rolling her twinkling eyes
and throwing coy glances just now may
draw TO her side some nice young men
who have sworn tO honor 1--we 0hey ,
the Organized Crowd.
However, all things considered, it looks
lust now as if the playing of the winter :
eague game this year will be a much ,
Easier job, and one fraught with fewer :
Worries, than in the years that are gone.