The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-28
-FOUR CLUBS WILL
Be IN 1914 RACE
Charles DOOM Gives Views
on Penant Fight for
Next Year.
GIANTS FORMIDABLE
Cubs, Pirates and Phillies
Will Also Come to
the Front.

-Four clubs viii be very much in the
fight for the National league pennaDt
pext season. in the opinion of Charles
5. Doom, manager Of tho Philadelphia
team
Doom, who is now in Detroit, believes
shat the 1914 race will be ono Of the
toughest in National lcBgue history
with New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
and Pittsburg the eontenders. dc also
thinks that Brooklyn and Boston will
mako lot of trouble for the leaders,
though not themselves flag possibilities,
and even sees some Improvement in the
Cardinals through the Infusion OF pew
blood by the recent trade with the Pi'
rates.
The Phillics leader does not claim
the bunting for his Own club, but ad-
mits that he expects to give them all a
battle. He has baif a dozen reliable
pitchers. q good catching department
and is far from weak IN the inficld
and outfield. II the LINK. which has
made q speciality Of causing injuries
and illness to bcset the Pills so regu.
larly in pgevious campaigns; only will
take a0vacation. Doom thinks MS
chances AS good as suybody's;
Giants Dangerous.
New York. he figures. viii nc
strengthened BY the addition of Bob
Bcsc her who is great base runner and
good hitter. tbrower and fielder. u
is easy TO see that the red haired back
stop has lot of respect for McGraw q
outfit and that be really figures the
Giants arc the club which he must beat
10 the goufaloD.
"This Chicago team is coming along
mighty fast and will be very trouble.
some IN 1914. said Doom. ''Evers did
wonders with il last year and will do
even more another season. You have
to hand il to johnny. With all due
respect to Frank Chance, who is a fine
manager, you must take into considera'
tion that when the peerless leader WAS
winning pennauts he had some wonder
full pitching.
Brown. Overall and Reulbach, going the
way they went when the Cubs we're
invincible and see what Johnny will
do You couldn't beat thst present
club of his with such pitching as the
old machine used TO get
Pittsburg Bunks Cards.
"Pittsburg will he helped by the
acquisition Of Konetcby. Mowrey and
Harmon. / do not think that Konetcby
! is much better as . first hasemaD
than Jack Miller, but Harmon is
good pitcher aud Mowrey win help the
man. Barring Miller and Wilson, I
cannot see that the Cardinals got very
much in this trade
81 Offered Huggins what I believe
was much better deal than he got
from Pittsburg, but be turned ma down.
] would have traded bim five players
for Konctchy and HARMON, yet be
another man 20 for lot of junk and a
couple Of fair men.
Cincinnati also could have secured
better trade from philadelphia than any
thing else ;I have heard & OF a,S osinS oiIsrsa, M
and any one OF my pitchers except Alex
ander and Seaton for Tinker and GIoh
wanted ,e.1,,9 70 MAKE s this Nd, des, 80 isss s
managerial Job which he seems 70 desire
Don't Need Money.
's1f course the Reds got n nice plecs
OF money for Tinker. but wat they want
Tinker had been slipped his $4,000 the
Cincinnati management would have had
only $4,000 loft and where can II buy
amount of money? The Cincinnati club
has all the money In the world. but can
not find players for whom TO spend II.
so IL would have bsen wiser 20 have mads
evidently think so. too.
DOOM has given up trying TO get Tinker.
About ten days ago ne received a let
ter from the deposed Red manager re-
guessing that he discontinue negotiations
as Joe wants TO remain In Chicago 70
look after his business and does not
care TO play with an eastern club. This,
OF course. vas before the Brooklyn deal
went through-ond fell through.
Will Stand Pat.
The Philadelphia club will stand pat On
its roster for 1914, according 10 IT'S man
ager IN fact. now that all the trades
proposed nave been declined there ~
nothing else 10 do. DOOM is hopiRE that
Chalmers, who was troubled with a had
shoulder In 1915. Will be ready In the
spring. and II this hurler comes through
will regard his chances OF bringing
flag 10 TIE Brothcrly Love town as ex-
cellcnt RiXey Is anothor ulsu on whom
he counts 10 .aave big year. while Alex
ander and seEton are certain 10 Win a
bunch OF games, barring injuries.
Athletics. He Is great adnlirer of Con-
nie NacIl's outfit and through playing
the spring series every year iE thorough.
ly acquainted with It's merits.
That's a wonderful hall club" said he
There isn't weak spot on ~ In any
can outcIass Mack's aggregation. Some
team might give II n battle but there
Is none which could make IL look bad