The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-19

Has Secured View Catcher for rev Yorh
ana Team 10 Doing oood-Athlstio
Pitchers Have Failed 70 Show.
tBy Prank chanos, Manager of the
Yanfesal


The westerners 81 the American lea que
have come east. and have seen Detroit
the club which D. leading the league. IN
have become more convinced than ever
that the race this year is not going To
be any easy loaf for the Athletics. as
was generally predicted before the sea-
con opened Jennings ball team does
not look like any spring scare 20 me.
lie - leading well balanced club. n
better all around machine. in my opin-
Ion. than the one that faced the GUS In
the worlds series OF 1897 and 1905 when
j was the manager OF the Chicagos
or course, ! am gathering my present
Impressions from what saw OF the
club In one series. ana I admit that any
ball club h liable 20 show flashes. But
the speed and work OF the team a
whole did not look Go me like a Hash
There seemed TO be a lot OF class to
the play Of the Tigers
The spirit on the club IN good, which
- always a big factor. IL II no secret
that at times there has been more or
less trouble ON the Detroit team. but all
the players are pulling together this
helm SI o, Ssn tell y the s May that they
that they are ali out there TO win. They
are alert and on their toes. In short
club "''''
There are three or four reasons why
the Tigers have shown much inn
pfoNemcnt over the team OF last year.
which iloundered around In the second
division. II IL tact In baseball that
the hliing Of two OF three positions by
the right soT. % men will frequently
make a good hall club out Of what has
been a chionic second division team.
1912 and finished second. Tie bolstered
w the team with Gandil az hrst base.
Morgnn az second, aud poster al thiri.
From Joke ball club. the Senators
became q pernaEt contender.
To show another example. Clarke. In
my old league. has plugged "A couple OF
holes and has developed q star second
baseman. Niox. this year. and his team
Is out In front; Free had been search
ing Tor satisfactory nrst baseman for
years. aud he has SfwSys believed he
could win another championship ~ he
sun good nR b Tse ,, %h'e win MagneT MAS
he acquired one OF the best firSt sack
ers In the country In Konetchy. That
the Pirate inheid for several season.
Mowrey hled in satisfactorily on the
other side Of the inheld. look 10 see
I'm that league this season.
jennings Lucky.
Now. TO get back % my own ground.
Jennings was lucky In picking up re-
nlled two holes at nrst and second bases
on that club which had existed for a
long time. Both are good felders and
strong. You can't beat Crawford ana
Cobb. and High has been going well for
him Jennings. himself. admits that
that he has a staff made Up Of men
who can take their regular turns.
II - something have never had be-
fore. he told me. II think my pitchers
arc better than when we faced Pitts
hurgh In the worlds series OF 1909 after
VIC won the league championship. I am
getting good catching. too"
What makes the Tigers look more
dangerous II that they themselves be-
hsve they are going TO take the PEN
nant. They are playing with the spirit
Of n winner. They argue that IL TOOK
good lead. acquired early in the wear.
to carry the Athletics through TO a
Championship last summer. and that
Macks club has failed to get this start
while they are pretty comfortably out
~ front themselves now. n Detroit
can hold its present margin on this east
"rn trip viii iok on Jennings team
a. very dangerous
Now that my club has Detroit out of
the way. I look 90 see us pick up IN the
coming series with the rest Of the vvesf-
ern teams. 81. Louis. Chicago and Cleve
,snd al look soft. ana members OF the
Detroit club told mo that the other west
ern clubs are not showing much baac-
bail They emphasized particularly the
decline o. the White sox. which team
was largely Instrumental In giving tho
Tigers their present Lead By catchtn z
Callahnn'7 team In the slump Detroit
Ers6bcd seven out % eight games Prom
White SoV pitchers looked good 10 inc
when The season opened. but tho club
is sll shot 70 Hieces now. was srr-
priced o. SEQ that veteran Ike Harry
ord would quit the team but he must
have been badly discouraged ~ hts own
Fighting Team
Wy oWn team BE- stili doing as well aa
could - expected. Tho PLAYERS are in
there nrhtlnE Tor every game ana vyh.n
10 Ect heatcn, tho other clubs know
they have had hight That fa the
fnirif which was lacking among tho mo,
whom took hold a vear ago. NJ their
opponent cot couple ~ runs ahead Al
tanda on Tho team made ~ their minds
mat they were beaten and nIavef ar-
cordingiy I WON'T stand Tor that
IrnfFiale has helped my irned and
VII come along - r. mtfer BE b. Held
ing 10 70 Hig League form nov ara
earns last ifr &C. ambitious and fHff
of p'ppcr. ana can make bail PLAYER
out of hin. ] am we'll satisfied with fhe
way my club g. made M now ans .
am gong fu rive some o. the enemy n
hght Tor n first division berth. made
aeal thi7 week thar errect will help
gnt gffffIN. Wy one worry right af0~ r
nas been the lack of o. good -afrher f1
PACK up sweeney. who has been working
every Eame. No man can stand 10 20
thfpugu season 40 fnla pace - the
.nh of rccei Wing a. ono ~ the most fre.
Us on a club. Then. there is the great
danRer % n catcher being nHrf n
rNeeney had been iaid M 2 would have
N-~h nAIlN o. Tor someone 90 afrn f~fo