The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-01
tsy rr.ai L cnAnes. Manager Of IN.

az .Ast ana u I0oks a. n it III
shtsn cut lev American league
tanSi-d ~ q e eSs eS sas iS i,ss S es
20. wood back In line. and should -
s'fne Tor even body from now on
Until ths nnish. Hank I'D E.Hd.r of
ths Athletics should hit ths hiEh spec.
hs pissailinE weather oonrits.-.-
htus batter and Cleveland has grin.g~l
~ , ,s. IN iis Play IN my opinion.
continue indefinitely the thriiling struF-
that has charae termed the American
1 have nos seen ali Of the rival clubs
~ - i"n ana am convinced that my club
1 nola sFeatly Improve laHt season
division berth. Any team that fnlspss
within the hrst four this year viii come
N me hant 70 the ' vsfy is., u Will De
must confess that I have been sumo
club against tho western teams We did
not 90 nearly 10 well ga the inter.e--
uonal strusgles a. Ne had done earlier
The whole trouble with New Yor. -.
LACK OF hitting. uefensiNely. no club IN
the LEAGUE has played better ball thsn
better pitching than sun. no pitch
ing can Win without the aid u runs. and
our ATTACK has been thrown completely
OPT oi gear ~ the dearth ~ a few weii
a peep az the dop. will satisfy any
body that tho YANKEES have made the
very most u their scoring opportuni-
last two weeks 10 'I Rv.1aSiSr S'v run 20 20
been able 20 deliver more than hafr ~
derstand Roy Iiartsei - the on " man I,
average bsttins i form Wash. Vw,iiiahmi-s
ana Holden. who have no weaknesses In
styts alscernlhle g. the naked eye. are
normal
IL Some Puz1l..
i never figured that 7 had a hard
httiug team, but did figure that had
collection OF average hatters and /
sim think su. When IA. disastrous
do know mat II my pit@hsrs Keen nv
their couraE" iu the face 81 the roof
on rIuraEcmeut ~ our attack a. SOON
a. my club strikes its average normal
gait Tot Of teams that have been iust
hoslhh 20 oni lately are going Co take
Cifions. ' "N
Last year didn't have g. pitcher y,I,,
was nght untl the season was almost
uN.t non We couldn't win a Eam,
WIN half dozen runs. THIS year {
hay. thc best pitching starr In ms
league. hut the support cannot furut.b
any decent working margin OF runs Mv
pr"f"nt aggregation should hit every bit
a. Wen t7 90. sorry collection OF 1913.
plnnhttou g. absolutely beyond tna
powers of rms dtNtngfton.
have ''uSui'd myself sumsWh hat with
u.' comforting realization that the hit
ting cannot possibly r,t ary vnrs, ma
the pitching is not lik,IE tD dafrrfDrafa
IN TACT ] have h-d uIury good Ttt,H.r.f
than ! hr,s known vnrt to do v,ttb ..,
Tar. They viii com. in mighty handy
from nov on. for the season OF double
headers is In our midst 7 dreaded 10
Inst year; ] WELDON. q now. several
OF N" teams which IsEc kent we'll ts-
Nari me 'front.' so far with only a few
carchalaCk twirlcrs are bound to feel
the Iiuch when the long list Of post
b"n'm'nis h. being rdiudEcd
bstroits slump. in my opinion. H. di-
fFf ia
liugh Jennings chances of a winning
ilght depend directly ON the seriousness
some ball player. I call that fellow
Single handed. ne won ELL three games
from Us IN New York. am told that
ne - suffering from n fractured rib and
thht he may be out 81 the game for
some weeks. That is too bad. pefrui.
viii miss him much more than Wash
lngton W"ulo miss Walter Johnson or
tnan Boston has suffered from the M
ness az smoky joe wood The bat 90
year would have us out In front hy
hcalthN margin. In our first thirty
hit would not have redeemed.
St Louis Is some Team.
FROM what ] saw cot 90, two teams lu
New York. ] would mo- consider Detroit.
Louis. 90 indeed us good. have u.ya-
s"cn greater imIroNt mUut lu any clue
than has been made with the Browns iu
one year. w arcs and Lrary complete 90
dandy tnficld. The three oufftotdrrs are
puwWclitnE tho ball. Eishsy has there
fore every ingredient for a choice CON
Cocti'n. Tie is strong extensively and
drfcusivcly he has one OF tho fin.a'
pitching departments tn The league good
CatCh'r~. aud am unusual Dot Hf speed fu
back ur oll th" other virtues In PITCH
ing OF l'7s t-ou. ni ID, cardinal uttrih.
ute So. Louis lays g. over Detroit The
browns nave gone quite far enough 20
prove them dangerous factors.
In the meantime TIE Athletics have
displaced Washington MS uarauakers
rs I'D UmF Goo H#.H H4N Ia
hold ife end Iu any company whether 70
has good or hoi pitching Do is quito
reasonable to assume thnf "COuufa'a''
battery strength VIII improve. Plank
and Bender have been saved up for hot
wcath"r In their few starts go fer
fhoy have shown fh7t they may be- tr-
pended upon whenever Mack turns th,tn
loose. Bender never looked better than
b.. did against ue. W" rot r. Dot or runs
~ work I4' nnd ell Iis uId time cgu-
Ming s''n control Il. couldn't put Oh"
o. Joe Wood pitched n fu'I game Tor
Ios'"n the other day 'nd came through
o. victory ln "a very tight and exciting
tusfl'. Cleveland got four runs orf tho
speed marvel. but you must r.meuiNr
that DO was Wsnd'a first game Of the
var Naturally. hc would take mo- Iu-
poet that Do VIII Improve with hie nrvt
trials Tho Boston club ia hitting much
bg,,r- 'hag a. dia in ,nrlv srriHE. and.
tinur nu tho upward trend
HAS same trouble.
some ~ 'rs isst pitching w. have look
81 a' .n fgr callahan club Is riTcr-
~ .l.m nc sf. ut.adL a7 mine
fFIrE. frIf .rr" Wr .F II. v.frv ~
como i1.e - 900 II. r'.rs ir short
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