The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-09
CHANCE FIGURES ATHLETICS
WILL HAVE SOME HARD GOING

~lth god pitching should surely onset
iunsid weakness.-
f0r these various reasons. the Atnis-
llea ara sure % find the shedding much
tougher than last year. Connie Ma
This season - val nIa this fsst faT
competent pitehinE talent has bssn g.
h"fea - rtA clubs. The Rankin I0hr-
sons. Novsleskies and Ayresss A.. not
soing o. Be- Doundsd for double nEure
counts D. am BODY. PlAnz and H~nd.r
cannot 80 on , ear after year bearing tns
bltehlns burdens o. the Athlsucs. lhsy
campaign a. assistance j. not forthcoto-
ing Bender has t~tcs broken in front
~ my veal hitting club. he appears TO
me % tire ga in his last game ana 4ltn
his weakening he lost control ne rad
been sent back A. Us with only two day.
rest 40 longer evidently. can tne
great Indian stand up under the strain
of "a rough usage
OF cours" Connie Mack = not xoinx
% % eliminated from the fight. lie vlI
Dc there rsht o. the end. lie has too
pushed into the discaro before Octob.r.
Lut naturally all Of the seven other
teams viii center their heaviest nr.
AGAINST the habitgsl champion and THIS
VIII make hIz road a harder one H.
looks more and more a. ~ the race ~
going % find four or five clubs IN 20
In the ultimate result
n Disastrous Slump.
For the work q my own team on ~.
recent long stay 81 home. 4 can say ut-
Z Tie complimentary. though I do not In
tend Co offer excuses. The record Of -
Victories ia nineteen games played tells
Its own story. II Was simply the old
story % a disastrous slump which 1
looked IN vain TO end with each succeed
Ing day 4 have hopes that a change to
The road may be 81 some benefit. My
Sub has done rs best y-ork away from
home ~ / had even one or two con-
. sisfeut hittsrs. there would have beaD
a far different story to tell. My pitch
ing has been as good a. any and the
ball a. any rival. We have scored a.
many runs for our m"agre hits as could
b" expected. But the team az a whole
ayeraEe normal big league lass IL
takes hitting 20 fortify the other often
siNe procltvtties. such a. base running
and Inside strategy.
The pr,tracted slump OF the Yankees
has hauled them down dangerously
close TO the bottom OF tho pit am
not goinE 90 try 20 hid myself or the
trlstnE general public into false hopes.
Why the hitting OF my team b. not bet
ter ] cannot for the life Of me under
stand There must be Improvement In
this line before there Is any improve
ment In the general direction Of winning
efficiency. The long lookcd-for hitting
streak. i hope may develop. and u it
does my team viii climb M into the
race again. Everyone OF my PLAYERS Is
doing his level best In the face Of ad-
NflHlANH II Is mighty naTQ Tor n Young
team TO suffer the sling and arrows OF
misfortune. and surely We have han
more than our share OF tough breaks.
My club f. IN no wise demOraHzed hut
the farther this provoking slump ear
rie7 10. the harder a. will be to get
~straishtened out In the right direction.
The loss 81 I'd. Sweeney was a big
handicap. too. for he had been hitting
we'll and running the bases IKE n
champion. Becsuso 81 his greater Ia
m~iliarity with my pitchers. he brought
out their highest degree OF skill In
this respect, Nunamaker. who - a very
me receiver, has been somewhat handi-
capped. Dick Gossetts ankle stiu both
ers him and he has not been able 10 do
nish the long expected succor. EXPECT
before the end OF the week that he VIII
be nj for regular service.
white Sox IN Hard Luck.
ChicaEo's White Sox are in my own
prcdicament. The club has been handi-
capped more by light batting than by
poor pitching. When the pitching IL
good. tho batting II light when tho
team hits. the twirlers falter. still tho
SOY have made up a lot Of ground on
~ IN the last week and we Will have 20
hustle everywhere IN the west To keep
the wolf from the door.
ClevelarS r. SIN being knocked about
and there appears faint hope OF Rfr-
mlngham's team pulling out % the ruck
Tor some time to come. II IS likely 90
md as stin opposition at home within
tho next two weeks rs II experienced on
~" first swing through the east. Ger
tainly. % will ~ my Yankees maintain
the hearty courage that has prevailed
during our recent buTcts OF fortune
'CopyriEht. 1914. by the Wheeler Syn
dicate. Incl.