Evening journal., 1914-05-07
ST. Louis MAY
Spill MORE DOPE
Brown Feds Set New League
on Fire From Crack of
the Bat
GIANTS ARE DUE
FOR SOME TROUBLE
BY HAL SHERIDAN.

NEW YORK, May If Mordecai /
Browns st. Louis Feds should hap
pen to cop the Federal League pen |
nant there would be another badly !
spilled bucket of dope to SCOOP up. |
Breezing through April the former 1
Chicago Cub pitcher carried his club !
along to the top of the heap, being |
Walloped for but one out of the first
nine games. That is hardly more
than out from under the fight shadow
OF the wire, but should the team hold
up and continue the fight through
July and August, a new line of ex-
cuses for the Browns and Cardinals
may be necessary. Should Brown
deliver, it will also be the first pen
nant ever won by ST. Louis.
Turning back the pages It will be
found that Cincinnati, Philadelphia
and st. Louis have yet to put over
a winner in the National League,
York, Cleveland. Washington and St.
Louis have never won a pennant I'm
the American League. That puts it
on st. Louis twice.
Philadelphia has won the pennant
I'm the American League five times,
Chicago, Boston and Detroit have
each copped three Chicago is the
big winner in the National League,
having grabbed Off ten flags. Boston
has eight to its credit, New York
seven, Pittsburgh four, Brooklyn
three. and in the old lineup Balti-
more three, Providence two and De-
troit one.
It has always been more or less
OF a mystery why the st. Louis teams
have usually been able to start the
season in good shape and then die
away. The Cardinals under Bresna-
han rushed away one year as though
they might chew up the entire uni
verse. Then as the weeks wore on
and the hot days arrived the Cards
curled up, shrivelled, cracked and
split wide open as they slid down
the column.
Explanations as long as the his
tory of Babylon have been made Of
this annual trip down the chutes
taken by st. Louis teams The
weather of st. Louis is held respon-
sible by some dopsters. And some
Of the St. Louis players are said to
have declared that as the thermom-
eter climbs in their home town and
the humidity humids, all pep slowly
oozes away and there is nothing left
but nine shells which perspire
through the motions of ball playing,
while the teams of northern cities
are cavorting at top speed and slath
ering the ball to all corners Of the
lot.
II Brown has collected an aggre-
cation of tropical wonders for his
St Louis Feds he may count on be-
ing among the leaders when the final
L. aaaIas arar. r.araH
human beings who do not DO their
training on the equator. there Will
lave to be a new line of dope figured
'or the Browns and Cardinals.
10 has been pretty clearly indicated
that the Giants have a man seized
Job on hand in beating out the Pitts
lurgh Pirates for the National League
lennant.
In the first place, the Pirates have
gotten into action from the start.
Heretofore they have hesitated and
suffered before striking their real
)attle stride. The Giants we're the
low starters this year and should
Fred Clarl1's men hold their gait, it
will be a long, hard chase to the
inish this year which had been a
oug-a-bOo for years. That is at first
1ase.
By acquiring Honey from st. Louis
Cardinals the Pirates solved their
ancient problem for the Big Train
stacks up with the best of them when
it comes to first basing. Wagner is
going as of old, fielding as only Wag-
ner can field, and staying the ball
as only the famous Dutchman can
slay IT,
McGraw has introduced movies TO
show the Giants mistakes they make
and improve the general playing of
the team. But there is one picture
that viii not be shown. That is a
movie" Of Frank Baker in action.
McGraw wants to win a fourth pen
nant, but with a daily reminder of
Baker and his bat there would be
no need Of expecting a driving finish.
What's the use Of winning a pennant
and then face shots of Baker and
other members of the Mack artillery
ln the Worlds Series?
Track sharps Of the East are about