The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-31
Baum's Great Organization Soon
70 start Long Battle for
Championship Honors.


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will be the first Of the big fellows on
the mainland TO open the baseball sea
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luesusy aiso'noon, ..-
Portland oPenlng at Sacraihehto, NehiYe
opening at San Francisco and Oakland
openino AZ Los Angeles.
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on - 'o.-.s h"ee "e
the Onieago Wnite Sox Teams, regulars
and recruits, and in most instances have
PLAYED great bali against Comiskey's
han.s ~. ~. .,,.an I.esga. nan.
noPt 80 = 80 y
Snr;no tr.,n;,,,, c.mas ara mora or
less Of 4 Joke. tSoueh as far as deter.
mining the strength Of the different
teams Is concerned. 1t viii be recalled
that at the start Of the 1913 season
Oakland looked the best bet in the
league. Naturally, because they had
won the pennant and had lost but few
of the men that had turned the trick.
For the first two months of the sea;
son the Los Angeles team, which had
been generally overlooked by the wise
ones, looked as an almost certain pen.
nant contender, as IL acquired a lead
which appeared to be practically un,
assailable.
Portland which finished fourth the
year before, and whom most Of the
critics overlooked, didn Z get TO going
until July, but then came with a rush
and had a walkoyer to the finish.
Los Angeles appears to have been
strengthened by the men Washington
turned over to IL, and Venice is an I'M.
certain quantity. Hogan appears to
have more dependable pitchers than
formerly, which has generally been one
Of his vulnerable points, but he will
miss Elmer Koestner, the "iron man
Of the league. :
solons Look Good.
Sacrsmanta jooL. lika IN. lag;t,mate
contender fcr M bonors Win PorlIsnd
lth;s sessan 1n,oS;aaS tha. worth, 80.
eassov ~ Mi t{anwo,thv az saconJ tss.
ean ~ ,roenrad M Eorra.s saer,s ~
he making ~ood AZ present hui Poyt.
.lland f.ns ,amomher wbaS w,s arnecta ~
Of Flash = Fitzgerald and Bill Gun
ningham last year, and how they botl
fell down so miserably.
i Persons who have seen the Oakland
club IN action predict they will prov,
a surprise. Middleton and Murphy boil
4 appear TO. be good men, and IL Is, likel,
tnat Deviin VIII Pe able TO get some q
the Boston Natiopais castoffs later on
nj be needs them. Deylin is a hghtel
himself, a qualify che Oaks lacked las
year, and can De depended on to ginge
up the entire crew, or Know the reasoi
why. 6.l
San Francisco has shown stronge
than expected in the games played y
far, but those remembering the veal
team the Seals had last year at tn
start Of the season, and remember how
with the addition Of jimmy Johnsto
, and few othes vets, they became
: real ball club.
The Seals look better right now tina
. they did one year ago. Howard ha
' surrounded himself with good man
: veterans who know the game, and
: the team can show the necessar
amount OF speed and batting strengt
I y viii be contender. .s.#f,
VIII MISS Johnston. N
But Jimmy Johnston will be sadl
(, missed. There isn't a man in the lin
Il up who Is his equal as a player, an
by many experts he was described |
half the team. W. H.. =. sr.
i. The Portland players have not bee
a. working out long enough to get mu'
!. Of a line on the new men as yet. The
consist principally OF battery men, b
"a weak spots of the club, as far as qua
n. tity Is concerned.
n Doubtless few of the numero
N squad of recruit pitchers will NAL
good. How many, not even McCred
can determine as yet. The same a
10 plies to the eatehers. ~
a. With three veteran slabsters who &
,e win over half their games, and VIII
should prove the most formidable h
ting club ever gathered together In I
n circuit, the young pitchers can take
4 the burden, II necessary, and find tn
X wont have to pitch shutout games
X order to win,
\ l. hhS lamp snap IuuBAhcnL VI !