Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-23
SNAPPY BATTLES
IN BIG LEAGUES
now INDICATED
Pirates, Giants and Reds
Look Good in National,
While Tigers Lead the
Way in American.

New York, May 2s.-with the excep-
ton of one or two weak members In
each organization, the National, the
American and the Federal league teams
are all putting UP snappy battles in
the hard grind for pennant honors.
In the National league Sir John Mo
Graw and his hard-to-b beat Giants seem
to have caught the step. which has
aroused considerable uneasiness in the
breasts of the other National leaguers,
particularly by the Pirates. The Giants
may not be able to break any windows
with their hitting. but their strong
pitching corps and the array of star
base stealers are reckoned on to keep
the team up there or near by.
Outside of the Pirates and the Giants,
Charley Herzog's Cincinnati Reds look
to be as strong as any outfit in the
old league. Whether Charley can keep
his hired men going at top speed re-
mains to be seen. If he can, the Reds
may prove to be the crew labeled to
scuttle the good ships Great White
Way and Smoky Stogie.
From the high hopes of success in
the pennant scramble we fail, and,
'zam," we land in the dark and dreary
place inhabited by the Boston Braves
Several reasons are advanced for the
poor showing of the Braves. Some of
the Hub fans declare that the pre-
season dope was so flattering that
even the Braves themselves thought
they could make any team in the big
show run out of the yard. Others claim
that the Braves possess a world Of
high class talent, but are short on good
ball players. From which 1t would ap-
pear that the Stallings troupe has been
travelling on its reputation and has be-
come careless in the matter of win
ming games. However this may be,
Manager George is still on the Job and
may yet SHOW" Hub fandom.
In the American.
The American league pennant con-
test is similar to the race in the Ma
tional inasmuch as the Athletics, like
the Giants, got away to poor start,
but are now coming along like scared
"dinge" passing a cemetery. Foxy
Connie Mack has the old Philadelphia
machine running smoothly and 1t be-
gins to look as though the team that
cops the bunting will have to trim
the worlds champions before they land
the prize.
Frank Chances Yankees have been
doing nice work. The Washin gton
Senators will bear watching at al
times and the Red Sox are no mean
team But Hugh Jennings and his
Tigers are generally picked as the team
most likely to overthrow the Mackmen
Hughes boys got away to swell
start and have kept up their brilliant
work. Barring accidents they should
give the Athletics a real run for the
oh al nf f.
ters as classy as ever lifted bat, a
well-balanced twirling crew and sew
eral youngsters who are displaying bis
league stuff, the Tigers appear to BIZ
we'll prepared for a hard campaign
Then there is II. Jennings (himself)
who appears at every performance
When 1t comes to putting ginger into 9
ball game the red-top Detroit manager
is the class. The Tigers may crack be-
fore the close of the season, and the
same may be said of the Athletics, bu
present indications point to these tive
birds as being the ones destined Il
furnish the thrillers.
The White Sox, Browns and Napi
seem to be outclassed In the fast PACE
set by the Tigers and the Athletics
The White Sox and the Browns showed
a little something at the gateway ant
then curled up. The Maps have no
been able to cut in and show any rea
pastiming since 1913. Even by setting
all the clocks forward full hour
Cleveland hasn't been able to catch up
The Federal league teams are fur
nishing hot battle all along the line
The distance between the first and las
team In the Feds standing has beef
. considerably less than the correspond
~ ing positions in either the National o.
American league.
Otto Knabe's Baltimore Terrapin
are making the other Fed teams sit vi
and behave. Otto Is plotting q team