Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-17

|HIcAGO. Jan. Eth" cubs
and the Giants are picked TO
fgh, it out for the pennant Of
the National League in the East as
the result Of the Federal League as,-
tation and the fact that they have
secured some ball players
The Phillies. figured mighty
strong ball club and conner at the
end OF the 1913 race. are not given a
chance This. for the reason that the
Federal agents centered their fire on
Dooin's crew and hooked Killifcr
knabe and Brennan.
The Pirates are the dark horse in
the race There viii be so many
strange faces on the Pittsburg team
this season that no one is willing 10
90 or record concerning them. Then
the experience Of the fellows who
touted the Pirates last year has moi
been forgotten the fellows VINO
made the predictions, at any rate.
The crew from the Smoky city was
picked to give the Giants battle.
And Clarke was never IN the run
ming.
with the failure Of the officials Of
the Federal League TO announce that
additional stars had been signed
Camc lull in the news of the out
laws Immediately the experts turned
their attention to the picking of the
winners in the forthcoming battles,
This is always n popular pastime in
the winter. But the Federal League
and its doings caused that popular
amusement to he forgotten Now 1t
is being revived
IT HE Eastern newspapers figure
that the Giants win have Q
strenuous fight this year And
they figure that Evers and his crew
will be the lads to make them do
the stepping. You know, in the East
the fact that the SoX whaled the Cubs
In the city series and grabbed the
championship of Chicago doesn't
count. All they remember is that the
cubs played the best bah that was on
display during the latter stages of
the National League race.
They have an idea that EXers
didn't hit his managerial stride until
the season was hals over. that he
made mistakes in the early part OF
the year that he will never make
again, and that he got his pitchers
going and began converting hits into
runs.
NOV they have an idea that the
Giants viii have their trouble
this year and that the Chicago
aggregation is the one that will fur
nish IT, Here Is merely hoping tina;
thew know whereof they speak in the
East
They figure it a three cornered
fight until the Federal League cut
into the Phillies Knlifer was rcCk-
oned as one OF the strongest CatcherS
I'm the game. knabe not only was
accounted a great bail player. but his
scrappiness was figured as a mighty
valuable asset to the Philiies. ON
top OF that Brennan was looked upon
as conner a man who would be OF
much more value 10 his team than he
was last season
r HEN they also figured that Doom
would step to the mark with
practically the same team which
fought for the pennant last season
and that the experience gained then
would make the Philes much more
formidable But since the Federals
grabbed the three stars the experts
In that offete territory fail TO see tn,
phillies. They argue that no team
is strong that has but one high class
catcher. They also hold that an in
fielder that is a satisfactory one. The
Kind you must have if YOU are &c
hgO' for a pennant, can not be de
veloped overnight
So they look to see Eyers and Nc.
Graw leading in whipping finish