Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-17
CUbSP|CKED To
BATTLE GIANTS
FOR 1914FLAC
Fedora Invasion Puts PhiIIIes Out
of Running, Declares Chi
cago Baseball Expert.
By Bill Bailey.

|HICAGO, Ian 1.-THE Cubs
and the Giants are picked TO
fight it out for the pennant Of
the National League in the East as
the result OF the Federal League agi-
tation and the fact that they have
secured some ball players
The Phlles. figured mighty
strong ball club and n conner at the
end 0f the 1913 race, are not given
chance. This, for the reason that the
Federal agents centered their fire on
Doon's crew and hooked KilIifer,
Knabe and Brennan.
The Pirates are the dark horse In
the race There will 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 not
been forsotten-by the fellows who
made the predictions, at any rate.
The crew from the Smoky City was
picked to give the Giants a 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
came iuti in the news or the out
flaws Immediately the experts turned
their attention 10 the picking OF the
winners in the forthcoming battles.
This is always a popular pastime in
the winter But the Federal League
ana its doings caused that popular
amusement to he forgotten Now II
is being revived.
THE Eastern newspapers figure
that the Giants win have
strenuous fight this year. And
} they figure that t,vers and his crew
will be the lads To make them do
the stepping You know, I'm 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 ball that was on
display during the latter stages Of
the National League race
They have an idea that EVers
didn't hit his managerial stride until
the season was half over that he
made mistakes in the early part OF
the year that he viii never make
again, and that he got his pitchers
goins and began converting hits into
runs
NOW they have an idea that the
Giants viii have their troubles
this year and that the Chicago
aggregation is the one that will fur
nish it, Here Is merely hoping that
they know whereof they speak in the
East.
They figure it three cornercd
night until the Federal League cut
into the Phillies l<ilifer was reck-
oned as one of the strongest catchers
In the game knabe not only was
accounted a great ball player but his
s1rappiness was figured as a mighty
valuab BILE asset to the Phllies ON
top OF that Brennan was looked upon
as n conner a man who would be Of
much more value 80 his team than he
Was last season.
T 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 Phillies much more
formidable But since the Fedcrals
grabbed he three stars the experts
In that Cnete territory fail TO see the
Phillies, They argue that no team
is strong that has but one high-clas IS
catcher. They also hold that an in
fielder that is "A satisfactory one. the
kind YOU must have if YOU are to
fight for a pennant, can not be de-
veloped overnight
So they look to see Evers and Nc
Graw leading IN n whipping finish.