Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-11
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CLUBS EQUAbIzED
BY COLLINS deal
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New York NJ eeting


The recent baseball gathering in New
York. which included the ofTicfsl meet.
inRs OF the National League, the Natlona,
Commission and the unofficial concoursa
Of nearly every diamond mogul OF prom.
inence in the country, marked the initial
step of a temporary adjustment. Not
until the sale of the New York Amer,.
cans has been consummated and the
much talked of Athletics Yankee deal set
tied for the season of 1915 will orRanizeS
baseball begin to run smoothly again IN
its regular channel
While neither the National League nor
the National Commission meeting was
In itself productive of highly important
matters, there were several upheavals In
the baseball armament which will have
an important bearing on the future Of
baseball In the first place. the sale of
Eddie Collins by Connie Mack TO the
Chicago American League club will cause
an equalization of strength in the Junior
organization which could not have been
by the trade or sale of any other three
players.
with the exception of the remarkable
strength of the Athletics during the past
two campaigns, the American League
clubs have been, as far as the first div.
sion teams we're concerned, almost on
par in all-around efficiency. The great
pitching staff of the White Sox last sea-
son was not enough to make Comiskey's
clan contender, but with Eddie Collins
In the lineup the story of 1915 Is destined
to be different. Collins will win many
games for the White Sox by his timely
hitting, where last year the game was
lost because of the failure of the White
Sox team to put over the lone run needed
to win Time and again Benz, Russell.
Cicotte, Faber and Scott allowed their
opponents a ridiculously small number *
hits, but were beaten out by 1 to or
2 to /. Collins presence in the batting or
der will Just make the difference between
losing games of this type and winning
them.
On the other hand, the large number
OF games in which the tide of defeat was
swung to victory by Collins batting on
the Athletics team will cause a CORES
spending shortage in Connie Macka
won column. Furthermore, Eddie
Plank and Chief Bender did enough re-
lief work last year. winning games by
their mastery pitching, to make their abb
sence felt far more keenly than the av-
erage fan will believe. Time and again
a youngster received credit for gama
which one of these veterans virtually
won. These little facts were overlooked
nine times out of ten by the spectators,
but next season, when the sterling chief
tain and clever left-haIider are absent
and the bat OF Eddie Collins is swinging
fob the Chicago club, the combined
sttength of that powerful trio win be
seen clearly.
Not only will the absence of Bender
and Plank make difference In the
American League this year. but the fact
that Walter Johnson. the terror of the
YOUNGSTERS, will be seen no more driving
n
force, will reduce the general effective
ness OF the pitching In the American
League many per cent This will mean
that batters will have better averages
than formerly; that youngsters will make
good who wore completely discouraged at
their Inability to cope with these wizards
OF the mound, and that finally there viii
not be any one team which viii be feared
os the Athletics have been in the past ana
as the Washington club was feared when
the mighty Walter was scheduled to
pitch.
one OF the remarkable features OF the
New York gathering was that in spite Of
the fact that II was supposed to be
meeting of the National League. the
oomgs OF the parent body were com
pletely overshadowed by the American
Leagues affairs, 1t is true that num-
Der OF deals were spoken OF before the
magnates began to scatter after the close
OF the meeting yesterday. at the same
time there was really very little done by
the moguls at their annual session. or AZ
least there was little given out after the
executive session had ended.
Carroll Brown, who was with the Ath-
letics for three years. but who was sold
10 the New York Yankees last summer, Is
in Philadelphia Brownie" has bought
a handsome home in Wilkes-Barre, where
he will reside in the future.
Next week Eddie Collins will accom-
pRny Jack Dunn to North Carolina on
quail-hunting expedition The following
week Mr.. and Mrs. Collins will go 70 the
Adirondaeks with party OF friends 70
take part in the winter sports.