Evening journal., 1914-05-21
WHEN west HITS
EAST, BE CAREFUL
InterSectiOnal Baseball Clash
eS Expected to Bring
Some Surprises
DETROIT SETS PACE
IN THE AMERICAN
BY HAL SHERIDAN.
Written for the united Press

NEW YORK, May 2t.-By the time
we are ankle, knee or waist deep in
June there may be several things
which have gone unanswered in May
that may be beginning to show signs
Of solution. The National League
teams are more or less up to their
necks in their first Western invasion.
while the American League forces of
the West are trailing over the sod
den fields Of the East
Up to and including this point West
has met West and East East. but
when the inter-sectional clashes
scamper along real size up Of the
situation begins TO shape itself into
a sort of form that permits the dope
sters to use up yards of paper in
figuring, and then find In October
that their figures were worth inst
about as much as the paper they
scribbled on.
In so far as National League mat
ters are concerned, Manager McGrnw
/ expects to return to the Polo Grounds
IN June looking much better, pen
nantly speaking, than he did when
ne started his Western trip When
McGraw hit Pittsburgh the Pirates
had won Is games and lost 4, which
indicates considerable ball playing.
Clarks crew, however, had been
tossling with the late lamented Chi
cago Cubs, st. Louis and Cincinnati.
McGraw had had the scrapping Phil
lies, Wilburt Robinson's Brooklyn
Dodgers and Boston to argue with.
Now the tables have been switched.
II they keep the bit in their teeth
and continue their dash over the
PROSTATE forms of the Eastern teams
during this session as they did over
the Western half of the circuit. it
will be a long hard chase before
they are caught.
McGraw has Mathewson, Tesreau,
Marguard and Demaree. the big
Four" tuned for this Western tour
and expects to deliver. He figures
on the Pirates getting on the receiv-
ing end of several hard, solid wallops
before they are through with the
Eastern bunch. 1t is, so far as anv-
one is able to figure out, largely !
matter Of Clark's pitchers continuing
to come through McQuilIon. the
comeback, has borne the brunt of the
pastime of standing opposing bats
men on their heads so far. Lurking
in the background Clark has Bob
Harmon. too, who has shown but
little during the early period. When
the sun begins to boil down, however. I
and Harmon loosens up he should
be big help.
Harmon has been guilty of pitching
some rattling games and with the /
support the Pirates assure a boxman
to say nothing of some effective
sticking on the side, the ex-Cardinals !
may yet come along with Mowry and
Honey and live down the fact that
he played in st. Louis.
With Detroit still setting the mace
for the American League as this
switch in the line of battle occurred
Jennings also faced a SITTER fight To
Keep to the fore. Instead of the ST /
Louis Browns, White Sox and Cleye- /
land Maps. the Tigers have had moth |
ing 70 worry about except the wild /
ana untamed Yanks or Frank Chance. |
water Johnson, Boehling, the Bos-
0on braves and team in Philadel- |
Dnla known as the Athletics.
ihats all they have had to fear
curing their first Eastern trip in the |
tussle to keep in the lead. If Walter
Johnson doesn't kill some Of the bat-
ters maybe the Mackians artillery |
VIII also spare fielder or two ana |
Jennings will get back to Detroit and I
me west IN the same spot with the |
other teams holding the balance in |
the percentage column.
When Connie Mack decided to Land
marines, however, occupy first nlaca |
and declare martial law it will take |
sniping from the entire league to dis |
lodge him. II Jennings is able 10 |
lump IN and cop the customs house |
during the firing, then il NAV NJ |
another story, but that is on ahead 1
and why swim a river when the |
troops will soon be along with pom |
toon bridges
these Feds are the slugginest |
sluggers in captivity. Organized hase- l
pan magnates say il looks like thew |
nave great batting only because tbe |
Dllcntng is SO nOnr h,,t ,,,l,a4.. /