El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-11
PhiLLiies Drop; Dodgers and
Yankees Are Sailing Upward
Other Teams in National and American Leagues Appear
Likely to Go Through Season With About the Same
Standing as Last Year; How Far Will TObog-
gamers Slide? Is Question For the Fans
b. MONTY.

wrecEing the capable infield that Birming-
ham had built up. with Chapman as tLle
most important cog since Lajoie slowed up
at second and Turner at third. DOC S SIiar
son being only fair man at first ana O i53
the subiufielder, being Of mediocre aDllilS.
Thus the Maps are hit in the same Spots i,s
the Phillies-the pitching staff and the IN
field We pick them to drop from l1ili u
to sixth
shifting attention to the Brooklyns: We
find the heaviest hitting club in the NatloIat
league away down in sixth place in the lyl9
race tremendous changes nave come oEs.
II, though, since the close Of that disastrous
campaign. Tt is strengthened at shortslop
by DICK Egan from Cincinnati snort Wa
the only weak spot in the DOdger in1ield
last yeas and many a game was tossed away
by poor work on the part OF Flsher anu
Egan, now playing first rate game, sub
sututes strength for weakness and as a re.
suit, the Brooklyn infield is one of tie best
in the league with Daubert, Cutshaw ana
Smith at the other. Riggert and Dalton nave
strengthened by the addition Of Elmer
Brown and Raleigh Aitchison and Nap Ruck-
er Is trying again, therefore belng IlguIsu
due for one of the best Of his many sensa-
tional years But the biggest factor Of all
IS the spirit and method instil-ea by the
new manager. Wilbert Robinson, who has
been proved an efficient field general by ms
work as AIcCsraw's assistant with the Giants.
The Dodgers, with so many changes IN
their ranks have q wide range OF possibilities
as looked at now. They may not get any
as high as second or third. To play safe,
we guess fourth. which places the team IN
the first division for the first time since
1902.
Range Of Yankees Wider.
The range OF the Yankees in the American
league race is even wider It viii be re-
called that, although Frank Chance, after
half a season of building. had his men play
ing at 500 clip in the last two months Of
the 1913 race they landed only seventh,
barely one game out Of last place. But the
team that finished the season was an al
most entirely different one from the team
that began it. And Chance has made even
more changes IN midwinter and during the
spring training. AS his outfieId now shapes
up, he presented stars in three infield posi-
tons-Harry Williams at first, Roger Peck
inPaugh at short and Fritz Maizel at third.
Judging from the play of these men in the
anteseason exhibition games, they rank as
high, for the three positions taken together.
as the equivalent trio on any other team in
the league with the exception of the Ath-
letics. Jimmy Walsh, the former Mackrnan,
looms up as almost second Iris Speaker
in the Outfield- The rest Of the positions
are filled by fairly reliable men. The ire
mendous Improvement in Ed Sweeney be-
hind the bast result Of the Chance style
of discipline for mOnkeying with the Fed
erals iEsures the Peerless Leader much bet
ter work in that department than a New