Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-30
EASTERN SPORT WRITER
DOPES OUT SITUATION
HcGraw Expects to Wind Up at New
York Polo Grounds in Excellent
Pennant Winning Condition.
NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAMS
ARE INVADING THE WEST
Figures Of Early Spring Generally Shot
to Fuzz When Final Clashes
Come in october.
By Hal Sheridan.


New York, May 30.-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 sodden 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 sort of
form that permits the dopesters to use
up yards of paper in figuring, and then
find in October that their figures were
worth Just about as much as the paper
they seribbled on.
Insofar as Natione- .,sSue matters
are concerned, Manager McGraw ex-
rects to return to the Polo grounds in
June looking much better, pennantly
Speaking, than he did when he started
his western trip. When McGraw hit
Pittsburg, the Pirates had won Is
games and lost 4, which indicates con-
siderable ball playing.
Clark Is crew, however, had been toss
ling with the late lamented Chicago
Cubs. st. Louis and Cincinnati Nc
Graw had had the serapping Phillies,
Wilburt Robinson S Brooklyn leaguers
and Boston to argue with Now the
tables have been switched. If they
keep the bit in their tooth and con-
tinue 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 AIathcwson, Tesrau,
Marquard and Demaree, the "Big
Four" tuned for this western tour,
and expects to deliver. He figures on
the Pirates getting on the receiving
end of several hard, solid wallops be-
fore thoy are through with the eastern
bunch. 1t is, so far as any one is able
to figure out, largely u matter of
Clark's pitchers continuing to come
through. McQuillen, the comeback
has borne the brunt of the pastime OF
standing opposing batsmen on thcil
heads so far Lurking in the back
ground, Clark has Bob Harmon, too
who has shown but little during the
early period. When thessun begins tC
boil down, however, and Harmon loos
ems up, he should be . Dig ieip.
0armon has been guilty of pitching
some rafting games, and with the sup
port the Pirates assure boxman, t.
say nothing of some effective sticking
on the side, the ex-Cardinals may yef
come along with Mowry and Koney
and live down the fact that he played
in st. Louis.
Tigers Don't Worry Much.
\ With Detroit sti1l seriing the pac,
for the American league, this switch il
the line of battle occurred, Jenning
also faced a stiffer fight to keep t,
the fore. Instead of the st. Loui
Browns, White Sox and Clevelan,
Maps, the Tigers have had nothing t.
worry about except the wild and un
tanned Yanks, and Frank Chance. Wal
ter Johnson, Bochling, the BostoI
Braves and team in Philadelphi
known as the Athletics.
Winning Condition.