The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-14
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
STARTS RACE TODAY

Minneapolis, April 1&.-The Ameri-
can association teams will get away
from the barrier in the 1914 ace Tues
Minneapolis at Kansas City, Columbus
at, Louisville. st. Paul at Milwaukee
Cleveland at Indianapolis.
In Minneapolis, the Canti11ons have
decided to stand pat IN their 1913 team.
To the writer. it looks as though the
local club owners must make some
changes before the season Is very old
Maybe, the vets" will come through
and grab off another pennant and then
again maybe they won't The general
run of dope eXpounded at this time OF
the season generally gets a stiff kick
In the neck along about July 4. '.t.,se
" Third Base I'm Good Hands.
The Mil1ers will begin this season
with third base better fortified thar it
was during the greater part of 1913,
minneapolis lost many games last year
through the poor work Of Killefer at
third. Mind you, this is nc knock for
killefet, as he did the best. he could,
but he Is not an infelder. The sorrel-
topped one Is q. corking good outfeld-
err. and that Is where he belongs. When
the Cant1llons secured. Lee Tannehill
from Kansas City during the latter
ten-strike. While Tannehir is rather
weak at the. bat, his great defensive
playing makes him invaluable.
Hurlcrs Slunped I'm 1918.
The Minneapolis pitchers fell down
Woetully last year, not one perform
Ing consistently. There was also q
slump in hitting. Despite the fact thai
They had a bad season compared to the
three previous years, the Millers were
in the running throughout and were
without striking distance Of the pen
nant until the last few days of the
fo no I'M 1n~ al 49, ~
Minneapolis veterans are likely to do
They may get going and romp nome
with the gonfalon, or they may finish
in the second division, providing the
team is kept intact during the entire
season. ...- .,...
The Cantillons have always shown
a propensity for getting players wher
needed. They have never been accused
Of permitting money to stand in the
way Of securing available men. If the
Millers show signs of slipping this sea-
son., the club owners a be depended
upon to. secure men to, replace those
who fall down.
Brewers Weakened.
The champion Brewers have been
weakened considerably by the loss Of
B%lackburne. and Second Baseman Lew.
is. But Manager Clark has jap Bar
beau to look after the short field and
his a a hole left by Blackburne
will be filled satisfactorily.
louisville is expected to, be a for
midable contender for the pennant. In
fact, the preseason dope by baseball
writer's and players favors the Colonels
to win.
The st. Paul team Ia stronger than
in 1918 and with Bill Friel and Mike
Kelley in charge the Saints should
make a great fight. &'=E
Bill Armour has a formidable ag-
gregation at Kansas City. his pitching
G$cF ~ hos~a~ 11eo1iol t1y " GfxnYa o. yrit1 1NA
Morgan, Lew Ritchie, Frank LANCE
Mac Allison and Tex Covington. Ha
also has a dandy outfield in John Titus
Chick Mattick and Pete Compton. Tn
sinfield looks fine on PAPER armour ex-
poets his team to finish one-two-three.
Columbus Has Veterans.
The Columbus team, always a fight
ing aggregation, can be expected to
make a determined bid Tor the PEN
nant. With the exception Of the third
station. where Bill Perring has been
bus club Is composed OF veterans.
with Jack Hendricks at the helm,
la assured an aggressive
ball club. Hendricks established
great record for winning pennants with
a smart manager. full of fight and
the happy faculty OF impaYt-
Ing his knowledge and battling instinct
to his players. He has a good looking
lu toFN Kill. va
trouble for the other teams.
Jimmie Sheckard's Cleveland team
has been going like a prairie fire In
exhibition games this spring, but what
they will do when opposed to A. "A.
class ball is problematical. Charles
fSomers. owner OF both Cleveland clubs,
does not interfere with him, Sheckard.s
club is sure to be up there II fight
Ing all the time.
Sizing upfthe situation from all sides,
the 1914 association race should be a
corker but no mortal man can tell at
this distance with any degree of cer-
tainty which team will bring home the
championship.