El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29
Bic LEAGUES END FIRST LAP
Of RACES FOR THE REMNANTS
Teams Are All Back in Their Own Ends of Circuits With
out Having Demonstrated that East Is Better
than West or Vice y ersa; Cardinals Show
Consistency; Gu rs Are Erratic

TEW YORK. May 29.-When

FEW YORK, May 29.-When Fri
M days games were finished the
- first lap OF the two big league
pennant races ended. In each league
every club had met every other club in
at least one complete series, barring
or course, cases where rain cut out
games here and there. The teams are
an back IN their own end Of the two
circuits now for a brief few days OF
battling under that scheme. The sec
QnQ bhLch Of lnterSectiOnal games viii
begin on June 4 when all the AmeFi-
can league clubs will be in the east
and all the Nationals I'm the west just
the reverse Of the order that prevailed
from May TO Friday.
These baseball followers who had
been specializing as 10 possible super
iority Of east over west OF west over
east in one or both OF the leagues look
rather silly. now that the first gen
eral clash is over. There is no vast
superiority at either end in either
league, or at least IL has not been
demonstrated as yet, The grade Of play
offered by the teams OF the two sec
tons has averaged up pretty close TO
the same standard. Present indica-
lions are that, when the two races are
over. each league viii have two vest
ern and two eastern clubs In its first
division and the same arrangement in
the second division.
Chicago and 81. Louis made the most
profound impression on fasteners OF
the western clubs Of the National
league during the recent battling, Dia-
merricaly opposite characteristics
were shown by these teams The gen
eral idea given b. the Cardinals was
one of consistency, by the Cubs one OF
Inconsistency The formers ups and
downs seemed 10 depend largely on the
grade Of play offered by the opposi-
zion and the ITgrar'e LAMENTATIONS
by the party Of the figst part
Cubs Are Extremists
Roger Bresnahan seems TO have en-
larged on the brute force and power
of the team that Hank O'Day misman-
aged last year. He has the whole
crowd breaking loose spasmOdicaliy
with flashes Of work that nobody could
surpass- One day IL is unbeatable
fielding that lands the Cubs on top.
Another day 10 is terrific batting
streak coupled with Wild running OF
bases that puts the opposition 10 rout-
interpreted are the afternoons when
the pitchers can't pitch, the fielders
can't field and the batters can't bat.
The Cubs are a team OF extremes TO
be sure. not only inconsistent as
whole aut in component parts
Which he is good he is very. very
good and when he is bad he's an aw-
full boob could be said of nearly
every man on the Chicago team II
applies first OF all TO four-fifths OF
the pitching staff including Jimmy La
vender. Jim Vaughn, Larry Cheney,
Bert HUMPHREYS. George label and
George Pierce Bresnahan himself is
a fearful fluctuatOr as a catcher. be-
Ing a star one day and poor the next,
and Jimmy Archer also sees times
when he is far from a star backstop-
Shortstop Bob Fisher who used TO be
with Brooklyn, also has habit OF
speeding along at a fine clip and then
suddenly developing a spell Of throw
ing the ball away and striking out
Zimmermnu Is Ineoutrolable-
Heine Zimmerman Is such horrible