El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-08
EA5TEREANDWESTERN BASEBALL
TEAMS WILL CLASH NEXT WEEK
Question Of Whether Eastern Western Teams Are the
Stronger Will Then Be Decided; ALI American League
Teams Will Be Playing in West and ALI National
League Clubs VIII Be Engaged in the East.
BY MONTY.

JEW YORK, Nay S.-Before an
M other week shall have passed by,
We will have a more or less &C
curate line on how the east compares
with the west in the two big lea cues
this year. The clubs just now are com
pleting the first portion of their sched-
ules, IN which they clash with teams
IN their own half Of the circuit, ana
tne second part, which brings forth
me lhiilaI intersectional clashes of the
year. lies Just ahead
The opening battles between east
ana west viii be fought Sunday when
washington invades Detroit and Phil
adelphia visits Cleveland for sunday
games that should draw out big at-
tendance IN both these American league
towns Immediately after those
games the Senators and Athletics will
enlrain again for the extreme western
ENDS Of the circuit the former to play
IN chicago and the latter in st. Louis
on tuesday. The Boston and New
York clubs after their game here on
Monday, viii steer westward. the Red
SoN 10 open in Detroit and the Yankees
IN Cleveland the next day. Thus the
Iull set OF intersectional clashes viii
De under way on Tuesday with this
alEdng ement: Washington in Chicago,
BhAadelphla in St Louis. New York in
Cleveland and Boston in, Detroit.
mis- year the National league has
no preliminary slzirmishes between
such sections such as those two in the
American. The fntersectionaI conflicts
IN the older organization viii begin in
a bunch on Tuesday with St. Louis in
Boston, Chicago in Brooklyn, Cincin-
natl IN New York and Pittsburg in
can leagues action is provided entirely
IN the west all the National league
teams viii be playing in the east.
Regarding the Reds.
Inere are many persons in the east
who regard the good showing OF the
Reds TO date as more or less OF a
luke They can't see the Reds at all
They have been used to regarding Gin
cinnati as a tail ender and keep on
regarding II as SUCH not realizing the
difference between this Cincinnati
team and ones that have gone before
The squirt 10 date, which has had the
Reds in second place about four-fifths
OF the time since the season began. is
Just one Of those early season flashes
that mean nothing, according to the
Idea Of these old line critics.
Dissecting the Reds into the several
phases Of their play. We are able to
point out a number Of things in their
favor, If the judgment of such capable
eye witnesses as Jack Ryder and Bob
NeWhal is TO be respected Ryder de-
clares, first Of all, that little Heine
Groh is the best third baseman the
Reds have had since Harry Steinfeldt.
" hile NNeWhall says GrOh is the best
third sacker playing the game today.
This includes hitting, base running,
fielding, thinking, pepper-everything
Charley HerzOg, the gingery manager,
IS such q capable shOrtstop that he
needs little comment Ivan Olson is
twice as good as the Ivan Olson, Of
Cleveland last year, in their opinion.
and MOllWitz is among the three or
four leading first basemen Of the
league. If these Cincinnati writer's,
who haze had a chance to see, are not
batting away below their average, then
the Reds have a pretty. considerable in
field.
Leach Is HeadOff Man.
Tommy Leach, the veteran from the