El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-04

but Irion is now rounding into shape
and Stevens has pitched at least one
great game since joining the north
erners and may develop into a real
star.
Clubs Are Wen Matched.
The four clubs are well matched
The Mackmen, weakest in fielding, are
strongest in batting; the Solons. best
in fielding, are fair stickers and il
their pitchers get in shape they will
likely get to the top again; the Dukes
are fast fielders and are beaten in
team batting only by the Mackmen
and their greatest weakness lust now
is pitchers. Tucson does not appear
10 have any particular weakness, but
has a good we'll balanced aggregation
without particular stars-one of the
teams that must always be reckOned
with and which frequently upset the
kettle of dope
The teams are so well balanced that
it is Impossible to forecast anything
about the pennant. AS an FL Patsoan.
the Mackmen naturally look good to
town is no excuse for being foolish
and predicting a flag which is by no
means cinched. It will not be until
August l that anything like a definite
forecast can be made; in fact, with the
four clubs having the call on surplus
material from the Coast league and
changing their lineups as weaknesses
develop, il may be impossible even then
to pick a winner
Players Are SaIeabIe.
OF the saleable players. Callan, of
the Pueblos. is likely to be the nrst
to be sold to a higher class club. Jim
brown says that the deal is now pend
ing. George Duddy, OF the Mackmen,
August that anything like a definite
forecast can be made; in fact with
the four clubs having the call on sur
plus material from the coast league
is almost sure sale; so are Beer and
hallio, the pitchers. -Pendleton, Of the
local club, has but one weakness
slOwness in recovering after a tumble.
When he overcomes that he will be
prospect for faster company, for he is
batting we'll
John Mutt. of the Solons. is the best
natural hitter in the league. He looks
better TO me right now than did
Burns. Of Utica, at the time he was
sold TO the Giants. Mutt needs only
some coaching TO develop into a real
big league star.
Whether Hester will be able to sell
others Of his players is a question.
Nick DemaggiO is going great and
Nick would be a good man for any
class 3 club. Herb Hall is pitching
great baIl-better ball than when he
was grabbed by the Tigers, and he
is another sale prospect
PuebIOs Coming Next Week.
The PueblOs viii be here next week
and then il viii be possible TO get
line on their men Raeder is playing
a great game at short but Los Angeles
already has a string on him MacMur-
dos batting may or may not get him
a place in the outfield Of some higher
grade club The Dukes have not yet
been here, but if the figures and re-
ports amount to anything, then this
youngster Trekell is going TO enrich
the Albuquerque treasury by $1,000 OF
so before the season is over.
Faster Than Western League.
As for the quality of ball that is be-
ing played, r. J. Cummings, a com
merciaI traveller. stated during a fan
ming bee" in the Sheldon lobby on
Wednesday night, that the games he
witnessed at Tucson and Phoenix last
week were far faster and better than
he had seen in the Western league and
almost on par with those Of the Ameri-
can association.
other fans have declared that the
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