El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-31


n OF the 1915 baseball season have
- skidded onward-and what a bevy
OF surprises those six weeks have
brought in both the American and Ma
tionaI leagues
a dOpester who would have predicted
that the Yankees and Tigers would be
fighting il out for first place hOuors
in the American would have been men
toned as a candidate for the BOBBY
hatch The same thing would have ap-
piled to anyone who predicted the rise
OF the Phillies and the inglOrious fall
Of the Giants in the National
Many there are who spool the fu-
tu-e prospects Of those Frantic Phila-
deIphia Phillies But the Phillies have
become spoOf-prOOf- They've been
spOOfed at since the season began. but
they stiu are considerably among The
People
Tackle Toughest Teams
The Phillies tackled the three tough
est teams I'm the east-and held first
place They tackled the world cham
pion Braves and WallOped them They
grappled with the Giants, beating them
TO a pulp, and then dubbed the DOdg-
ers- Then came the western clubs, but
they haven't done any detarOning. The
Phillies have met their terrific on
slaughts and hurled them back
ANY club that can tackle every club
and keep around the crest is a club that
must be counted in the running. espe-
cially il IL has q pitching star like
Alexander and a batting demon like
Cravath.
Braves Better md VI orse.
The Braves look loo percent better
than they did at this time last year,
but about so percent worse than they
did while at the height Of their 1914
squirt The pitchers aren't going well
u rHrH %
shortly. the Braves surely viii be rip
ping some huge holes in the percentage
Of the other clubs
The Cubs look better than any Chi
cago National outfit I'm many years
The team is playing with spirit, its
pitchers are going good and. barring a
spell OF hard luck. they viii be in the
scrap for a considerable period
The wonderful punch that carried the
Giants 20 the crest Of the National
league in other years seems gone Pos
sibly fl may come back; probably not Z
II il doesn't the Giants will do well II /
they finish in first division.
Giants Lack Real Glass.
The Giants lack-and always have B
laCked-real baseball class The team.
rs q whole. never was more than Z
mediocre outfit It was the fighting I
spirit that McGfraw instiued into his Z
crew that carried il TO the top. But
the spirit seems TO have gone
The Dodgers have some good pitch ]
ers. a few clouters and many prove D
to clubs that have first di- 4
vision ambitions The Pirates haven't ]
shown much 10 date The Cardinals 4
seem shy OF the 1915 power and the Z
Reds seem to have shot their bolt
In the American the Tigers look like /
real pennant possibilities Any club .
hat totes Nessrs- Cobb and Crawford ]
always can be figured rs dangerous on I
he offensive. This year the Tigers
AVE a good pitching staff If il holds
Up. watch Detroit
Tanks Are Big Surprise.
The Yankees constitute almost as
zig a surprise i'm the baseball world
IS the Braves did in 1874 They've had
wonderful pitching up to date, the club
'ers are clubbing in pinches. and il
.othinE happens to break the teams
pirit. the Yanks look like sure first
ivisiOn possibilities. As 20 the pen
ant-wen. stranger stunts have oc-
urred
The Red SoX are just getting under
ray after a poor start-due to the hors I
e combat condition OF three star twir-
Wood and Gregg. Iris
peaker is beginning TO hit I'm mid
eason form and the Sox are sure to
rove up.
Those rcjuvenated White Sox have !
great quartet OF pitchers. q whirl- (
ind infield and mighty good hitting {
1tfit headed by Jacques Fourier and /