El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-14

heavy hitter as well as q capable field
er. Since Bresnahan used to manage
the Cardinals in former years, he viii
be particularly anxious to win today
Braves Meet PhnIies.
The Boston Braves are enough OF q
magnet themselves and their course
viii be followed closely all season even
when playing socalled clubs such as
the Phillies, whom they meet in Bos-
ton today. The Braves are stronger
than when they wound up the worlds
series last fail, having added Sherwood
Magee. the hard hitting Outfielder from
the Philljes. The men lost by the club
since the big series are Dugey. and
Whitfield, who were traded to the Phil
lies. and the jumpers, Leslie Mann and
Charley Deal These four will not be
missed much because they were at best
first class substitutes.
PhfIIies Are Much Changed.
The Phillies are more changed than
the Braves. Besides Magee, two other
stars are missing in the persons OF
third baseman Hans LObert and catcher
Charley Doom, the former manager,
who has been succeeded by Pat Mo-
ran. For Lobert Moran got pitcher
Demaree. third baseman Stock and
catcher JACK Adams. a youngster. from
the Giants and Cincinnati gave him in
fielder Bert NichOff and cash for DOOM
There is a certain amount Of civic
rivalry at the Polo grounds here, where
the DOQEELe meet the ATAaA4A1. 4AAE -NEW
Workers are strengthened IN two places,
at third base by LObert and in the
pitching staff by Perritt. On these men
local fans base much Of their pennant
hopes. Brooklyn is a team with lots OF
IFS attached to il. Figuring strictly
on a basis Of probabilities the club be-
longs in the second GIvisiOn- But II
two IFS" hatch out. they would win
the pennaut- The IFS are big ones,
however. and have little chance Of COM
HInHa
comebacks by Nap Rucker, once the
worlds best southpaw, and Jack
Coombs, former iron man Of the Ath-
letics. There are three other big IFS"
Daubert and outfielder Stengel and
Wheat, the three heaviest hitters on the
team. have been laid up during the
training trip. Their ability to play reg
ularly during the season is doubtful,
particularly in the case of Daubert,
a bad snl1le-
Cincinnati Reds Are Improved.
The Cincinnati Reds loom up as a
greatly improved team. due to the ad-
ditfon of catchers Charley Doom and
Ivy Wingo, also outfielder Tommy
Leach from the Cubs. seems certain to
desert the cellar at last The Pittsburg
Eonetchy and the rest Of the team
slumped so badly toward the end OF
last year. following a sensational run
ming start in the first month Of the
season. that il will have a tremendous
Job to keep out of the basement Since
Pittsburg is meeting Cincinnati today,
il has a chance to get in an early blow
toward fighting its way from the bot
tomless pit
Each Is Series OF -Four.
Each series of games that begins to-
day is scheduled to be Of four games
JuratioS, winding up with Saturdays
clashes The Encouragement Of teams
following these series on Sunday in the
west and Monday in the east. the plan
being thus American league. Chicago
at Detroit, Cleveland at St Louis, ROs-
ton at Washington and New York at
Philadelphia: National league. Brook
Ign at Boston. Philadelphia at New
York, St Louis at Cincinnati and Pitts
burg at Chicago. In all these cases the
home teams remain the same, the Wis
itOrs Just trading places.
Then next Thursday comes the second
shift, in which today's home club will
be the visitors and tOdays visitors will
be the home clubs. The arrangement
going into effect viii then be: Ameri-
can league, ST. Louis at Chicago, De
troit at Cleveland, Washington at New
York and Philadelphia at Boston; Ma
tfonal league. New York at Brooklyn.
Boston at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at
Pitsburg and Chicago at St Louis