El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-26

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! y team in either Of the two big
leagues has shown any decisive superb
ority over its foes as yet The clubs
are beginning to settle into two dis
tinct classes of first division and sec
ond division occupants. but the leader
of the lower four IS not very lar De
hind the rear guard OF the upPeI
s-roup. at least not far enough TO re
veal anything resembling certainty as
TO the ultimate destination Strlhlh6
Improvement has been SHOWN by
number OF clubs in the last Few weeks,
and in the same way there mas Deea
a general backsliding on lie part q
Considering present position in the
races and also recent form Of the olL-
ferent teams. it now is possible 70
make a more or less confident guess
as TO the final composition Of first ana
second dfvisiOns-though Of course any
appreciable change in the play OF
team will cause a shift IN It's 4ale-
If things 90 along henceforth as they
seem likelv to do, the National league
Campaign viii wind up with Boston,
81 T,oIis- Chicago and Philadelphia IN
the first class and BROOKLYN Ne"
York. Pittsburg and Cincinnati pc
low; and the American league Win
Boston, ChicagO, Detroit. and Ne"
YorIc m above and Washington, Cleve-
land, St Louis and Philadelphia IN me
Two clubs Are Going Strong.
One club in each league has made
Sig advance during the last lew
weeks. In the American league II is
Boston that suddenly has rounded INTO
form and begun to look like a real pan
team. In the National 1t IS 81 LOUIS
THE foremost factor in the improve
ment Of both these clubs lies in I'M
The rejuvenation Of Joe wood. who
set the league on fire in 1912, makes
the biggest change in the outlook OF
the Red SoX, and the brace OF Georse
Foster ranks second With the Narol-
nails It is a general looking Up by the
entire staff. but particularly by Harry
SaIIee and l2ube Robinson, the two tall
Other Players Improving.
It is an old saying that when the
pitchers begin to go well the rest OF
The team perks up too. It seems 10
apply in both the present cases IRIS
Speaker has lnagurated a llasn OF Ms
old hitting and baserunning tnat was
missed so badly by the Red SOX Garner
in the year. Following his complete
recovery from an injury, Larry Gard
ner now is playing third base In Ihe
way that only few others can ana i
nasring the ball on the nose, 100.
Dick Hoblintzell, who finished only
few points behind Ty Cobb in batting
last year, has found himself again
Harold Janvrin at second and Ever
EFT Scott at short are fielding so Wen
that they do not need to be counted
upon for much in the rungetung me.
in which Speaker, HoblitzeL, ana
Harry Hooper and Duffy Lewis, who
flank Speaker in the greatest Ieldlns
outfield in the game II Ihomas anu
Cady keep on catching as well as they
have been, the Red SOx viii leave the
White Sox and Tigers behind before
many weeks have passed
Miller Higgins is going to be DIG
factor in the success OF the cardinals
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this respect the Cardinals are an en-
tirely different kind Of team from the
Red SoX The latter somehow just
seem TO be crack basepal team
without any controlling influence IN
particular for manager Bill Carrlgan
seldom makes changes and he also
seems unable to install fighting spirit
into his men They just play good
baseball and let it 90 at that
Higgins however. is always up ana
doing things His team is constantly
on its toes, fighting for every men,
and the midget manager IS making
shifts wherever he sees the slightest
possibility Of benefiting even tempo
rarily.
Higgins has been sitting on the
bench most Of the time lately Retir-
ing from the limehght as q star sec
Ond baseman, he has sacrificed per-
sonal glory for the good Of the team
Hamilton HYATT, the heaviest hitter on
the SQUAD. has been moved to the front
as a regular, going IN at Iirst base,
and Jack Miller, who was playing the
bag before, has been shunted over to
Higgins old post at second
Frank Snyder. one Of the greatest II
not the greatest catcher in his league.
is whaling the ball almost as hard
as Hyatt The four outfielders. VIII
son, Long, Bescher and Dolan, repre-
sent speed, hitting strength and field
ing ability that compares faVOrabIy
with any outfield in the circuit Artie
Butler at shOrtstop has steadied since