El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
MONTY PICKS LEAGUE WINNERS:
NAMES BROOKLYN AND BOSTON
Firgures Yanks For Second Place in American League
and Braves For Second i n National; Selects Wash
ington Senators and Chi cago Cubs Leading Sec
ond Division in Respec tive Leagues This Year.
BY MONTY.

JEW YORK, April S.-Boston, in
M the American league, and Brook
= lyn in the National-those are
our choice to gain the right to clash in
the worlds series OF 1916 The Red
Sox, present worlds champions. offer
the same lineup as last year. II looks
good enough to win, despite Lhe
strengthening Of several other CLUBS
The Dodgers have the same bunch tuaL
landed third in the National league
last year, and have added several men
who should prove important aids.
Brooklyn has not had a pennant since
1900. when Ned Hanlon won his second
straight flag, so a victory this year
would just about turn the town upside
down.
The Red Sox outcIassed the field last
year in the American league, though
Detroit managed to hang on closely
through spectacular work by Ty Cobb
and Sam Crawford, helped by Bobby
Veach-the hardest hitting outfield III
recent years. When the crucial test
came in a series two weeks before the
end of the season, Boston walloped the
Btuffing out OF the Tigers, with that
wonderful pitching staff doing the bulk
Of the work.
same Pitchers This Year.
Those pitchers are on the JOD again
this year-Beonard, Shore. Foster,
Mays, Gregg and others. The infield
creW-Hoblitzell, Gamer, Barry, Scott
field. with tho same versified Outfield
Of Speaker, Hooper and Lewis also on
deck, and manager Carrigan, Cary and
Thomas behind the bat. We can't see
how the Red Sox viii be stopped.
Detroit and Chicago would have the
fight for second place to themselves IL
il were not for the fact that the Yam
KEGS have acquired mass OF new
talent. We can't remember 2 ball club
in history that added so much extra
strength between the close of one sea-
son and the start OF another. The
Hanks viii have two new intielders,
Home Run" Frank Baker at third,
and Joe GedeOn Of Salt Lake City, at
Lee Magee, Federal league star; Frank
Glhooley, second marvel of the Inter
national in 1915. and Fritz Maizel. who
has been made over from a third base
man. Nick CuilOp. the crack Fed
southpaw, win strengthen the pitching
staff and Germany Schaeffer as a
coach should prove manager Bill Dono-
vans right hand man. We pick the
Hanks to beat out both Detroit and
Chicago for second.
The White Sox are a gang Of all
stars. Some people think they will
get nowhere because Of manager Clar-
ence ROWland's brief experience in the
majors. There is so much hitting and
pitching strength on the club that we
believe it will nose out Detroit for
third, since the Tigers are weak in
pAlGhtIS-
Washington IN Second Division.
1T is hard to figure. Washington in
the first division, even II Walter John
son is in old time form, but the
Senators ought to beat out fielder Jones
and his St Louis club Of amalgamated
Feds and Browns The Athletics were
a terrible joke last year. Connie
Macks efforts to rebuild are likely to
begin to show by the middle Of this
season however. and he ought to land
them above Cleveland
Brooklyn's chance to take the Ma