New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Donovan's Team, Fourth
on Form, Liable To BE
Seasons Sensation.
OFFENSIVE STRENGTH
WILL DECIDE ISSUE
Unknown Quantities on VIVA
Bills Ball Team May
Cause Trouble.
By GRANTLAND RICE.


fire that Walter Johnson carries. IL IS
almost a certainty that Ray Caldwell.
the Pennsylvania Sycamore, Will oppose
the Weiser Wizard where the presence
of one lone run is likely to have a de-
messing effect upon the team that
hasn't got il. Caldwell. without Baker
Maoee. Gedeon and Gilhooley as AIDS
overpowered johnson twice last season
in his only starts against the blohu
sbrapne!: so the Yanks have no inten-
tion of curling up before johnson 3
Bnt ,he main point, after all, is TINS
- 10 last echoes of the village
lines have died away on Wednesday
(berring another snow the 1anKs VIII
he on their way. We know where tney
win start i'm April, but where VIII they
dish In October? The celestial pope
awards them fourth place; put theIe
are strong possibilities OF batting poNeI
and pitching puissance that may CARY
tbem much higher. even unto the
.hadow Of the flag itself
Yankee Preamble
There are three clubs now place.
shove the reconstructed Nanks In ths
srrI forecast They-are the Red SoN'
Ti-ers and White Sox, listed IN me
o,der Of their supposed strength. sup
nose we compare the Yanks. CLUB 10Y
rlrb. against these three barriers now
blocking the way 20 the top. Inc Heu
Sox come first.
CATCHING About even. Not enough
difference TO figure strongly IN the maj
result. ,.L chore
Ruth. Foster. Leonard, Mays ana gregg,
have q big advantage-not only Over
tic YankS, but over any other pan CRUZ
in the game. ., .
They look stronger at first, snort ana
third. with a chance that Gedeoh VIII
make up in batting what he lacks III
Barrv's infeld brilliance.
OI4TFIELD-The Red Sox again
through greater experience and tne
suner-excellence of iris Speaker. BUY
rbe time is near when this incompara-
he outfeld is due 10 crack. even shoulo
creaker come 20 terms with Lannin. j.
Tie Cleveland deal goes through ana
Sneaker leaves Boston the Yankees Will
=. lcast be on d parity with the cham
The Yanks. with Baker, Magee, Geo
CON pinn and others, have greater at
lacking possibilities than the woria
champs. but run shy on defence through
less powerful pitching. The advance
edge is still Boston's.
Against Detroit.
CATCHING-No great difference
Not enough 20 count.
PiTCHING-Yanks have the advan-
tage. with more first class pitchers
man the Tigers and stronger seeon1
.cern. Caldwell and Fisher VIII PAIR on
neatly with Coveleskie and Dauss'
while Shawkey, Heating. Cullop, Mog-
r;dqa and others are well beyond the
range Of Dubuc, etc.
INFIELD-The Yanks again have tne
best of H. They are as good at hrst'
better az second, about 5000 at snort
where both are fine fielders and light
hitters. and stronger at third by
brace Of miles. cu
OUTFIELD-Magee, Maisel and Gill
hooley are frat class. but they are nov
cobb Crawford and Neach. Il - here
that Detroit FORCES on beyond the Ne"
Work club in the early dope. inns
Tiger outfeld alone scored over 500 runs
la season. an average Of nearly two
10 the game. cn
So. unless Magee. Maisel and Gil
tooiev hat Nd around 900. there Will
he very little chance for the Yanks to
beat the Tigers out. II the three named
do mole somewhat over the tri-century
mari theve stout chance that Don
ovan's crew will top jennings.
Agains, the White soH.
CATCHING-The White Sox lead
with Ray Schalk, the greatest caTh ger
now in the game; a hustler goou ~.
10 or ll5 games, VINO can OH' o'''
30 and peg like a shot.
PrTCHiN1;-What advantage there
q, LelonOs 70 the Yanks, not so much
IN What has been, but should be win
Donovan's added pitching strength.
TVFIELD-Close 20 stand-oH'
t,o,-,ier and Collins have II on flpp
and Cedeon by several strides WINE
pcck and Baker look better than Terry
0r-TFIFLD-Th white Sox, with
Jaekgon. Fclch and Murphy, have more
mower. but are hardly as a.rong de-
fensjvelv. White Sox advantage mere
lies In greater experience.
The Yank Chance.
This eouparison shows that three
,lubs have something on the RANKS
Int II also shows that none OF the trlo
has any extended margin OF superiority
20 work on. -. -, .h.,,
what the Red Sox, Tigers and Wnlte
Sox have for their spring, summer ana
fall display. The strength OF the IAN
kee blend Il still guess. Msgee'
Maisel and Gilhooley, for example
have II In them 20 make one or the
Great outfclds o. baseball they are
The fastest trio playing. They should
All bat around 300. They are all gooo
hustlers. But they are three men
thrown together IN one spring; inhSDi-
fants last fall Of three different
leagues. Two Of them are big league
outfeld debutantes.
The infeld Is sure 70 hold its own
against all corners, "a sure es anything
can be seen In this quaint game Of up
Gets and OvertuTns. II has nothing 20
yield 20 either OF It's three man com
petitors.
The catching, with Nunsmaker, Alex
snder and Walters. looks 20 be good
enough, whore month ago II looked
uncertain.
A. for the pitchers. Here, once
more, there are striking possibilities Of
power. Roy Caldwell IL one Of the
games greatest, an undoubted star. a
worthy rival 20 Walter Johnson. Ray
Fisher won eighteen games last season
and lost but eleven, with ball club
that bstted 253; ball club withou,
an attack and nothing % this season.
inspiration. Bob Shawsey and Ray
Heating are both FIRST class men. They
have the eTDefiercc and the sfnH For
lefthsnders there are Cullop. Mogrdge
ard LoYc, and NOT ono " the THO IS a
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