The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-12

RE Sees lG-Other Notes.
1t is not going to be d difficult mat
ter to win the American league pen
nant this year. There are a lot of
oyerrated teams in the race which win
be unable to stand up and hold their
own against a team like the Nationals.
for instance.
The picking has been easy to date
Most of the clubs are so weak that
there is not any comparison with the
strong clubs, and this will be proved
before the season is much older
Ii Washington can keep up its pres
ent pace. and there is no reason why |
it should not. it ought to be out in |
front by Il comfortable margin i'll Il |
few weeks, and once there it should |
be able to stay at the top until the end |
of the season.
There are no clubs which have anT- |
thing on the GrifTmen. The Senators !
are playing a high grade of ball, and |
II the breaks come their way there is,
nothing to stop them from leading the
procession III October Boston. New
York. Chicago. st. Louis and Detroit
are virtually eliminated from the race
by reason of their inability to get coed
pitching. This leaves the race between
Washington and Cleveland. and there
Is no comparison in the pitching
strength Of these two teams This
means that in due time there must be-
a change in the situation. which for
| several weeks apparently has been in
the hands Of the Indians
Veterans Of baseball give the Ameri-
/ can league credit for having done more
/ for the game than any other organfZa-
! ton identified with the sport. 1t was
| the American league which made the
/ world series. the baseball classic. pos
sihle, and it was this same league
| which forced those investing in the
! game TO build accommodations of the
! finest for their patrons.
PaIatiaI ball parks now are the thing
throughout the country, while in the
| days Of the one big league wooden
stands and poor accommodations were
| provided for the public. Things have
changed a great deal since the advent
Of the Johnson circuit, and it is no'won-
der that the man who really was re
sponsibIe viii he retained for the re
mainder Of his life at the head of the
organization.
Fielder Jones says he is not worry
ing. but that does not 90. The poor
showing of the St. Louis Browns is
not making Jones hum lullabics. by
any means. To be away down in the
race is not pleasant, especially for Il
manager who has given assurance that
he would be in the thickest of the pen
nant fight and most probably win it in
a common canter.
Jones must surely have had al
awakening. His belief that the Fed
eral league was the strongest body il
the major circuits surely has been dis
SipatCd. 1t should not have takeI
, many days to convince Jones that hG
was in error, for before the season
| opened the Cardinals gave the Brown:
, a good beating. ard ever since then the
: Browns have been Il sort of doormar
G. for the other teams in the American
, league.
1t develops that it was George Whit
=. ted, the PhiiIies' outfielder. who dis
= covered Henry Lee Meadows. Whit
ted met Scout Bob Connery at st. Au
Gustine, Fla. last spring, and he re
\ marked that there was little fellow
e. who Wore glasses and lived at hi
y. home at Durham. n. c., who woul
"a surely make a pitcher. Connery wen
down, looked him over and signed hin
for the Cardinals, and he is now on
>, of the best pitchers in the Nationa
- league.
- Whitfield evidently has good judg
-, ment in picking up players. and whe
- his playing days are over he ought t
, be given chance to become a scout.
- 1t is very doubtful if the GotcI
-. Stecher wrestling bout will ever TAX
- place. Gotch. the present title holde
:, is not in the best of health, it is repor
< ed, and there is little or no chance {
- his ever recovering sufficiently to ell
= able him to stand the strain of lon
- session of training which would /
necessary to get him in good enoug
fettle to be able to have look in wit
Stecher
Stecher is but a mere boy, but h
prowess now is perhaps as great &
o. that of any man who ever has bee
matched with Gotch He is said |
e have leg pressure of $500 pounds.
re
M Danny Murphy, like all the grea t,
as batters who established reputation
OF years ago. still is Ia very apt perso
with the bat. Danny is managing Il
IS New Haven club and has abandone
as the outfeld for second base. where
OF IS playing splendid ball He is hi
g, ting the pin as he used to when wit
e. the Mackmen, and he is pretty sure
es win the pennant By reason Of his ind