El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-27

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Knickerbocker is all het up over
! y the gallant battles his represen- /
tatives are making for the big league
pennants. All three Of the New York
clubs have been playing good ball and
each OF the three seems TO have a good
chance to land the flag-the Yankees
in the American league and the Giants
and Dodgers in the National The Dor
ouEh of Brooklyn is more excited than
Manhattan. for its Dodgers had not
been in the first place for over ten
years until this season-not even for
single day in all that span.
Before the season began we picked
the Dodgers 10 win in the National
league race. That opinion has been
strengthened by what they have ac-
complished so far. The charges Of VIII
bert Robinson have been in the first
place more than half the time since
opening day and seem TO be working
together better all the time as the days
60 by.
Olson Displaees O'Mara.
Robinson has made two important |
changes in the lineup Of his team. Civ /
ing it strength where it was least de- |
pendable last year, at shortstop and 4
third base. ivan Olson has been used 4
almost constantly at short in place of I
the spectacular but erratic little Ollie
O'Mara. He has hit the ball much /
harder than O'Mara did and has
been a steadier fielder. though not 4
quite so brilliant Nike Mowry has
supplanted Getz at third base and has
brought the same sort Of change in the 1
situation here. Mowrey, in addition, IS
= caeev old stager likely 10 spring the
unexpected and get the opponents on
the run Just when they begin TO feel
secure He has batted almost twice as
hard as Gets normal figure, occasion
ally slipping in home run. triple or
double for cleanup purposes.
Meyers Is Showing Vim
Chief Meyers. obtained from the Gil
ants for the proverbial song the waiver
price. is showing more vim than he had
displayed in his last three years under
McGraw- His work behind the bat has
been strictly high grade. In addition
he has shown Otto Miller and Lew Nc
Carly. the other Brooklyn catcher. a few
things about the fine art Of backstop-
ping so that they have been more use
ful on days when they worked. The
Chiefs principal value. however. has
been in improving the pitchers. He has
aided Robinson in a dozen ways in han
ding the mound corps.
Jeff Pfeffer, Jack Coombs Larry
Cheney, Wbeezer Dell. Sherred Smith.
Rube Marquard, Ed Appleton and Nap
Rucker, form what TO our mind is By
far the strongest pitching staff in the
league, one at least on a par with
the Red Sox corps in the American.
Dodgers Are Hitting.
The regular day after day lineup OF
the Dodgers is whaling the ball hard
and also fielding much better than be-
lore zach Wheat. Hi Myers and Casey /
Stengel make an al around powerful
outfeld- Jake Daubert, league leading
hitter. at first, George CutsnaW at sec
ond Olson at short and Afowrey at
IhlrQ have fitted together into a first :
class infield machine. After holding 10
1Irst place through their swing around :
me western end Of the circuit. the
Dodgers are back in their own end OF
lheir country now and are likely to !
prove still harder picking when the I
Westerners come east
Giants Are Going Now.
The Giants career so far has
been less consistent but more spectaeu-
lar than the Dodgers Following a !
home stand in the first
Few weeks OF the season, they tore
through the west on q rampage Of con-
secuuVe victories never SURPASSED on 4
foreign soil The whole team has hit
well and the fielding also has been
good. while the pitchers finally have
jeff Tesreau is dependable. Christy
AathewSon seems 10 have come back
Fred Anderson, former Fed. has pitched =
With promise RuTe Beuton has dis 1
played good looking flashes. Poll Per !
NIT Ralph Stroud and Emilio Palmero. ! $
he Cuban. viii help some here and I r
here BIZ Reridens catching almost 1
avery day. has handled this bunch well. { C
md Charlie Doom has ben useful in
/ pinch.
Fred MerkIe. Larry Doyle and Art c
sieteher form three-fourths Of fine T
nfield. Third base has been the weak b
pot until recently McGraW. after ex- s
lerimenung with half dozen men. has s
1nally aitched his linz. apparently by r
,uttlng Bill McKechnie, former Fed. :
here BIZ always was a good fielder n
nd OF late has ben hitting a bit Benny .
Aauff. George Burns, Davy Robertson
ND George Rousch are such capable A
'utfielders and bstsmen that they Il
ICED no comment II McGraw-s pitch II
RS stand Up, the Giants will make a i
OF OF trouble for the Dodgers. Braves n
nd Phillies in the pennant strife b
Hard Luck for Tanks. p
The Yankees have had good deal b
"a 40 N-AI -A4g pdAA u LnElE
ash for the American league honors I
)nly last week Slim Caldwell. the clubs
tar pitcher sprained his index finger Z q
ably BY taking return throw from ~
rs catcher on the end Of it George Il
iogridge. the young left handed star I o.
as been hurt twice. first a broken {
ose, then q wrenched tendon in his
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