Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-22
SIX TEAMS HAVE CHANCE
AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUBS
ARE NOW EVENLY MATCHED
Stnr system OF Figuring 1'uts Athletics
and Intlinns in Discard This
season.


the American League race is going to
broadly speaking. the star basis of
figuring whether in drama or baseball.
is as falliblc as all other systems, but,
necessarily, not any more SO.
The various agencies disseminating
cNpcrtorial opinion broadcast through
fandom never have hit upon Il mid
dinghy certain basis FOR ris<ing opin-
ion. IiuShic Fullerton. who brought
geometry. algebra and thirty years Of
experience into the field OF prognosiS.
had been. until tho las, worlds series.
the Jim Corb6tt OF diamond experts
The simplicity Of the star system
recommends il. ii nothing else. It's
obvious shortcoming is tie fact THAI,
the star system does not take account
Of the important essential known rs
,e.in identify is Glhicult thing I"
estimate set II IS invaluable. II makes
!; pail club Of lesser stars. who's" play
IS co-ordinatcd. moro valuable" titan q.
team of all stars who have aot PLAYED
ioecthcr. Team Identity means play
i ,n together as "a unit. The star sys-
rem sacrifices this virtue 1T the outset.
nut gives Il fairly accurate "Stimat" Of
,nc n"rSonaliiics ana abilities OF :hc
NnrioGs clubs which are above average
SClcycland and Philadelphia ar.
slaughtered on the star basis of ns,,r-
,nS. Thcv VIII b" imm"dnt"ly assigned
go s"o n;rrths and s. with Cleveland
LHdn Mack Youngsters who showed a
ilSconccrtinS ability nj times 10 muir
~, an kinds of pitching.
ne star system projects Tho six re-
n'''ninS clubs somewhere i'm tho vicin-
!N 81 the foreground chicago. Eos
ion. Detroit. New York. st Louis and
r:corniiiom through the mcdlm Of the
star system
method. Of conjecture viii continue !,
max" Chicago. Boston and pctrnii mo
ii' arI, clubs III tn" American
r,. hos,on. for instance. has Duffy Lewis.
, RS speaker. Joe Wood. Elmer shore,
i,,ch Leonard and George Foster.
;noNc inc average in their positions
hrt ,h'N also HAY" had tho advantages
., n,mTims toreth"r or team idcn,,iy.
assuming that th"v viii j.. il cordi
tio'I ana Will he we'll managed thrsc
SIX individuals M, Eoston i'm in. ,a,n
from til" outset
TG"ir"Ucn' SOC Jackson. Eny : brIt
I'm Scott. Urban Fabcr ana rdw,r,,
~. ~" nr,nGe ,'"lf!ns provide tho Windy
cannot he overlooked nv NO s,, -
l"tm or figuring. Weaver Fc1e,b
,"il!nS and jacques Fouruinr MO 49,. -
son perhaps tho s;ronces, nara, ~"
IN the American League
DETROIT WITH WAITING
o'TFtf:I.b LOOKS STKuNL
cobb. Crawford and vaach AMI q,
comes very near stopping thcrc. II docs
not stop there hccniis. ov,n "' 80,
'ihhN conSldercd 10 bo tho hos, ebn-,
stop in tho American Lo,ruc vii, ,n,,
tinuc I" he tn" moving force nr ~,
ANU ,n, , n;,r,, ini'Ild rhis guartct with
hue, James l.oudcrmilk ana St"cn NAV.
s,nppiE. what with III" pnculiarlv con F.,
S SrstHn, ana ANNOYING aggression OF ne
=" ~ hn Jennings. VIII continue to |
,,nhc inc oetr"iters potential combi- /
to; Mow ,, woshinston ana St, Louis |,
Yankees havo caidwclIo j j 'o r!ranlt,In
, l'aker. Lee MaEee and Fritz Mnisci ae (
.,tAnite!" established stars Probably
mere are others among tho Yankees
Wh" would prov" themselves stars in
~" best sense were they with Il win
minE combination. RAY Fisher and
walter pipp. arc hut two Of these.
ISN'T the foregoing quartz; is snrI-
cent to classir! New York as danger ,
upon which !. Franklin Raker bats
,3"rth Is capable az tremendous attack |
nhEcc. as some one said ycstcrda;. i'm .
IN" american 1.eagu" Office. will strike
ankces, scheme OF play ana will give
color to II that has been consplcuous hy
us absence heretofore
consideration Of Washin-,ou'e
pivots upon Waller Johnson and the
remainder OF a potentially great pitch
ing stan Clark Griffith has assembled
i'm shaw Doc Ayrcs ana 10" B"chling
are cmulators OF Johnson. Then there
IS Milan in tho omtiicld aud Eddie Eos
man in the Amcri"an
League. ritching is such 81 big per
rcntag" Of modern day baseball tha,
The fact Griffith has four men Of far
more than average ability immediately /
nrin"S Washington tn NOTICE" even
'hnn"h tn" team behind tho Senator'S
IS ludicrously weak upon attack /
Inc -. Louis Browns. long tho butt
nj al Jokes in the American League.
VIII he u mighty cantankcrojis Joke this
season Assuming that Plank end
l!hv"nnort pitch as good ball FOR
Fielder Jones rs they did in the rrd-
nrnl League. aud assuming that We'll
man operates as succcs.fulv as he did
IN Tn" American, the Browns Will he
"NcordinG1r strong in tho box
Thht is tho star syStcm's schedule in
nc American Icavuc for 1916 n finds
sly teams with units above the ordi-
nary. The equation of management
VIII PLAY large part in iockcyinc
nose teams down 10 the nnishin" wire.