The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-13

have come through that year.
hut YOU takc Il club that is swattiHG.
aud il clocsn' lnrrtl such air tight twirl-
Ing The White SoN have always re-
quirnd good bnXmcr. because II Is
habit of the Chicago Americans /" u"
light hitrrrs. Even SluEg"rs are bitten
by the bug when they ct there. LOOK
ut Eddie Collins. lie hasn't gone near
" so we'll at III" bat since H. Joined "ut
with CorniSkcy's men as he did with IN"
Athletics Rig l.agu"rs just seem to
figure they can't qualify AZ the White
Stocking unless their batting averages
ar. about the same rs their neck meas
urcs.
Ny staff did not get away :" strong.
! but W. ar" collecting good pitching now.
and the heavy batting "f III" club helps
tn. twirlrrS. because they all catry tho
/ old confidence when they step In there.
They can feel pretty sure the CLUB Will
pu; som" runs und"r th";n.
figure our pitching staff amounts to
about forty per cent OF tn: ctAh strength.
No team in the world would eyer win
any game with I Strnng staff alone. You
can't win without runs. StalllnES came
as near IL aS ANYONE. and his pitching
! staff was worth m"rr than forty per
cent 10 his team. II is the lack OF
pitching which is keeping tn" Braves
back this season and making the seem
cry and ,h, other clubs III the l"aHu"
rush rapidly past them IN The wrong di-
rect ion.
\ good staff would have been worth
:. whole lot To DETROIT last season and
the season before. Jennings had III"
punch. and his team could max" plenty
Of runs wncn his rcldcrs weren't tires
out from chasing the hits the other side
was ruppiug far and high off I'll" pitch
ing. y couple nf good twirlcrS. and
Jennings might have had some more
pcnnants dangling from his belt.
Tho climate in tn" east is NOR" suit
able for good ball playing than back in
Cincinnati at the present season OF the
YEAR. We have had fine weather So far
this trip. OF course tho burning heat
saps the pep out Of ball player IN
midsummer. and although I am natu-
rallied citizen Of Cincinnati now l cant
help but admit the town is 4 hot one.
Connie Mack once said that a club tn
win the lag in either 81. Louis ar
Washington, would hay" t" be about
twenty per cent stronger than Il team
which came Thorough i'll any other city
on the American circuit. Connie figured
| that the heat of these two Crntcrs--onc
Of industry and the other OF govern
ment-he!d back tho ball club. He
should have added Their
center OF inustry.
There is much discussion in tn" cast
hrra rs to what the war will do IN base
ball. Also have heard some speculation
among the mon on clubs we have visited
as 70 tn. best job for a player 10 hold
I've got my job picked out. If I can
only land it," declared Il very we'll
known big Lacquer 70 mo the Other day.
II want to h.. n chauffeur for gen.
er;i with yw:lnw streak"
That sounds Xix" Il good position. I
Supp"S" my friend figures all he would
Rave to do wVuld be to open her up amt
tear for tn, rear rs soon ~ any shoot
ing started.
In sritc Of the war tn" clubs ar"
financially prosperous. All through The
cast I have heard the owners ar" hivnS
their best years SINCE Tho raltny days
before the Federal lea gU". Maybe som"
of the fans think they wont have
many more ball g:lmrS 10 See. but that
they will be in the army shortly so
they are doing Il lot Of seeing now.
Club owners arc frank to say they
don't know whether this prosperity will
crntlun after the United States gets
into tn. war more vigorously or not
Som. seem t. be OF tho opinion that
tn. casualty lists will dcpr"Ss the pub
lie and put 4 tlanlper on sports. Others
believe that tho folks at home will want
Re taxation from the strain. and so will
visit tn. bail yards for il. I predict. if
they start 70 raise vegetables on golf
curses and ask for waivers on all
pleasure automobiles. the ball parks will
be packed
II s".." sail :: joker 10 m" the other
day "nhcra thH government may call
in all automobiles used for pleasure 70
sava gasoline. Well. that won't affect
H." HiverS.r
I fell. AMI asked: "Why""
"Nnhody eyer got any pleasure out Of
orc OF those
II baseball goes along nnHt year after
TN" drafts IN. players will look funny
Wagner may be regarded as only
yuuugstrr. while fans may s't M"Graw
and Wilb-.rt Robinson hack In tho
spinSles. And some intrHntd scout may
work his way into tn" Willis or Brook
iyn and turn up quite q ball player in
Willie kcclcr. Another may find
promising young fellow for the big
leagues working in tho Int"rnnt ional -
NapGleun T-ujnic I wouldn't DO Surprts-
ed If I started in pitching again.
We've had good crowds her" this sea-
son, Iatty'' said M"Graw |" me.
Thirty thousand Is q pretty regular at
I, ndanr,. on Saturday. and last Satur-
day they stood up and ch"crcd me as
went 70 the lines after my jam with
III. newspaper gang ! toll you these
/ New York fans arc all right"
| (Crpyright 1917. by the Bell Syndi-