Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-15
WHO WILL WIN. !
THE PENNANTS1
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Nov York. Giants
Chicago Cubs
! Cincinnati Reds
ST. q Cardinals
: Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Piratcsa
: fRro0klyn Dodgers.
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The statfstician who predicts the
results in athe;major leagues this year.
finds himself confronted by, entirely
different conditions from those, which
have dominated the ,pennant races, In
other years. sss.
This is due to the rule OF the; ma
tional commission by which the world
the eight first division clubs in the
two leagues and MOI. merely between
the two winners as In former years.. !,
This is certainyto make every club
in both, leagues, with. the exception of.
hopeless tailenders@ play their best,
brand>of baseball through the entire
season instead OF, becoming lacka-.
daisical; towardssthe Tag END of the,
year. knowing that they have no
The writer is ,convinceds that 1915.
will produce the most thrilling races
in baseball history. for places inside
the money. "
In sizing up the. National league
clubs the writer runs into, a snag right
at h statt. Two clubs have almost
''equal : chances. according to pre-
season dope, to win the flag and play
for the big money. The Giants apd
Cubs show few weaknesses in any de-
partn1ent and right now indicate a
neckntO-neck race until October.
! pick h Giants town because the
Giant, infield; Holke, Doyle. Fletcher
and Zimmerman, is more experienced.
than the: Cub inner:defense, composed
Of : iMer+le, > Kiiduff.- Hollecher and
Deal. and because,.the Giant outfleld,
more runs thai the Cub garden trio.
Ffack, Mainland Paskert,
The pitching situation between these
clubs is a $3.50 proposition. McGraw
has the greatest southpaw pitching
combination in. the league. Benton,
Schupp and Sallee, with good right
handed pitching in Perritt.,. Barnes
and Tesreau. Mitthellstfas the best
r~ight-handed pitching with Alexaadev.
Seaton and Cartel. With Tyler to do
his southpaw hurting.
II MCCARTHY. RECEIVERS his throwing
arm. the catching departments, are
we'll balanced. otherwise Chicago will
have the edge there. - -
M~atthewson should again lead his
Reds into third place unless his pitch
ers fell down ON him.. He has the
heaviest hitting club in. the league
to Offset superior pitching on some of
the other clubs. - !
Tie st. Louis Cardinals should he
right up at the Reds all year. Who
club is fully as good as last year with
misconceptions Of the loss of Jack. Mil
Ter; Il really great balTplayer.. :;
The Braves and Pirates are both
due for a. raise this Year. A month
before the training season started the
BRAVES looked hops'ess, but StallinSs
las successfully Unanswered his ma
terta1 until he. has. Il ;fclub which
shou d head HE second division. Thu
Pirates'are Il much' better club than
last year. They have better pitching.
hitting and fielding. They have new
pep and are hard to recognize as the
hopeless outfit which failed SO miscr-
ably in 1915.
For seventh position in the race we
pick the Brooklyn, Dodgers. Outside
the, pitching there is little. on his club
to recommend it. The inner defense
is weak. the Outfeld mediocre. The
club has little hitting power. Even
pitchers OF the cal;bcr of Marquard
Mamn,aux and Cheney cannot win
games without some assistance.
In the cellar position we have the
spectacle OF n club dropping from
second to last place in a single season
The Phillies are entirely wrecked
The two best pitchers. Alexander, and
!; Rixey are gone. The first strin2
catcher is with another club. The
whole fibre of the club is torn Wit;
d~issension. 1t will no. be surprising
to sec the Phillies fall V e lower thar
the Pirates did last year.