El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-25

apt 10 turn his attention first OF al
g the 1913 pennant winners. The
National league and worlds cham
pion Cincinnati Reds win present
practically the same lineup that took
the field against the White Sox last
fail Pat Moran proved TO the world
at large and the White SoX in par
ucular that he has a ball club with
terrific punch. During the PEN
nant race he proved TO John McGraw
and the pennant hungry Giants that
the Reds have class.
But can the Reds come back VIII
Morans pitchers be able to set the
poce they travelled last year and will
his barters hammer the old apple
with the same regularity Answer
these questions and you'll have the
chances Of the Reds boiled down and
ready to stick into a nutshell. From
this angle the Reds look as good as
ever. Barring unforeseen accidents
in opposing clubs, Il appears that the
Loranmen have good chance 10
repeat
VIII Have to Strenethen.
The Giants unless some radical
changes are made in their lineup
VIII not look much like contenders
cient infield has autliTed its useful
ness Zimmerman. Doyle and several
other Giant players have let the pro-
cessiou pass them And 1icGraw VIII
find it difficult 10 fill their shoes
even at that
The Cubs should look up II
Mitchelfs pitching staff can do
what VIII be expected OF IL. Yet
the Cubs are not blessed VITA
youth Merkles HerzoE. Deal and
Paslzert are about ut the end OF
their strings and the other reEu-
lars aside from the bafterymcn
are. for the most part, mediocre
PLAYERS Vaughn and Alexander
will. no doubt, be depended upou
TO do the hrunf OF the pitching
II Tyler's rheumatic aruf-the re-
suit Of bad teeth the doctors told
him-ean be coaNed back into
shape, he VIII be bfE keIn. At
this mid-Fehruary writing. how
ever. the Cubs look better than
New York.
Pittsburgh will bear watching. TOO.
George Gibson Inherited a ball club
that is just about 100 percent better
looking than IL was when Hugo Be-
deck took hold, and the Pirates are
younger on the average than some Of
their rivals
Branch Hickey says that the Cards
can win pennant now. He cites
Ci1cinnatfs achievement as proof OF
what may be expected Of his team.
Branch has some mighty sweet look
regulars may be nodded into a fast
going combination But it's all up
70 Hickey.
brooklyn is Strong.
Uncle Wilbert Robinson's BROOKLYN
Dodgers cannot be overlooked this
year. Your Uncle Wilbert is a foxy
old butcher who has hung on TO every
player Of worth that Brooklyn has
been able TO pick up for the last three
or four years, and when the season
opens rivals Of the Dodgers viii find
them wei balanced and playing base
bail together as though they had
been born that way. Robby has a
pretty good pitching staff and his
team, as a whole, can hit
The Phillies and Braves. once
AGAIN, are not particularly bril-
liant prospects. Yet one can
never forget what Geogge Stall
ilnEs' 1914 BrnveE accomplished.
And IL will be well TO renicni her
that GavVy Cravath is a hustler
and fighter, and he Is popular
with his players. That viii helm
the Phillfes a lot.
The INVITE SoX. with Cicotte. vii
iams and Dickie Kerr as pitching
mainstays and Ray Schalk to hold
them up VIII be pretty well fixed
IT. The 'if' has 20 do with Cicotte
in particular and with several Sor
veterans who have threatened retire
ment-chiefly Risberg and GaudiL
Should the SOE be forced 20 start the
season with their iufield combina-
ton broken up their chances would
sell away below par. Kid Gleason and
Eddie Collins viii need all Of their
baseball wits as manager and captain
OF the south Siders TO keep such cubs
as Cleveland and New York from
runQlng an over them.