The Washington herald., 1921-05-05

estiag for the world Champions
and are today oalys one game behia
Though the Grifs are the mos
Of the dope, the standing of the eli
ing features.
In the American League the fl
for the lead, the surprisingly inefie'
andShe epjdent determination Of D
have caused general comment
.Yaaks sls~ 70 start.
Tbs nishty YankS po<sessin< The
greatest crew Of lang distance hit
ters n the game. ind what was sup
posed to be a capable huriing stan.
have had a rocky road to travel
TAey have brokea even In wins and
losses. vhtch Is 70 more than the
Red Sox hays done
Huggins has had his troubles this
season-s Mays and Piercy have oeea
his oniS. consistent pitchers Quinn.
Shawkey and Hoyt have failed 10
SHOW Impressive form. while Harry
Harper. the southpav secured from
Boston.-is not ready to take Lis
turn Also Rip Collins. the sensa-
tional ycungster of last season, is
SLOW IN rounding to.
70 TOP on his troubles. Higgins
was eonfronted with the failure of
pswstsr at second base and the early
insaE5 % Bobby Roth He expects
better RESULTS now that Baker has
srn1e to 1hird. with Ward on second.
SkEezsRoth mas supplanted Ping
Eiosfe 1.-THE ourfieid.
ma sox rrsuslessme.
Efaeh-Duffy has a troublesome ag-
rre<4ftcn in Boston. with fair pitch
ee-fs zsd a crack infield- You can
ssck fss and wide and not run across
! ufors eficient set Of infield guards
than rsfsfnnis. Pratt, Scott and Witt
Not Teak man in the bunch II
the ,pitehing holds up. Frazee's team
raay dQaa lot of damage to other
. psnaan aspirations. even if they get
no hi4d4r than they are at present.
4nother fighting team seems to
he thar pnoted by Ty Cobb in De-
trotl They have more than broken
etcrKfn games with their Western
rtreIs and seem to have come out
- lh4 rot of past seasons Yester-
d4y'l vfctory over Chicago put them
IN third place. Cobb's chief worry
y oItchers. Hughey Jennings lett
him with a poor stan and it can:
~ rebndt in a day. He seems. how
e<e<s4to be on the right track.
Teams oataeId strong.
The chief strength of the JuLga-
leers 10 IN the oatfield. where Cobb.
Neachsand HeiInan are setting
fast pace with the stick. Veach and
HeilnIan were perched among the
first five hitters yesterday, with
averages of .521 and .S91 respective
ly. while Cobb was slugging at a
.35s' clip at las reports. Somebody
predicted last winter that the Tigers
would have the best hitting trio of
gardeners in the circuit and the dope
has panned out during the first
three weeks, at any rate.
Better things were expected of
the Browns. who are camped in
seventh place. Even the mighty
Sisler isn't batting at his usual
stride and the team, generally Sc
lected to finish third. is acting in
a strange manner. 1t may yet live
up to expectations.
There is nothing surprising in the
work Of the White Sox in eighth
place. but IL is surprising to see
the Athletics down in the cellar.
Iacksss team ought to be an i'm
pfofsrkEdt over last season and un-
dcnbtedly Will be. 1t should not
ztar or. the bottom long.
pfrates and Dodeer. Lead.
Fiftsbr~sh and Brooklyn are
.faexins TO the front in the older
circuit with New York trailing in
third place This is the big three
that was expected to hglt for the
rag. bu: the order in which they
now appear is Just the reverse from
that forecast by most experts.
Both the Pirates and Dodgers are
profting by great pitching. while
the Giants have yet to hit their
stride Given good pitching, Nc
Graw ought 10 hold his own with
the others.
Hornsby in the lineup. are a bit
ter disappointment to their support
ers and are trailing the entire cir
cult with three won and nine lost.
They looked good enough to make
a strong bid for first division ION
paper" The rest of the National
LeaKuers are running fairly close
to form O..
This Is the situation of the two
leagues at the end Of three weeks.
Another month may, tell a different
story.