The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
Bright Spots in the Sport Arena


Why not make the Marietta College
ornament q tri-State event, 10 decide
> best high school baSEct ball team n
nnsylvaia, West Virginia and Oh.oN
lis idea would add mbre interest L
annual event. II would attract larger
|bGds, and last OF all give the winning
hm greater glory and honor.
last year marked the grand opening
II this big and successful plan origin
| ed by the Marietta College officials.
4 course time must be allowed for taH
ktended list Of entries that Viii make
b the card IN future years. But why
BIZ include at least the one or two best
'ams in Pennsylvania. the only state
hitch Is not represented thus Tar. II
lie tournament. This would add 10 the
reater aim OF the visiting teams a.
he tourney. \ name which has pre-
bminated in the college ranks for years
[Tri-State-would be cncirC!ed n the
hnual event at Marietta.
American League Top-Hsavy
For many years Ban Johnson.S Amer
lar League maintained public prom'-
|enSe because Of the exceptional balance
n the Held. Year after year three or
bur and sometimes five clubs swung
bwn toward the finish closely punched.
Is a general rule IL was a,Case OF the
81 week or 50 deciding the winner.
The National Leagu" in those days
las not so fortunate. There WAS a Biz
hree in the older organization-New
|ork Chicago and Pittshurgh-and the
kst of the clubs just tilled in.
m those days the American League
has one harmonious whole. What pol
hes it played 1t played behind closed
bors. The American League was a
|btbed OF intrigue. fractional fights
kopped out repeatedly. Every meeting
/ as near riot.
or late tho complexion OF baseball
ks entirely changed The National
eague Is now the staid and harmon
bus organization. The American for
he last two seasons has been torn by
|etty jealousies. In the National
league, too. there seems a balance Of
laying strength that promises = Won
rfully interesting championship strug-
La in 1921. New York Brooklyn. Gu
|nnati. Pittsburgh Chicago and 81.
louis all have an excellent opportunity
b qualify for worlds series honors IN
bel.
There is a different story in the AM
|rican League This looks like two-
Eieyeland Indians and the New York
Yankees fighting all the way. ami -"
|6ar teams lost far behind. Ou,Sjd" %
Ibssioly the 81. Louis Browns. likely %
CURE as real dark horse. cleveland
md New York seem TO have no oppos'-
Ion.
one Of the greatest clubs OF history
las the White Sox OF 1919. But NJ
ess than eight Of that most llluStrtous
last who admitted they Were dishonest
|r were implicated in IN" confessions
others will over play again. HlHv"-
nd Chicago and New York wcr" mUch
|tronger than n" rest % the hcjt fISt
len. II is now Il night between C1cve-
Ind and New York. I would appear.
Hugh Duffy has no bad club - BpR-
|pn. Aleft fielder OF real worth would
live the Hub outfit a read show. Dut-
|eys pitching IS question: bic. Irovid-
n1 the STAFF attulns Is highest potcn-
|EaL he would have sufficient box
|trength 10 assure AN exalted position.
Detroit is another club 'ha: may b.
strong or iamcntahly weak.
|ecording az TO whether or not y toh6
|aea stres up 10 approved standards a.
manager II seems too much t. rXTc'r
|.aI discipline FROM COMB. who's" ,ar'"r
h a player waS marked by every d.-r"-
hard for discipline.