East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-13
AMERICAN RACE LOOKS
LIKE CLOSE FIGHT

! TOLEDO. o., April 13.-(By Dick
Meade, Sport Editor Toledo News-Bee.
! Written for United Press. Mo club
in the American Association came up
! from the south n favorite for the
championship honors. Unless there
are radical changes made in the early
season there will not be a first choice
in the group.
Naturally one looks for ST. Paul, the
runaway champion of 1920, to occupy
a lofty niche in the race but in spite
of the fact that Manager Mike Kelly
will receive player help in part pay
ment for some of the stars he sent up
last fall, it is unlikely he will be able
to replace Catcher Bubbles Hargrave
Third Baseman Goldie Rapp and
Pitcher Combe.
Yet in spite Of the loss of three such
valuable players, the Saints have a
formidable lineup and are bound to
frolic around tlfe top, through the
summer campaign.
Louisville, which beat out Toledo for
second place by half game on the
final day of last season. is practically
the same aggregation that started so
poorly and ended so ably last year.
E-The loss of Shortstop Workman. who
jumped to independent baseball with
the Fairbanks Morse club OF Reloit
Wis, is bound to injure the Colonels
defense. Workman is a weak hitter
but wonderful ball hawk.
Roger Bresnahan, president of the
/ HN.1,
say the Mud Hens are fifty per cent
stronger than in 1920 when they gave
Stsfouis a bitter fight for two months.
The addition of Fred Lauders, for
mer Phil for first base. will help the
infield. Dyer at second, Derrick at
short and Bauman at third will give
brainy group of inner workers. To
ledo had one of the best outfleds in
the association last year but it will he
better this year with Jim Thorpe.
/ Wickland and Hill. a young phenom
who hit .260 in 80 games last fall
indianapolis is banking a great deal
on it's infield at Covington. Sticking.
Schreiber and Baird to keep it up in
/ the race. Manager Hendricks has a
good twirling force, but his outfield
does not shape up particularly strong.
The second divis on teams. Minne-
apolis Milwaukee, Columbus and Kan
sas City are supposed to be greatly
| improved and may be able to break in
to the select circle.
4 Minneapolis is talking success on a
quartet of pitchers--James, Lowder-
I milk, Robertson and Schauer.
Milwaukee was handicapped last
year by accidents, the most harmful
being the broken leg suffered by Del
Joiner first baseman Del is to play
She outfield this year and firsts is to
be played by big Hauser who wallow-
ed arcuHd in the right garden last sea
son.
| Clarence Rowland has made a num-
ber of changes in the Columbus Sena-
! tors, but It is difficult to make pre-
iiction about the club. The same j;
true of Kansas City's tail-enders o.
1920. which look stronger at the star
than llast year. The return of Coch
rane to tn 'rd base will steady the in
field Beals Becker, the hard hittins
fly chaser who has been suspended foi
playing Independent ball last summer
would have made a big difference il
the club.
Right now the association looks lik
mighty we'll balanced league, Al
clubs had good training weather il
the south and are in good condition fo
the early part of the race,