Evening star., 1921-04-10

, of tight situations last summer by
pitching himself out of trouble. after
should prove consistent winner for
Cleveland. and If he does the Indians
will be hard to beat.
Much interest centers in the New
York club. For years the Yankees
, have been regarded as a club that
boasted of lots of power but sadly
lacked speed. During the winter
Manager Huggins has attempted by
trades to remedy the lack of speed
and seems to have succeeded to Il
great extent. Looking over the line up
OF the Yankees it must be admitted
Huggins has a powerful club under
his direction.
New York has a good chance to win
in 1921. II the club does win it will be
a feather in the cap of Higgins. Un-
like the Cleveland club. the New York
team has number of outstanding
stars, prominent among them being the
great Ruth. On this ball club there are
a number Of players Of various tenn
peraments.
In some ways the New York club re-
minds one of the old Boston Red Sox.
w hen the Red SOX were doing things
there were any number Of stars on the
club. but Bill Carrigan was the type Of
leader who was able to weld that team
INTO harmonious aggregation. II Hug
gins can do the same with the Yankees
oA iSsl hc Will DC d trouble UndKST dli
the way. The club has the hitting and
pitching and seems to have added
enough speed to get it out of the slow
class If Manager Huggins can keep
harmony and spirit on the team the
Yankees must be regarded as danger
GUS Huggins has pretty good ball
club. and the task that confronts him is
to win with it.
Nationals Are Formidable.
Washington. St. Louis and Detroit are
all formidable. although on paper /
would hardly pick any one of them to
win the pennant. These three clubs
will make things interesting and it
wouldn't be surprising TO see Washing
ton or St Louis upset some of the cal
culations already made on the outcome
of the race. Washington will be a much
improved ball club. Joe Judge and
Stanley Harris compare favoraby with
any of the first and second sackers in
the American League The team is well
fortified on that side of the diamond.
Shortstop is the one position that may
prove troublesome. With that position
well taken care of. Washington would
not have a weak spot
AT Detroit the main interest cen
ters in the success Cobb will have
as manager. There will be nothing of
the happy medium about Cobb as
manager. He is of the type and tenn
permanent that will be a big success or
failure, and l am inclined to the be-
lief that he will be success. If he
fails as a manager it will be his first
failure in base ball, for at all other
things pertaining to the national pas
time he has been pre-eminently sue
cessful II will mean much to the
American League IL Cobb goes big.
because it will give the organization
two outstanding stars like Speaker
and Cobb as great managers. Detroit
hardly will finish seventh in 1921.
Browns Possess Strength.
Lee Fohl will get the best there is
out of the st. Louis club, and the team
has considerable possibilities. The loss
of Joe Gedeon will be felt. Gedeon
was a great ball player. His worth
was never appreciated as second
sacker. The big problem for Fohl will
be mis- infeld. 1t Is a rather uncertain
proposition. Fohl is not the demon
stratiye type of manager. He works in
d quiet way, but always has harmony
on his ball club. and the desire to
win. and that is the big task Of any
manager
The Chicago Americans, one of the
| greatest clubs in history as it lined
up in 1919, will be only shadow of
itself as it steps to the front in 1921.
A lot of people are conceding last
place to the Sox, but ! think it will
be hard TO keep them from finishing
| lower than NTH and they may break
into the first division. A ball club that
| has Schalk, Collins, Faber, Kerr and
Hooper is far from a minor league
aggregat alton.
Cleveland and New York seem to be
[ hogging a bit of the spotlight az they y
get away. but it is a long distance to
| the finish in October. You can never
| tell in base ball.