The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-02
SPEAKER TRIBE
IS SLOWING UP,
PLACED FOURTH
Detroit to Head 2nd Divi-
sion, Then Reds, White
Sox and Macks
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NEW YORK, April L.
American league derby;
The New York iauks, even,
TO D and out, won; the
Washington Senators, 2 to 1,
3 to 2 and / TO 2, second; the
st. Louis Browns, 4 to /, 2 to /
and even, third.
The Cleveland Indians, the
Detroit Tigers, the Boston
Red SoX, the Chicago White
Sox and the Philadelphia Ath-
leties also ran.
There you have il. The
Hanks to win, the Senators to
place and the Browns to show,
with the Indians crowdinR
them all the way.
Talking Through the Hat.
We wear no shepherds plaid vest.
brown derby does not sit athwart
one ear, uot do We converse from
one corner OF the mouth Book.
making, to us, is something they
do IN printing house. You might.
therefore. wish to suggest that we
are using our hat for megaphon".
SO bet it. 10 your worst, Lure
our humble opinion into a dark
doorway ana there, without fear ot
molcstatiOu, rcnd II limb from
limb You might, however. do well
90 sweep up the remains I'm a dust
pan. They might como In handy
next fan when the fun returns
are IN.
Tbe Yanks are made an even
money proposition and We see no
good reason for deCrying this choice
The champions will play the first
five or six weeks Of the campaign
minis Ruth and Meuscl and In all
probability VIII not get away run
ming. YET, with their wealth OF
pitching ana a sound infield defense
IL IL difficult to conceive Of them
being more than "A few games Oft
the pace when their two siege guns
are returned To good standing. From
that point, the Nanks should go on
to win rather comfortably, although
the Senators, n uch-improved ball
club, and the Browns, with a wealth
of hitting. figure 10 hang around
like the shadow Of the landlord.
The Indians Grown Old.
The rather obscure position Sc
leCted for the Indians may give
rise 10 mild surprise but we cannot
figure them otherwise. Speaker
traded away no slight percentage
of the teams impressive punch In
sending Smith and Burns 10 Boston
and II might bc well TO remember
that II was hitting alone that kept
the Indians In the chase last year,
Al that time the pitching was no.
toriously bad with the exception
Of those performances turned In by
Coveleskio and possibly Sothordn,
There IL no reason to suspect that
It will be improved now. for the
staff rcmains essentially the same,
In addition, the ball club has grown
old ON Speakers hands.
The Senators are favored for sec
oud place because the addition OF
Roger peckinpaugh has given thcm
one of the best inficlds in the
league and for the further fact that
Walter Johnson seems TO be set for
a hlg season.
The Browns have a fine offensive
han club but tho defense does not
stand up AS II should. II is weak
~ Agcond base, whore no ball club
should be weak, and aside from
ShOeRer's activities, the pitching is
not likely To be consistent. Third
place should be its final resting
place.
Tigers Top second Rank,
Topping the second division we
have the Detroit Tigers with moro
or less uncertain pitching and "A KID
shortstop II either. or both come
through. the Tigers are likely to
step right over someone's head into
the first division. for they remain
as one OF the slugging teams Of
baseball and they do not lack for
speed.
The Red Sox are given prefer
onCe over the Chicago White SuN
largely on the score OF hitting. Yet
the Boston team Is singularly de-
void of the promise OF pitching and
the team is 80 slow that II viii
have to drive out many base hits TO
win ball games. The white SoX
are coming fast and should Faber
and Kerr have good seasons. they
might top the rival Sox at the end,
Tho Athletics seem destined for
another sojourn below. Mack
ruined what little infield defense he
had by trading Joe Dugan and
made matters worse by getting
nothlng in return, save Il sluggiug
outfielder