San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-09
Inks Yanks Have Edge
b Repeat But Should
Get a Fight.
|OCLUBS DANGEROUS
Jams, Tigers May Win;
Boston, Washington
Most Improved.
By JOHN b. FOSTER.

fr. Foster has just completed
Four weeks tour of the South.
fting the major league train
camps. During his trip he
h all of the American League
inns in action and his dispatch
Jay sums up his impressions of
m. In tomorrow's dispatch he
l discuss the teams of the Ma
pal League).
bright by Tho San Antonio Light.
Nv York, April 9.-The American
he race of 1924 should prove
pf the most successful and one
lie closest in the history of the
IT. Out of it, the New York
ICES have a good chance of emery
Pnce more champions. But il
by any means certain that they
Cleveland, Detroit and possibly
|ouis must be reckoned with.
Eivification of the second division
of the league is the element that
Uses most for close race. Never
be American Leagues second d.
shaped up so well as this
3. 1t is far from impossible
Some of the teams now rated in
ower half will have changed
with some of the first division
before the season ends. All de-
upon the ability of players to
rough the season without injury.
players are taking better care
emselyes these days.
two most improved teams in
eague comparing their spring
of 1923 and 1924, are Wash
D and Boston. That doesn t
that either is a championship
bility. But both of them are
better than in 1923.
liter johnson. the veteran pitch
3tar of Washington, apparently
good as he ever was. His arm
has worked easier or with more
Is. And that isn't all. Prothro
better third-baseman than he
Expected to be, and the infield
tier because he is better. The
ttchers are in form and the out
can hit more than it could with
promising youngsters to fill in.
Team can come from behind and
ind never is stopped in game
THE last man is out. The club S
weakness is base running.
kton has an infield much better
THAT of 1923. and perhaps the
Id is entitled to the same rat
Behind the bat the team is
ker and steady. The stcadiness
Ire important than the strength
Readiness and should help a
Ing staff that needs coaching.
Boston club should finish with
D rating or more it the Bostons
% could make 400.
/ Athletics Better Batters.
next most improved club is
khletics. But the Athletics went
pretty fast clip part of the time
t23, so they may not be con-
Ia to have shown quite as much
kvement as Washington and Bos-
The Athletics seem to have
I'D more in batting than any
way. In other words. the man
has acquired part of the big
pr which he was looking. The
bic infield will be fast. especial
bund second base. The rowing
in the American League will
st. Louis Browns. If Sisler
tbev will 90 and how far will
Il on Sisler. If he proves I'M
(sful as a player and batter, it
hike a terrific stimulant TO make
louis keep the pace. There is,
.nuch of the kitchen cabinet
his team.
Lake Erie Bobcats, Cleveland,
It are the fighting combination
! circuit. Their games promise
[andest old fights that the Amer
League has known in years, per-
lin all time. Offhand. it looks
Cleveland had the batters and
It the pitchers. You wonder
That can be possible when De-
has Heilmann, Cobb and Manush
outfield. But Cleveland has
Ter, Summa and Jameson. When
six club swingers begin TO
splinters of ash will fly into
Erie in sheafs.
the Cleveland pitching staff
through, what a muss Cleve-
lnd Detroit may make for New
tcourse, when they play against
pther one must lose TO the ad-
re of the other. Unless they
even all year, one or the other
I'm should be treading on the
hes toes all season.
White Sox appear to be the
Ter vane of the circuit. They
twist and turn more with .ae
be winds than any other nine.
lhave had hard luck. with the
ker absent all through the train
Jason and with an old ball play
suarrel among them.
bout any question, the Yanks,
ey left New Orleans, were as
go into the next race as a
,ould,be. But that doesn't mean
will win it. They have the
and the incentive. The big
ION is one of endurance. If
aon't become over-confident. and
N don't have one or more stars