| Show I I 4 I IN THE NATIONAL I i iBo Bo tou eod not do cIo the sensational work done last year to again finish in front Has Increased its batting strength by the addition of oC Magoc Magoe but this Is to tobe be offset b by pitching that equal al that of or last J last st year Infield will be an Improvement be because because because be- be cause of tho the natural progress of oC Schmidt and tIme the presence of Smith on third base Will JIl have havo different terms to battle with In Its fight but should still be able ahlo to win the tho largest por- por of oC games Ne- Ne York York-A A team CM- CM York that cannot sho show Improvement and ani rather will retrograde retro grade because of or the time policy of oC Its manager In signing his players to long IonS term terra contracts that prevent him supplying sup sup- plying needed new blood Hopes for much from froni Lobert on third b base e. e hut but this player plater will wiil have o to tb do cIa differently from la Ian t year ear tp tc bear that out Probably Probably abl ably he will under a now leader Best Dest hope Is In the younger element clement which Is 18 the best ben in the league and If it were possible to rebuild the team out o of It a different story tory would bo be told Do not ot count it out of oC the tho race how how- over ever for or It has lias learned a a. lesson that will be of or value St. St J Lotus-Counted Lotus Counted b by tho the critics as wrecked reeked beyond repair yet ot Is likely to be bc none the tho loser through h the desertion deser deser- tion of several players Constitutionally Constitution Constitution- all ally ahl weak yet et had some somo mysterious factor which sent It to the front last year ear That may have ha Yo been boon a a. spasm that strikes It periodically as Instance the race it made In 1911 and it Is Just Justas as likely to drop ba back k to the bottom Con Continued on Fo Following Page PaRc NATIONAL LEAGUE Continued From Preceding Page again this year vear as not Absence of ot HuggIns as l' l an active player will be its greatest loss JOBS Alread Already declared b by its manager as a ball team without brains and Is apt to have a stormy time Manager Manager Manager Man Man- ager can be expected to be a n. bull In Ina ina a china shop If It things do not go rl right ht Hasn't added any strength anywhere and Hank Honl ODa ODay former manager may again have a a. chance to smile over history history his his- tor tory repeating itself this reference be being being be- be ing to his record with Cincinnati b by comparison with that of or the tho managers who succeeded him Brooklyn Seems Brooklyn Seems duo to be jinxed again as aR It u was last year Has lost a heavy hitter in Dalton and another valuable defensive factor in Stengel Is not likely to be of much use usa because of a mysterious Illness Hard Hardly possible pos poe I sible for tor it to make mako as good a showing I even wen as it did last year Philadelphia Greatest thing that hRs has happened to this team Is the employment employment employ employ- ment of or a manager Has been without without without with with- out that for tor several years More abilIty ability abil abU ity gone to waste on th the Phillies In in- past seasons than on any other team in either major league leas Unwise policy of owners last year ear car enough to wreck It even had the manager been capable of or leadership Has lost two goo good men in Lobert and Magee Magoe Must depend chiefly on a a. new spirit s and this may count for considerable 1 Pittsburgh Cannot Cannot do worse than last year and should do better If It the tho pitching holds up as well as It did In 1914 the team will advance Johnston in new company compan may give Ive tho the team tho the spring it needs In Infield Will be better off behind the J hat bat nt with younger material and competition there ma may stir the sluggish Gibson to do bettor better work Can get et b by this year ear but will have to be largely rebuilt after aCter this season and may begin that work early carl if Jt It sees the race roce Is hopeless Likely Cincinnati Likely to be a a. madhouse with Uh team wrecked b by dissensions and rivalry Chan Change e In mana managers ers before July Juh 1 not beyond possibility with I Tommy Tomm Leach the logical man though I Isomo some somo of the directors will pick c Doom If Ie Herzog had ability to build up rather than tear down he ml might ht make a a. aal valuable valuable val al man out of Wingo who could fill till the gap at first base if he lie could learn to hold a a. ball in his hands Summing U Up Up Looks s like ilce a race between between between be be- tween Boston and New York with the rest of It so scrambled that no man Best hopes for any team lie He HeIn In the uncertainty of ot all |
