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Show ERVEN JENSEN CASTS EYE OVER THE FIELD By ERVEN" JENSEN, Manager Boise Toam. In reviewing tho six clubs in tho league ns I see them on tho cvo of tho opening of the Union association, I will take each one up separately. I have no Idle boasts to make nnd no scvero criticism to offer to any ono club In tho league. I bclleyo tho association Is as strong, if not stronger, this year than over before In Its history and J am confident con-fident thut fans will be treated to hlgh-claon baseball. Salt Lake ought to be up In tho I raco Ijccauso of a well-seasoned and I (Continued on Following Page.) union league m will'begintuesday (Coutlnucd from Preceding Pago.) balanced club, barring accidents. In Hester, Salt Lake has a manager who was under the stralu of fire last season and who lo perfectly capable of going under tho same strain this year and winning games. Taklnc Huclsmaji out of his lineup, his club would. br.vtwirse, be a great deal weaker. Hester plays nwr games at home and moro gam under better bet-ter climatic conditions than any olhor town in tho league. Besides.-no. has a short field fence for long hitters which will he found a great help Jn winning games. Glnilln has a good seasoned club. "Millie his team is managed from the bmch. Glmlln Is nevertheless one who knoWB the game from A to Z and can get the work out of his men. I look to Fee. him fighting for the first division, anyway. If not a pennant contender. There are not many effective ef-fective left-handed hitters In the as-aoolatlon as-aoolatlon this, season, but Glmlln lias a number of them who -will be heard 1 from In landing on tho ball and who will bo effective against pitchers. Butte has In "Ducky' Holmes a managor who is a hustler and fighter on the ball field. Holmns does not fight to be "mean." but to win ball games, and' ho ought to hav the scrappiest bunch of them all. Ho Is a man who can handle any kind of ball player. There Is no question In mv mind tho club that beats him will be In tho first division. First of all, Murray has a manager mana-ger who T personally think Is tho king of them all, being a catcher who can get better work out of young pitchers than any of them, nnd a ploying manager whose club can win as many gHines on fewer hits as any team' in the league. From what I know, ho has some good basy runners, run-ners, a good young catcher and some good young pitchers. 1 do not think he is much over the salary limit Jess Garrett of Helena has practically prac-tically a now club to me. lie seems to have enough old heads to balance tho younger ones. I do not know much about his pitching staff, but this J do know: Garrett knows a ball plaver Avhen ho pees one. Out of tho number of men he has In training train-ing he ought to have a well-balanced club. I played on tho same club with Garrett one season and know he is a hard man to beat As for Boise, let me say this: I. think I have the best pitching staff in the league and two of tho very best catchers, a hard-hitting outfield out-field and a well-balanced Infield, and If I am not up In the race It Is because be-cause tho other clubs aro stronger than I think they arc. They will find us fighting evory Inch in every game until tho last ball Is pitched, and onr players aro gentlemen on and oft tho field. May the best club win. |