Show r AS IN TO A D EW AP APPEAR EAR STRONGEST IN I Yanks Early EarNy favorites to Win Over World Cham Champs Detroit and Philadelphia Will Follow Leaders According to All Preseason Dope N NEW EW YORK Feb 6 By A. A P. P P. Washington Washington and New Yo will fight it out for American league pennant honors i 1925 with Detroit dogging the tile heels of this pair and Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia I Connie Macks Mack's mystery team looming as the d dark dak k kI I ho horse c of 91 the race This appears s to summarize the situation as the tue teams Stearns prepare to depart for their Southern training camps campI St. St Louis Boston Cleveland and Chicago are uncertain quantities now Barring an upset none none- of of them figures to be more than a threatening prospect Despite the advantage of several trades which Washington Washing Washing- ton has made during the winter season season- the Yankees appear to be the choice of the league at this early stage I HARRIS MAKES GOOD TRADES But Stanley Harris youthful pilot of the worlds world's champion champions has not been Idle He has called to his aid that element which he lacked laced last season veteran season veteran pitching assist assist- assist assist- ance The acquisition of the trio of twirling veterans Dutch Reuther Reu- Reu ther tiler obtained from the Brooklyn Nationals r Stanley Coveleskie from Cleveland and Vean Gregg purI purchased purchased pur- pur I chased fro from the Seattle Pacific I coast team should bolster up the deflated staff which has dwindled to Walter Johnson George Mo- Mo Firpo Marberry and Tom Zachary Outside of his twirling staff Harris probably will stand pat on his team this year LEADS STAND PAT ON VETERANS Like Harris Huggins will stand pat e except for the veteran Urban Shocker who came to the Yankees in exchange for three pitchers Joe Bush Girard and Gaston Ty Cobbs Cobb's fighting team will take the field this season similar in I every respect to the 1924 edition with the exception of second base where a new face Is sure to be seen seen I Derrill Pratt Pratt- veteran infielder has been given his unconditional re re- re re-j re l lease s In Philadelphia Connie Mack Is is' is silently building The veteran pilot paid for Lefty Grooves Baltimore southpaw w but aside from this he has been working Gordon S S. S Cochran obtained from the Portland club of the Pacific Coast Coast league will be a big aid to Cy Perkins the mainstay in the catching department George r St. St Louis Eddie I Collins at Chicago Lee e Fohl at Boston and Tris Speaker at Cleeland Cleeland Clee Cleve land have gone In for tor youngsters and will experiment with several combinations Kirby Pitted Against Famous Fleet Fi Finn n NEW YORK Feb 6 By A. A PEddie P- P Eddie Kirby of Cornell who will willbe be pitted against Paavo a So meter race Saturday at the Wilco A. A C. C meet appeared to be running an exceptional race In the tho mile and one-half one event last night yet his time wa was fully 19 seconds slower than the record established by the Finnish star The American Americ n had an opportunity to see his rii rival l lin in action last night night night-a a race raco in in which Nurmi shattered the mark made for yards ards set up by Alfred 1 twenty years ears ago The Finn made the distance in 1055 1053 but failed to reach the end of two an and l one-half one miles in an anything thing like the time established by Willie Ritola the night before Loren Murchison i-as i was the standing star last night winning two short sprints I Willie Plant Americas America's champion walk walker r suffered from a cold d nd left the two-mile two race at the h half half- umile u- u mile mark After Plant left the therace therace race Phil Granville o of Canada had the field to himself and won easily from scratch Nur Nurmi i was was tied at the meter distance in 11 minutes 55 5 5 5 seconds which will stand as a ord for that distance there be no previous figures A Al Watrous Captures C South Central Title HOT SPRINGS Ark Feb 6 Al Watrous of Grand Rapids Mich won won the south central op open n golf gol tournament here yesterday afternoon with a score of f for forthe forthe r I the two seventy-two holes of play MacDonald Smith of San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco with a score of was second sec see ond and Harry Cooper Dallas tallas Tex finished third with AUthe All AU the winners are professionals |