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Show r l ILUot .KAIL ' I" FOR PENNANT ft Six Teams in National l League Have a Chance to Win 7 New York, April C High up In his offices on the thirteenth floor of v ?Cew York's tallest skyscraper, Pres- S ident Thomas J. Lynch of the Natlon- x nl league, lias figured out that tho i race for the pennant this year will ft he the closest and" most keenly con- i tested in many years. Here is his 7 statement of tho situation: p "One of six clubs has a chance to ',l win this yoar. Rarely have the teams f presented a more even front. While St. Louis and Boston do not seem to be as strong as the other clubs, 3 still you can never tell what a crowd 1 of young players will do, and Tenny maj' surprise tho baseball world this i year ' "As for tho other six clubs, It is r just about an even thing. New York looks good and are stronger than at x this time last year. Those who think J tho days of the Chicagos nrc over, 1 may have cause to change their opln- ion before the season closes. They 'j are no weaker than last year, in my opinion. It was because the Athletics Athlet-ics weir so much faster than Ckica- ! go that the world's series resulted 2 as It did The team is well supplied 2?) with youngsters. Take the purchase sju " of Shean. That was a good stroke of lH business. Evers may last a wholo !Jfja season and may not last a veek, Sir. jjf Murphy has a second baseman to Ul step light In there. If that happens, 'jjff! you are likely to hear people begin wjr to talk of Chicago luck and how for- ft tunate It was that Shean was around. Mar No luck about it; it was planned bc- Nftit re band. U" I "A letter reached me the other day 3 ft from tho Pittsburg camp, saying that !: Leach, Clarice and Wagner, the big Vfc tr'' worc "over in better condition 12; nnd that Adams and Camultz were V ; ; putting them over in great form. 5! The men arc playing together and 'S'l. the old fighting spirit is there. T tell I you that Chicago would not have WM had such an easy time wlnulng a 'JK pennant last year had they nqt got ijg ,the Jump in the early months. It FSfc i AV1 d'fteront tus spring, unless fjfijft all signs go wrong, , , . , " .. i( ,jra -"Both Philadelphia and ""Cincinnati SxIL were strengthened by the trade made ! rajW last fall. It docs n player a lot of.! ;B , good to be shifted around. It puts JS more life In him and many times a gj! man who has played on aerage ball with a team gets In with a lot of j hustling youngsters and becomes a J5 The 'fans' like to see a new face, JSJ too, and applause Is as sweet to a lli player's ears as It is to an actor's. When a man steals second base and alf Is cheered he wants to steal third p right away Both the Philles and lli the Reds will be factors In the pen- If nant race this year. Neither can l Brooklyn be counted out. From all Hi ( reports, Mr. Ebbs has some young- III sters who will givo a good account W of themselves this season. II "Evory season in baseball seems Kl to he greater than the one immediate- r lv preceding I do not think that this U season will prove an exception to the r rule and look for the biggest year : and one of the closest races in the : history of tho game " If nn |