| Show i if Play ff Bail Now m V the Ste gari I I I t Major league Season at Handl Hand I l fc Ir I ibi i Outlook k of the Teams is baseball sea season season HE TIE arrival a of or tho ho IJa has mado tho funs fans forget son on THE nil all trouble of or tho the last few tem months Frosted cars winds chilblains and roaring northwest v aro now things ll of ot tho the past pant for tor six Gix or of seven scon moro more months at least le t and aud 11 1 hu humanity manity manit has lIas a n chanco to get bet Into Int tho thor r warm worm sunlight to whoop cr up Ull for forthe the tho llomo team loam It IB In Interesting at ot this atago o of o tho thoi i J campaign to glance over tho ho playing list 0 of the iho various Iou m major league teams to note what men tho clubs aro do de depending pending on In tho the now new makeup It Is only by hy considering tho the abili abilities it i y ties lie of r tho ho Individual players that tho the I strength and of ot a team teen can cnn j bo ho ascertained It wont do to take I too seriously the dictum of ot managers I and captains each of ot whom has a af f championship combination at tho be beginning bet beginning t ginning of ot tho ho season on at nt least In his own mind Tho fan who determines j I to a few tew brilliant remarks I anent championship possibilities must I ferret orret out his hla own theories until tho timo arrives when hen tho the percentage of the tho teams in Jn tho the record table tabla tells tella tho ho 1 tale 1 Tho New York Tork Giants appear to bo be ber r stronger than any nn othor other team In tho the league at present and aud based basc 1 upon tho the hot fight light they mado lost year with a 0 crippled pitching staff It must bo be ad admitted admitted that they havo a n pretty prett strong lookIn On tho the other hand close fol followers ol 01 olt l t j lowers of ot baseball aro expecting a I I break bronk In tho Chicago Cubo long win winning winI I I I ning streak It was WM only on by the tho hard hardest hardest 1 est cst kind of ot a n finish that tho worlds champions pulled through last season only with tho aid ald of ot a blunder by b of ot New York Yorki i Tho The Chicago management however 1 hon hart not been during tho winter i and it has made some Domo changes which t aro expected to strengthen tho team te m JI It was growing weak If lC the tho Cubs Cuba get any kind of ot a 0 good start which they the dId not have havo last year enrI I I they thoy tho will bo be just as ns hard har 1 to beat bent out Ii this year as m ever evor But Now ow York and I Philadelphia proved stumbling blocks to Chicago last year car and ao as both I II I teams havo have been considerably strength strengthened Ocd Med for or this years ears battlo battle Chicago should have havo a 0 fight from start to fin I Ili li Ish Pittsburgh chances of ot Improving its position in tho the race thia hlo year do de depends doi i I upon whether Manager Clarke haa has discovered an nn unknown j f in n tho the list lIet of o untried material ho hason has hason hason on hand The Tho Pirates can always ba be b bJ J 1 expected to put up a n hard fight and andi 1 I they the will very Cr likely be somewhere I t near the Hie front when the season ends Despite the known quality of o the tho Chicago tram team and the he I boasted strength th thI I of or the tho New cw York Yurka the Phillies still stand out JIH as n team which deserves to tobo tobo toi i bo be given hlen serious consideration when whon J trying to pick a 1 winner Last year veal the Phillies played a most Important pa pat pact t In deciding tho ho championship In Inthe ini i the tho National league lenue They The knocked Pittsburg and md Chicago out of ot first place when these teams were fighting fi their hardest to hold tho lead and Ind then through tho the sensational pitching of ot who won games amos In five c dayo Jaya from Crom tho the Giants they rob robbed 1 bed bcd New ew York of or what looked to bo be a 0 aj j sure lure victory Ictor In the pennant race r I All ball teams look lIko ilko winners to their followers about this time of or th J year C lr and It Is la reasonable to expect t that tho lh o fans rana In Cincinnati Brooklyn Boston and St SL Louis Louts aro are giving their I 0 teams a chance chanco for the pennant These Theo The e f jj fI I teams tams will enter tho the race under almost 1 I I I Identical conditions each of the four Cour I being under the leadership of oC n new w I IM 1 M managers all of oC whom havo hao been stars star of ot tho the diamond In tho past g It looks Ilk like 3 a close clo o race among amons Bow Bo Boerman erman Lumley and Bresnahan for the four our positions of the second 1 di division division vision Islon This lets Chicago York Pitts Pittsburg burg and Philadelphia In as aa the most moat likely candidates candidate for first division po positions positions positions and from present conditions it looks as if IC the tho National league raco this year will be a harder and more 0 Interesting ono one than last If It It does doea tho the fans will have lille plenty to keep them Interested r American n League Lenoue ii m I I In tho the junior organization It looks r l like another four cornered fight among tho Detroit Cleveland Chicago and St StLouis I Louis Louts teams with Cleveland the fa la favorite t orllo and Detroit a close cloo second But two changes have been mado ma In the I I j I makeup m of or last years cars pennant win winners winners ners takes tho place of or tho the f I veteran Bill Coughlan at third base basei i and Owen Bush Buah tho ho Indianapolis won der Is to cover COVal short abort position In place of oC OLeary OLean Bush put up a splendid gamo tho last few Cew weeks of o the tho 1008 1908 season se on at nt short Held field otherwise lo tho the I lineup of ot tho Tigers will bo be tho the same namo an ns Jt I 1 last season Tho Cleveland Naps hao havo I been strengthened by b the tho I IC addition of or Cy C Young to their pitching staff staCe and I tho the return of oC Flick tho star outfielder who ho was waR HI III all last season I Tho The backstopping department Is s rs stronger this thU year ear than last With tho ho two recruits Easterly and Land Lan 1 to I I help out Bemis and Clarke Clarko the tho Naps havo have an nn excellent chanco to capture tho ho banner I Tho Chicago Americans Americana without their great rent leader Fielder lelder T Jones ap appear appear appear I pear to ho bo weak wak Whilo tho the Sox may maybo mn maybe bo be able to gel et every Cery bit as good hood a manager as Jones was they win will find It a hard matter to 10 got bot a man to 1111 his place as a player There her never was anything sensa sensational sensational tonal about Jones playing Ho lIo never neer made mado any circus catches or drove droo tho the ball farther than It had harl been buon driven before Ho lie H had tho the faculty always to tobo tobo bo ho where the tho ball was hit As an In inside side player ho lie was 13 a marvel marel His bat batting batting batting ting average did not nol show his hla hi worth to tho the team but notwithstanding this thia fact thero there was never noYer a moment when ho did dl 1 not havo hao tho the opposing pitcher r aa fiS well as ns Infield guessing Time will show Jones value to lo the team leam Without him they thoy may ma not bo ho boas boos as os great a factor In the tho raco race as they the last season and yet ret they may mn Bot gat Botas gatas ot as aJ good a manager as he was Admirers of o tho the St Louis LouM Aul Browns are worried and alarmed over oer tho the fact that Jimmy Williams Is suffering with rheumatism and It Is decidedly quei ques questionable whether ho will bo be able to do db dohis d his part this season S With Williams I out of ot tho the game Gamo Manager 1 will find And It Il tough sledding this year ar Williams work last Int season or the greater part l of It at least was teas W lS noth nothing lug InS short of or sensational and It win will not bo be an easy cas matter mattor to flit fIll his shoes Should 1 ho be bo to play pInY the lie strength that Criger may add to the tho catching department will bo ho lost by b Williams absence from Crom the tho infield McAleer has haa plenty plent of oC promising ma rna material for tor his Infield but Williams ex experience perl en co was invaluable and an 1 It if ho should bo be forced to remain idle It will make mako a big ble difference In tho teams team s showing this year I Of O the other four tour teams Washington i looks the tho strongest It Is le the first time limo I since Washington has been represent represented ed cd In tho the American league that Its team attracted so 50 much attention from rom tutu tho other clubs as this thia year The Tho managers of or tho the sen other oilier clubs look upon aggregation as a tough proposition to beat and one which may mU prove proc a dark darl horse In the coming coining race Connie Mine Mack may yet spring a big surprise with his Athletics ai as may Lako of oC Boston Tho The New York Americans have havo a great grent collection of or youngsters and with the tho veterans vol rans left len Stalling Stallings should bo be able to get sel a n fairly good bood second division team Tho The American league le will twill fire firo tho the first gun April 12 1 Boston plays Phila Philadelphia Philadelphia delphia in Philadelphia and mId New York moots meets the Senators In Washington But tho ho aei season son ion starts In full Cull blast bla t on April Aprilla 14 la when all sixteen teams are aro sched ached scheduled scheduled to play pia Tho The games game on this date are arc as follows i American league Chicago at Do De I f roll troit OIl Cleveland at nt s St Lou Loula 11 New Ne York Tori I ut Jl Washington Boston at Philadelphia Philadel Philadelphia phia National league Brooklyn In at NewYork New York Philadelphia at Boston Pitts Pittsburg Pittsburg burg burr at Cincinnati St Louis at Chi Chicago cage cago cn O Makeup M keup of Loading Leading Teams Now New Ne York Catchers Me Meyers te ors and un 1 Wilson lIson pitchers pilcher Math rath Mathewson owson olon mae Marquard Crandall Ames Arne Durham Waller aller Velmor and i I Raymond namond Infielders Tenny Doyle Dolo I Devlin Fletcher FI Simmons Simmon I II land I and outfielders outfielder Seymour McCormick Mc Cormick D Vor O OHara tiara Murray Murro Co Cocash I cash and Herzog Chicago Catchers 8 Kling Moran I Archer and Campbell CamphelL pitchers Brown Brownne Re Rc l Lundgren Fraser Kroh Durbin and White Infielders Chance Ever Evers Tin Tink Tinker Ic I er or and out outfielder outfielders fielders fielder Hofman Schulte Browne Browno and Miller u man How Howard Howard ard Philadelphia Catchers and Crist pitchers Foxen Corridon on Sparks Moren Moore Richie and tho ho ut ul of 01 whoso whose namo name causes painful ul memories In Now New York lor It Infielders Knabe Doolan Grant Courtney and out outfielders fielders Magee lagee Titus Deininger Os Osborn O Oborn Osborn born and na Clement utility man Gleason Glea son Ron Catchers Gibson OCon OConnor nor pitchers Leever Phillippi Litton L Maddox Vail Vall Nelson and Parker Infielders Shaw Abstain Wagner agnor Leach 1 and m Iamond l outfielders Clark CI rk Thomas Myatt Tate Tale and Mo Catchers Schmidt doll dort Stanage pitchers NII ll 1 Suggs Winter l Jones lunea and Summon Summer HOll mn Schaefer OLur OLeary and Downs out outfielders fielders Jones Jon 8 Cobb Crawford Cranford and cIntro ro Chicago Catchers Sullivan Payne Weaver Spencer and Elsion Elston pitcher Walsh Altrock While Man Mun Manuel wI uel Smith and Miller Infielders Infielder Dono Donohue Donohue hue huC Isbell Davis Tannehill Beal Parent Burrell and mid Dullon Dalton outfield TB ore Dougherty Anderson Flanagan Hahn Halm and Tenant I dt r i r b bI 1 I r t 4 ti I 1 I IJar Jar 1 n yr r f t r L t r s Kj I I r r Jr r r iJ r D r b t p J JD V ti tit t d a w r i it L n r i j J t t X f f 1 f r stir JJ j 1 rte j Lt 1 I J J r rr r r WHITE I t lv I p CLARKE I CHANCE l tra F I J tr ll a ai i oli f f rj r t to fir r I i V K f y w Cr Crr v 11 i r J rf T I still i 4 1 t a r 1 r 1 L i r t t lr m t iJ 1 r r r r I t LAJOIE f r w N l f t r c u uc v 4 c rr j jv jI S a I a swi 1 r a r tsi tsia y f 1 1 r r T r 1 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STARS WHO WILL ONCE MORE CAVORT BEFORE US USTy USTy USTy Ty Cobb Detroit Pitcher Pilcher White Chicago Manager M Clarke Pittsburg Manager Jennings Detroit Manager Chance Chicago Manager Lajoie Cleveland Evers Ever Chicago Pitcher Mathov con con Now York Catcher C Dooin Doom Philadelphia Cleveland Catchers Bemis Clarke CIa rIte Land and Easterly Easter pitchers Joss JORS Graney Grane Borger Rhodes Rho Young Loun Foster and Sutton Sitton Stovall Lajoie Turner Bradley Perring Wright and Speas outfielders Lord Flick Sullivan Goode Josh and util utility ity It man S Louis Catchers Stephens and Crl Cri Criger ger pitchers Criss Dineen Waddell Swift Powell Howell Justus Graham Bailey Daile and Infielders Jones Jonos Jon s Williams Will FerrIs Wallace outfielders Patterson Schweitzer er Heidrick Hoff Hoffman man Stone Slone and Miller RACE FOR SPORT IN I N GERMANY Too much horse racing an well as ns too many tips touts and men mn In gen eral connected with the sport who look for or nothing but immense Imme o financial revenue explains the general cru crusade against the tho race mee tracks In III America and nd at the same sallie time explains why the so called reform clement element never ner has at tacked lacked tho the sport port In Germany This I opinion Is Ig taken by b George G rge Walker the American who has handled Un the Unhorses horses of ot Weinberg Bros lending leading all owners for years oars cors running in point of or purses and amount of ot marks won which Includes D two German Derbies annexed by b and Fels The Jockey club In III Germany German accord accordIng according Ing to lo Walker Is immensely ly pleased If It gets oHI nn an even oon break on the season sea season season son Race Raco tracks also are aro glad slad when they th find they havo engaged ena cd In a sea seasons seasons seasons sons sport with balancing ex expenses expenses penNes The desire according to Walker Is not to make money mone but to let tho public support racing In large laige numbers and at small and amI turn the profits right back Into the stakes slakes and purses so that horsemen and not race track rack I proprietors will bo he benefited No too fee Is charged for Cor reg registration of or racing colors colon Trainers are aro aI allowed to operate opera to without enor enormous enormous mou amounts paid Into tho the coffers for that privilege Jocko Jocke Jockeys a arc aro charged a nominal fee feo of or less les n than 5 o Racing Is conducted only on Sun Sunda Sunday day davs da and Mondays ars Just sixty days embraces till the entire German season s ason |
