Show strength of the A national IT at ina I 1 I 1 I 1 league leabu tae MM teams compared combar ed 0 a 1 the sporting editor of tle the philadelphia ledger dedger has issued the following story on the strength of 0 the national league teams chicago samo same machine machin 3 exists as in 1007 1907 principal question is whether it will wall work as well all championship kincs find it bard to maintain speed for three successive years if 11 a determined fight is made against tire the champions vid mid luck breaks against thorn them they are likely to falter quite sure to bo be successful against teams in their own section cincinnati purely experimental and does not pretend to 10 do lo anything more mom good opportunities to strengthen were lost through bad advice handed to the owner not likely to be a pennant factor and will more likely vacillate around the end of the list all the year tear team contains some good men but under doubtful management it alu hardly play good ball new york strongest outfield in either league good in all ways fielding batting and running infield somewhat problematical problematic ali but certainly active As aa a whole a better run getting team than f last ast year pitchers it properly supported very likely to hold bold their own team has a fighting chance barring general breakdown by pittsburg everything depends upon whether wagner changes his mind and decides to play it if he la Is in the game the team should bo be a oon contender tender all the time without him it is ia simply impossible to got get any line on what the nine la Is likely to do this season probable strength of batteries up to the standard sot in 1907 1937 philadelphia dangerous all the way and a team that every club must light to a finish if the phillies show better against chicago than they have in the past they will be in t the he e with a possibility of landing very close to the top team work should ha be better battet this year improvement may be looked for on the part of th pitchers st louisell Loui L auls sAll all pitchers and not much of anything else CO could ull the remainder of the nine r support the pitchers as they deserve st louis would be likely fco advance some points this season not much prospect oct of 30 days trial Is the offer on relieves backache back ache weak back lame back rheumatic pains boat best on sa sale lefor for kidneys bladder and blood good tor for young and old satis faction guaran guaranteed tied or money refunded gold bold ay y geo F t caves aves drug store cor and washington sta the players doing any heavy scoring scoria 9 except at rare intervals quick on the bases and a fielding nine that will cover much territory boston much stronger than last year if tho the pitchers were more reliable might be certain of working into the first division probably not a very brilliant base running team slowness Slow noss will always be against them when they aro are not dot batting well team work should improve much over last season brooklyn so little changed from 1907 that the only strength greater than that displayed last year must bo be the result of continued playing company A team that Is likely to be a disappointment it if the players who were injured last summer should happen to be hurt again early form of pitchers shows improvement with perhaps two exceptions |