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Show I MONTY REVIEWS I FEDERAUINEIIP I St. Louis and Baltimore and Tinker's Chicagoans Are Scanned Closely. (By Monty) New York, March 28. It Is possible , Aov,- to have a sort of a line on how 'the Federal league teams will take ,tho field In. their opening games week after next, barring the possibility of court decisions In favor of organized 'baseball that may restrain a number " of players from performing with the new outfit. Such a possibility Is f hardly a tangible thing, however, in I the short time remaining, and it Is J ' 'probably safe to assume that all the men who have been working out at , :.v the Feds' training camp will be able : v ,to get in the initial games. . : A majority of men who have at- tempted to pick the probable winner . of the Federal pennant name the St. ! Louis club as the iavorlte, but it now i ; begins to look as if the Baltimore I : club can present a stronger front if I I Manager Otto Knabe decides to play J , Second base instead of sitting on the I bench. With himself In the game, ; Knabe can show an opening day line-I line-I up that compares favorably with the , average club in the National and I ' American leagues. It would be about J- as follows: George Suggs, pitcher; I; ; Fred Jacklitsch, catcher, Harry 'i Swaclna, first base; Knabe, second I ;. base; Mike Doolan, shortBtopJ Eno's . Kirkpatrick, third base; Guy Zinu, ' Benny Meyer and Pant Walsh, out- : fielders. ' Tinker's Lineup. ' Mordecai Brown's St. Louis aggro- gation hardly seems to be as good as second when Joe Tinker's Chica-li BR goes are scanned closely. Tinker's I Em band will look on opening day some- f thing like this: Pitcher, Ad Bren- IVm .nan; catcher, Arthur Wilson; first base, Fred Beck; second base, John IS Farrell; shortstop, Tinker; third base, Rollle Zelder; outfielders. Al I m Wickland, Zwllling and Cad Coles, li M For third place, it looks as it I j Brown's much heralded Mound City i gang has practically had a lead pipe I ; cinch. The team probably will open J with Bob Groom pitching; Mike Si- 1 mon, catcher; Hugh Miller, first base; Boucher, second base; A. Brld- I I well, shortstop; Mathes, third base; ! outfielders, Ward Miller, Dei Drake i 1 and Fred Komraers. ; , Brooklyn apparently ranks about I s : fourth In strength of Its likely open If. Ing day lineup, Bill -Bradley's charges j ' going forth to do battle thus- Pitch : er, Eddie Lafitte: catcher, Owens: 4 ; first baseman, Hap Meyers; second baseman, Jim Delehanty; shortstop, I , i Gagnier; third baseman, Bradley; out l; , fielders, Claude Cooper, Artie Hof- man, Dan Murphy. j ' Indianapolis Has' Strong Team. i i Now for the second division for ; there has to be a second division even In the Federal league, no matter mat-ter how close the pennant fight may be. Indianapolis seems to be the lJ I strongest of the "lower four." This 111 . club headed by Bill Phillips, prob- 14 i 1 ably will line up on starting time i c' thusly: Pitcher Cy Falkenberg, 14 i catcher, Bill Rarldon; first baseman, H Dolan; second baseman, Frank La M ' porte; shortstop, Jimmy Esmond, ml third baseman, Pill McKensie; out- 54 i "fielders, Vincent Campbell, "Everett H ' ; Booe and Knauff. )l ' Kansas City, Buffalo and Pittssburg 'A r are likely to put up a hot battle to U ; stay out of the cellar, with the m ', ; chances favoring Pittsburg landing I ; sixth place If Doc Gossler manages W j his men well. His team probably r. will set out on the 154 game jour-tfj jour-tfj ;' ney like this: Pitcher, Howard Gnra-jj Gnra-jj , nitz; catcher. Skipper Roberts; first I baseman, Hugh Bradley; second base-HJ base-HJ ' man. Jack Lewis; shortstop. Eddie ft $ Lennox f third baseman, Charley Mc-til Mc-til ; Donald; outfielders, Gessler, Davy ! I Jones, Rebel Oakes. 141 I Kansas City Weak. j ' On second thought, Kansas City f looks so weak that seventh place will ji( X have to be allotted to Buffalo, leaving ;3 only the cellar for George Stovall's I iff men. Russell Ford probably will A pitch the opener for Buffalo, the rest of the lineup being: Catcher, Walter a4 Blair; first baseman, Joe Agler; sec-' sec-' ond baseman, William Louden; shortly short-ly stop, Tom Downey; third baseman, ' Fred Smith; outfielders, Luther Bon-s Bon-s nin, Frank Delehanty, Del Young. 1 Now for the poor old tallenders of Stovall If they really do turn out to be tailenders it doesn't make much t . difference how they start the season. K But they probably will begin thus: E Pitcher, Packer; catcher, Ted East-I: East-I: crly; first baseman, Stovall; second i baseman, Kenworthy; shortstop, II Goodwin; third baseman. Perrlng; It outfielders, Kruger, Chadbourne, t Turner. |