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Show Amonthe. WuHhliirion players svacrl Milan will Klva Kddls Collins anil Ty ColU a close run for base stealing honors this sesson. With the exception of I lie Aihlellcs the Aiuerlcuo league sismllng la beginning be-ginning to assume lla UHtursI form "lluggs" Itsyniond Is proving lo MuKKsy MrOraw be still Is K.o"d ,,,r few victories. Ttis more Chicago fans hear of Kal ser the better they like hliu. Ho far the season of I till has beea a good one for baiting avvruica and a poor one for pitchers' records llaaeball at tbla time of year la run duclve to good batting avers''" eiea If the Ditchers' narks do suffer. Clarke Urlfllth and Frank Hancrofi bava declared the New York Americans Amer-icans one of the best teems they ever Lave seen and expect It to show the rust of 'he league teams lbs way Nearly all the leading critics play Ing winter baseball picked the New York Ulanta to win the National lesgue pennant this year ur be run ners up. The same critics selected the Philadelphia Athletics lo repeat In the American league. Fred Tonny la another example of a ball player that can "come bark " Tbe lloalun nisnager la handling ev erytblng around flrat base as If he was Just n bis prime, but then the hot summer days are coming and he may feel differently then. Joaa Tannehlll, In aplte f bla brief, bad showing with Cincinnati,, auya he Is still good enough for any Class A company and tbal be will show them yet. Stony Mctllynn continues lo pitch good ball. It Is said that this Indian McUlynn Is a Cherokee or Chickasaw Chicka-saw Is about il yeara old. taking up baseball lata In life, but be cerlululy lasts well. If It Is true that Rube Marquart la In form again It I only anuther Instance In-stance of the grand judgment of John McOraw. He baa held tbe 111.000 I beauty for two yeara In aplte of all the adverse criticism of every erltle ! ttw country. I |
