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Show ; ill Experts Opinion "Team That Beats New York Giants Will Play in Next World Series" Still Holding Good! 4 The team that beats the New York Olantw will win the pennant in the National Uague That In substance Is the prediction of all the baseball experts prior to the opening of the season. On the showing of the clubs so far In the race that opinion still holds good As a matter of tact, the work covering the first third of the race 4! has strengthened the belief. In only one re-pet t have the Giant , disappointed so far on the road. At the l-olo Orounds Mr G raw's cluh has been ilnbeatable On tho road It has heen only a fo-pi nirgrejtntlon The Giants have a great ball clulv It ranks with the old-time atar aggregations ag-gregations like the Cubs and Athletics, when those two teams were at the' top of their game. New York has a great Infield. Is, strong barkj of the plate and In the outfield. Tho pltrhlnsr Is perhaps not all that might be desired, but leave) that problem to McGraw to solve. If the Olaht pitchers were showing the form they did against ihe Yankee Yan-kee in th world series McGraw wouldn't have to worry. Pittsburg and St Loula look like tho most formidable contenders for the runner-tip honors, while Brooklyn. Brook-lyn. Chicago. Cincinnati and BoBton might be rated as the dark horses P.oston got away to a very bad start and disappointed badly In the enrly stages of the race. Of late the club has been playing the game It Is capable cap-able of and la closing up th ga;i Mlt -hell says he will be satisfied with nothing worse than fourth. Pitching Is usually tho problem that confronts every club. Pitching, or lei h of pitching, has played havoc with the Cardinals and Pirates. i ,..ijier. the star of the Pittsburg staff and one of the game's greatest j left handers. has not won with hi t usual consistency Grimes, the star 'of the Brooklyn staff, had trouble . hitting his stride. Alexander of Chicago Chi-cago has had varying success. When tho star of a team s staff has trouble winning It raises hovoc with the team In general. Grimes of Brooklyn appears to have recovered his form. With Rcu-ther Rcu-ther going great and several of the recruits hOWlng well. Brooklyn will probably bo very troublesome tho rest I of i he way. In the National league New York looms up as the class of the field. Pittsburg and St. Douls are. contenders. contend-ers. Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Chicago i ml IJuHtoii .ire close up, with any of them having h chance to prove troublesome trou-blesome and break Into the first division. di-vision. Philadelphia will probably think II is out of the league before the race 1 Is over The Phillies appear destined des-tined to get the flag before coming Into the stretch. In conclusion, the team that beat the New York Giants Is going to play In the world series. |