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base. Chicago has IN Second Basera isa
Fvers the best man in that position IN the
National league. while Steinteldt az thlfo
and Joe Tinker at short field are hard %
excel. The outheld, made up Of Sheckaro,
slagle and Schultz, is fast conoins1 ls9k
Of hitting, run-Eetters ana husuers VII rt
an excellent substitute In Holman Inc
Cubs are evenly balanced wei mAnAeee
ana win begin the battle with MoIlo %
confidence in themselves, an Cn l,ets ,ss1-
nant is a cinch for them But llIas aiOie
can tell
MeGraw Banks on MathewSOn-
MANAGER McCraw is banking on the re-
turn Of Christy Mathewson 70 ms olo 19I in
TO bring another championship 10 the Folo
grounds. The New York NauonA -, are 80 re
Farded as no stronger now than they hANt
been In the last two years. May v 49, -
who had typhoid last spring Nhils -
team was in the south, do not recOfeI
from ne efects Of that illness for the
greater part Of the season, Altho1eh ne
went into the box repeatedly, oIlg y snOn
spparentiy regained his health this winter
and SAYS that he never telt peter NJ Us
life" If Mathewson, theret93Te, csn lp.1 Ios
to win the worlds championship n ES
the New Yorks may be in the race lIoIia ~
first jump and may S 5s,Ss 1I i9 thsy a. not
Oe RI,t me- NetsTsW does not rely wholly on
Mathewson's rsjuyenau892nt5i + sSr n Mcrsinnity
ma ma 1-arsS1son win all pitch great ball.
Aues looked last fan as II be mgnt ps
the teams star p,ie ne ss ms ne New Yorls
nav set the old town aire once agaIh
Poth McGlnnity and Taylor, noWeNcI'
got so many bumps LAST yea $500 Ine to re-
gard them as having seen their ossl oag - :,
SIN il may have been only tenlPoILs
slump. such as AL pitchers experiences al
" Wiitss. always a first class lefthander.
ran be depended upon, while AcGrdN
thinks that FERGUSON, the yo1 ~ h time
last season. Will strike his gait as sOoh
as he Is cut loose. Hank Aathew5ohs
brother Of Christy, may yet get anolheI
cbsncs IN the box, but so far he has not
amounted 70 much. McGraws pitching
derartment therefore. is somswhat proc
rscoTeTv Of The famous Mathewson and a
second lease on life by Taylor ana NC.
Ginnity. But with all three n shape
McCsraw can easily boast OF a corps OF
boxmen Of the highest class.
Rresnahau Rowerman and Broa1Way
Smith will attend to the catching a.
usual Dan McGaun is slated 70 pIsSs s
first again, with Bill Dahlen at short nelc
and Arthur Devltn al third oase, bus
second base since Billy GILBERT was HolS
"a Newark has been the cause for mpcn
speculation- McGraw has ave men thar
want TO play the bag They are tne
veteran Tommy Corcoran. VINO w vas. 'e q
member Of the St Louis Cardinals; Null
len formerly of Manhattan college. then
Of the Philadelphia Americana which
where he did excellent work: sammy
Strang, who displaced Gilbert PAT %
last season and Hannifsn, a recruit from - ~
the Connecticut league who got tTiAl
in the fall, but did nothing sensauonaI,
If Mike Donlin's leg IS all right and ne
finally signs a contract, whleh - tI ioDs
able the team will be surely siren gtheneo
In center field. as Dpnlin is far ana away
the best batter on the team, " hi s.l ~
the way was not 1Saf Hsar Win
Donlin IN his old place. seymour WI
probably be shifted over 20 right neld,
dislodgfng George B. Browne, while spike
Shannon nav be the left fielder, although
he is not one bit better than Browne IL
the estimation Of competent judges. Shan
here last summer from the St Louis club
but ne hardly filed the SHOES iett vacant
by the popular sandow Mertes. who wa
Shay and Doc Marshall also figured Nc
Graw VIII have absolute control OF ths
team as in the past and whatevsr he !.
able TO accomplish viii be entirely upor
his own responsibility.
PIttsburK Claims the Pennnnt.
The fans IN Pittsburg have already
team with Chicago and New York Fred
Clarke who buried the Ratchet with Barney
Dreyfuss recently, VIII manage the Pitts
he win also cover left field II he does n0'
Tommy Leach w1n I'll the position provid-
ing Storke, the former Amherst conegt
player now IN the Harvard medical school
is able 10 cover third base regularly. II
Storke Is q failure Leach VIII go back &C
the bag. IN which event Clarke, Clymer and
Mailman will be the regular outhel ders
Aside from third base the Pittsburg tntelo
is a o0rker with Joe Nealon on first. Abba
ticchio on second and the great Hans Wag:
from Boston in exchange for Second Base
man Ritehey and Pitcher Flaherty, a left
handler, with the deal TO be probably com
pieted by the release OF Center F1eloe1
Beaumont TO the Huh team too. Lever
Philippe. Willis. Deiheld- Lynch. Hide
brand Camnitz Brady and others viii lool
after the pitching. with Gibson and Phelps
the catcher as Heinie PeitE has been sold
70 Louisville.
always been rated high by the prophets
The Brooklyns played such fast ball neal
the end Of last season that no team IN ths
been strengthening the box since then an
viii begin the campaign with great lot o.
pitchers including scanion, MeIntyre
str1ckiett, PBstorius. Eason. Bell Whitins
and Rucher Ben is q conner. n ali reports
are true He Was a star IN Tr-State las
yHsr and AT one time several big clubs
including the New York Americans, wers
trying 20 buy his release from Brooklyn
but Donovan would not let him 90 at am
price Scanlon, Mcintyre. Stricklett Ant
Pastor1us, Who win DO the bulk Of IN,
pitching. are good enough for any team
Brooklyn has q magnificent catcher II
Bergen Donovan SAID recently that thil
man was the best baclcstOp that he hat
ever SEN Bergen VIII DO most Of tn,
work behind the plate. with Ritter and
Butler - help him
Tim Jordan. who came 70 the front with
a neteoric rush. win cover first base witt
Whitley Apsrman on second DOC Casey
the midget, on third and Lewis at short
neld. This inheld looks good TO nearly
AL the critics who have seen the men
actual play. Jordan iE q big hitter and VII
Improve Alperman Is q coming star il
DonovAns estimation. while all fans knOF
the reliable Casey. a hitter, base runnei
ana hustling fielder. Lewis q dne short
stop, took q brace under Donovan and can
not al present be improved upon A. al
extra tndeloer the BroOklyns have Hummel
who can play good ball anywhere IN TN
outneio are the regulars Mccarthy thi
neetfOoted AHlOney and the heavy hittinl
Luuley, with Batch 10 MI in with
New Manager for PhnaGelphta.
William Murray, for many years a sue
cesEfui manager Of the ProVidsncs an
Jersey City Eastern league teams VII
handle the Philadelphia Nariouals Thf
Is Aurrays flrst engagement with a rnsS0,
league club, but he has had long expariannl
and - 50 ooCnpetent that II the Fhils delf,fi 4
club had been q D1ie slower ia closing I
contract with him he would have zone 4
the Boston Americans Murray. Ike Can
rllon- believes IN discipline ana asKressiv,
bal playing He viii take three Jerssl