Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-16
Will Be NO CHANGES
AMONG WHITE s0X
ComislSey Thinks the Worlds
Champions Are Good
Enough for Him for
Coming Struggle.

All of the teams in the American
aud the National leagues are now in
the South training for the coming
championship struggles, which begin
simultaneously OH April IL. BY virtue
or their great victory over the Chica-
go Cubs last fall the Chicago White
Sox have attracted the bulk of atten-
ton to the doings of the American
League teams this year. The White
Sox, after close race in which they
won the pennant by margin of Il few
games from the New York Americans,
easily disposed of the Cubs in the
worlds series, after the latter had
captured the National League pennant
from the New York and Pittsburg
teams in walk. AS the worlds Sc
RES was played and won on it's mer-
IT'S the American League received a
tremendous boom In popular esteem,
until all over the country the various
teams have thousands of loyal follow
ers, including an army of them New
York, where five years ago there was
but q handful.
From top to bottom in the Ameri
can League the teams will begin the
coming race for the pennant with
comparatively new changes in their
composition. The White SoX. owned
by Charles A. Comiskey and under
the management of Fielder Jones, the
old Brooklyn player, will stand pat.
Comiskey, one of the shrewdest base
ball men in the profession, knows
when he has really good team, and
as result he has refrained from
tinkerlng in any way with the cham
pions OF the world. In the box the
White Sox will have their former
great strength with such twirers rs
Ed Walsh. destined to become, it is
believed, as great box man as Matll-
ewson, Rusie or any of the famous
men who have faced the batsmen,
Nick Altrock, veteran; Doc White,
Owen, Smith and others.
Behind the bat the Sox have re.
markable catcher in Billy Sullivan, a
man whose headwork and steady play
Ing day In and day out did much to
bring about the success of his team.
Sulliyan's side partner is Mcfarland,
formerly with the Philadelphia Ma.
uonals. but who has not done much
brilliant playing in the last two years
BECAUSE Of Sulliyan's marked super
iority and capacity for work. Jiggs
Donohue, according to Chicago critics,
Is the best first baseman in the bus.
mess. even better than Hugh Chance
of the Cubs and Hal Chase, of the
New York Americans. But this is
undoubtedly stretching the point a
trifle too much, for the playing of
both Chance and Chase, from an I'M
preJudiced point of view, has never
been (excelled by the Sox's crack first
baseman.
AZ; Donohue's Sudden Rise.
Leaving out an argument on this
notnt,; however, the fact remains that
Donohue Is a superb player, quick
slappy, sure fielder, together with be-
ing n hard and timely hitter, swift
hdse runner and vigorous. plucky
fighter on the ball field. 1t was DON
ohhe's spirit and gameness that
spurred the Sox to victory In the
worlds series. He had the other play
ers4 on their toes with his caustic
remarks and bitter criticisms, which
were kept up until the honors had
been won. So Donohue must be plac-
edfon a pinnacle, an example of what
smart, clear headed ball player can
dp51n the way Of lcaping from practi-
CALI ohscurity to the very zenith of
popular favor in single year, for
DQnohue twelve months ago was re-