The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-21
BASE BALL
The Chicago Cub, and Gears Pirates
Getting III Fine Practicc-Oti1cr News.

morning they were delighted at the inns
weather which greeted them and the
warm weather OF the past week ha> en-
ahlcJ all the men To- get bots 81 good
rract1ee, and get III condition tor the
season. hey have practlced morning
and evening. with games on " edneNday
and Thursday between The Cubs and the
! Bears. he games were quite interesting
and Werr witnessed by large crowds.
he BtarS composed mostly OF men
Chance Is giving a Try ont opposed the
| Cubs made up 81 the regular mon. HE
Bears were Victorious III both contests
! by the scores oi ; to > and o t. J. / he
worlds champion, have created a lot OF
attention anl Shreveport feels highly
! hon"r,d 10 entertain this great team,
loday game viii he played between the
| Cubs and Gears Pirates and no doubt
q iar@t crowd Will witness the game as
excursions Will be run from several
critics So Is t. get an opportunity OF
Witnessing 4 game by the world : cham
plonS. Gear VIII haze a good team with
winch t. tackle the Cubs and all inter
testing contest can be looked for.
he following from SpdUI'iln@ Oh
ihc1al Base Bail Guide for 1903 contains
i fine Wrllc-up about the world, cham
plons;
he base ball world has grown to
understand Chance as not only the best
OF managers but the mos valuable ball
players on any team. Ills success with
his men III the world ; series. 10 put 1t
tcrSciy, was the victory of brains on the
field against brains on the bench Born
III Fresno, Cal. September Is, 1877, OF
Scotch parents. Chance may be conSld-
cred likely factor III base ball Tor
number OF years. He is SIN feet tall
weighs IG2 pounds. and by the purchase
OF costly home i'll Chicago and the &C
curing OF ten shares OF stock III the
chicago Club, may he called Chlca-
soa'. chance was discovered by Big
b1H Lan@c III 1905, when LANCE was
the popular idol OF the Chicago outteld.
After an experience OF two seasons.
lSo4-5 as a backstop for the Washing
ton University team, Chance drltted INTO
teams. Manager Anson signed the Cal
norma recruit as catcher, but It was
not until 1908 that he was induced to
try his fortune at the INITIAL sack. Moth |
ING has occurred since then to stop the |
rise OF Frank Chance.
Given an opportunity to show his
managerial capacities. Chance soon set
standard Tor handling men. His eN-
ecutve quantities were tried out and, |
with his tact i'll steady1ng the |
men IN trying moments. the power to get
the limit out of them, he took his place
III the ranks of the best managers.
Perhaps as the leader of the cham
p'on Cubs III 1906, when the team set
worlds record Ill winning no games i'll
the National League. only to fail Ill
landing the worlds championship,
Chance gained his widest renown, until
he season of 1907 found him again lead
ng the Cmcagos lrreslstlbly toward the
National League flag. His victory over
he teams OF his own league and the sub
'equent crushing of Detroit put the I'm
shing touches on the 'peans OF praise
hat have echoed and re-eehoed III two
lemlspheres.
The following is also from Spalding's
1uide about the wonderful three fin
sered pitcher. Mordecai Brown:
he three fingered marvel is con-
'llered the best pitcher in the business by
many keen critics. Brown is of Welsh
English descent. but native Of Nyes
lille, Ind, where he was born in 1876.
he Is 5 feet 10 inches high, weighs ia
pounds and, despite the Disagreement of