The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-20
NOW, CAN THE
PIRATES REPEAT?
Many OOpeSt0rs Figure CIark6's
Buccaneers VIII Cop Again.
FIRST BASE THE PROBLEM.

A. Present the Initial Sack Is the Only
Apparent wsak Spot on the Team.
How the Team Sizes Up--Pitchlns
Department Strong.
VIII tho Pittsburg worlds champi-
ons repeat this season? This Is the alb.
sOrbing question among the fans and
baseball generals at present Almost
every day one can hear the following
questions being asked regarding the
1910 pennant race Has there been any
change IN the relative strength OF Ma
tiOnal league clubs SINCE last FAM
Are the Pirates weakerf Are any Of
the contending clubs strongerg An
swer all Of these questions negatively
and YOU have virtually admitted that,
barring accidents ana what bali play
ers term "bad breaks la the luck.
Fred Clarke wiz again realize his high
est ambition during the season Of 1910
Answer them atiirmatively and It Is UP
70 you % show the dope upon WHICH
yonr judgment Is based.
All the names engraved on the
worlds championship buttous are
there, with the exception of Bill ABB
stems aud Vie wills. The clouters
who worried an The beavers they
faced tie twirlers with the tautalizing
shoots sud curves. the fast fielders and
speedy base runners and the aggres-
siye gcnIus who pil0ted the aggrega-
ti0n 10 victory last season are an pre-
pared 10 do business again at the old
stand and the dopester who declares
that they viii fail 10 repeat Is com
PEELED to admit that he IS figuring the
loss Of Absiein aud Willis as . serious
detection or be is basiug bis predle-
tions upon the expectation OF seusa-
tionai performances by some Of the
recruits from minor league ranks.
II lakes great many years to build
up a baseball club like the Pirates or
the Cubs. aud none of the second rate
aggregations now claiming TO have
chance Tor the 1910 pennant Is likely
~ acregnpifsn m y single season.
Wagner was not star Of the first
magnitude when be FIRST performed "a
the biz league Tommy Leach had a
hard light Tor a permanent berth on
the old Louisville tcam, and the base
bail world WIS slow to recognize Fred
Clarke as one of the greatest generals
IL contains. There will he new stars
Ia 1910 Ia all probability. but they will
be so rare that the conservative dope.
stcr viii continue 20 figure the race
down 90 triangular night between the
Pitsbnrg Chhago and New York
clubs. One ~ the three win capture
the pennani but which onef
First base Is the only weak spot OF
the Pitisburg team second is well
guarded by Jack Miller. shert By the
only Honus Wagner Snd third by Bob.
by Byrne
The first sack position has given the
pitisbnrg cluh more concern for hnlf
a dozen years than ali the other regu,
Jar places combined
Neither Flynn nDr sharpe win set
Forbes field on hre this season, but
either N them wiii make very capa-
Die hrsi baseman and will improve
with experience
The pitching Is every bin as strong
as hast season With CannitG An.
ans and Maddox working regularly.
with I.eever aud Philippe On the de.
livery Hoe occasionally. with reIneld
FOR use against the clubs that are
weak hluers. With southpaw on
the mound and with Brandon. Powell
and froek more rrliahie aud more NJ.
fectiye than they have ever been. the
Buccaneers might seem to be yer,
well fortified N the hurting depart
ment. the most important of the game
But Dreyfus aud Clarke have corralled
r. bunch ~ likely Youngsters out 81
which It Is reasonable 10 believe that
TWO or three win be selected for reten.
ton on the clubs roster
The oulfeldi Clarke Leach and |
wilson. Can Won beat its Tommy IS
ia his usual spring condition and nor
NAL A an other respects He ranks |
with Wagner aud Clarke as three Of
the worlds greatest bail players. and
there are many who make allowances |
FOR his size and pronounce him the
greatest
Tommy and Fred can hardly be ex-
pectcd TO Improve on past perform.
ances. Nobody asks It. But CHER
Wilson VIII. The Texas giant has not
yet attained his fun growth IN base.
ball. He Is faster this year. and he IS
going 70 give the National league out
nelders more Marathon practice than
ever before He looks good for the
800 class this time
The catching with Gibson, Simon
and O'Connor compares fav0rably
..,ttt. ans, ~, fba ctretift