Evening journal., 1911-03-27
CHICKS
TO ROOST HIGH
Many Tri-State Fans Pick
CaSSidy'S Team to be
Among the Leaders
OUT In FEW WEEKS
FOR THE PRELIMINARIES

Within two more weeks Tri-State
ball players will be reporting I'm the
towns on the circuit for practice. With
the coming of the men. managers and
fans are naturally discussing the prob
able standing of their teams at the
close OF the season and there are
many persons at several points on the
circuit who are willing to predict that
the Chickens will be close to the top
when the curtain rolls down. Mr
Browns and Mr.. Cassidy's work has
pleased the fans of Wilmington who
are anNiously awaiting the opening Of
the season that carries more Of prom
Use than any other since Wilmington
has been on the Tri-State map.
With the holdovers that come from
/ Williamsport and the new ones that
Brown and Cassidy have signed the
Chicks really look promising. II has
been said on the outside that Cassidy
would strengthen the team by play
ing the first corner but Pete denies
that he will be in the game except to
manage. He thinks his present first
base material is good enough. There
will be nine pitchers to pick a staff
from and when the wedding out is
over Wilmington will be found to
have as fast team as any on the
circuit. Cassidy is fortunate in hav-
ing a number of good friends at Bal
timore and elsewhere, and there will
be a number of surplus men, and good
ones, turned over to the new Tri-
State town.
Reading Already Landed.
OF course all the other managers
see the pennant. The Reading fans
already have II cinched
Cocldll Will play first base. II is
certain, and Coughln will be found on
third. This means that kid" Stutz
VIII be at short, a position he ought
to fill with much success with a man
like Coughlin coaching him from
third There may be another star at
second. Outside OF Barton, most Of
the Reading players are likely TO
come back and It will mean hard work
on the part OF the other teams 10 over
come Readings strength as IL looks
now
Conn Coming Strong.
Bert Conn is putting a strong team
together at Johnstown, and he has
been successful I'm landing Catcher
Raub from Wilkesbarre and several
other good men. Curt Weigand also
has a bunch of players on paper. III
ho gets IA men under contract the
| Codorus contingent viii have to be
looked after as there are a few prom
Using players I'm Yor1S's lineup.
Altoona's team viii be mostly new
men, and while some OF them have ex-
cellent records, IL cannot be said at
this time that Hank Ramsey has any
thing like a championship bunch He
Is a good scout, and as Altoona will
start work in the South at an early
date, the Mountain City chaps may
show up quite strong az the beginning.
Lancaster Will also get away with a
number of new men, and the majority
young fellows, and Marty Hogan.
though disappointed in not being able
TO have one or more stars. believes
that he has a team on paper that
Will give them all a run. The Tren-
ton team, with nearly all of the men
said to have been bargained for up
to the Tri-State limit. may not look
50 promising when noses are counted.
Weak Spots In Trenton.
There are some weak spots on the
+NAtNN' hNANlh IAnA M0Mf Wul N1bNkNIl
Is still on the lookout. and SAYS he will
be there for a sensational start and
finish
York Fans Want Billet
Yabby Billet, one OF the veterans Of
the league may be comeback this
year with York after being out OF the
ranks for the past several seasons.
Every fan that followed the Tri-State
several seasons ago win remember
fabby. Fans in York believe he can
make good IN the league again and are
circulating petitions asking that he be
given chance to make good.
President Carpenter has named his
umpires, and has issued his rules for
1911. He predicts the best and most
profitable season in the history Of the
Tri-State' and everybody hopes that
his words will come true-but there
are still many doubling Thomases."