The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-28
FRANK CHANCE
IS HEARD FROM
Peerless Leader Picks the
Athletics to Repeat Next
Year

Frank Chance q young man who has
a considerable experience managing
championship teams. would like to be
neard on the matter OF disposing of
the pennant in the American league
for the next year anyway and for two
years possibly.
Strange to remark. Mr.. Chance Sc
iects the Athletics to win the pennant
In those years. In fact. the extended
remarks of Chance. from his orange
grove In California. are interesting,
also instructive. and here they are:
Chance Sincere
Chance is sincere in his estimate Of
the Athletics and gave his opinion
regarding them freely. EIe harbors
not the slightest i%ll-feeling toward
Mack and his doughty ballgamers
despite the decisive trouncing which
the Cubs experienced at their hands
in 1910.
You ask wherein lies the great
strength of the Athletics?" said
has been put to him. This may best
be answered by saying that the Mack
machine really has no glarinsly weak
place in it's lineup. First base is the
only position that is open to ques-
ton and I am not qualified to pass
on that for the simple reason that I
did not have an opportunity to see
McInnis in action. If he is as good
tically is without a flaw. Davis, Of
course. slowed down. as shown in
Mack's willingness to allow him to go
Cleveland. but he managed to fill the
bill in the worlds series.
Just to what extent McInnis would
have increased the effectiveness of the
Athletics in the series with the New
York Giants is problematical. but
'Stuffy' certainly made a fine and
dandy record during the regular sea-
SON..
"Mack's pitching staff has demon.
strated that 1t is good enough for all
practical purposes. In short the Ath-
letics are a we'll rounded baseball ma
chine and l believe that they are in
line for another worlds championship
and possibly two.
Returning to the Athletic pitching
stan. l regard Bender as one of the
best beavers which the game has pro.
duced. While Coombs won from us
every time he started in 1910. he was
hit hard, but there is no discounting
his ability.
I'm my opinion 1t will take from
one to three years for the National
league to develop a team which is ca.
pable OF wrestling the worlds title
~ SaSAhsVSiSSs V1oSt VI NISHITdW !
mainstays are Corners and New York
should have a grand team two years
hence. In fact. 1t is possible hat thi.
is the team which eventually will
take the measure Of the Athletics. al.
though in the process Of rebuilding we
expect to be up in the race ourselves
while Pittsburg will bear watching.
Can Win -Four Pennants
Fred Clarke always has his club W
in the race He has been fortunate
in the selection Of his pitchers anf
If O'Toole performs up to his advanc.
notices the Pirates will have to b.
taken into consideration when it come,
to making calculations"
Chance says that no major leagu,
club can hope to win more than foul
pennants while in a majority of case
three will prove to be the maximum
This Is easily explained. 1t take
from three to four years to build VI
a pennant winning club and once !;
team Is brought up to this STANDARD
1t is only a question of three or fouI
years until the players begin to SLOW
up. This may he almost imperccp
tible, but becomes apparent when i
comes to summing up results at tn,
end of the season and the manage,
suddenly finds himself up against tn,
proposition of rebuilding the club.
This is tho situation which Chanc,
now faces.