The Washington times., 1912-12-06
Ceorgetown's Varsity Nine
l., Will Open Exhibition
Season Here.
NEW YORK GIANTS TO
MEET THE CLIMBERS
Chick Gandil Writes That His
Health Has Improved
Greatly.
By SENATOR"

Manager Griffith has already booked
eight exhibition games for his youthful
wonders next spring and Is busy filiing
- the vacant days. He will play ex-
hfbition games here for two weeks be.
fore the opening OF the season on
April 10.
Georgetown has the opening date,
March q. the Climbers returning from
Charlottesville the day before. On
March .s and % the Philadelphia Ma
uonals will be seen here. The next Ave
dates are as yet unified. but on April
I And s George stallings' Boston Braves
Will be seen on the Florida avenue dia-
mond.
The Climbers will Jump over to Bal
tlmore on April g. Sunday, and play
Jack Dunn's Orioles on the Back River
Johnny McGraw's New York Giants
here. No club has Yet signed to play
the Climbers on the day before the
regular campaign opens.
oc durinS tse 70 tRo weeHs
preparation, but has yet to hear from
the Brooklanders.
Gandil Z Hunter.
Chick Gandii. the crack first baseman
OF the Climbers. has written q lengthy
letter to his manager. saying that his
health has much improved with his re-
turn home to Shreveport, La. Gandil
has been hunting most Of the time since
he underwent the operation upon his
tonsils and says that he should be much
heavier and stronger next spring than
he was last year.
Strange as It may seem, few baseball
men believe the Red Sox will repeat
next year and crab on their second sue
cessive gonfalon. There are too many
weak places in the makeup of the
worlds champions.
Take the twirling- stan. for instance.
Allowing that Joe Wood is wonderful
pitcher. Il Is pointed out that he will
past season when he won thirty-four
games and lost only Ave. Wood was
the principal strength OF the Red sox
In the box last year.
thirty games in 1872. He 10 expected to
do pretty near as well next season. Ray
Collins 10 an in-and.outer. while Buck
OBrien 10 even worse in this respect.
Weaknesses are looked for In the Red
Just about drop the club down into
third. or even fourth place.
Stahl About Done.
Jake stahl 10 about done on the dia-
mond. He played good ball last year.
but his legs developed weaknesses that
kept him on the bench toward the end
Of the campaign. Heine Wagner, great
player that he Is. Is another veteran.
Yerkes and Gardner should be as good
a. ever. the both Of them better for
their experience.
The outfield Is magnificent and can't
the far-throwing Duffy Lewis. Give
that young man brains and bit OF
speed on the sacks and he'd give t.
Cobb a wonderful tussle. Then, too.
IN VhnOn
in the last worlds series battle put the
pen In pennant. Don't overlook him.
Hes some substitute to have around.
Bill Carrigan Is another veteran. ap-
preaching his quietus in the big show.
He will Visit Hot Springs early In Feb
ruary in the hope Of being In shape to
start the coming campaign. OF course:
Cady H. coming along pretty well ana
% too slow for fast company. But to
the brains Of Bill Carrissn may the
Hub fans credit their pennant. With
him out Of the game. the Red soxx
they are none too good right now. He
was In eighty-seven games last year,
doing a mans work In all OF them.
Take him out Of half Of them and see
what happens to the champions.
All Have Weaknesses.
Every club In the league has q vital
weakness. Tho Mackmen need good
pitchers. II Coombs. Plank. and Bender
can produce the goods. perhaps fair
stan may be evolved from the young.
sters. Houck pitched good ball last
year. while Carroll Brown looked like
q Gamer. But that pitching starr looks
like the weak place In Philadelphia.
Here in Washington we need goot
second baseman. one who can field ant
hit. II It were possible to combine tht
qualities OF Ray Morgan and Franz
Laporte. we'd have Just the man fol
the place. hard-hitting outheldei
will do mucn for the team, too. in III
struggle toward first place.
Callahan needs at least two pitcheri
and a couple Of outhelders before hi
White Sox will be dangerous. Colllni
10 fair In the garden. Mattick Is prom
Using. but there Is nobody in sight fo
left field. Walsh. Lange. Benz. ant
either Scott or Cicotte make = goot
nucleus. but the fringe Is needed.
Tigers Need Everything.
Before the Detroit Tigers can ente
the race. they need a thorough shaking
up. Crawford Ia slowing terribly. Un
less Gainor returns, no first basemaI
10 In sight. A third baseman Is wanted
too. and a left fielder. The pitchint
stan Ia passe. Dubuc being the on'
GOOD man In II. Stanage Ia the onl!
backstop with the team. Hughey Jen
nings, or whoever leads the Tigers mex
year, will have his troubles.
The Naplanders need pep more thai