The Washington times., 1913-04-12
Hughey Fullerton Discusses in
Detail Each Position Which
Griffith Has Filled.
SAYS GANDIL is 0VERRATED
Sites Instance of White Sox
Winning a Championship
With Much Weaker Team.
By HUGH FULLERTON.

Griffith intends making the fight Of
his life for championship this sea-
son. I wish him well and will pull
hard for him. but he hasn't the class.
He Is turning every stone to add
strength to the team and Is getting
more out of the spring training than
any Of them in the way Of studying
players. He has a swarm on his team
and part Of them hopeless.
To start with first base, Chick Can
dil is q hugely overrated ball player.
He is q fair first baseman. but far
from being the wonder fans were led
to suppose last fall. He is an i'm
proved man over what he was when
does not swing as far, but think the
pitchers will trim him down from .305
to about .270, where he belongs.
George Mcbride will be at short, a
classy. brainy. brilliant fellow who
never until last season had chance
to show 1t. He made up with the
CANS and by his great work and field
leadership had them cheering instead
Of hooting him. Mcbride really Is
great ball player.
Eddie Foster, the sensation of the
year At third in the American League.
win be back on the job and complete
the !nfield except the second base
man, over which position doubt still
exlBt6 1IlIutu mas enough men anu
some Of them very promising. but not
strong.
Wonderful Little Fellow.
Milan, one of the greatest outfielders
in the business. is In center. He is
wonderful little fellow and has over
come the only fault he ever had. that
of oversliding bases. He stole eighty
eight bases last season and was run
ming with good judgment and more
confidence after the team started to
play real ball and help runners along
by covering Chem with hits while they
were going.
I picked Milan, Mcbride, and Foster
to mention together not 50 much be-
cause OF the fact they are sure fixtures,
but because they had remarkable
record last year. a record which helps
explain the great success Of the team.
Each Of these three fellows played in
ia championship games not missing at
all. Think what a help IT is to a club
to have its three best men always In
the game!
Morgan seems to have the call for
the second base Job. but there are
others. Griffith has bunch to select
from, even though he has been max
ing quick decisions and cutting loose
players as fast as he finds them un-
available and taking on others Tor
trial Griff at least has smashed the
tryout record and still is at It.
Morgan is a capable little fellow ana
am afraid Griff made bobble in cut
ting loose Harry Welchonce, a cracking
hitter and fast man. He showed a lot
in the minors. and Griff might have
longer However. he still has raft
of them on hand. Gnff seems sweet
on Acosta and on Joe Gedeon.
Taken altogether. Griff has his team
strength that he needed then and didn't
have He presents a fast and clever
infield and a fair outfield, putting the
question up to the pitchers and catch
ers.
Catchers All Right.
The catching staff is all right. al
though Big Jack Henry's condition is q
problem. His knee. which troubled him
all last year and which he had opera
ted upon, is still troubling him, and he
submitted to further trea tment. He is
needed although the others can go
along.
johnson, of course, will be the pitcher
and he is willing and anxious to work
mis- head of to win. He is due for an
other great season. and. with the inn
proved support he is certain to get he
ought to win better than 100 per cent
of his games. In big Cashion he has
an able assistant Cashion is one of the
most promising pitchers in the country,
and with the experience of last season
added he ought to be great
Then Bob Groom is touted as being at
his best. Groom really is fine work
man, who never really had encourage
ment enough to do his best until last
season. Tom Hughes, the perennial,
VIII be there, giving Griffith a re-
liable quartet-without counting on the
0eAers He has a swarm of helpers out
shanks, Sheer. Connolly. Allen, Nor
ley-well, II he hasn't sold them before
this gets into print. he has plenty.
Griffith has a strong asset in Ger
many Schaefer. for "Schaef' makes one
of the abiest assistant managers in the
country and can straighten out trouble
quicker than any man in the business.
He was an immense help to Jennings
when he was with Detroit, and last sea-
son he was invaluable in keeping them
fighting it out to the end.
The team lacks class, but never for
get that the White Sox once won a
worlds championship with lot worse
team