Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-30
MORE BOOSTS FOR
CALV0, THE CUBAN
Members of Philadelphia Team
Consider Him a Great
Hitter.
GRlFF WELL FORTIFIED
IN THE OUTFIELD
Murphy Continues to Say Un-
kind Things of Frank Chance.
Base Bail Gossip.
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

Praise for Jacinto Calvo. the Cuban out
heider signed by Griffith. is coming fast
and furious. The latest boost for the
dusky-skinned athlete comes from Eddie
Collins. Groundkeeper Fitzgerald of the
local club was over in Philadelphia the
other day. and Collins, in speaking of
Calvo. told him that there was not a
chance to keep Calvo out of the Ma
tiOnals' outfield
Collins said that every one of Mack S
pitchers who went to Cuba this winter
had his troubles with Calvo whom he
considers one of the most natural hitters
he ever saw. Collins admitted that Connie
Mack was anxious to secure the Cuban.
but found that Griffith had beat him to
him.
Calvo has had no professional expert
form against the Athletics pitchers I'M
doubtedly proves him to give a lot of
promise. Griffith appears to be particu-
larry we'll fortified with Outfielders. On
their last years form all these youngsters
are hitters, so that the chances are he
will have much better hitting outfield
this year than he had last.
Connolly and Wellchance are both hit
tiers of kind that seems to assure their
success in this league, and if reports re-
Sarding CalvO are not exaggerated he.
too may be in the fight for a regular
position on the team. There is, of course.
no doubt about Milan being in his old
position in center. but Moeller and Shanks
will probably have a fight on their hands
for their positions.
Horace Milan. brother OF Clyde Milan
Hf al
to the Norfolk club of the Virginia
League by Manager Griffith. Young Milan
is too green hand for this league, but
he seems to have a lot of ability, and
may develop into as famous a player as
his brother.
Thanks to the persistent efforts Of
Groundkeeper Fitzgerald, the local play
ing field will be one of the best i'm the
league the coming season. In the future
the batters will be hitting down a grade
on the local grounds The home plate has
level with the pitchers plate, a con-
dition which has not existed on the local
field for several years. The field IS as
green as in midseason right now, and
will be in perfect condition by the time
the exhibition games start here i'm March.
Chance does not think fast is the
tattoo from the hammer of Charles w
Murphy, garrulOuS president of the Chi
cago Cubs. Maybe not, maybe not. But
if slow thinking can produce as much as
Frank Chance has accomplished in his
useful career. may his machinery of
thought never exceed the speed limit,
says an exchange.
Murphy, who likes to shoot verbal
shafts New York way. regards johnny
Evers, his new manager. as the cham
pion quick thinker in base ball. Recently
Murphy had chance to compare the
two men on their speed In brain work
First he asked Chance whether he would
like to manage the Cubs during the COM
ing season. Revolving the question over
in his head for one long second, Chance
replied. IL would rather not" Then he
put the same proposition to F.vers. who
replied so suddenly i'm the affirmative that
Murphy had the answer before he had
completed the question.
or course, one cannot blame Murphy
for admiring fast thinking when it is
realized that slow thinking did nothing
more for the Cubs than land them many
championships and always keep the team
right up near the top Of the heap. What
might have happened in all these years
had the fast-think.ng Evers been on the
job and the slow, methodical Chance been
on the bench is too much for any imagi-
nation to grasp. It's a shame to think
of the handicaps that have so weighed
the Cubs down and kept them from oc-
cupying the place that they justly own
ed. They may have gone through each
season with clean record of victories
and no defeats. 1t is possible no runs
would have been scored against them and
no errors made. Indeed, it's too bad
that the Murphy Utopia of base ball per-
lection has never been reached.