The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-06

Fred Clarke and His Pirates Picked to Take the Flag ss.
While Griffith Is Gjven Good Wishes and a Chance
by Fullerton in His Final Big League Dope Article

fixtures, but because they had a re-
markable record last year, a record
which helps explain the great success
of the team. each of these three ife :
lows played in 154 championship
games, not missing at all. Think
what a he p it S 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 a bunch to select
from, even though he had been maxi
ing quick d cisions and cutting loose
players as fast as he finds them una
vailing, and taking on others for trial.
Grit at least has smashed the tryout
record and still is at it.
Morgan is a capable little fellow,
and one likely to show a lot of inn
provement. | am afraid Grit made a
bobble in cutting loose Harry We'll
chonce. a cracking hitter and al fast
man. He showed a lot i'll the minors,
and Grif might have done better to
look him over a little longer. How
ever, he still has a raft of them on
hand. Griff seems sweet on .Aeosta
and Joe Gedeon.
Taken altogether, Crit has his team
of last season. with a lot of reserve
strength that. he needed then and
didn't nave. He presents a faster and
clever infield and a fair outfield, put
ting the question up to the pitchers
and catchers.
The catching staff is all right, al
though Big lack Henry's condition is a
problem. His knee, which troubled him
all last year. and which he had oper-
ated upon. is still troubling him, and
he submitted to further treatment. He
is needed, although the others can so
along.
Johnson, of course, will be the
pitcher, and he is willing and anxious
to work his head off to win He is
due for another great season, and, with
the improved support he is certain to
get, he ought to wiz better than 700
per cent of his games. In big Cashion
he has an able assistant. Cashion is
one of the most promising pitchers in
the country, INC 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 a fine
workman, who never really had en-
enlargement enough to do his best I'M
til last season. Tom Hughes, the per-
ennial, will be there, giving Griffith a
reliable quartet-Without counting on
the others He has a swarm of helpers
out.
Shanks, Sheer, Connolly, Allen,
Morley-well, if ne hasn't sold them
before this gets into print, he has
plenty.
Griffith has a strong asset in Ger
many Schaefcr, for "Schaef' makes
one of the ablest assistant managers
in the country, and can s~traighten out
trouble quicker than any man in the
business. He was an immense help to
Jennings when he was in Detroit, and
last season he was invaluable in keep
ing up the spirits of the team and
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 a lot worse
team.
Now that finishes up the study of
the major leagues. Next week I'm go
ing to present the figures that my
dope has shown. l have, made some
changes since the beginning of this
series of articles because of theAefi-
mite selection Of players andfthe sFcur-
ing of new material. I'll summarize
the results of the dope and try to shoW
who ought to win in each league and
where the non winner ought to finish
on form.