The chronicle=news., 1913-02-11
Chance at Head
of 7,penty-M Nine Men

New York. Feb. S.-When Man
agcr Frank Chance Of the Highland
era takes hold OF his team to put the
members through their spring prnc-
tice. he will have 80 men on hand In
ncrmuda to mould Into n lineup that
cnn make q fair showing In the
American league. Some Of these look
Aood to close observers OF baseball
form. They should. barring the SER
ious accidents that laid up some Of
tho best men last season. prove to he
OF hiE league calibcr.
or course II Ia possible and prob
able that Chance and Farrell may
nut through deal or Two between
now and March that Will add
needed strength TO the team. Az
the team lines up now. the Peerless
leader viii have formidable string
Of pitchers TO slit for n squad tha;
can Withstand tho sluGGcrs in tho
league ranks. Here they are: Ford.
Caldwell. Fisher. Mcconnell. War
! non. KcatinG. Hoff. Davis, Greene
Gaiscr. schultz and Thompson. Of
the new men Gaiser was with Will
kcs-barre last year. Schultz. n left.
handler. was with Savannah. He won
% games aud lost L.. Greene. who
was wanted by John McGraw for the
Giants and awarded TO the Highland
crs by the National commission. was
with the Hoiyoke club. He won 3
games and lost ~.
The catching staff comprises
sweeney. Sterctt and Williams. With
His Ed In good condition Chance
need not worry about the receiving
end OF his batterfest.
The tnfielders on tho roster are
ChnHp nArelrk Martin NGtALlSs
Priest. stump. Barry. HARRISON ana
Young. Five outfielders are In line
to work for regular positions on tho
team They are Cree. Wolter. DANE
iels. l.clivclt and Hartzell. Cree and
Wolter. who were disabled for the
greater part OF last season. report
that they are In good condition.
VOTERS broken ankle is az strong AZ
ever.
While President Frank Farrell was
with CHANGE In Chicago the Peerless
Leader told him that Russell Ford.
who ia sending Chance encouraging
reports about the material M hand,
Chance said 10 me-" says Farrell.
that so far as Chase Is concerned he
considers Hal the greatest ballplay-
or in the game today"
No manager in the history OF the |
game taking hold OF team ever re-
ceivcd the favorable notices that are
handed to Chance. The following is |
n specimen. from the pen Of n prom |
inent Chicago critic. Fans who have !
seen Chance for years at the Polo |
grounds will agree with all he says: |
Not even Johnny McGraw, base
balls premier wizard. could have
epualled Frank Chances great sea-
son in 1912. Yours truly was a
regular attendant at the West side
matinees. Chance won game after
game by out-scheming and outplay
Ing the other fellow. He transform
ed what was carded TO be 4 poor sea-
son for the Cubs into u very fair one
by hammering the Giants at the
right nick in the journey and bring
ing the CuhS.~sone ten or "a dozen
games behind the McGrawites to u
bang-up second. The Chicago fans
quit early. as 1t did not seem poss-
ible for their old pets to get into the
race. The Giants were away to a
wonderful start, and that was all
the more, Encouraging.
Chance had wonderfully sue
cessful career In Chicago, but
;hink his mastcrstroke was when he
fought hts way Into the race last
oumheI. iuAt bNIiiHB btAnu Vi Hlu-
summer easily made difference OF
100000 in the receipts OF the Cubs.
II was iust u flash, u flash gained by
y brainy.. fighting pilot keeping his
warriors on their toes at the right
time and driving them In such mas
terly manner that the first thing
they knew they We're winning, aud
THAT'S something they really did not
think they could do.
g lIugliey Jennings is out with a
boost for Chance. He suys: Frank
Chance will be a wonderful draw
ing card for Farrell's team and the
American league. While no one ex-
poets the great manager, to bring the
to n better position than "