The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-12
FRANK CHANCE WANTS
PRIEST TO PLAY THIRD

NEW YORK, Feb. lin an Iva
terview Frank Chance said among
other things:
Naturally / am anxious to see
young Priest play third base, for
understand he improved a lot in AL
bany last year. ! also have good re-
ports OF Young, from Harrisburg, who
Ii a shortstpp and very fast man.
they tell me. But, of course, this is
all speculation, for the place to size
mp ball player is on the field. AS l
have always been playing manager
1 feel that can get better. results IL
play myself, for when you are in
uniform out on the diamond where
you can keep track OF every play you
can see many things that would es-
cape you on the bench.
II / find that 7 can play ball In
my old form / intend to try Hal Chase
at second base. / saw Chase play
the bag in California years ago and
recoilcct him as the liveliest kind
Of man In that position. I under
Htand he wants to play the bag, Hnd
though ordinarily a left handler throw
ef doesn't always succeed as a Sec
ond baseman, i believe that Chase,
who In the quickest man in baseball
with his hands, will be able to over
come this handicap. Chase can play
nrst base better than / ever did and
OF course IL / fail to come up to my
expectations I will station him there
as a fixture. but l sincerely hope that
Chase will prove the missing link in
making up new inffeld combination.
IF Chase and I are both in the in
field II will not be 40 difficult to boil
ster up the other two positions, and
have some excellent reports of young
Derrick, who was with the Athletics
last year. IL Derrick can play short
stop as wen as / hear he can there
l. g. k1zka&
position. l have no idea as to who
will be the successful candidate for
third base. Roy Hartzell has played
II. but ] would like to use him as a
utility man.
II have just read that Murphy
wishes me the best OF luck. l want
To forget Murphy / don't want him
70 wish me any luck. because l know
ne doesn't mean what he says. Our
trouble started when / sold my stock
in the Chicago club to Harry Acker-
land, a friend of mine In Pittsburg.
Murphy wanted this stock. and when
he found that j had disposed of 1t he
me. I did not care anything about
that, but get sore when he attacked
the Cubs when they failed to win
the pennant The Chicago players had
been loyal to me all through the sea
son and had played their best. 1t was
n rank injustice TO accuse them OF
bad feith, and would not have been
q man If / had not taken their part.
You cay that Murphy told you that
had asked him repeatedly to trade
Joe Tinker for Bridweil. On the face
of il Murphy's statement is q lie.
Tinker In the smartest ball player
ever saw. He was my right hand man
with the Cubs and, while like John
ny Evers, wish to say that Evers
never ctassed with Tinker as ball
player or as a field general and
firmly believe that Tinker will prove
To be the best manager that ever has
handled the Cincinnati Reds
when / was released by Murphy
was told that stories had been circu-
lated as 10 my physical and mental
condition, promptly wrote to law
yer in Chicago to investigate these
stories and II possible TO discover
their source If had been able 20
put the bee on Murphy ! would have