El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

TT AMILTON, Bermuda March s.
Frank Chance has shown in the
IL weeks training here, that he in
tends to specialize in speed with his
New Yorks this season The Peerless
Leader haS several sliding pits in OD-
Grafton and every athlete is forced to
spend a considerable time each day IN
practice on the ''fall-aWay,' split,
scissors" and all other known Varl-
cites OF the base sliding craft.
Develops Base Runners
oT am quite satisfied declared the
Peerless Leader, that my cruz Wi
develop all the necessary hlILlnS pow
er. Two or three clOuters OF the SUI
class should carry any team 70 VIC
tory provided it is strong IN other de-
partments. Fielding, OF course IS one
of the cardinal virtues, but eQusiIy
important with either fielding or MT
ting is base running ability
when McGraw started IasI season season
he showed the league more speed tnan
it has ever seen before on any cluD-
I mean speed in the field-Otfens1Vely
as well as defens1vely. why II WdS
almost impossible to drive the pan
through the inner line And when
the Giants got on bases they simply
tore around. piling up run after run
that would never have developed lI. IlS
Giants had not been properly scnooled
on the paths
Top in the pinch. but properly applied
A pass and a steal is as good as q
double any time to base runners VINO
are waiting to be scored Ny team
has shown me that it has the speed
to become a marveIously fast aggrega-
ton If il applies itself ass1duously 20
a study Of base running lnteno 70
do all in my power along these Ahes.
Yankees Have Speed.
Come to figure 1t out Chance mas q
lot of speed. But heretofore II mas
borne very little IrulL HeI Ch "a +r =
game Yet he has never shone par
ticularly in this line except IN fiasheS
Last season he stole about 20 bases
inside three week Then ne dlon ~
to steal any more for about a month
No one has the knack Of pilfering thlr1
down so finely as the peerless HAl-
No one can get a. bigger break on the
pitchers. Hal slides head first ana
is so nimble and agile that he can
often sQuirm around a base guardian
even II the ball beats him This slide
is dangerous TO the runner unless, IKE
Chance. he is unusually active Hal Is
scarcely ever injured. Chance be-
Heves that Chase viii give COBB and
Milan the run Of their lives Tor base
stealing honOrs il he meets with no
Chance himself was never a cham
piOn on the sacks. but he is a heady
runner and makes the best or ms
opportunities. He looks as fast today
as he has ever been within the past
five years and cOnSCient1OuSly believes
that he will be able to set a good eN-
ample. The other infielders are green
and Inexperienced Derrick and Priest
have both lots OF natural speed and
the former seems to be pretty 1alr
slider. Priest has plenty to learn, now
ever. though he has shown rapid de-
velOpment. Midkiff and YOung are
earnest enough. though both will nave
to improve not only on the start out
on the fallaWay. HartZeH Is one OF the
slowest men on the team.
Cree Is a Good Runner.
The Outfield possesses great posSl-
bilities. Birdie Cree is one OF tn ,s
very best runners in the American
league, and he doesn't make the most NOS.
of his natural qualifications, at tnaL
Cree is a fast breaker who can take
an exceptionally long lead without oan-
ger. When he first came into the
league he knew very little about Sllu-
ing. What he has learned ne mas petu
forced to pick up from Observation 1or
himself. Cree is q pretty nlIty oase
runner right now. but ne SAYS lnaL
Chance has shown him lot OF nSW
wrinkles by which he hopes 70 PLoLlSI
greatly. Cree has notion IN nus neau
that he viii make the fans SlL up IN
wonder before the end OF the cam
Harry WoIter has not been cutting
loose to the limit His leg Whlch was
fractured last season, seems 70 ndEe
become strong as ever. but naturally
he is q bit timOrOus as vet ne can
not help but favor 1t DLl-- But ne
has all his old speed ana IL Is DuC q
question Of time before ne VIII nave
all his old fearlessness- Wolter was