The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-16

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No, I should say right offhand that
neither Mr.. Farrell nor Mr. Chance
was crazy. 49,.
But Chance is not. falling, into ANY
bed of roses here in. New York. He
must make good. There IS no alterna-
tive. Ee Is getting the largest moun
ever paid to a ball player. He real
ICES that If he should fall down he
will he in for a terrible roasting. He
faces a tough situation. File is in y
league with plenty OF good managers,
and he takes in hand a team that fin
[lshed in last place and a club that dill
not greatly impress me on the few
occasions which saw lit play las:
season. He must swap. discover. and
rebuild. and the swapping and dis
covering are not SO easy in these days
not in my province to analyze the New
York team, because I have not seen 1t
in action often enough to be familiar
with the men. However. 1t is a cinch
to say hat they are not all Hans
Wagners and Ty Cobbs or they would
year.
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herited a great machine which seeley
had put together. Chance deserves
credit for developing it and getting
the baseball out Of the club. But the
material was there. Now he has to
build his " machine n find the
raw product as well. Baseball men
will watch closely. 1t is my notion
he will make good. He has the in
domitable will power. and that counts.
When Charles W. Murphy signed
Roger Bresnahan he greatly increased
the Cubs chances in the coming race.
II NO MT ca much k1Sot Nf,rrhy. SenA1-
ed a new catcher. because nobody
questions Jimmy Archer's ability along
these lines. particularly nobody who
has ever tried to steal a base on him.
but because he now has two of the
best catchers in the game. If Archer
should be hurt in a tight part OF the
battle Rresnahan is there to catch.
and he is just as good. Besides. ]
believe Roger is better at handling
and developing young pitchers than
the great Archer. He gives a recruit
confidence by talking to him and en-
couraging and suggesting. Roger is
liable to develop some Of Murphy's
youngsters into stars.
I have been told that Bresnahan
will play in the Cubs outfield when
plentifully supplied with brilliant
f1elders at present. and Roger would
greatly strengthen the club in his
particular. He- is good batter and
his hits are usually timely. Besides.
and is a clever man at running a
team from the catcher's position and
keeping everybody on his toes. 1t
will be recalled that B%resnahan play
ed the out1eld on the Giants for a
time, when McGraw was we'll supplied
with catchers, and made a very satis-
factory Job of it,. +. 49,. -
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of the signing of Roger. Jimmy
Archer is holdinging out at this writ
ing for a large salary. When he hears
that Bresnahan has been hired he
will realize that his services are not
Indispensable. 1t may influence him.
Then, again. If Evers should fall
down which l don't expect, Roger:
right there to manage II called upon.
1t looks like a good Job Murphy did.
Besides adding to the general team
strength. Roger will increase the eff
l~fectiveness Of the pitching staff.
And. now that we are putting the
next season. there doesn't appear to
be any good reason why we should
not have John Killing measured for a
Cincinnati suit. John and Joe" Tin
ker were great pals in the old Cub
days. and many a n OF the cele.
brated Chicago plays were thought
out by these two. Tinker Is very
anxious to get King. and James Gan-
ney Of the Boston club realizes that
John would not fit we'll in Boston any
more. because he was. the manager
last year. Demotion on the same club
is seldom good for ball players. There
fore. Gaffney has given Tinker per-
mission to decker with King. and.
although the latter has declared he is
through with baseball. it is thought
that when the two old friends get to-
gether there will be a call for pen
and ink.
Joe" is getting a lot of the old
Chicago boys around him. Perhaps
he thinks It will make him feel at
home. With Brown and Killing: things
will look familiar. and ! believe that
both have 81 good deal Of baseball left
in them.