The Washington times., 1913-02-20
FIGURE WHITE SOX
DANGEROUS TEAM
Effective Pitching Makes Jimmy Galatians Outfit Worthy of
Consideration Chicag Has Much Good Twill
Az ing Material
By SENATOR

A team with great potentialit!es fer
success is the Chicago White Sox, yet
few critics think they will finish In
the first division. II pitching alone
would land the flag. the White SoS
might be considered, for Jimmy Gala
han should have excellent twirlins ma
terial backed up by two wonderful
young backstops in Red" Kuhn and
Ray Schalk. Nevertheless. the Sox are
being doped for the second division by
most folks.
In the opinion of the writer. the Chi
cago club should be strong at the start
of the campaign, even as they were
last season, and hold their own with
all-comers until well after the Fourth
Of July. Indeed, they have an excel
lent chance of coming in as high as
for the gonfalon.
1t is only natural to think Of Big
Ed Walsh when one thinks OF the
White Sox He looms above most OF
the pitchers in the land as the Big
Reel" the greatest Iron man" OF them
all, ever ready to do his share OF the
work and ever ready to rush 70 tne
are others. Jimmy Callahan should
have great success with his pitching
stan this season and this will go a
long distance In the battle for the su-
preme honors.
Five Good Men.
Five good pitchers may be numbered
in Walsh, Jim Scott, Frank Lange, Joe
Benz, and Eddie Cicotte. Scott is now
preparing for the coming season and
promises to be in excellent condition
by the time the bell rings. This big fel-
low is an effective twirler when in
shape, which he was not last year, and
should win many games for his club
this year. LANCE came around well
enough last season to warrant Callahan
in banking on him this season. Benz
pitched fine ball for youngster. while
Ciocotte took q new lease Of life when
he changed the color OF his sox.
With most clubs this season the new
material for the box Is taking UP much
attention. but the White Sox have such
good men in the regulars that this
is taking half dozen kids to California
in the hopes Of finding good stuff for
the mound, perhaps feeling that this
may come in handy, but the regular RS
will be there doing the work when the
campaign opens.
The Climbers are touted as possessing
the best trio of backstops. but the
White Sox have another corking good
trio in Ray Schalk, Red Kuhn. and
Bill sullivan. The first two can alter
bali TIL injury hits them. Billy Sullivan
provides the brains for the young pitch
ers. and, though a veteran. can still
fling the pill to the midway with most
of them. All In all the battery mon
with the white Sox put the team In the
fight.
Same Old Infield.
Though several youngsters will be
taken to the Coast to try for inf1eld
berths, 1t is doubtful II any of them
manage to break into that charmed
quartet, consisting of Borton. the clout-
ing first sacker: Morris Rath. the live
wire second baseman: Buck Weaver.
the strong-armed shortstop. and Rolla
Zeider. the gargoyle third baseman.
Joe Berger is being applauded for his
winter league ability In the shortfield,
but he will have to travel to beat out
In the outfield Chick" Mattick is the
only one certain of his place. This
we'll earning the right to hold down
that middle garden. No other player
now in sight seems able to beat him
out of his job.
Left field and right field. though, are
open to competition. Jimmy Callahan.
mer Detroit Tiger. are all left fielders,
while Ping Bodie, the Frisco banana
merchant, and John Collins can play
right field. There Is no telling Just
what men will finally make these
places. One or two youngsters from
the bushes will also be in the scram-
BILE, but their chances are slight.
The White Sox go to California in a
special train, but they will have to
keep ahead of such crack outfits as the
Red Sox, Climbers, and Athletics,
when once the season gets under way
Their pitchers will make this an even
thing, by the way. and Callahan may