Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-27
BY James Clarkson.

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CH1CAGO. Oct 27.-How many OF
the Cub and Sox regulars Of
1918 will be back at their old
places when the bell rings next April?
That Is a question that furnishes in
teresting chatter for the fans who
hang around the radiators these chilly
evenings and discuss baseball.
The season is gone, of course. The
ball players have departed from our
midst and the magnates-well, even
the magnates are not there these days
with the announcement OF probable
trades, etc, that always make deli
cIous food for the baseball fan of the
winter. But the fans In this great
city don't let the cold weather drive
away their baseball spirit. They can
talk baseball just as well In the win
ter as In the summer; In fact, they
have naught to do but talk the game
in the winter, as the weather man
long since ruled that Americas great
national pastme was not to be played
regularly after October or course,
there are exceptions to this rule-the
globe trotting party for instance,
Yesterday we ran into a couple OF
Cub fans. and their one topic for con
versation was who would play short
stop for the Cubs next season. one of
them thought that II would be impos-
sible to replace Al Bridwell. while the
other was strong for walter Heating,
youngster who showed himself at
Mr. Murphy's park during a couple of
games just before the final curtain
fell Both these men are ex-Atlanta
ball PLAYERS,
Fans Are Wise Critics.
Both fans had their line OF talk and
argumett well framed up, And, when
YOU come right down to facts and do
a 1.-the thinking. you will see that the
two fellows who argued over the
shortstop position of the Evers ma
chine knew what they were talking
about The hleacherite is often one
of the best critics,
The, fans who conVersed about
Bridwell and Keatins picked out one
Of the few cub weak spots. 4 man
would be crazy TO predict that new
face would be seen at any Of the other
infleld positions on the Cub club next
| season. But there is some doubt
about the 1914 shortstop.
Bridwell long has been one of the
earnest and smartest inhelders in the
game. AIS a fighter, with the spirit
| that pleases manager, especially a
manager of the Evers type. But Bird
! well, after many years of usefulness,
/ appears 20 be going backward at a
/ fairly fast clip. Any time the mana
! ger takes out one ~ his regulars to
! allow another man TO run for him Il
looks as though said regular is not
! what he used to be That's what
! Evers did when Bridwell reached first
| base In the closing inning of the final
/ cub SoX game for the city champion
4 ship
Ars legs are had, but of course he
isn't AL in He's still a rafting
good ball player, but the fact that
he's slowing up viii probably result
In him setting a little more rest dur
ing the regular season OF 1914. Evers
will Try hard 70 develop a new short e.
stop next year
Those who watched young Heating
perform during couple Of games he
played here with the Cubs were most
favorahly Impressed with his style As
one Cub supporter put f. he looks like
another Maranville. The whole Ma
tional League. YOU know. is talking
about the wonderful little shortstop OF
The BraNe.
keatirI may not make the regular