The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-01
.EVERS HOPES To WIN
1874 NATIONAL FLAG
Cubs Manager Has Well
Balanced Team for Com
ing Campaign.

Manager John Evers of the Cubs is
feeling very optimistic this winter
about the chances of his ball team for
next summer. The little leader is fgur,
ing on pitching staff that will be
at least 25 per cent stronger than il
was last season. The big drawback to
winning flag last year was the hurl-
ers.
Evers is starting off the coming sea-
son with q staff of pitchers who are
young enough, except two, to improve
in their work over last year. Ed Reul-
bach and Lou Richie of last year Is
staff have been cut adrift, so he will
not have to count on any dead ones.
Earl Moore and Charlie Smith are not
in the youngster class, but they are
able to give good account of them
selves when it comes to delivering the
goods, Moore had bad year last year,
but he did not get good start aud he
Is pitcher who needs careful nursing
In the spring to get the best out of
him. Smith worked well until he was
overcome by the heat on the second
trip through the east, but he has re-
covered since then and is as strong as
ever, he reports.
HUMPHREYS, Vaughan and Pierce
should be the heavy men this year, in
addition TO Larry Cheney, the west side
moose. These four men can be counted
on TO deliver the class of baseball which
will win three out of four games, pro.
vided the support is what it should be.
In addition to the big quartette, Evers
has five other men who will be able to
fill in from time to time and perhaps
| jump into the thick of the battle at
times and do even better work than
! the four above mentioned.
Lavender should be much better than
| he was last year. He showed signs of
returning to his 1911 form toward
| the close Of last summer, Stack is like
| ly to have good year because he is
where he has wanted to play ever since
youngster secured last fall from the
Winnipeg club, is a sure conner, and
| will be able to pitch many good game
! the coming season if he shows up IN
| anything like the form he was IN last
| fall.
Evers feels he has learned lot about
| handling players after his experience
last summer. The famous second base.
man will start out this year where he
left OF last fall, and this Will be big
advantage over last years start, He
had his men working at top speed last
! fall nftor striving hard during the early
months of the season to get up little
speed. The men showed disposition
to work for the Trojan after they had
satisfied themselves that he did not re-
quire more OF them than be was willing
to do himself.
Tho one place on the team which will
be puzzle until after Che season is
well under way Will be shortstop. While
Al Bridwell Is as heady n player as
any manager could want, he is weak
as n hitter and is slowing up on the
bases, so he is not able to cover the
distance fast enough to keep up the
average speed OF the team. Evers has
two wonderful youngsters to try out
for Bridwell Is place. however. In Cor
riden md Kenting the Cubs have two
Of the best Young players in the Ma
tional league. Corridor had had a
whole years experience to help him
ont, hut Keatiug is new TO the way of
the big league.
Heating came from the Columbus
Ga. team last fall, and in some of Che
games he played on the west side he