The evening world., 1914-04-16
II They Can Aggregate Hitting
Average Of 300, HighIanders
Have Excellent Chance Of Fig.
uring in First Division.
Bv BOzen,as1 Bul0ey.

MYTH a rainy day to think things
" over. II may have occurred to
the fans OF New Yorw that
Frank Chance u the first manager In
the history Of baseball to start n sea-
son with an outfield that Is entirely
new. Yes. and he Is getting away
with II. The combination looks like
q corker. The outAeld Of last year.
made up Of Cree, Wolter and Daniels,
does not compare with 1t.
In getting = set of outer gardeners
for 1914 Chance evidently had but
one thought In mind. He wanted
three men who could hit. II they
we're fast and could throw. so much
the better. But nit they must. And
hit they have. That fellow Holden
ID about as sweet mauler az ever
graced a Highlander club. He Is a
trifie slow on the bases AZ compared
with the others. but his accurate
! throwing makes up the difference.
Walsh " everything that Connie
Mack said he was. His every action
shows him a finished ball player.
That expression In the profession
means q lot-a lot that cannot DO
IL Ia possible that Cook may ne
replaced by either CHANNEL or Gil
hooley. but II u not probable. tie
haS proved himself q good hitter and
| IA fast on the passes. In q throwing
CONTEXT it Ia likely that he would win
over his two competitors hands down.
II this Outfield can aggregate q mt
ting average Of 800 the Highlanders
have an excellent chance OF mourning
| Ar.t dtviaion The infield Ia
all wool and q yard wide.
King Cole was q very disappointed
man when he awoke yesterday and
Jaw the rain. He has been primed
and cooked for his hrst appearance
| for three or four days and made an
elaborate toilet yesterday In prepar-
alton for the event. And, by the way,
that King 10 somewhat Of joker II
von did but know It. II arm a bar
ber. by trade, YOU KNOW" no ex.
blamed while watching the rain. "and
no matter what may happen ! can
give these Athletics q close shave"
That one, according to the players
ranks next to Grover Hartley's crack
that no man ever left his barber shoT
in Osgood, Ind. without feeling that
he had had O close shave
Yes, indeed. they think those W
right out Of their heads
Among the visitors to our fair city
vesterday--is wasn't fair. at that
was one Fred Snodgrass who hai
hsen burdened with the responsibility
~ managing the Yannigan troupe OF
transformers. All Of which meant
that Stock will be tho regular thirt
sacker. Fred's club was to play II
Jersey CITY. but IT. ra,ned sa ana TN y
bunch had q DAY on. Snodsras
Snshers In New York for the frs
Hme ON q rainy day proved NOR
SiSt,cuit. he says, than directing
move against the minors.
n this vain keeps W the Giant
and the Athletics are going to hare
decided delay IN getting out OF tn
cellor. Thev are playing ball on
,pesf and, remember, friend fon,
name IRON ,otc counts jtIst az xsuc
az one in September.
Ed. Sweeney had a whole day 4
(which TO think over his base runnin
record and the more he thinks OF
tho more he In convinced that ne
fast. He actually challenged Gil
hooly to a race through the rain
: the elevated station,
: The Athletics say that II they don
set Chief Bender's mind off the poi
ability OF war with Mexico b
won't be able to pitch for mont
Z All day yesterday he sat around I'll
: from the papers. He'd jump to tn
4 war much quicker than he would
the Federal League II they'd Il
/. nAsxeALL TQ,DAY.sao T, y. Z. 4.s