Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-11
HOSE SPECIAL n
| LEAVEFOR SOUTH
| FROM CHI SUNDAY
Twenty-eight White Sox Players =.
to Report to Manager Rowland :.
Mineral Wells, Texas.
TRAINING TRIP TO BE sHop,
Thirteen on Squad Are Pitchers r..
Officials Deny That Walsh VIM
BE Dropped.

Chicago, March II. - Twenty-eiyb,
members Of the Chicago Whit g.
will report to Manager Clarence pov
land at Mineral Wells, Texas y.
spring training. The greater mar, :,
these will leave Chicago snnd.~
March II, on a special train and a,
rive in the Lone Star state, March !.
President Comiskey, a large nurh..
of friends and followers Of the Inca
American league club also will be !.
the party.
The training trip is much shorts,
this year than heretofore, and Man.
ager Rowland expects it to have ha,
ter results. Previously the club ussd
to train on the Pacific coast and xor,s
be on the road almost two months be-
fore the season started.
Thirteen of the squad are pitcher,
four or five of whom probably will ha
sold or traded before the season gets
under way. The veterans on the twIrl.
ing staff are: Urban Faber, Joe Ben,
Eddie Cicotte, Reb Russell, Jim Scot,
Melvin Wolfgang and Ed Walsh. The
rockies are, Malcolm Calvin, the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin star pitcher
Claude Williams, Charles Stellsrs
Dave Danforth, Jack Eller and Frank
Davis.
Reports that big Ed" Walsh would
be dropped were denied shortly be-
fore Rowland's departure Rowland
said that Walsh was a member of tba
White Sox pitching staff and would Be
| a big help to the club in helping the
pitchers condition themselves. He also
said that Walsh might be able to take
his turn on the mound as he reported
from his home at Meriden, Conn, that
his arm felt in fine shape.
| However, the task before Rowland
| is to weed out five of this big squad.
| 1t is likely that three of the rockies
are not yet ready for major league
company and they may be farmed out
| for further seasoning. Two Of the
veterans undoubtedly will have to
| fight hard for their places on the list,
as Danforth and Williams are touted
as being capable of holding place on
the White Sox staff.
| Ray Schalk probably will carry
most of the catching burdens, but he
will have an able assistant in Tommy
DAILY, and a tried veteran in Jack Lapp.
Several recruits will battle at the
training camp for place on the in
! field. The keystone sack, which will
be guarded by Eddie Collins, is the
only position which will not be fought
for by the other infielders on the club.
Weaver May Be Shifted.
Weaver, the sensational shortstor.
may be shifted to the third corner, and
try his hand at that station, and allow
McMullin and Terry, two recruits from
the Los Angeles club. to battle for the
shortstop position. Both come to the
Sox highly recommended, and one un-
doubtedly will make good. Weaver
also will have George Moriarity the
former Detroit third sacker, battling
him for the third pillow post. II the
two western recruits fail to make good
Weaver will move back to short and
Moriarity will be given the third base
job.
The first base problem also may be
definitely settled before the season
starts. The SoX have great fielding
recruit in Jack Ness, who established
record on the coast for hitting, coz
secutively, while playing in the Paclnc
Coast league last season. Manager
Rowland said he expected to see Ness
make good from the start. However L
he should fail, John Collins or Jaeh
Fournier may be given the berth al
the initial sack.
The outfield will be well taken care
of this season by practically the same
players who romped about the outer
garden last season. They are Eaule
Murphy, Happy" Felsch, Memo LEI,
bold. Fournier, John Collins. SeVeis'
aspiring youngsters also will De gwen
an opportunity to display tneif SA'
during the training trip.
| After a short stay at Mineral "eh'
the club will be divided into tN'
squads, and play exhibition games =
the various cities on their way tow@'
home. These exhibitions will cohtinu'
up to the day before the regular Aine'
lean league championship seas.
starts. The first squad, regulars WIZ
face Detroit in the opening game hs :,
on April u. will play two games WIN
the Minneapolis club OF the Ameii, :.
association i'll the northern meiropo"'