El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-10

chance that Paulette. who hit like a
whale i'm the Southern league last sea
son, may play some Of the games. Other
teams might use this bird advantag-
enOusly and I fear he may be traded
! before this is printed and force me to
/ change some figures for the final call
CulatiOns
GandH Is Erratic.
Washington cleared decks by turn
( ing Gandil over to Cleveland and Grif-
fifth preferred Judge. a heavy hitting
and rather plodding minor Lacquer. to
the erratic Gandil. Evidently Griffith
discovered that Gandil in spite of one
good year. was not a good ball player.
and Cleveland will discover the same
thing. Gandil revealed his weaknesses
in Chicago, but came back at Washing
ton and for one year played great ball.
Last year his old weaknesses cropped
up Besides that, the other players
grew chary OF Gandil as the Chicago
Sox did. and this was not helpful.
Gandil has batting weaknesses that
make him bad after the pitchers get
wise to them-and they are Judge is
a corking man in attack. not only
hard hitter in the international. but 4
good waiter lie is faster than he
looks and. although a crude fielder, he
may improve considerably. lie FIGURES
only eight points better than Gandil did
but he has achance to improve as the
season progresses. while Gandil has
not
lind that. in spite of Clevelands
weakness at first. Gandil helps II only
nine points Kirke was not compe-
tent first baseman. but as team man
and a hitter he had something on Can
dill. 7 expect Gandil will start with
Cleveland. then drop back into the old
rut so that in getting him the lndlahS
have not profited much. II they mean
him only as makeshitt unIll .ueY ~ ~
discover a hustling youngster' Iha
move is all right, but as permanent
asset Gandn does not help much'
Chase Is Needed.
It is rather a pity tha' Cl4sS
among the inbads. as ne mtShI heIp
a lot Of teams. Chase probably never
can get back unles some manager heeus
a first baseman badly enough ~ iie"'
it out with Ban Johnson. 800 ei,st
There are plenty of competent tlrsl
hasemen loose il they can pc trans
ferred to where they are mos hee ~.
New York needs Strengthening At IlISt
to make the team balance up anu Whlle
Detroit has in Burns the most colpt-
tent first baseman il mas h au IoI ES Sa,9'
IL might be better for its pehlitn1 clla.
ces to get a hitter and IL mas ~ i'7, o
such a one in Holman frsI pdsei.Su
ouob+ TO hit .2S5 or pay TO see the
games Burns is corking pan payer
and is a better one than the lIS ureS ~
dicate. Kavanagh can MT me d W -
md he is A gritty. nervy deterhileu
SaIir,- u-bo somehow manages to Dali
M a lot Of plays whether at tlrst OF
-lco1d TIe is too good a hltter anu
too 5a steoF Figured Fuf hm in third Of the
games as first baseman; II Dei4e
e evident that Jennings would like f,I TO
have him there if he can iTrrm 'l US "a
P GlnIs 90 % hitter on the coast, and is
to nfa as being hustling and aggres-
Tendency Toward sw"ttinG'
The difference between the first base
men is not overwhelming IN l4e
American fban to fine defensive
P pa fbe tradition that the first base
men S should add to the offensive f5e ga Tarne[
than the defensive end T 9I eeT Svndi.
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