The Washington times., 1917-02-21
WHITE SOX THINK
THEY'LL COP FLAG
Two Weeks From Friday Row.
land Takes His-0utfit to
Mineral Wells.

CHICAGO. Feb. 21.-The Chicago
White Sox, thirty-fve strong. led by
Manager Clarence (Pants) Rowland,
and accompanied by a bunch OF
notables, will leave Two weeks from
Friday for their spring training
camp at Mineral Wells. Tex. The
squad will be at this resort for two
weeks, where they VIII be given a
hard drill under Rowland and his as.
sistant, kid" Gleason.
"The White Sox will win the
American League pennant, barring
accidents" said President Charles
ComislCey today. They would have
copped last season IL they had not
lost several stars at crucial periods.
Clarence Rowland Is one OF the great
est leaders in baseball. and with such
a batting array as Eddie Collins, Joe
Jackson, Happy Felsh, and Ray
Schalk, they can't stop us. that's all.
The race will be very close.
See Few New Faces.
There will be few new fsces in
the White Sox camp. Ten rockies
will go, but few OF them hope to
can League catcher, will be Row
lands first string" He will have
as assistants, Jack" Lapp. Mayes
Linn, and Gray, a youngster. The
latter comes from Wichita.
At first base Rowland has his prob
lem. This was the stumbling block
last year. There are five candidates
for the Job-Ness, Fournier, Has
brooke. Henry, and Jourdan. Ness
hlled the place during the latter part
OF last season, and Rowland an
nounces that the man who gets the
job will have to beat him. Fournier.
a heavy batter, is weak as a fielder.
Jourdan, HSnry, and Hasbrooke are
youngsters. Jourdan comes from -.
Joseph, Mo-, where he hit over 800
and stole more than thirty bases.
Eddie Collins will be found at sec
ond base. Last year Eddie was field
captain. but there is a possibility that
Rowland will relieve him of this, as
he believes Collins hitting was I'M
paired by the worries.
short or Third.
On the other side of the diamond,
Buck Weaver will play either short
or third base. He can deliver in
either. Candidates for the other job
are Terry McMullin-old timers
'Swede" Risberg, and Bruce Hartford.
Risberg comes from the Vernon club
of the Pacific Coast League, and is
said to be a bear at the shortfeld
position. If he makes good on his.
press notices. Rowland's troubles will
be at an end on that side OF the dia-
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third. Terry and McAullin will do
in a pinch, but both Are light hit
ters and below championship caliber.
Hartford was drafted from Des
Moines, and is said to have the max
ing of a big league shortstop. He
formerly was with Cleveland.
Joe Jackson, one of the hardest
hitters in the league, will be in lef-
field. Happy" Felscn, also a slug
ger, will be in center. Rowland will
give several athletes a chance for
the right field job. Last year Shane
Collins held down this position. He
is an in-and-outer.
There Are Others.
Among other candidates are Eddie
Murphy, formerly OF the Philadelphia
Athletics: Memo Liebold, formerly
with Cleveland: Ross Eldred, secured
from the Coast. and Bruno Haas,
drafted from Wilkesbarre.
The pitching staff, which was some
what OF a disappointment last season,
will not see much change. Rowland
will be equipped with such right
handlers as Joe Benz, Jim Scott, Ed
die Cicotte, Red Faber, Elwood Mar
tin, and Mel Wolfgang. Faber and
Scott were out of condition during
most of last season. Martin is the
only newcomer. He comes from OAK
land, in the Coast league. For port
siders, Rowland has "Reb" Russell,
williams, and Danforth.