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N2tlOndlS VIII engage Tn the lnlf- teenth annual world series struggle under the control of the national con. mission before the end of the com ing week. Considered broadly, the pennant winners have about the same quantity of veteran and youthful ma terial to draw from, the personnel of the two clubs being as follows
 Chicago American League Club, Win
 ner of the 1917 Championship
 Clarence hoWland, came to the Chi cago White SoX as manager three years ago. He succeeded James Cal lahan. During his first season as pilot for Comiskey's club he finished third; last season hls team won six teen straight games toward the end of the season out failed to overtake Boston by two games. This season Rowland, although under some se- were handicaps, reached the final drive with only one cripple, Weaver, third baseban. Rowland was born at PlattVille, Wisconsin, February F, 1879. He began his baseball career in 1903 as a catcher with the Dubuque, la, team of the Three I League La ter he went to Peoria where ne pilored a pennant winner. He then came to the Chicago Americans. Although he wears uniform, he does not take an active part in the game aside from coaching. He bats and throws right handed, is five feet, nine inches tall and weighs 16S pounds. Rowland is a calm leader on the field and sel- dom pans" player for an error. Instead he 'jollies" his men, and this method has won him the admiration of the players. He is married and resides in Chicago. Rowland is a good judge of young players, and several of the men on the present Chicago team were recommended to COmiskey ty Rowland. while the latter was in the minor league.
 When Rowland broke into baseball, the first club he played with did not have a suit small enough and the pants slid down to his ankles. There upon he was nicknamed pants and this name has stuck to Rowland ever since
 William "kid' Gleason, coach, of the White SoX. has been in the major leagues for thirty years. Gleason who was born October 26, 1865, a. Camden, N. J., began his baseball career in 1886 at Wiliamsport, Pa. He was with the Chicago American~ for a time under Manager Callahan and when Rowland needed an assist ant. President Comiskey re-engaged
  be the father of most of the players, he is active and handy with boxing cloves as any man on the team. He weights 173 pounds and is five feet 7A inches tall. He is married and lives in Philadelphia, Pa. This is his fifth year with the Chicago club. Gleason was a member of the famous Baltimore Orioles and is a master of the art of handling players and keep ing them in training. He bats and throws. right handed.
 Edward V. Cicotte, pitcher. was born in Detroit, June 19, 1884 and began professional baseball in 1904 at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Cicotte has had varied career. He was mem Der of the Detroit Americans, having gone there with Ty Cobb from the Augusta Ga. club of the Southern Association. He was sent back and later became a member of the Boston Americans. He was released by Bos- ton to the Chicago White Sox, about six years ago. He bats and throws right handed Cicotte is married and resides in Detroit This season has been the best of his career and he is the leading pitcher of the league. rated on earned runs per game. He has mastered the delivery dubbed the shine ball." which although a myth, apparently. was declared legal by the American league. However his great work has not all been attributed to the ''shine ball' as he uses an assort- ment of curves. All told he has been in the major leagues for ten years. He weighs 160 pounds and is five feet, eight inches tall
 Usban Faber, pitcher, better known as Red is one of Manager Row lands discoveries. He was born Sep tember 6, 1888 at Cascade Iowa, where he now resides He began his base ball career under Rowland at Du- buque, Iowa in 1909, and came to the Chicago Americans four years ago. He bats either right or left hand but pitches right handed. He has an as- sortment of curves and good spit ball" delivery. He is rated as one of the best right hand pitchers in the league Red" is six feet tall and weighs 175 pounds He is not married. Faber got late start this season owing to illness and this kept the club down in the race for same time. When he recovered he took his regu- lar turn on the mound and has been winning consistently.
 Albert E. Russell, pitcher, known around the American League circuit as "Reb" was born March F, 1889 at Jackson, Miss, and began his baseball career at Bonham, Tex, in 1912 He is left hand pitcher and batter and has been in the major league four years, always having been a member of the Chicago club. This season when "Reb' reported for training his left arm was crooked. A specialist advised him to keep pitching and the crook would work out. Russell lab ored hard and although the crook did not leave him, he has been effective Russell is one of the best batting patchers in the league. He is five feet eleven inches tall and weighs IS; pounds. He is married and lives ir Indianapolis, Ind. Before coming tc Chicago, Russell was d member of tht Wichita, Kas., team of the Western league
 Dave Danforth, Pitcher, is known a, the Ed" Walsh of the 1917 Chicago club. Banforth gained this distinction when called upon many times thi. season to save games apparently lost Several times he went in with non, out and bases filled and yet won. H, uses the same delivery and display. the same cunning as Eddie Cicotte but throws and bats left handed Danforth is 6 feet tall and weighs IT pounds. He was born at Granger Tex. March z, 1S90 and began hi baseball career at Philadelphia il 1911. He has had three years of ma jor league experience, the last tw, years of which have been with Chi cago He is married and resides i, Granger Tex. He was obtained b, Chicago from the Louisville America Association club