El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-29
By LUTHER A. HUSTON.

~HCAGO, III. Jan. 2s.-There IS
going TO be a new spirit in evil
~ dence IN the training camp Of
the Chicago Cubs this spring or man.
ager Fred Mitchell and his aids will
be badly disappointed The change
viii be caused by two things.
Usually when g ball club finishes
the season in the second division and
does not appreciably strengthen It
self during the winter the players
drift into the training camp in the
spring with a more or less what S
the use" attitude. They are unable
70 see rosy prospects for the ap-
preaching season and their playing
e less spirited IN consequence.
This viii be far from true OF the
Cubs this year, for Charley Weegh-
mans $3.50. 900 bankroll backed up by
some clever trading, has Elade some
thing more than a mediocre ball CLUB
out Of the North Siders.
Each Club Gets Share.
The second reason f. that,
under the new system OF division
Of worlds series spOilss each
eIub IN the first division Will
get a share OF the money. This
UiIi make the Cubs, as wei as
1LnEE GLUE IN me
ups In their training In the hope
Of landing INSIDE the money
The Cubs viii depart from Chi
cago for the spring camp at Pasa-
dena, March Il, according to plans
announced BY secretary Walter Craig
& 2saSl e Ao'i'' framing VIII 'S-H
Exhibition Games.
Exhibition games viii be played
with the Los Angeles and Vernon
clubs at San Diego and Los Angeles,
and with Oakland and San Francisco
eut plans. The team viii play SEMI
professional clubs at Fresno and Taft
cal, and then start home along the
southern circuit, stopping at Camp
Cody, Deming, New Mexico Fl Pasos
albuGueruue and other southern
by the Cubs this year IN that the
entir5 team will travel together.
There will be no second team.
The Cubs viii not take more than
e or q men 10 camp Last year,
Ehen the Cubs dropped out Of con-
side-ztlou as pennant contenders,
Mitchell tried cut q few youngsters
and began the wedding out process
ordinarily left until spring. AS a re-
suit the Cubs viii 90 into camp with
fewer men than in any other spring
Lock to HOIIOeher.
Manager Mitchell expects great
things Of Charles Hollocher recruit
sh0rtstop from the Pacific Coast
league. II Holl0chs comes up to ex-
pectations the Cubs feel they Will be
a pennant conrendc e.
HoIIocher is the lad that is ex-
pected 10 put the punch in the Cubs
attack, besides strengthening the
inner defence In zoo games in the
Coast league last year he hit -27s.
n he can come within Is points Of
his in the big show the Cubs VIII
be more than satisfied He already
Is hailed as a finished fielder.
Pitchers Look Good.
IN the pitching department Alex
ander. II ne is not drafted, Phil
Douglass Big Jim Vaughan and
George Tyler will bear the brunt of
20 set the pace il IS expected that
Douglass, Vaughan ard Tyler viii
show improved form Mitchell has
Carter. Aldridge, Weaver and Walker
as youngsters, and Hendrix as a vet
eran- Carter and Weaver are the
most promising prospects among the
recruits.
Two Jobs on the catching staff are
virtually cinched- Bill Killifer, IN
less he breaks most OF his bones
viii be the first string receiver, and
he fills q gap that has been vacant
since Jimmy Archer lost his effec-
fiveuess- The third string Job is
awarded On early season dope to
UFsrrell. a youth from Peoria The
second string JOB rema rs to be set
tied between "Rowdy" Elliott and
DAILY. q recruit from the Interna-
tiOnsl leag~e-
Bruin InfeId Change.
II IL IN tie Cubs I-sleId that
fhe greafesf change viii take
place. The Bruins are pretty