The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-05

''Faber has just reached his top notch form and I'm not lying awake nights worrying over his condition. With Faber, Williams and Cicotte working smoothly and Kerr doing some splendid relief work whenever called upon, my staff is going along n'coly. Then, don't forget Louder milk. know he quit some time ago, but he Is back again and going like a house afire. It was merely a question of temperament with him. Danforth Is a big left-hander. who should go better as the season progresses.
 Any time you get a combination that can show q powerful punch, a consistent attack, a strong defence with speed and brains into the bar gain, you can sit back and let the other fellows do the worrying. We'll, that combination is the White Sox team, and the manager who isn't worrying is me. We may lose a game now and then, but we get there just the same.
 Jennings has a good team without any question.
 He has a punch of heavy stickers, a very good infield and outfield and a pitching staff that compaNs favorably with most of the other twirling de- partments. But don't think they can beat us. I figure that my club will work a little more smoothly any time. l am banking, too, upon Ci- cotte, Williams and Faber outclassing any three twirlers that Detroit can show.
 New York, to my mind, has been eliminated as q contender. Huggins' men are too heavy and too slow. He has q punch and d pretty fair de- fence, but to my mind his team lacks aggressiveness. And if you don't fight you can't win.
 ''The Indians are always dangerous but not so much this season as they were last year. Cleveland will be fight ing 1t out up to the last, I imagine, but as far as the White Sox are con- cerned I think we have the edge on them By the way If the Red Sox had played the same ball a month ago that they are playing there would be different lineup in that first di- vision. T am thinking"
 Gleason, who Is 53 years of age is probably the oldest manager wearing uniform and he can look farther back in baseball, perhaps, than any other manager. even including Connie Mack. Beginning his connection with baseball away back in 'S7, when he broke in with the Philadelphia Ath- letics. he stayed with the Quaker outfit till the formation of the Amer ican Association brought him to Chris Von Der Ahe and St. Louis. In '94. he went to Baltimore as a member of the Fighting Orioles when they won their championship and in '96 was with New York under John B Day.
 Five years later he was with the | Detroit team at the start of the | American league, but in 1903 was | back with the Philadelphia Nationals. In 1909 he quit the game, but re- | entered baseball in 1912, when he went to Chicago with Jimmie Cal1a- | han. Once more he retired, but Co., | rniskeys fondness for the aggressive little veteran finally suceeeded in get | ting Gleason back with the White Sox | in 1915.
 | As lieutenant Of Clarence Rowland
 he Is given the lions share of credit
 for winning the pennant and event
 tEal1y the worlds championship in l1e16. Many think that had he Joined
 the Sox earlier in the year preceding | that Boston would not have triumph
 ed.
 | Last year Gleason quit the game for the third time, but the fans de-
 manded his return to the fold last
 winter. Comiskey's sagacity is con- irmed by Chicago's leadership of the
 rnce of today.
 pitcher. but in his later days as ar
 active player he was a second base man