El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-02
Pittsburg Pirate CretO, Ably
Managed By George Gibson,
VIII Be In Race For Flag

not SPRINGS, Ark. April 2=The
III only thing which lnterfered with
the success Of the first two
weeks OF training INDUCED in by the
Pittsburg Pirates was the weather.
The boys We're able to do everything
except play baseball but a trivial
matter like that caused no Worri-
ment in their young lives. They i'm
proved their game Of pinOchle and
became well acquainted with near
flushes and busted straights. all Of
which again proved that every cloud
had a silver lining. In two weeks
only two real practices were held, one
being in the game with Dallas on
March Is. After that. everything was
lovely and the athletes worked union
hours twice a day
George Gibson. the most recent
manager signed by Barney Dreyfuss,
couldn't see the joke when asked to
speak few words regarding the fu-
ture outlook Of his most recent job.
AH0W do / know what those
guys can DOR he demanded uE-
excessively. 81 take the pitchers
and catehers down TO West
Baden, Indiana, for n weeks
workout and aEhaf do 1 find
theres A foot OF snow on the
ground and the temperature 10
above zero. Can bail players work
under such cOnditiOnsf They
can't. Then We 80 TO Hot
Springs AID run into rain and
cold weather don't know what
1 have on the payroll because
have yet to become acquainted
with the new men,"
Judging from those remarks, one
would imagine Pittsburg had an ex-
ceedingly. bum BAH club this year,
but such Is not the case. Manager
Gibson naturally was worried at the
start hnnawea he nnm7Twfr rlrrH the men
through daily workouts but the vet
Grams on the club, and there are sew
eral. managed 10 get themselves in
fairly good shape by taking long
walks and things like that These
players believe they have chance TO
all season, and perhaps they are
right.
Pittsburg looks like a very formid-
able club ia the National league this
season 1t viii cause a lot OF trou-
Bile, for the seasoned players are
there and no slams can be handed
TO the pitching staff In addition to
this. George Gibson is working very
hard TO get the team in fighting trim,
for this is his first time out as q big
league manager and he is eager. Will
ing and anxious, TO say nothing OF
possessing keen desire to make
good.
Gibson's task should not be hard.
as he has the team which was Sc
lected and groomed by Bezdek and
VIII begin where Hugo left Off
MGu Use
Whitied at Third.
A THOUGH Gibson has IS players
a here, the youngsters viii have a
hard time winning a place in the
regular lineup For example, take
the outfield- There are five high
class performers out there. meaning
SouthWorths Carson BiEbee and Fred
Nicholson. Bill Hinchmau also is on
the job ready 10 step in when needed,
but BIZ this year IS slated 70 act as
GibsOn's assistant, and act as 4 pinch
hitter when pinch hItters are needed
one kid is trying TO bust into that
department and his chances are slim.
His name is Howard Pennington,
semipro from Pittsburg. he is said
to possess lots Of class. but that gets
him nothing this year.
Whitted has been playing right
field in the practice games, bat
nobody knows what viii happen
10 him before the season starts
There j. possibility OF using
him at third base. to make use ef
his hitting George broke into
the league n n third busemun,
and knows how TO handle himself
in the hot corner. II he can show
anything in this position he viii
be lifted from the outfield and
replaced by Blgbee, with Mich
olson and Hinchman as EubHfi-
flutes.
Postum George also has a chance
to cavort around first base in case
Charley Grim. the new first sack
er. foozles. Grimm was DRAGGED
out or Little Rock last year. where
he led the league in hitting. He
played a few games with the Pirates
last September and looked good. but
Gibson is anxious TO see how he
stacks up now. He IS a good fielder,