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 Hot Springs, Ark, March 22.-(Special to The Bulletin. .)-When Honus Wagner decided to retire from baseball several seasons ago he left gaping hole in the infield of the Pittsburgh Pirates. and not since that time have the Pirates been close to a pennant. though they always were contenders with Honus in the game.
 Barney Dreyfus tried various ways of getting his team back as headliners. He tried several managers, Tot of pitch- CTS and outfelders and first basemen, and now he has decided to get a short stop
 Unloosening the strings of his bank. roll and squeezing out the big bills. he was able to get Rabbit" Maranville from the Boston club. Of course. it was a trade, for Barney gave a couple of strong outfielders which he could afford to spare- But also it Is whis+ pered that it took a bale of cash along with strong outfielders. Now. however. he has a great shortstop and every expert is saying he has a strong team.
 Pirates Have Great Machine.
 The general belief among those in the game is that the team that beats out Pittsburgh this year will be the champion. After looking over the crew of athletics in action under the direc- tion of Manager George Gibson, one feels like saying the same thing
 Pittsburgh has just about the nift- fest and sturdiest baseball machines in the south this spring and there's no reason to think 1t will not be just as nifty and sturdy when engaged in cham pionship combats along in the season.
 Give any manager good pitching staff. strong pair of infelders around second base and few hitters of the 300 class. and he can step mo the major lea gue and cause trouble for all of them. Gibson has that everything with such tricks and true slsbmen as | Babe" Adams. Carlson, Cooper. Hamil. l ton. and Ponh-, such an experienced couple at the keystone sack as Maran. vile and Cutshaw. and such banErn,, bat. ters as Carey. Whitted, Bigbee, Barn. | hart and Schmidt.
 Rabbit" Completes Team. The presence of Msranville at shor | has comDleted the team. Along witt | has entered into things down here vitl | more spirit than he has shown in Bos laton in several seasons. He sees the pos sibility of a championship in Pittsburgh and all t,ie good stuff that goes witt a championship. lnd he's out to get it | When Maranville is in winning moo 1 and c-- a club that is up there in the fight. Nrs one of the greatest player l tire game has ever seen. His work il Boston in 1914 when the Braves cop peed in sensational style will prove thai
 It isn't that Gibson has to depend up on Maranville to win a pennant. He ha nearly everything else 10 make up
 great team. One can easily see tha Gibson Is pleased with the outlook bu he doesn't like to predict too ruucl Perhaps being wise old fellow In tn game. he realizes that many tim things have gone to smash on . reail good team.
 Gibson Refuses to Predict.
 It happened back in Pittsburgh on season when "Gibby'' was still catchin and Fred Clarke was still the manar CT. (Clarke. by the way, is in He Springs vacationing and HncidentalI putting on a baNrbail suit and helpin his old catcher with the work on the ba feld.)
 Things look all right,- ventured GR son. when asked just what he thougf of his layout. but I am not predictin that we are going to win any pnnant
 feel that my pitching staff is all righ and that Maranville has filled a big ho that has been on the team for year
 I'm hoping that there will be son ] good luck attending us and that we