Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-15
Complete Surrey of the
Big League Ball Clubs
Chicago (White 6ox.)

Chicago (White 6ox.)
Chicago-Bui.ding a pennant con-
tender from the wreckage Of one Of
the greatest teams ever assembled In
the major leagues is the task that
faces William KID" C--eason. mama
ger. OF the Chicago Americans. this
season. The team was torn to pieces
last fall as a result OF the grand jury
indictments charging seven Of the
players with participation j II the
worlds series scandal Of 1919.
Instead OF opening the season with
a sure flag contender. Gleason was
forced to start anew. and n OF the
largest squads Of recruits ever taken
into a spring training camp was as
semh!ed.. In the beginning. Charles
A. Comiskey. owner Of the club. did
one Of the rarest things in the history
of baseball. He purchased. practical
ly complete. the entire infield OF the
Salt Lake City club. acquiring three
star players who have worked to-
oushly. They are Ernie Johnson. a
former major Lacquer. who managed
and played shortstop for Salt lake
last reason Eddie Muilisan, third
baseman. and Earl Shelley. first base
man. who led the Pacific Coast league
IN hitting last season with an average
Of .s7l.
AS a nucleus from which Manager
Gleason hopes to build another star
Eddie Collins. rated as n OF the
great second basemen in the game:
Faber and Kerr. pitchers; Ray
Schalk. q. star catcher. and Amos
Strunk and Henry Hooper. outfie,dcrs.
ACQUIRED from Boston in a trade.
Gleason thinks his chances for a
winning club lie in his pitching stan.
Of I'll" old staff. there are left Dick
Kerr. Urban Faher and Roy Wilkin-
son. The latter was seldom started
last season. but did a lot of relief
work. Kerr appears to be better
than ever. OF h recruits. Hodge.
Davenport and McWeeney give prom
isc of developing into regulars. Daven-
port is a 21-year-old left-hander from
the University OF Arizona. He played
with Sioux City. Iowa, last season.
winning eight and losing five games.
McWeeney is perhaps more finish
ed than Hodge or Davenport. He
was with Milwaukee last season. win
ming Is and losing u games.
Captain Eddie Collins at second
base will be the only veteran in the
! infield.
| The catching staff is complete. with
Schalk prepared to do the bulk OF the
work and George Lees as assistant
Everett Yaryan. purchased from,
Wichita, undoubtedly: will be the third
man in this department. He smash.
ed out Al home run in the Western
league last eason Inc will be retained
because Of his tremendous hitting.
Harry Hooper, former captain o
the Red Sox, is certain of a berth il
right field. a position he covered FOL
Boston during several seasons. Strunl
will start the season in left, although
bib" Falk, a collegian from Uni
verzity Of Texas. als Is a candidate
)! for the position. Johnny Mostil. oh
tanned from Milwaukee, will I'LL tn
other outfield position.
The genGIal morale Of the player
this season is admirable. The mem
bers Of the wrecked team who can
through clean have lost the depressed
, expression they wore all last season
when they refused to associate wit
all are confident that the 1921 Whit
sox will be one Of the biggest sur
prises Of the year. ~.
New York (Yankees.)
With the wealth Of playing ma
Higgins. Of the New York Americana
is finding it dificult to properly plac
his various players. Not since thei
debut in the junior league nave tn
Yankees started the season wit
brighter prospects than those pre-
vailing on the eve of the 1921 pen
nant race.
Stars from both major and mino
leagues have flashed brilliantly dur
until despite nor than the usua
number Of injuries Higgins has bee,
in a quanday as to the pest method Q
). placing his men. Judging from pres
ent indications it Is likely that tn
} lineup will vary almost daily durin
|, the first few weeks Of the ~ Q
until such time as Higgins evolves
combination which proves to be tn
} strongest both al bat and in the fielt
ticularly WI fortified against injur
les for almost every position. will hav
two or more available players betwee
whom there is little difference of abb
ity.
While the various club oflcials al
F: chary of expressing their opinions re
garding the position OF the team p,
the close of the season, it appears I
be h general consensus that tn
Yankees will finish among the fir,
three. Some of the baseball experr
are already on record as predictin
a that the battle for a place in tt
world series will be between the Yal
q KEGS and the Cleveland club but wit
4 a remembrance of h disastrous e:
q p~eriences Ind injuries which ha,
a handicapped the New York Amer
cans in past years the owners and otl
err officials Of the club refuse to 81,
: public expression TO their optimist
a hopes for fear that the hoodoo of We
n teryear will arise again to blast the
a predictions.
While it is virtually impossible