The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-02
CUBS TO HAVE YOUNG TEAM
 THIS YEAR

CHICAGO. March 2--It will be a youthful ball club that will decorate the Cubs North Side diamond when the Cubs are at home this season. President Bill Week and Manager Bill Killifer made no secret that they are building up and that youth is going to be served in the Bruin camp. Be cause of this an unusually large flock of rockies are included in the Cubs retinue.
 In the outfield the big noise is ex- pected to be Arnold Statz, for whom eight players and some cash was turned over to the Los Angeles club. Statz will have hard time living up to the reputation that publicity has built up for him, but if he can hit 300 and field as he did in the Coast league he will be the regular guar dian on one of the outposts.
 Another Coast leaguer who will probably start the season as an out field regular is Hack" Miller, the son of Sebastian, famous in other days as strong man. Hack" was with Oakland last year and achieved some repute as wielder of the mace, hit ting something like .370 in the long Coast season.
 FLACk HOLDS BERTH
 Max Flack probably will hold his job as the regular right fielder, and Turned Barber will finger as utility man. Barber can also play first base, so he is handy to have around Twom- ply and Sullivan, of last years out field, already have been transferred to Los Angeles in the deal for Stat2. Red Thomas, Texas youth, who showed considerable speed but not much hitting prowess in the closing games of the last season, also will try for job in the outer precincts.
 It is in the infield that the young sters are to have their day. Oscar with the Cubs last year largely be- cause he hit the ball with considerable emphasis. He may hold on to his job. but there will be couple of youngsters fighting to crowd him out Grimes is steady and dependable but lacks speed.
 At second base it is an excellent bet that there will be new face this year The veteran, Zeb Terry, who guarded the sack last year, is slowing up; his legs are beginning to fail him. Although he led the third basemen of the National League in fielding last year and hit for about 290, it is no cinch that Charley Deal will be back at the hot corner this year HoLLoCHER AT SHORT Charley Hollocher probably will re- main the teams shortstop. Hollocher is still a young man and a mighty capable player but his efforts at times last season seemed rather lackadaisi- cal. If he falls in with the new spirit he may hold his job.
 In the event that Deal is kept on third base and Hollocher at short it is likely that Johnny Kelleher will be the regular second baseman Kelle- her is scrappy Turk who played utility roles last season, and won home with Cub fans. It Is difficult to see how he can be kept out of the regular lineup.
 The youngster who is likely to crowd veteran out of an infield job is Carter Elliott, who came to the Cubs as shortstop. Elliott showed a world of speed in the closing games of 1921, and if he can hit in big league style he will win job Barney Fri berg, erstwhile outfielder, who was converted by Otto Knabe at Kansas City into second baseman may also land regular infield job.
 kILLIFER TO CATCH
 Manager Bill Killifer and Bob O'Far- rel will attend to the bulk of the catching.
 Grover Cleveland Alexander, the "big smoke" of the pitching depart ment, did not do so we'll last year and there are suspicious that Alex has about reached the end of his rope. If Alex falters the burden will be all on the youngsters, Speed" Martin, who always has been and probably always will be cratic, being the only remain ing veteran.
 Of the youngsters great things are expected of Virgil Cheeves, right