East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-02-17

ball fans were forced To live mostly
on hopes of future seasons. for It was
evident that neither the SON nor the
bruins had much chance of cutting a
Swath in the 1927 pennant gambol.
These expectations came true when
both team finished in seventh place
in their respective leagues.
Nineteen twenty-five. however. is
something else again and hope again
flares in the breasts Of loval Chicago
LOYAL.
Neither team is claiming 4 pennant
as yet. although the mOgulS hat guide
the d~estinies of the Cubs will be sorely
disappointed if they fail to land in the
first four. The White Sox are still
after the disaster that wrecked the
team at the close of the 1920 season,
and if they finish even a notch better
than they did last year most of their
adherents will he satisfied.
Il am not counting on anything or
making any predictions for this year"
said Owner Charles \. Comiskey, but
| will have a pennant-winning team in
1928. our youngsters are coming
along. and if we have any luck in
picking up new material the SoX will
again he champions in the season aft
or this"
Indications are that the lineup of
the Alabastcr Hose will be about the
same as it was last wear, The chief
hope of Manager Kid Gleason is that
he will get a better brand of pitching
this year than he did during the 1921
season.
Ray Schalk, as usual. will do the
bulk of the catching, probably with
George Lees and Yam Yaryan as his
aides. Earl Sheely will continue to
guard first base, and the veteran Ed
die Collins, still the kingpin of key
stone performers, will be again the
handspring of the infield. Ernie
johnson will remain at shortstop I'M
less some youthful phenom flashes
across the training camp horizon; and
Eddie Mulligan probably will stick in
the hot corner. although a youngster
who can hit would not have much
trouble in RELOCATING Mulligan to the
bench. In the outfield Harry Hooper
will be in right field unless he breaks
/ both his legs or goes blind, Bib Falk,
the lanky Texas c~ollegian, probably
will be the regular left fielder. Falk
showed lots of promise last season and
should improve. The centerfield job
probably will be cared for Jointly by
Amos Strunk, still a njmble fly chaser
and a 800 hitter: and Johnny Mostil,
"A %youngster who banged the avocado
| for better than 800 in his first year
up. There will be a bunch of infield
and outfield recruits on hand, and
perhaps a ~youngster may rise up and
dislodge some Of the veterans.
The pitching department will be
headed by Red Faber, the able right
handler who turned in twenty-siN vic
tories for a seventh place club last
wear. Faber has had an operation to
strengthen n weakened knee and
thinks he will be good for 80 games
this year. Dick Kerr, the vestpocke'
lefthander. will be the other half OF
the staff. Kerr was a little wobbly al
times last year but should BIO back II
his stride this season.
OF the recruits, youngsters. pros
poets and hopes that will toll Tor {
place on the hurting corps, LEFTY
Russell, who was brought in fron
Sioux City near the close of the 192
season, looks like a live one. "ShoVei
Hodge. the altitudinous right-hander
has shown brilliantly at times, ant
Gleason believes he is due to stead
down and be a regular pltcher. WI
kinson, Weinecke, Robertson and
few others are the boys whose name
are written on the hope side OF TN
ledger.