San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-30
or Don t Respond to Chances
go get 'em" as Old Cubs Did

in grave tones in the American League
camps. 1t is generally agreed tnat
Sisler will not start the season with
the Browns and that he may not play
until the season is well under way.
The gSlt batsman is supposed to have
bad shoulder and a hang over from
a case of FLU" and there may be two
or three other complications all OF
which combined are sufficient TO put n
player on his back and any one OF
which is enough to keep him out OF
tn game. Some think it is neuritiS
which has struck in behind hls
shoulder If that is so Sisler will
have hart time to get back. If he
don't get back fans from one coast 20
the other are going 20 mourn, for
George Sisler is worth having back:
Not only is he one of the best ball
players of the American League now.
but he is one of the greatest ball
PLAYERS of all time. If he is not going
TO be able to enter competition for
the pennant of 1923 il is going TO take
huge slice of enjoyment out of the
season. There is reason to believe the
Browns are still strong enough TO re-
main in the race. But. oh. how they
will miss the only little Hamlet in
their troupe.
Chance said he didn't have any regu-
lar infield made for him as some OF
the other managers have.
Its all right enough for these fel-
lows to talk about winning pcnnantS
right off the reel" he said. because
they have something on the reel. I'm
now trying to put an infield together.
I'm working at present on Burns at
first base. Mcmillan at second. Few
ster at shortstop and Harris at third.
Shanks is playing left field. Skinner
is i'm center and .yohn Collins in right
Young Goebel has been trid lot with
the regulars in the outfield and seems
fast. but he is Il little light in batting
and whole lot shy in experience
Both I.eibold and Mike Menosky are
available for the outfield and one of
them may break in"
Mcmillan at Second.
There bad been lot of preseason
talk about the probable success of Nc
MILAN around third base. but the fact
that Chance has switched him to sec
ond, would Indicate he is not crazy
about McNlillan'S third base future.
The old fellow has had some good
third baScmen I'M his time and that is
one position about which it Is i'm
possible TO fool much. He played first
himself well enough to win pennantS
and he knows third must be played if
the team is going to head MP on the
hard-hitting side for, the right-handed
batters.
If Burns were to go TO ST. Louis
through amy shift it is probable that
Harris would play first for Boston
temporarily as the Browns have no
firSt-baseman with whom they could
assist Chance, for that is their pres
ent weakness. When Sisler has been
unable 10 play the Browns have used
Jacobson at first, but be is not Il
finished firSt-Sacker and. in addition.
il he is pulled ont OF the outfield the
Browns are upset in that part of their
game.
Camp skinner looks as il he is at
last TO make a ball player. The Nanks
had him once and Chance is pretty
well taken with him.
For catchers. Chance has Picinich,
Walters. Chapman and Devormer. Two
of them are former Yanks and one
comes FROM Washington. His pitchers
are Murray. who looks asst he would
make good for Boston Quinn, Ehmkc,