Evening star., 1928-03-18
BY GEORGE CHADWICK.

NEW YORK. March 17.-Grand and
arious heat has stewed base ball form
ito the teams in most of the States
hat now are being honorCd by the
fesence OF major league organizations.
II The weather has been better adapted
10 training purposes in the Par West
han IL was last season, for IL has
3een high-claSs sweating weather.
Teams everywhere report good work.
put temperature. OF the Kind that re-
siuces fat ball players between the aid
nf rubber shirts and Old Sol, to near
lsyiphs.
Reports from the teams that train
west OF the Mississippi River, in Cali
fornia, Texas and Louisiana--have
brought out some facts that are Of vital
gmportance to their future.
Firs, there is Pittsburgh with an
awakened infieId. at PaSo Robies, Calf.
Its speed has gone up pounds on the
gpeed gauge. The presence OF Sparky
Adams at second base has put conf
ience in the club. There was belief
hat the Pittsburgh team might be de-
pressed after the result OF the 1927
gorid series II is not. II there has
peen any tendency TO retain sorry recol-
ections OF the outcome Of the games
With the Yankees. Sparky Adams has
seen a tonic 70 the meiancholla
! The Chicago Cubs at Catalina Island.
n the Pacific, have q better Outfeld
nan they have had at any time since
he club has been owned by William
VrigIcy. Although II may have 70
thrash a new and young infield into a
successful coordination Of base ball
Eoger, il has entered the task sure
/. r1at Il Is a better team than IL was
last year.
Thus both Pittsburgh and Chicago
/ ave to he regarded as better fightnR
I isctors than they were In 1927 ana
b1n of them were conspicuous In TIE
race last year, until the season was
moe than half over. Pittsburgh hang
ing on by sheer pluck until the cnd.t
/ Detroit, al San Antonio. Tex. has n
fears allayed over Tayenner. shortSiDp
oy finding him able 10 throw AS weU Al
eYey and 10 flsid better. II anything.
| That viii not necessitate Hitldingl the
| Detroit infield over, and II McMhnuf
! IL the better player at third base thar
/ Be glYes indication of being. Manager
/ Mofiarty can start with more conn
! desgce than he would have Otherwise,
! What the Detroit team mostly needs
! IS ~ bring out Two winning pihhtfs
/ Give the batteTs III that tsna aSSuf~
, auce hat fhty can depeDc' hpon de-
I tense IN the pitching box a1d they VA
! play better ball than they dtd IN 1877
/ Whether Cissel bec0nes ~ great lr
/ one year 81 he eyfntusfiT viii become
VIII matter Jess 10 the CDicag0 Amefi-
/ cans II only he gives positive evidence
! that he wJi fiji gap 1T shortAtof
which mas fxisted foT long time The
i White Soz nov tFaiftng al Shreveport
/ La have been as pAtii1iiy weak Al
silofthtop aA the pitlsoiifgh Pirates have
/ been ~ second Dase yEissel is coming
| ball pia yer. on defeAse. How miIth ni
/ batter he VIII Prov 20 De IN major
/ leagne DennsDt rae Is, ~ course, IN
! certain
II also IS pr0b.bIe that the Chicage
DiItheId Bli go better this year thar
/ II did iss1 Tht E1x have no fear 0I
/ Their picnsrA They are ~ sanguin'
! that they COUNT upon Ited Fhber com
! ing Dack ~ the fight tuit 0t strength
/, PaDeT IL betAr 1T " pitch this yeaI
/ Than he tlas been Ia tWo seasons. j.
/ VIII nov have ~ be asceftained hoy
/ 'hF he naa carry u beitfr physical con
! dltion inn Efle pcnnant race,
CieVelaad training at New Orleans
+, H. not Wtst NJ the Mississippi, but di
. gectiy upon its sandy banks. H. ha
mare ~ s1JfiieId WIN, and yet mas NOR
DJpnlihe ihan lowiler rlyB's A team DE-
pfjYed II second baAeman upon m
verge NJ The AeabDn IL sadly cTippled
.sut there is less ~ the 0id live am
~ 1--we" IN the Cleveland CiHb his yebf
! The players realize fhat they haW
sfelpth snd the very fact thai the
have ipst spurgf0a through injury llat
,rolise6 some ~ ihe sluggish ones An
3 ili tiey book tiDfai = nfnuant fefF Il
more than then passing out ~ kaIati
! bo'ks tWioe month
Cleveland, Chicago snd Ueiaoti play