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Show CUE SAVS HE CI liLEli BIRCH' Peerless Leader Passes Through Salt Lake on His Way East. Prank Chance, tbc peerless lender, was in Suit Lako long' enough to chango trains yesterday. TTc came in from Los Angeles jiik! went, on to Chicago, Chi-cago, whence ho will go to New York to nssumo his duties as maiingcr of ."The 2fev i'orlcs,"' as ho insists the Highlanders High-landers shall be called. Chance spent most of his time here in chatting with D." E. Bur Icy. general passenger agont; of tbe Oregon Short Lino, who is a thirty-third degreo faa. Before ho went on his way. Chance found time to say that though the "The New Yorks" had the reputation of being a hard bunch., ho could, handle 'em. ' '1 hnvo to laugh when I hear it Enid that I'll bring the New Yorks bhrough the season 'to the head of the percentage tjolnmn front the position they hold last yeaay" said Chance. "Pennant prospects in 10J.-J or 1915 wonlp nbt be eo bad, but the team ia all run down, and it will require at least one season to bring it up into top form ' The new Highlander manager thinks there is little to chooso between the two leagn.es in t.he matter of 1913 pros- Eeets, but the American has toy far the otter organization in his opinion and there is bettor V&eling among the clubs. They are more Teady to help each other out than in the older leaguo and there is not the bickering and hard feeling. I Easy to Get in Rut. "No ball player should stav with oe "team for more than five years at the outside,"' said Chance. " he does he is sure fo get into a nit. I think an occasional change is a good thing. "I don-'t bnbw yet just what changes will be made in the New York team. Hal Chase is the only one of the team whom I have seen play, and that was years ago right here iu California. Far-roll Far-roll says Cha6e wants to plar at second sec-ond Ibase this season and if ho makes good at that station probably I will play first. The fact that Hal is a lefthander left-hander -will handicap him somewhat, but he is so tfht that T think he will manage all right. "Chase was sick a portion of last scasoTi and that pulled his batting aver-ago aver-ago down to .275, but tho.year beforo he hit at a .315 clip nnd X think he will do woll this year. "Ye will need a shortstop and. a third baseman, and if we have 1o keep Hal on first we will need a new man at second. Outfield Is Good. "The ontfield apnea rts to be good ' Lelivelt batted .348 last yeur. Cree had 1 a percentage of .332. Volter hit .344. With at least four mon battLng over tho ,300 mark wo won't have to look for liittors, but can got the best there is in fielding. "That if? about all the changon I'll make in the team, at least until the scapon is well advonced. Tho New York club has n good bnnoh of players, J understand, and if thoro is any baseball base-ball there T. can get it out-of them. I'll ; give every one an even break, and if they .meet me half way wo will turn out a fine team, Thev nay The New Yorks a rc a hard, ibunch. to 'handle, but 1 do not anticipate any trouble, as it will be a square deal " nil Uie wav through. 5 ' |