| Show I Can Mr Farrells Farrell's I's Is Man Pull PullI I I Ii I i F Team I earn Out 1 Jut of or Cellar 11 Position r I 1 I Copyright 1013 lU ly liy Publishers Pr BY WALTER ALTER MARCHAND D. D New ew York Jan Jati Z-Il Z It is the unknown un un- known which attracts For this reason rea rca son on tho the future or the Yankees Yankees beg beg parthen par par- don then Mr Chance Chanc th the New York Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans is the most interesting Interesting- matter of qt speculation in itt the baseball world to- to day any V nIl ill tho the peerless leader leather be able to pull the In High the High the h-the the New ew York Americans out of last place In tho the per- per table and place them in the first frat division during during- the season eason which soon will HI b begin gln Or must Mr h Farrells Farrell's men n still be contenders for Cor the cellar championship In these parts these two questions practically er 0 overshadow h all ull other among amonS ha baseball fans In tho the discussion then are arc employed e numerous ifs UIs If Russell Beli Ford comes back to form If Ie Wolter Cree and the theother theother theother other cripples R como come through h an and stay in lii good condition 1 If Chance can Inject th same brand of oC pepper which made wade the tho Cubs alwa always s formidable then then the New ew York Americans will land Inn In the first division dl and mn may by ijo In tho fight for fOt the pennant If not then it ull h be he bea hea a hard matter batter to oust them from froni last place Talking about last pi place nee there I Is a good deal of ominous talk from Crom Detroit De He- troit The ThC story goes that the tile whole team is If sore sote on Hughe Jennings and that several se of the time stars declare the they will not play ball n ogain aln under the di direction direction direction di- di of I ii li YAH VAIl Bad language nagging and similar hl high h crimes anti and ate ale charged a against Jennings Jen Jen- flings in tile the reports You ma may hear all sorts of things about baseball between eh seasons Who's h R going to capture first place In inthe tho the salary league len ue Tho The other day when Frank FarrelL engaged I Frank Chance Chanco as manager manag of or tho the Yankees at a n yearly early wage estimated to be OOOO the vexing vex log ing problem seemed to have ha b been en solved But the impressible Charlie ph Iu press a agent nt extraordinary of ot the Cubs has put his rotund figure fig on tho the baseball horizon as a disputant of or orthe the Chance Chanco assertion Murphy says that Johnny Johnn ers I h la is going oln to be the kingpin salary artist If Jf the new ne Cult Cub manager really leally gets Jets all nil that his employer declares is coming coming- to him in the wa way of or financial r turns it will only be he a a. year car or two before he ml might ht enter Into partnership with Uncle Uncle Un Un- cle dc Sam In n the United States business business- I Little Johnny who Is much liked In Chicago o and anti not eo so much liked hero be because because because be- be cause of oC his criticisms of oC the Giants Glant Is going to get gt rt so 10 much mone money that Murphy doe really like to to toll toil anyone anyone any any- one Just what the amount is Only on one string Is tied to Evers's Everss annual annual an nn- nual stipend That Is the Cubs must finish In first second or r third place With that condition carried out ho will receive o In iii addition to 10 a R stipulated amount a u. percentage o of the thc and a 0 bonus the tue latter Jailer t. t depending lug lug- on eu what position tho the club occupies at the tho end of the sea season on It ma may be bo said salti that that strIng ha has almost the dimensions of ot a strand six eahl cable There are atu five hI leagues leau's In III Honolulu anti and none of oC these theBe organizations organizations tion speak Alt the same language e. e There in is an Amer American on league un Hawaiian league a n Portuguese ue e Ien league ue- ue a Japanese lea league mid and a Chinese league When hon all nil five h are arc under wa way the island lan has haH th the tho Tower of Babel backed NI off oct the hoards boards When hen Joe Joc the old ohl lion Iron Man Ian who did so to much for tho the Giants when the thoy w were to sorel sotel sorely In ne need d of ot help left t to assume control of or the tho Tacoma Northwestern league club the cast east lo lost t tone one of oC the greatest pitchers who evet graced raced a big big- Icu league pitching moun mound With fth Joe Joo go so the best hest wishes of or the ho host t of ot his personal friends It now appears that the Philadelphia National league club Ts Is In a n fair wa way to regain reg-aln some somo of the prestige which it lost host during the last el eight ht or Ot ten years ears William Villiam II lt Locke oce Is now at the holm helm and Quaker City fans Cans arc are confident enl he will till build up UI a winning wInning- team tam Th The National league and anti the baseball world as a v n ilie le welcomes the change Will Joc Locke e. e In his ills capacity as secretor of the th Pittsburgh h club established himself himself him him- self Bel a aa as a business man of oC well defined scruples and principles |
