Show CHICAGO SOX AND PHILADELPHIA I IL L NATIONALS MAY UPSET ALL DOPE I li Iii 1 H u Ij 11 b. b if l r Here como come the two dark horses of tho the major leagues turn turning Ins Ins- Into tho the dope stretch and threatening to kick all the form arm out of oC tho the race They Thoy aro are the Chicago White So Sox and tho the Philadelphia Philadel phia Nationals These two teams are aio tho th har hardest e l In Inthe Inthe inthe the country countr to calculate upon The Thew w White hite Sox Sex have havo Ed Walsh and a Jumbled jumbled Jum Jum- bled assortment of or assistants hut but Walsh puts them Into tho the running for 01 first uirt division honors overt oven without h help lp pro the they do not hinder him You can figure the Phillies s nn any pIa place co from sixth th to second according to whether you ou think that each man will do the bust best he ho IK is capable of or doing or 01 whether you rou think ho Ito will do as us In the past nearly his worst One thing Is certain and that Is last seasons season's form Corm of at the Plus Phils was not net true The rhe team was off ort unluckily suffered buffered serious Injuries to players right light at al the start tart followed by tough luck lack hack of or condition more inure Injuries and finally by Interference and meddling by hy Io Fogel cJ which completed tho the wreck of the tho club After the men became discouraged and disgusted they misbehaved shamefully and finished d In lit Joke condition for tor ath nth letes Ides If It you aro are looking for tor dark ark horses play tho the Phils In the tile National up tip as high as us third for If Ir they go 10 at their best the they are aro a bettor club chub than either cither Chicago or Cincinnati and close to NewYork Now New York even deducting Ung for their had hail two years yearn The White Sox Sex are too uncertain to wager on Indeed tho the White Sox box are a strange baseball club Jones won von a worlds world s championship with itIl a club much weaker than Callahan now Im has hut but tho the opposing teams were not as strong Remember too In trying to place the tho probable finishing place of or the Sox that the league as a whole is going to bo be a 0 tough ono one to go o through this 3 ason and that tho the weak weal clubs are aro almost as likely to beat the strong ones as to beat the other weak ones Give any n of or ortho the tho weak clubs club strong pitching and worlds world's champions look the santo sam a to them as dub teams do Sax o Spotted d Team What hat makes tho the Sox so h hard Ud to figure figuro fig fig- uro ure is this They have ha grand fielders who cant can't hit great hitters bitters who can cant can't t Held and two fellows cHows who rito can hit lilt like fiends lends as long as the pitching Js Si bad and cant can't hit at al all a after ler about July I. I In short Callahan has hns a u. club composed com coin posed of 01 material good hood enough to win wina a pennant If he ho could use It all at once which ho he cannot annot l There Is no doubt It Is a team rapidly rapid rapid- Is at present ly h building up overloaded with mediocre material which ani only delays tho the development nt of ot the good men He lit has picked up several corking good men last year car and this and after aCter the period of depression lon seems again building a pennant cub not r this season but he seems to be next In line when Boston Doston and the Athletics Ath wear out The Tho White Sox do not analyze well ell and arid to me the moves Manager Callahan has made this spring do not net appear to have havo helped at all The astounding je- je 1 te- te e- e moval ot of Zelder from tram third base bae and the sending of or Harry Lord back to his old fob job is no not satisfactorily explained Evidently Evi Ei dent dently Callahan is not getting along well with Zelder There does docs not se seem m to be a doubt that Zelder Is a better Letter ball player Lord in fielding and defensive work Jork Lord can him and although both are great men on the bases Zelder has the call there thero Cal says Lord will bethe bo be bothe the regular third baseman If that Is Is' true he Ito has a great chance for a tL trade as three or four clubs arc are desperately In need of ot and want him Cleveland Clove Cleve land hand has been flirting for that kind lind ata of at ofa ofa a trade trado for tor some time Dorton at nt Borton will play pia first Here Is a comp competent player clever In defense fw and anda a corking good man all around besides which he is developing rapidly t. t The I players Hay say he has ha shown 20 70 per cent better this spring than he looked last thou then Whether Whelk Whelk- year tar and he ha looked good hood er or or not he can hit Is a question Hath Rath will play second He Is us a a. promIsing promIsing promising prom prom- ising man improving and likely to be become become be- be come conic a first rate star In a y year ar or two He is smart and a fast thinker a big help to the pitchers ers and to the men close clone to him Sadly enough It seems seema as If It Weaver Is the shortstop lIe He is h. a fair fah ball player play play- er or but has not lived up to his promise of at last spring Not disparaging hl his hla work at all ho Isn't of the caliber that wins pennants I had big hopes Borger would make the Job Tho Coast leaguers declared this title fellow tho tim best over ever and the tales of his work made It look a a. I cinch that he would land the tho Job Ho lie Hohas has not looked good to the experts traveling tray trav cling eling with the tho team and Callahan doe not seem to take him seriously He lie certainly certain will be bc kept an and probably will i get et a a. chance later There Is another youngster who looks loks good to the experts Kernan Karnan a young Chicago o boy They sa say this fellow is a whirlwind all around and ono one of at the I fastest men handling ground balls baUs In Inthe Inthe Inthe Also AlBa sad to relate reate tho the business they hint that the arm isn't strong Jus how Zel Zelder er can bo be benched and the tho shortstop Job passed up up to tha theo theao o three la 15 another puzzle Lord is js back hack at third He lIe doesn't doesn I. I cover enough nouh ground and Isn't lent a a. good fielder Ho Is Isa Isa a a. hustling hUGUin fighting brainy ball player when he Ito has haF his hla heart In Inthe the game Dudan Dud ond an invaluable offensive PlaY player r. r Ho Ia seems to bo be working hard this spring and not suffering from t the c disgusts Outfield a n Puzzle The rhe outfield Is in a 3 puzzle 1 I believe e It win will line Une up with John Collins Colllns j In right Ping Bodle Bodie In c center and Davy Joni Jono ir In left In spite of or the wonderful stories of ot tho the prowess of ot Johnston Eventual Eventually ly 13 I think Johnston will vill gt Bodle's Bodles Job Tho The outfield aa as lined u wm win be tile strongest ami antt nettling fielding tho tiit Sox Sax have had for a u long time the tile fastest on the bates bases and all 10 round 11 the best Da Davy Jones although he has slowed up still HUll is far faster than the average bC player and I think the tue change of oC teams will bring him back near to old form tor br a 0 time at nt lea least t. t Now with Callahan us as pinch hitter hiller and outfielder and with Ith Matlick to help out that outfield Is la certainly CH- CH formidable Many have he been en counting out ut of ot It because things s went wrong v 1 ith 1 him last year Tho The truth Is DottIe cannot hit gOOl pitching He Ito is la a tenc fence bust II ing mar el against the tho dubs but Iut alien hen the Ihu good bood pitchers commence tl to get th true truo form and smoke the hail ball over OVel Pings big swing Is too late He Is compelled com corn polled to change his swing entirely and then cannot hit Ho lIo ought I believe to be played In center until the 11 pilsners tenors be begin ln to get g-et Into Inlo top form then l l cn out and ancl used for pinch hitting purposes For two years lum hitis pitching up to about July Juh 1 1 Then slumped t I. I LI i nothing so SIJ It would s eem wise vise for Cal to get all he lan can out of or him hint during Juring the early part of th the tho year yc-ar 11 while Johnston In It gaining experience John Collins Is coming alon along lie was wag a a. hall hail infielder and anti not brilliant but hut his 5 l is worth a lot Jot He lie f rivers VrR Immense ground In tho the outfield al although al- al thou thought though h he hC uses poor judgment ho tic can throw and he can hit lilt hall hail pitching hard haril He UP- UPswings swings too hard but seemed to bo ho correcting this ovll last t fall all om Isley al always WU's has hns been 1 luck uck lucky In Iii I fluting finding catch catchers rp Ho lie Is holding to Billy Sullivan to work wor with the ho young oung pitchers pitch pitch- ers cis and ho he has developed a man who Is likely to be a Po i. i proper successor to the thu great little veteran This is Schalk one of ot the tho best youngsters that over ever overcame came Into tho big bip circuit Ea Easterly Isa Isa is isa a valuable man but a n. wild heaver and helpful moro more for hitting than for back back- stopping He lie Is working hard to regain hi his place In the tho majors Gossett ac according according ac- ac cording to 0 reports Is a a. pretty lair fair youngster As to the vital p point thc thie pitching the Sox still have havo Walsh who seems In bettor better bet bot- tor ter form torm orni than usual this spring The big fellow IB is perfectly satisfied now He lie and Comiskey have ha reached a friendly friend friend- ly Jy basis and Walsh IB is anxious more moro than titan ever cr to work his head off for or the team Not that he lie ever cr did anything else hut now hl his heart Is 19 In his work The rhe old bId fooling cehin that existed for tor a n long longtime time because Walsh held out Is past Bill Lange 15 1 reported In good rood shape This fellow Is Js quite a pitcher If he lie ever gets through having a n. bad arm He lie Is strong ag aggressive and a wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- worker Doc Doe White hito is Js unchanged except perhaps he cannot work well quite as often lIe Ho needs neds plenty of ot rest and can start only when ho he Is rl right ht tto at his best is about a 55 per percent Ier cr cent pitcher with a team like Jlko the Sox Sex The big problem of at the tho pitching pitching- staff is Limpy Limp Jim Scott This ran rangy fellow teUo ou ought ht to be bo a wonder and never neer has halS been except in streaks Ho Un Is especially especial especial- I ly 1 valuable because he lie seems to havo have something on tho the Athletics and beatIng beatIng beat beat- Ing the tho Athletics Is going to be theone tho the one all important task for tor any team tam with cha championship aspirations this sea seaS season son Benz has tho the earmarks of ot a corner comer but doesn't seem seeni of at major league caliber slow glow clumsy and not much but a a. r. r Of or the new men inca Smith and Johnson the Indian seem the most promising Johnson Is 18 sturdy rugged and of ot the short swing short hort arm arm orni t type e of ot hurler The Tho reports from tho the coast are that ho lie looks b better than his minor league record would Indicate indi Indi- cate Smith has a corking corking- curve and the Sox veterans like him I like e Wolfgang Wolfgang Wolf Wolf- gang very or much but ho he IB Is small and uses himself up before a game Is Js over Summed up Callahan has much more promising material than ho he had last spring even even If Miller the most promisIng promising promising promis promis- ing of ot the tho pitching recruits hasn't been In shape to aho show anything It isa ISa is isa a team likely to flash out In front some ome sometime sometime time yet without strength enough to stay there It will hit weak pitching hard then hard then slump because three o of the themen themen themen men who ho hit the weak weale pitching cant hit good hurling This will necessitate necessitate tate Callahan carr carrying lnA n. n bunch a-bunch o of Understudies un- un and nursing tho the team leant care care- fully Philadelphia Figuring on the tho Phillies is o odd d busIness busi bush ness floss Figured on tho the basis o of each man doing what he is capable of doing tho the team ranks second in th the tho National They figured first last year L by a 3 few tew points over o both bolh Giants and nd Pirates yet I 1 was compelled to cut them way down because of known conditions conditions- said 1 known conditions being chiefly Fogel This ThiR Rca season JOn the tho team figured individually indi is still points ahead lof of Now New NewYork York but Pittsburgh h has passed it It Again I 1 am compelled to shavo shave off oft because because be be- cause of ot conditions even conditions ev n with Fog Fogel gone one I Iam am am certain that the coming coming- of 01 Billy Hilly Locke Locko to the head of ot th the club will improve It over what It was was last SC season On Further last season was not flot ono one on to jud judge the team cum It had tough luck right at the start then teall O or coming IH it quit I do clo not believe all any team In modern I baseball went through h such a Joy JO sea sea- son soil Some Somo thought Doom had hat lost control control con con- of ot tho the men In fact tact he didn't try to control them after aler Fo Fogel el be began an hl his tricks and Interference On top of ot that FoRel's Fogels attacks upon umpires caused I them to turn on the t team nm consciously I or unconsciously cl and It hurt Whether the hall bad habits the tho team fell IntI Into last season and the time loose management manage manage- ment hurt It Is another problem I think it did It la is hard for tor or men who have had hud too much liberty one season to settle to regular work the next Besides Besides Be EA- sides shIes there are several teJo fellows on that team who arent aren't amena amenable Je to discipline anyhow If H Locke and Doom pull to together together to- to toI I gether ether well they ou ought ht to stir up the National race wonderfully Luderus the first t baseman haseman 1 Is a good goodman man man slow slow flatfooted and all ull that and not hot tho the hitter they thoy thought ho lie was two years a ago o Hi- Hi bounces hard on tho the ball Jail during the early curly season cason but till the pitch pitch- ors cis got goot hl his weakness when they gain il l all and amid slop him except t when hon he lie happens to grab a good grip on one Then ll Its It's to the fence lie ranks well uell up UI among thc tue first basemen of or tho the crl- crl cult In spit of or his weaknesses s cs Knabe has haH ha hail had l ill luck Juck right at tho Ito f start tarl In being Injured This fellow rellow Is Isa isa a much touch better hetter ball player than generally general general- l ly believed and a corking good aJ all round man mall who uvito when whon in earnest Is a u fighting a aggressive c winning whamming player Doolan sl slowing up lie Is If a n. great greatman greatman man but not as good as he lie wa was He lie is isOne isone one of or the most niost timely hitters In the tho league and most dangerous erous when hits hilts arc are needed Hans humus Lobert Is as good a n third baseman as anyone nl needs one o of the tho best buss base runners In tho the country and a dangerous dang and timely hitter The Is a little uncertain Sherry Magee agee will be e in left loft Jon a great hall ball play player r. r a 1 great hitter and a n corkIng cork cork- ing all aJl round man wh when wien n behaving rl right ht and working Dada Dode Doc Doe Miller Mil Mu- her ler and Cravath have ha the tho call for tor the theother theother other Jobs Cravath sho showed bettor better last year than was expected and seems Beems to have havo hit a major league stride at last Is bone hone but a fast tast dan dangerous danger danger- cr- cr oU ous man and |