Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 7 | Chance Lucky Bird; He Figures to Set Pace Again in 1917

Chance Lucky Bird He Figures to Set Set- Pace Again in i BY WILLIAM J. J SLATTERY AN FRANCISCO Oct 7 lt It It took a lot of persuasion and arid coaxing SAN S drag Frank Chance back Into a baseball suit but once he dolled doled hi hil self sel In the old familiar harness hanes and stationed himself on the cochin lines the Los Loa Angeles club started to Ip spurt rt It has haa been spurting ev cv eve since and today It has haa the Coast league pennant just about ready for d lvery livery Now that Now that the battle for the rag rap Is la nearly nealy over the fans of the other fj I cities of the league have attention fv been wistfully y turning to the pro proa j i for next season They're all al ho hopeful Just as the fans In every lt lea legu jt a in In the country but they should not ba bO bank Ilk too heavily on what their mar nial I agers ayers tell tel them till tl after they have reflected upon the possible layout th tha i Chance wil will again spring The old leader of the always to remembered Cub machine Is II eIth either very ery lucky person peron or a very ver fart far teel r person Not content with opponents opponent up this time he h has aIr lr prepared to fortify himself for the n- n dash dUh and he appears to be off of t fa wonderful start I Chance figures to lose one out er or two pitchers and one catcher to tot majors major through draft sale ule and oPt opt to The balance of his hll powerful tion ton remains absolutely Intact i iWonder wonder his hla rivals are already frig ened Harry Wolter the tho hard har hitting rl fielder was sold to the Cubs Cuba a Pitcher Horstm Horstmann nn to the C Cardina Pitchers Zabel and Standridge h hi r presumably been recalled by the Cut Cu J while Catcher Bassler probably bly w V wander r back to Cleveland by the dr route Wolter and Horstmann Hortmann are the o a cinches for that often reliable ble pore per rel old Dame Rumor hints that the An boss bon will wil get the others b back ck If I f I does well wel the manager who hopes hope make mke a nick against Los Angeles Angeles' I 1917 o must busy himself and Import big league outfit to the far fr welte shore j The slugging outfielder of COUTH o Is going to be sadly missed but a m mat of Chances Chance's experience and wide Ea t ern err acquaintance can be depend depends upon to wade right In and n nail l a W thy successor cessor to the Redwood CI wonder Had the Chance gang gOIng been wr wreck and shattered by wholesale r L I big league managers the other ft clubs might hold out bright hope hopes f i getting the jump on Chance n spring but according to the way thin il i 1 are breaking now Chance will ag rule first choice with the wil 1 Unless a few of his rem remaining at are lost stolen ped shanghais shanghai ata or otherwise removed from the r l the Peerless One of n other days is In Ing to make his Angel hirelings o od od lon l 1 lon on chances before the umpires umpire g r the play ball signal bal next April Apri t Next to Los Angeles the Portia Poria crowd stands standi out as birds of gre great t d da ger McCredie was Just wise enu to start to prepare for 1917 after fer ii discovered that his 1916 efforts weft l of no avail cr V Vernon as It stands tod today Y Is la an wel u certain Quality although the te team m d remarkably well wel San Francisco Oa I land and Salt Lake need so much Ing that it would be useless uele for an f Cw body to draw any conclusions cone till ti th VOth managers of these clubs their plans next spring 1 32 1 I