Show fRANK RAN CHANCE CHANC SAYS CUBS WILL ill ft REPEAT Frank Chance believes beHoves that his Cubs I will re repeat at again as-aln next year ear Hero Here is what I Frank has to say on tho the subject Count the tho Cubs as champions of tho tIm National league and of ot the world worM In 1909 Any Anyone one who knows me knows that I am amnot amnot amnot not fond of making predictions but from tho the way wo we havo have been playing Ing I 1 dont don't see where we te have hn a chance to disintegrate As S a a. matter of ot fact the best ball the Cubs Cuba over played was a In iii the last month of the season eason Instead of oC beginning to break up we seemed to tobe be getting more moro and moro more solid loUd and faster aster and faster taster I have to give It to every ery man on tho the team for tho the light fight they made mado this year The demands I mn made mado I on them were well were well they were ere fierce That Is the only word to express it And the tho w way tho men responded was noble There Is ono thing that I would like to say fay right here There were two or three o people I people I hope there were not moro more than two or three who three who said saW that the Cubs were quitters and that once th they y struck a real ball club It would be bc all oft off with us I have nothing to sa say In reply to that ex except except except ex- ex this that I hope hop all talk of ot that will stop from now on when they look at our record I am i not riot a Q prophet but I will say this If It any team can beat the Cubs In 1909 they will have to show us uso Wo We arc are right at tho the top of our speed our pitching staff starr Is stronger than ever before and 1 I cannot cannot can can- not see any class on us In tho National league or In in the other I sincerely hope that good ball club the tho White Sox will win out In their league next year and that we wo will have the tho worlds world's ecres ex exclusively ex- ex cJu In Chicago next fall Call I l want to say Bay that tho the Tigers TISer are tire a a. tine ball club and a great lot of ot clean lair fall straight men Thero There has been the best of oC good f feel el ing ins this year between the two clubs Off CIT tho tI Meld field ld we have havo fraternized on the field wo we fought Caught as hard as we could That Is the tho kind of ball playing I like Jlko to zee sec |