Show Wild Bill Leard Has Faith His Club w VIl n Be Up in Flag Chase Nick Dumovich Adds Strength to Mission Hurling g Staff lOT HOT SPRINGS Feb 19 United Wild Press Bill Leard the s scrappy pilot ot of the San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco Mission bal balls club Is getting his sleeping In these nIghts because the Mission club seems to tobe tobe be well supplied viLh baseball talent talent tal- tal ent for the coming season Leard a natural burn born fighter with p nty of baseball braIns has hasa a squad of oC Corty live forty rie players going through their dally daily paces There Is little revamping to be bedone bedone done this season Leard can see no reason why the Missions shouldn't finish the 1927 season season well up In the first division Leard has reasonable reasons fOI so reasoning The MissIons finished third in the race last year despite the fact they struggled through the greater portion of oC the season in a rather maher limped fashIon without a fighting manag r. r The difference Va Walter It er McCredie anti and Leard In the managerIal capacity may mean the between third place and th top rung In the ladd r. r Certainly no one can accuSe Leard of not being a tighter Only three new men figure to cut cUl any figure in the lineup this season unless no m moOre re deals go over before be- be fore fOIe the season starts I of these I Is Chilly McDaniel purchased purchased pur- pur chased by President Bill McCarthy from Oklahoma City McDaniel Is coming out of oC the Western league with the of being the best first sacker In that circuit a hitter and an excellent fielder Nick k DumovIch a handed right pitcher t roc red from oni i Kansas Kan l Ci and recently with the Chicago o Cubs needs little Introduction In Coast league circles He played with Los V Angeles and also Seat tie Jl few v year cal 1 back back He should help materially In rounding out the Mission mound staff which at best to be nothing to rave about Dick Wade from St. St Paul laul an outfielder outfielder out out- fielder is more or less an unknown quantity out here lie He is the thIrd of the three aforementioned addi- addi Clyde Barfoot Barfoo Ed Bryan ChrIstian Charley Eckert Wee Ludolph Ludolph Lu- Lu dolph Phil Weinert t timid Herman are all being counted Upi upi upito 1 to show at the Springs February 14 Most ot of them have already lY signed Christian and who both had an off se season son last year figure to be right for this this' campaign A Ahalt halt half semipro dozen pitchers will get geta et eta a tryout at the camp Al Val Walter tel and Rod Whitney are due to bear the brunt of oC the catching catchIng catch catch- ing again with Carroll Thompson I as a possIble man man and three I Berry md and KellY anxIous lot for lota a trIal With McDaniel first replacing Jimmy 1 Dowel no oth other chan pc II in the infield loom at present Bo Booby by Jones whose steadying Influence I I helped the 1 infield last season sea sea- eason son hopes to In addition equal or better hIs hItting mark ot of last seaSOn Gordon Slade figures to Jo I better than his last rs r's batting batting bat bat- ting record and prove un even cven more sensational fielder filder Mickey FInn at second wl 1 the infield organIzation although of oC course nothing Is defInite yet Wes Griffin will probably be assigned assigned as- as signed to utility work In the In- In field A total of thIrteen will willbe willbe be on hand for Cor a trial in the inner garden V In the outfield Bob Gillespie Evar Swanson T Tom Tom- m Oliver Ernie Vache and Dick Wade together si sit other rookie le prospects will battle hattTe It out for berths with thE lie t three named likeliest to be suc- suc li ce and Vache a s-o s d show ashow to land the utility job I |