Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-09-27 | Page 6 | Who's Who in World's Series

WHO'S VHO'S W WHO IN WORLDS WORLD'S SERIES SERIES ARNOLD C. C GANDIL White Sox First Baseman I A ENOLD C C. CHICK GANDIL Is Is' Is Isa a ak k ARNOLD White Sox castoff who came back and made good after a period of six years The Chicken first came to the White Sox In m 1910 having been sold to Chicago I Iby by the Sacramento club of the tho Pacific Coast league He lie played first base for forthe forthe forthe the Sox In in 50 50 per cent of the games that I season but In September largely because because because be be- cause of his weakness at the bat he was sold to Montreal where he stuck until May 1912 coming back to the American Amen Ameri I can league a as a member member of ot the Washington Wash Wash- f ington to Senators a rs GandUs GandU's comeback with Washington was a a. successful one for he ranked with the hitters during his first two years under Clark Griffith but In February 1916 he went to the Cleveland club by bythe bythe bythe the purchase route and last year rear his work with the Indians was mediocre So when Charley Chancy Comiskey made Cleveland an offer for Gandil Candil last spring he ho had little trouble in closing dosing the deal and the wise heads gave Commy the laugh Cleveland had secured Louis Guisto star sta slugger of the Portland club to fill Candil's 1 Sl shoes a and everyone said that a Cleveland would d da never evee er miss sf the Chicken But nut Cleveland has missed Gandil and Comiskey has profited by having him with the Sox for although he I has not been busting the fences around Ban Johnsons Johnson's loop his all around playIng playIng playing play- play Ing has been up to the standard It was a lucky da day for Gandil when Comiskey made mad the deal that took him I back to Chicago for as a member of the White Sox ox he will w get a cut of the worlds world's I series melon and he is now a a. member of a team which many critics believe will follow In the footsteps of the fading I Red Sox by by dominating the American league pennant race for at least leas t another I season Gandil got his first chance in the major leagues with the St. St Louis Browns back In 1909 but that was in the days when he ho was a raw recruit from Shreveport Shreve Shreve- port He has been playing professional ball for r ten years S including dl t the present se season C a and although g he Isn't t ranked as the best t first i baseman in n the major leagues gU h ho he manages in to hold hf his own w and gd I Ifor for six years has been a regular lie He was born at St St. Paul Minn January Janu Janu- any ary 19 He lie stands 6 feet t 1 Inches i tall and weighs close glose to pounds u in condition