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Show PITTflBURG. Pa.. Feb. . Ko baseball base-ball fan of the smoky city is counting Georg Gibson's Pirates a sure thing in the If.'l season. I.Ike wis, not a fan is counting them ft sure thing out of the pennant dash. ;i'ueon feels Just like the fans. "I'm confident we will make a good showing." ne told the United Prees today, to-day, "but I have never seen much success suc-cess fn winner winter pennants." "tllbbey" of course expects to win the pennant, but he smilingly admits that i lube some una s go against the hopes of their pilots. "We will start the 1921 race with a much stronger club than we had lest year," he said. "Perhaps our outfield will not be as brilliant, but we were well fortified In the gardens and we'll have a dependable array of talent. "The outfield has not been weakened and the Infield haa been Immeasureablv strengthened by the addition of Rabbit Maranville. We were weak In that position posi-tion last jeer and la my opinion now we have one of the very greatest to hold down that Important Job. We figure we got the best of the deal, so does Boston for that matter, otherwise the trade wouldn t have been made. "1 realise, however, that every batted ball doesn't go to a shortstop and that Maranville can't play the whole game. We will have the help, of a good Infield and I feel the utmoat confidence la the pre sen. line." |