Show CHANCE PREfERS BIG PITCHERS Pitcher Pitchers are arp bein being picked cd up by the 0 Cubs at every opportunity and with the two latest acquisitions Manager Mana l Manag ger gor g r Chance now has a string of eleven eleen twirlers read ready to work at any time timp Higginbotham of the S St. St Louis Cardinals Cardinals Cardi Cardi- nals and Ragon flagon of the Cincinnati Reds are the tue two latest additions to the staff the other members of which are Brown Overall Reul Reulbach ach Krob Fraser Fraser Fra Fra- ser Mr Coakley Hag Hagerman and Lundgren Lack of good pitchers ha has been the I cause au e of most ot of the troubles of the worlds world's 8 champions this spring Brown an and Overall O were the only consistent I performers on the staff tair But they could not be worked all the time especially in the cold damp weather that has dog dogged ed the champions all spring sprin and usually whenever any other man was on th the slab the enemy has made trouble Big Rig men olen tall and heavy are the kind Manager Chance likes kes f for r his pitching pitchin staff and he lie wants them to be overhand overhand over tr hand pitchers too as much as possible leader docs does believe The peerless TH not in the J little fellow on the slab There have hwe b been en instances of small men doin doing I exceptionally good work worl as pitchers but the rule is against them and Chance figures he gets better results with his I big men than with the small ones We have hM-e a staff composed of all bi big men said Chance the other day Almost Almost Al A most without exception every pitcher on the Cub roster is a II bi big fellow Brown Brownis is probably the tho smallest man of the bunch bun but he is chunk chunky and strongly built and h sot Bot as tall tail as some of the others he lie is a bi big man physically and mentally when it comes to playing baseball Both Bot h the new men we ha have e just acquired acquired ac acquired ac- ac are big fellows and are are stron strong pitchers They are oung young too coming comm up instead of ot going oin back and should help the club later on We cannot figore figure figure fig fig- ure ore entirely on our worSt work of this year but must build u up for the future also i I rather lil like e getting g p pitchers from the St. St Louis club Brown came from flom that team to us and he has proved something I of a success Maybe we can develop another l like le him in Higginbotham |