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Show IIITLESS PILOT IS NOW LUMBER BARON Fielder Jones Conducts a Flourishing Concern at Portland, Oregon. Fielder Jones, one-time manager of I De Chicago White Sox, Is a former Major leaguer who has made good in ; 'Ute business world after bis baseball 5 iays ended. A ,, Jones quit the game to enter the . Jwnber business In Portland, Ore. And km Is making a success of his work, r as greut a success as he did as a base- i , ball munager. The present generation f fans do not remember him, but the J : . older element recall Jones when he j . led the White Sox to a pennant In 1900 and later a world's championship champion-ship over the Chicago Cubs. , That season the White Sox were known as the "hitless wonders." They did, not have a .300 hitter on the club, but Nick Altrock, Ed Walsh, "Doc" White, three great pitchers, stopped the other fellows from making runs . while the Sox made their few bits count for enough to win. " Jones was a great believer in inside , baseball. The Sox attack was mixed ,, . .DP continually. When the rivul club ; 'was set for the hit and run, the Sox .:. bunted their way around or resorted ; to stealing liases. Few better base- running teams ever appeared in the professional ranks. -' One of the favorite Sox stunts was to wait out a pitcher. They would let .a him pitch his hardest for seven Innings, In-nings, sometimes with one or two hits .. off blm, then bunch two or three hits , with a base on balls and a sacrifice hit or two for enough runs to win. If the rivals made an error, the Sox made the most of It. Few teams were i ever more alert for a slip on the part i of the opposition. It was nothing un- ( ' usual for them to get a man to second '; v base on a wild throw. They would sacrifice him to third and either . squeeze-play him along or else come through with a hit when It was need-. need-. ' ed. A base on ball or a hit batsman always resulted In their favor. With a run or two, behind classy pitching, the Sox went along with little lit-tle to worry about. They had a great . , fielding club and Jones, the manager, was a genius In directing the defense as well as the offense and knew how to handle pitchers. |
