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Show WHITE SOX FANS PULLING FOR 1913 Chicago. Nov. 5. Chicago White Sox fans nave become united band of boosters for the south side elub since Its spirited gallop on the home snretch In tho city baseball series with the Cubs. It is the talk of the town among that portion labeled as south side ndherents that the pale hose will he In the race In the American ler.gue In 1913. They point to Bill Bortou. the St. Joseph Inflolder, who came to Comlskey's club in tho waning daya of the fieubon. nB the missing link needed to form a championship chain. Nearly every White Sox fan Is optimistic" op-timistic" that he BOiith side club will be in the race next season. Some nro hopeful that the team will land the flng. The showing of the team against the battling Cubs, who gave the New York Giants such ,1 scare In the National league, is pointed out ug a big mark In favor of the youngsters young-sters chaperoned by Jimmy Callahan. Calla-han. The Tans of Chicago were given an excellent chance to seo the new lineup of the White Sox Iu action against one of the confessedly strong organizations In baseball. They ox-ntnlncd ox-ntnlncd nnd analyzed tho work of tho new outfield of tho gouth side club Strango as It mav soom, the fans seem to think Walter Mattlck will have to do bettor than lu the city series to beat other aspirants to a permanent place in tho outer garden. Mattlck is acknowledged to avo the goods .us a bolder, but he must do better with tho hickory If ho can hope to retain a place along with Collin3, Bcdlo and possibly Jimmy Johnson lu 1913, say those who watched tho players battlo in the short scries. Tho work of Bill Rorton, holh In I 10 gamt-B of the American league I ! championship season and in the nine games of the olty series, was a revelation rev-elation to White Sox fan. It whs u happyM?urprlse to no loss a person than Manager Jimmy Callahan. The aggressive and able leader of the pale hose did not think Borton had It in him tT make a finished first baseman base-man In the big show and do acceptable accept-able sorvico around the inltlul station. sta-tion. Borton seemed slow and indifferent indif-ferent on th spring training trip. He was turned back becnusc ho was singled sin-gled out at the one who didn t care "whether school kept or not." That Is ono Instance wherein the wlso ones were fooled. Borton. so nay the records, never shone brightly as a star of the first magnitude In tho spilngtlme. He n I ways bus been slow In wanning up, almost as slow as Bill Donovan used to 'he with the Detroit Tigers. When Borton went back to St Joseph and continued to bat and field sensatlonallj just as he had done In 1911. President Comlskey was highly pleased that he had kept a string attached to the youngster That string was yanked before the season Of 191 1 waa history. Borton bus continued to be tho big sensation of the American league that ho wax when working for John Holland, owner own-er of the St Joseph ti;am. in 1911 and 1912 at a minor league salary Ho has taken a big load off the shoulders shoul-ders of Manager Callahan if he pi lots the palo hose in 1913. and all. tho signs point to the como-hacker being n't tho helm of the White S.o when the call to arms is sounded in 19 13. "Give me a hard hitting first baseman base-man and another outfielder who can rap tho leather consistent! and I'll make a pennant contender of the White Sox next season," said .Manager .Mana-ger Callahan two months a?i. "The pitching staff of our club will right Itself sooner than any other department depart-ment " "Tho first ba6c problem for 1913 Is solved. Borton has won the place He has been a big surprise He has done all that could bo asked of a new man at the Important post He has fielded almost purfoctly and batted bat-ted beyond our expectations. I riu not sure of the outfield for next season, sea-son, but there is a woalth of material, mate-rial, bo there is no use worrying. Tho coming of Cicotte has put us in far better shape for next season than we wero last spring, unless Ed Walsh breaks an arm or some other unforeseen un-foreseen calamity happens to dim our! chances " j |