Show 1 Will Have Hate Dangerous Pennant C I PIRATE hERS ARE MUSICAL lOT r KECHNIE AfTER 1923 BAll HONORS HONOS I Catcher Schmidt Is One of the Mainstays on the Club Outfielder Taylor Shows Well in Early Season nv fly Y nii-iA nii IV N SPRINGS GS Ark April 2 2 i HOT with the Pirates takes iou ou back to the thc goo gool 1 old college da s musical equipment to outfit O a R jazz orchestra Is bIn b the of oC the ir boys a mean banjo ani an 1 guitar there are arc enough good on the club to shame some sonic of ot the e highly touted ets that t ar an art t flaying laying bill big time Manager Bill HIli I is str strong nJ for music lull Dill has a tine fine voice himself and is a much t I tafter alter after individual when nhen hell the athletes athlete get ready to put on some clo e harmony bar har- harmony mony Once upon a time not not so Ion long ago ogo there existed a II rumor that the Ow Pittsburg club was nas with cliques that dl discipline v was as a alost lost Jost art and that training rules were tre mad to be hu hed aL at OrI HAPPY 1 POl Possibly Sibly such a condition once existed but no rio more The Pirates Pirate are one happy family On the tog trip with th the days day's grind oHr oer music forms the chief recreation ef cf the athletes A dozen of the players player take tak an n active pArt and the th musIc musi bath such charms that the others other i stick around to listen There are arc no Sl specific rules on the th club It doesn t seem us as n gs II if any are McKechnie Is i the manager manas-er of ot the ball club lie He 1 is h ha isa a real er The players ar are strong for tor him himIn himIn I In return McKechnie McK simply put puts It up to 10 the tho players to behave them there themselves themselves selves emphasizing the tact fact hOw hOw- hOwever however how however ever that the pla player r who nho falls fails to will suitor suffer not his he i h has affected his play own own play more so 80 because his selfish tactics tactic have havo Injured th the tho chances of ot hI his teammates who are giving ther best efforts KI KIND D roil Fort The Th Pittsburg club is goIng to be ery cery muc much In the National league Ica race during the th coming season First because the team Is a real reU pennant contender Sec Sec- Second end ond because every men n on the duo clu will be fl inc his best efforts Third because the team is sure t to get commonsense management McKechnie Is a a headed le let headed el-headed chap thap who served his apprenticeship Ith alth Ith the players Is h able to get on a level with nith Ith there them and still retain the tho called called so-called dignity of the manager For several years the sport sheets have bave featured Walter Schmidt m an many a star stor True Truo ruo Schmidt ha has often orten played the rol role rola of ot holdout A holdout however does docs not mean that a player Is a bad actor VI hen her r 1 player refuses to sign and thereby bP become a holdout It is merely a I difference of opinion between n club and player as 05 to the tho alue alu of or the th athlete I Yet Schmidt Schmitt has often been painted as IS a dl disturber a who always alna S look took the rhe opposite ilc siew lo to that held by the manager r I i would say sav v that such finch criticism w wis s decidedly undeserved ed Certainly n ni pla pIa er on the pittsburg clUb seem seems for tor McKechnie no ho player Is and no l tyer I lb more Schmidt is n a finished l catcher It is Impossible to I compute his value in de 1 young pitchers o aside nde from hit his rei- rei reg- reg regular ular work nork or I M 0 GU IV IN LINKUP It EUI The rhe shunS burg club has close to SO l hall ball players iti al M the Springs yet It I is doubtful it a an of them ill III cause the tho Pirate manager to shift h 1 lineup of or list st sea season on I The catching aill ill I be looked after aCler by Schmidt Gooch and Jonnard with t two 0 collegians War am Ick an 1 Mattox as great prospects I IThe The infield will have Grim Grim t I first Tierney at second Maran at short and Traynor at third In Inthe Inthe the outfield will be Bigbee nu soll and Carey Barnhardt will be read for tor utility infield roles v while Cutler Curler ItS la li a great treat outfield prospect I The pitching pitching- nil wll I fall tall on last car ears cars s staff The only new ro- ro recrUit cruit who looks loos as it if he would be beable beable able to step right hl in and help out is Koontz from the Sacra Sacra- Sacramento menlo mento club of ot th the Coast leigue le Owner Dreifus fus had to bid hIn for tor Ke and Ond Manager McKechnie tori l i says that present Indications make It teem seem the th money was I well en ex- ex nen ed I KE Ij ST STI I I certainly was nas impressed by the work of Third Seman B Traynor While did good tood work ork forthe for forthe Ithe the Pirates last Jast year ear I look for tor him lIm lImI I to go fro it much better the thc comIng comins season on Traynor Ti-agnor is a remarkable fielder and a dangerous I He tic is just arriving In a year or orso orISO ISO so I look looi for him hire to be bo one of oC the most discussed In the Ia ls i circuit a re resi l star The PIrates arc are pennant contend contend- contenders contenders contenders ers without a question Some of the experts are trying to belittle the punch of ot the club by saving l Reb Russell wont won't hit bit left lert handers That Is a It mistake Tru Tyun Rob will sill tike more liberties nith the right handers but the th south south- southpaws paws will find him anything but soft picking butI I I New York fork will viII have hilve to keep step step- stepping stepping ping all the way or McGraw s sam sam-I am ambition ant ant- to 0 win a third pennant and checked series wilt will 1 certainly andI b be ba I I |