Show LIGHT THE SPORT LIGHT By D 1 roCK RICE ma- ma maNew 12 New York Tribune Inc Ic Trademark V U S I S Patent or Of Ot o floe sr SPRING ING nOU cr VP VP D-VP OF or TIlE THE WOULD'S NO THE I-THE I THE INFIELD PASO ROBLES March 22 Any time tim a champion starts training It m mean mans ans something win 10 lose or draw And And l be- be beIng being b Ing worlds world's champion happens happen to t tobe tob be the th mo most t Important club In base bup- baseball ball until some aoma om outside entry knocks the old coronet of ot ort oft the brow I never havo have seen a spring club In baseball which exuded more erad high grade rado optimism running from Fred Clarke dark and Bill through Stuffy McInnis on down the line They all expect a hard tight fight from New York St St Louis Cin Cm- Cincinnati and nd Brooklyn but they also expect to win again stain and o o come back next spring wearing II th- th same me old crown in the same old place Tnt TOC rn INFIELD Who can call blame blam them One On look at the th Infield alone alon shows show the tb job ahead head any rival faces aces who might have bave a championship bunch It there i Is a better Infield In baseball remarked Fred Clarke as ashe aslie lie he looked out across the tha tb California hills will some som one on stand up and kindly mention the th name There Therewa wa was no reply They start at first t with Grantham Granth- Granth am ro a ft fast tast hitter hard and anel Stuffy Stuffy fy fy ty one on of ot the th time all all marvels of the game came Stuffy In his eighteenth season euon around but he expects s sto to have hav a better belter year He lie never looked better and few tew In the cours course of ot eighteen years ears have ever looks I ns as well Moore Moor and Johnny Fawling are doubly guarding s second cond And on the left side of ot the tb lot the th greatest young pair In la baseball a are fa facing the greatest season cason they have known to date I know how good Hans Wag Wal Was ncr ncr ner and Jimmy Collins Colllns were at short and third said lId Stuffy Me Mc Mc Innis but dont don't let anybody tell you ou they wore were ere better than Wright I and and Traynor Ivo Ive seen my share ot of the tho good rood ones ape and they are ar the I best beet And I dont don't mean maybe perhaps or possibly maYbel GLEN GIr AND PIE rm It 11 doesn't tak take long lone for tor Glen GlenWright GlenWright Wright and Pie PI Traynor to have bave you pulling for them no matter what your home borne horn town They are great treat ball players and nd something more Both are ar tine fine looking youngsters young youn around twenty twenty- twenty four about six feet tour four or twenty five weighing In the th neighborhood ot of Ih They y are built huilt like athletes they look like athletes and they happen to be b athletes who would rath rather r playa play a a gamo of ot baseball than own on owna owna a brace brae ot of o yachts They are tine fine types clean clean bright bricht keen kern and un- un a credit to any enterprise they may elect to toll follow ow They are neither hat high nor low low- lowbrow lowbrow brow They ar are aro out tor for the team and team play and not for And they can play enough baseball to carry quito quit a distance Both Doth are tine fins tin hitters hitter al- al always al always ways dangerous and they can cover more ground than a stockyard of ot centIpedes Any ground hit through the th I side Ido Id ot of o this Infield will have hav to be beI I tired fired with a ft rifle Both Wright and Traynor are fast tast and both carry a great Croat pair pall ot of hands around the same ume being used to put up an Im- Im Impenetrable im penetrable barrIcade They have hav It ItIn itIn UIn In them to become the th greatest cretest oldo combination In baseball history not forgetting that Herman Long Iong and Jimmy Collins Colllns worked together and zuid nd that Hans HIlliS Wagner bad Tommy Lea Leach h for tor an aide GREAT T C COMBINATION J Here lIere Her Is an infield ld that Is strong defensively exceptionally so 0 and that In addition has both power and speed spead on the th attack It ha has a rare member r In still a great fielder and anda anda a dangerous actor around the th plate Stuffy Is something more mor tha than that lie He II la is also a ft great treat infield coach guide philosopher and mor mor- morale morale moral ale al builder and a great Influence for tor good on the th club Stuffy reported d to Connie Mack eighteen years year ago 1110 BO and nd nd the th years have treated him gently The Th entire combination gives one on o the tb great treat infields of Grantham Moore Wright and nd Traynor make mak a II tar eta first t line of defense with nis nl RawlinS's and young all set et et for tor any reserve call It Will was Willa wasa wasa and It a great Infield last It season eason will be b still better this sprint spring and summer ummer Infield Id tren strength h usually Is the buls ot of team greatness The Th Cub Cubs had Chance Ever Even Evers Tinker an and 1 The Athletics Mc- Mc Mi Collins Colllns Barry Darry and Baker Th The Giants GianI of thee thie years year ago afo hal haJ KellY Frisch Bancroft and Groh Pittsburg will have hav an Infield this season that can just just about hold It its own on with any combination men men- mentioned ra above For every regular on onIt onIt onIt It will hit bit over all are ar fast tut and there ther are r no leaky spot apoti In the defense ne They Thy look treat great gr at re- re remark ye marks mark Mr loll McInnis And what is 18 more mor Important they are r better than they look What more mor can you ask ak t Tomorrow The Th Out Out- Outfield Outfield Outfield field |