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Show I EACH AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUB I GAINS SMil FOR FLAG RACE i a HI- CLEVELAND, 0., April 7. The Rm Cleveland team will enter the 1917 ilW baseball campaign with the best con- !d!tioned squad a Cleveland manager has brought from the south in several sev-eral years. With the return to form of Guy t Morion, who was placfed out of com mission in the middle of the 1916 season sea-son with a sore arm, the return to form of Earl Klepfcr, who injured his arm in the early part of last season sea-son by pitching a 20-inning game in St. Louis, and the enthusiastic prediction predic-tion of Joe Wood, the ex-Boston star, that his arm has recovered from the injury which put him out of commission commis-sion two years ago, Manager Fohl Is inclined to be optimistic over the prospects pros-pects of his team. The outfield will of course be the same as last year with Speaker, Roth and Graney occupying the berths. The infield at the start of the season sea-son will have Guisto on first, Wamby at second, Chapman at short and either ei-ther Turner or Evans at third. Turner has exerted himself little in training, but expects to be ready for the gong. O'Neill should be the old reliable backstop. Tom Daly and Josh Billings Bill-ings have shown such form as to convince con-vince Fohl thai they will be capable understudies. The probable lineup for the opening game is: Graney, If; Chapman, ss; Speaker, cf; Iloth, rf, Wamby, 2b; Guisio, lb; Turner or Evans, 3b: O'Neill, c; Morton, Mor-ton, p. WASHINGTON. April 7. There won't be any changes in the Senators' lineup from the one that :;ult the field , in the fall of 1916. j Manager Griffith figures that with a W little more power to the team's bat- sjB ting it is certain to land a berth high ? up In lne standlng this year- Clarke hB isn't claiming any pennants, however, I'M apparently being satisfied with a place If in the first division. Br According to present plans Rice will Mj be played permanently at first base, Mf a position the club has been weak in B since "Chick" Gandil severed ties here B and joined the Cloveland club. Rice B can hit, though his fielding isn't all I ME that could be wished. B Otherwise the same battle-front will B take positions when the umpire calls B play April 11. B Walter Johnson undoubtedly will B pitch the opening game, the veteran ' B hurler showing the best form of any : B of Griffith's pitchers this spring. Ed- ; i B die Ainsmith therefore will draw the : assignment behind the bat, following out Griffith's usual custom of working the pair together. In all probability the team will line up as follows: Leonard, 3b: Foster, 2b; Milan, cf; Rice, lb; Smith, Lf; Menosky, rf; McBride, ss; Ainsmith, c; Johnson, p. CHICAGO, April 7. President Co-miskey Co-miskey of the White Sox and Clarence Clar-ence Rowland, manager of the team, are pleased with the showing of the club during the spring training trip. There probably will be two new faces in the regular lineup this season. sea-son. Eldrbd, a recruit outfielder, who has been placed in the right garden, has batted well against major league pitching, and Risberg at shortstop is a fixture. This Coast leaguer has made a good impression on Manager Rowland. Manager Rowland can't see any weak spots in his team. There are capable substitutes for all positions and an injury or two will not put the team out of the running as was the case last year. Buck Weaver will be kept at third base. McMullin will be kept as utility third and second baseman, base-man, while Zeb Terry will substitute at shortstop. Ted Jourdan will play first base, when Chick Gandil is off the job. The team will probably line up as follows in the opening game: Eldred, rf, Risberg, ss; E. Collins, 2b; Jackson, lf; Felsch, cf; Gandil, lb; Weaver, 3b; Schalk, c; Faber, p. BOSTON, Mass , April 7. Manager Jack Barry's aggregation of world's champions, the Red Sox, will open in New York against the Yankees April 11, a little short of condition, but confident con-fident that they hae the material and will be able to repeat. Barry, the youngest manager in either ei-ther big league and the only player-manager player-manager in the American league, has thrown himself into the business of developing his charges with so much energy thai it is doubtful whether he will be able to do much playing during dur-ing the early part of the season. A conciliator and diplomat where Bill arrigan was a driver, he has yet worn is firm as Boss Bill in the pinches nd will bring the Sox to the scratch jnder discipline. A feature of the Red Sox training is the fact that no rookie has so far shown enough promise to warrant the prediction that he will oust any of last rear's members from the payroll. Man-iger Man-iger Barry believes that the 1916 line-jp, line-jp, with the assistance of the 191 G eserve corps, will do the Sox for the present season. The probable lineup for the opening ;ame: Shorten, rf, Janvrin, 2b; Iloblitzel, .b; Lewis, lf; Walker, cf; Gardner, !b; Scott, ss; Thomas or Cady, c; uth or Shore, p. PHILADELPHIA, April 7. When he Athletics step on the field at Shibe ?ark for the opening game of the sea-;on sea-;on here April 11 against Washington here will be only four men left from ast year's tail end aggregation who vil be in their regular positions. The four regulars will be Mclnnis on first, Witt at short, Strunk in center and Schang behind the bat. Mack is depending upon two youngsters young-sters to fill up the other two holes in the infield left by the releases of La-jolne La-jolne and Pick. Otis Lawry will be given a chance to fill Larry's shoes at second, with Roy Grover as his understudy. un-derstudy. Raymond Bates, secured from the Coast last year, has made good at third during tho Macks' workouts work-outs at Jacksonville and has already been mentioned as the logical man for that position. In the outfield Mack has flanked Strunk with two burly fence busters in Ping Bodie, who is up for another trial in the American league, and Frank Thrasher, the heavy hitting Atlanta At-lanta Southern association player who finished a few games last fall for the Athletics in splendid style. To help out Schang behind the bat Mack has Bill Meyer, Pat Haley and Vincent Picinich, with the former as the likely second catcher. Around Joe Bush and Elmer Meyers tho strength of the pitching department depart-ment will be "Jingling" Johnson, Harry Har-ry Seibold, Jack Nabors, Bill Noyes and Jimmy Farnham. The lineup for opening day will likely be: Witt, ss; Lawry, 2b; Strunk, cf; Thrasher, rf; Bodie, lf; Mclnnis, lb; Bates, 3b; Schang, c, and Bush or Myers, p. NEW YORK, April 7. With the opening op-ening of the American league season only four days distant, the Yankees find themselves facing the same difficulties diffi-culties which last year put them out of the running. On the hospital list today were four stars who are regarded as the principal excuse for Bill Donovan's prediction that the Yankees this year are going to win the pennant. Nick Cullop, the bright luminary of the pitching staff, has been sent to Dover Hall suffering from pleurisy. Magee, Caldwell and Baker have sore throats that will keep them out of the game for some days. Tho rest of the team Is fit to start tho season, but the setback of the last few days is bound to have its effect in the early stages of the pennant chase. Malsel at second is still an uncertainty, uncertain-ty, though Donovan is going to keep him there until he shows positive evidence evi-dence of failure. Baker, Peckinpaugh and Pipp will be the Yankee heavy artillery. The outfield will comprise Gilhooley, High and Mageo. They are all fast and fairly good hitters. Gilhooley, Gil-hooley, until he broke his leg last year, showed signs of developing into a second sec-ond Willie Keeler. Donovan is well fortified behind the bat with Walters, Nunamaker and Alexander. Al-exander. Piercey and Munroo are the new pitchers who look good. Tho probable lineup for the opening game follows: Gilhooley. rf; High, If; Maisel, 2b; Pipp, lb; Baker, 3b; Magee, cf; Peckinpaugh, Peck-inpaugh, ss; Nunamaker, c; Caldwell or Shawkey, p. ST. LOUIS. April 7. Fielder Jones has the strongest ball team that over took the field in St Louis. The strength of tho team Is its substitutes. Jones has an understudy for all his top liners. He will put on a big show all season, no matter what happens. Poor catching and too many left handed hitters stopped the Browns last year. Jones has plugged up both holes. Austin is a fixture on third because be-cause he is playing the bag lighter than a drum. Pepper Jim never looked look-ed so good around the hard corner. j Severeid, first string catcher, is working work-ing his head off to keep a young rookie rook-ie named Hale from stealing his job Jones believes that pitching is 75 per cent of a team's defense. He has the best left handers in cither league, Plank, Hamilton, Weilman and Koob Dave Davenport says he will report in St Louis April 12, Don't pay an attention to the bear stories sent out of San Antonio about Dave being through. Dave never looked better in his li(c. He cranked his machine in San Antonio and promised the boys to bo on hand first pay day at home. The lineup: Yardley, lf; Miller, cf; Sisler, lb, Pratt, 2b; Marsan, cf; Austin, 3b, Johnson, ss; Hamilton, p; Severeid, c. |