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Show :f SPORT SHORTS i i v Mike Gonzales, who is not only a good catcher but a good judgo of ability in other ball players, individually individ-ually or cn jnasse, is of the opinion that the Giants are more formidable today than they were a year ago, and ho has a sound basis for his belief. "The pitching and catching staffs arej stronger than they were last year. Thej outfield is a trifle be! tor than it wan.' for iauff and Burns have at least held ! i heir own and Young is getting better! i all the lime, and the infiekl is a. mighiy good one. Fletcher is as clev j or us ever at shortstop; Kelly and Frisch are doing splendidly and Doyls looks to me to be better than he was last spring." . j "Unless I miss my guess,", says Fred iToney. "George Kelly of the Giants some day will be about the greatest j hitter the game has ever known. I don't see any reason why he shouldn't lie has a great position at the plate, a keen eye and a powerful swing. How he can soak that old ball! "You know when Kelly first auric ho couldn't hit a curve ball to suve his lif;. Now most of his hits are made off curve balls. The National league pitchers who used to make U1I3 big iboy look foolish with curve balls are-due are-due for a .shock this year, mark my word. "Another thing he has learned to do is to hit the first good ball that cbrnes over. He used 10 sand up there and lake a couple over the plate, with the result that he was always in a hole. Now he hits the first one that looks good a-nd he hits it nard." One of the recent arrivals from England Eng-land is Fred Jacks, one time featherweight feather-weight champion. Jacks defeated Tnr.cy Lee. who once defeated- Jimmy Wilde. Jacks is said to be a second addition of Dricoll. He weighs j 1 1 24 pounds and is ready to tackle any : one weighing under 12u pounds. A world record for the indoor 1,500-1 1,500-1 meter run was '"hung up recently by Joie Bay, running as one of the contestants con-testants In the sixth annual games of ! the John Wana'maker Commercial In-(stitute In-(stitute at Chicago. As there never has been any record of the time over; this distance on an indoor track'. Bay's record for the world mark stands unchallenged. un-challenged. Ray's time was 3.r7. The Chicago .streak never won a race more easily' :He was not even menaced in his lead! jnnd crossed the tape at the finish sixty six-ty yards ahead of Harold Cutblll of the Boston A. A. Bay's intention when he started the race was to break the outdoor mark of 3 minutes 55 4-5 seconds, made by A. R. Kiviat In Cambridge, Mass.. in 1912. He was at no time extended, however, and by going the first part of the disLince in little more than a canter, can-ter, failed to break me outdoor record. A majority of the Brooklyn men who j staged u spring series with the Yankees Yan-kees are of the opinion that Miller Huggin's ouu.t will not represent the I American league in the next world I. series Many of the player3 pick the .team to finish in second or third place, 1 and there are a few who think four ; rival clubs In the Johnson circuit will finish in front of them. The players warn Yankee fans not to expect too I much from Babe Ruth. While they j think ho will break his own homo run record, they -say his batting alone will i not be enough "to bring the American league championship to New York. |
