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Show SPEAKER, NOT PITCHING, INDIANS CHIEF WORRY 'experts dwell on hurling strength as main factor I - On Paper Cleveland Has Better Team Than Last Season By i: Service. Cleveland finished second to New York last year after a bitter struggle strug-gle to the very ond. Can Cleveland make a better showing show-ing In the Coming campaign" That quelion is of interest to followers of baseball the country over. On paper Cleveland ha? a. better ball club than In 1921. Paper ball flubs.' however, do t ot always come through Game are won on the ball fMd The acquisition of Stuffy Mclnnis should greatly help the Cleveland ball club. Mclnnis ts oik of the best fielders in th name. He lUttdfl only one error last yeaTi proof of his Ueldlng ability. Joe Scwell and Bill Wa mbsganns should profit greatly by the presence of Mclnnis in the Cleveland infield. Neither will have to use care an.i take pains In making throws to first THIS IS THE BUNK BUT INTERESTING LEFT TO RIGHT: BABE R UH, JUDGE LAJffDIS AND BOB METJS1 L All that is necessary will be to get the ball In the vicinity of first base md Mclnnis will do the reft. In addition Mclnnis Is a good hlt-ter, hlt-ter, who delivers his best work at the bat in the pinches. The Cleveland iniicld with Mclnnis , at first base Is 25 per cent stronger. The pitching, which was erratic the greater part of last season, certainly Should be Improved. .liui Bagby ami Walter Mails are certain to be more of a help to Speaker. Speak-er. Ragby had as much stuff as ever last year, but couldn't win. Jim must get the breaks. They all went tho other wa last season. Mails got away to a bad start, early lost his confldenoe, and floundered abom throughout tho entire seuson lie can't possibly be a bigger disappointment disap-pointment than he was in 121. Smith will be missed to a certain extent. Whilo a hard hitter Smith as anything but consistent. Cleveland, like every other club, must get pitching to be anywhere. In summing up the club's chances most of the experts dwell on that feature. At this stage of the race, however, the chance-, the ch vela ml club to be a dangerous contender hinge around Tns Speaker. Will Speaker be able to bo In the game day after day tho coming season sea-son ? i Speaker Injured his knee during 'spring training. The knee Is not mending as rapidly us it was hopod. He Is favoring the leg to a considerable consider-able extent. Injured knees have playel havoc with many star players. If Speaker's i injury is merely of a slight nature he I should In no way suffer. However, if tho Injury Is .serious, i Speaker Is going to be handicapped by It a great deal this summer. It may keep him out of many " a ball game. Speaker Is the dynamo of the Cleveland Cleve-land club, u is next to Impossible to determine his great value tp the cluh. Me is needed in the lineup every day. Speaker Is the punch of the team. The physical condition of Trls Speaker means more to the ( 'leveland ball club than the pitching. |