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Show TIERNEY TO OE RETAINED 1 Spencer Adams Will Be Given Ample Chance to Make Grade. Cotton Tierney, lnfleldcr of tho Pittsburg club of the National leagu. .. will be retained by the Pirates long enough to allow Spencer Adams a trial to display his ware? at the keystone That is thr consensus of opinion among PlttMburg sporls writers Heni' t what Ralph Davis has to say about tho former Ogden hlh school youth In the current issue of the Sporting News: The impression seems to have gotten abroad that, because PlttSpurg has purchased Spencer Adams from the! Pucifj. Coast league Tlernej is col needed It i true that ho may he disposed of if n suitable proposition Is offered, but Manager McKeohnle ! Is not at all anxious to cut him loose. J and can well afford io . ai ry him. Tierney was one of the best htters( I on the club last season, and his work ' with the bat was a prime factor In he good showing made by the I-v.rbes Field brigade. He has defects as n ! fielder but they are not del Idedljl : serious, and there ure a number of j j second basemen in the majors who tare no better on the defense Adams may be the regular keystone sack guardian. If ho shows at the training enmp that he Is capable of ! filling the bill, but it would probablj be a mistake for Pittsburg to dispose of Tierney until he has been 9hown beyond question that Adams Is all ; that he has been cracked up to be. ; It must not be overlooked that Adams . Is a mere youngster, and probably hag I considerable to learn about the Intricacies In-tricacies of big leaguo execution |