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Show CONNIE THINKS TRIS GOOD AT FIRST BASE If Cleveland Manager's Legs Go Wrong He Would Do Well at the Initial Sack. Connie Mack has a feeling that Tris Speaker will end up his baseball career as a first-s acker. When he read that Guisto would start the season and Bower would succeed suc-ceed him in case the California!! failed to come up to expectations, Mack remarked re-marked : "Even if Guisto and Bower fail to deliver, Speaker wouldn't have to worry. Have you ever watched Speaker Speak-er playing the infield? Well, he puts a lot of time around first base, and plays it very capably. 'Tlaying center field calls for much leg work. If Speaker finds his lower limbs are bothering him, I can see no reason why he couldn't shift to first base. He is a wonder on ground balls, is a left-hander, has a fine arm and is a sure catch. Speaker has every asset of a star first-sacker and it wouldn't surprise me if he rounded out his career ca-reer at that position." There is much logic to Mack's obser-j obser-j rations about Speaker. For years the ; Cleveland manager has practiced a i great deal at first base. He is right now capable of playing the bag. With 1 a bit of experience he could more than hold his own. It is possible that Speaker may be the ace in the hole for that job In case his prospects slip up on him. However, Speaker feels that Guisto will deliver and that in Brower he has j an equally capable substitute. |