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the other fellows will be placed for
development with minor clubs under
an optional agreement, which will al
low them to be taken back by the
west eiders at any time.
Regulars beat the Goofs, 4 to 1,
and then Bresnahan sent his first
'team agahjst the Havana Reds, who
f were licked, 3 to 2 in a joke game.
Adams and Standridge pitched and
Good, Schulte and Saier did the
heavy batting.
Today the Cubs play the Phils at
Tampa and then go to Jacksonville
for three battles with the Athletics.
Rollie Zeider joined the Whales in
training camp at Shreveport yester
day and gave out the flat statement
that he has recovered from the stiff
back which bothered him last season.
The exfSoX star said he sincerely be
lieved he would have a good season
and was nat giving out the usual pre
season bunk.
If Rollie has not overestimated his
strength Joe Tinker will cease his
stunts at third base, for Zeider is a
crack man at the difficult corner, a
good fielder, strong batter and ex
pert baserunner.
Silk Kavanaugh, the Chicago boy,
has a fihe opportunity to land a reg
ular bedrth with the Whales. Tinker
moved' him to the first team today
and placed him third in the batting
ord'err Silk's work has been the fea
ture of the Whale trip so far.
Today the men were sent out for
another practice game after a ses
sion with the bats. Tinker is slightly
behind with his conditioning work,
as the weather has not been ideal for
baseball in Shreveport
Another"licking for the White Sox.
This time Portland turned the trick,
5 to .3, Klepfer being the box victim.
Bib Russell pitched two innings and
did his best work of the training trip.
The Sox made only five hits, being
helpless t against Callahan, a south
paw. .Felch poled a triple for two of
the runs.
The first team. is not a first team in
jthe true sense of the word at the
present time. Bromwich, third base
man, is holding down an outfield po
sition, pending the arrival of Quin
tan, the rookie picked up on the coast,
and kicked in one run yesterday.
Schalk is in the game only about a
third of the time, and Weaver, of
course, is in a hospital. To add to
these handicaps, the pitching is far
below major league standard, Scott
being the only man now turning in
valuable work.
Despite these drawbacks and fre
quent defeats administered by Coast
League teams, prospects for the Sox
starting the season with a badg are
excellent. Individually the men are
In good physica lcondition, with the
exception of Weaver, and Buck will
be back for the last two weeks of the
spring trip.
Two weks will be long enough to
whip the crew to a semblance of a
team, and, if the pitchers, can carry
the burden at the start, a running
jump is possible. There is bound to
be increased batting streugth, as
Belch and Brief will brace up that de
partment.
Wolfgang, the midget pitcher, ras -joined'the
first team, and will be im
mediately put to work. Manager
Rowland has gone to the seconds,
who were yesterday beaten by Ven
ice, 6 to 3, and will look over his sec
ond line. He will pay particular at
tention to Jack Founder, who is look
ed to lor some strong stickwork this
season.
Huey defeated Kieckhefer, 50 to 49,
keeping his lead in the international
three-cushion billiard tourney. Other
scores were: Moore 50, Jevne 38;
Eames 50, Lean 45; Hahman 50, Cap
ron 37. Today's matches ard: Huey
and Lean, Ellis and Eames, Morin and
Jevne, De Oro and Hahman.
Dr. Joseph A. Reilly, athletic di
rector of th,e Kansas City A. C. may
succeed Coach Wilson as 'director of
athletics at the Dinois A. C. He was
in conference yesterday with the ath
letic committee of the tri-color organization..
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