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wnupwvmm imt jjiumwpwp I West Side troop. The attack is pow erful enough to score runs on any pitcher in the National league, and the total should not be small, except against some of the fellows drawing pay from the Phillies. Pat Moran has the classiest pitching corps in the league. Schulte and Zimmerman are the only men who are not hitting up to .their natnral form. Wilbur Good is off to a better start than he has ever had before, Bob Fisher has done more than was expected, and Cy Williams is proving. some of the claims made for him after his great batting on the training trip. For four successive games the long outfielder has knocked two hits, and they have been resounding wallops. Saier is doing the most timely bat ting of any man on the team, and Bresnahan and Phelan prevent the batting order being a soft spot for any pitcher. There isn't a single place in that line-up where the op posing twirler can take a rest and pitch carelessly. jr It isn't a fast team defensively.. Fisher Is somewhat slow on his feet1 and his arm is not powerful But there is every reason to believe that he will, in a short time, regain his speed. In the meantime, Zimmerman will help a bit around second base and will grow better as he becomes more accustomed to the job. All the team has needed this spring was pitching. If the bpxwork had been good earlier the Cubs would be up with the Phillies, pawing for the lead. And if Standridge and Zabel are not flashing, there is a fine op portunity now for improving the po sition. Lavender will be back in a few days, and Cheney should be use full before many weeks pass. The coming week should benefit the White Sox in the American league percentage column. Today is a va cation, and then come six compara tively simple games, five with Cleve land in the Ohio city, and one against the Browns in St Louis. If the home stand of the Sox is any criterion, at' least four of these battles should re sult In Rowland victories. Eddie Cicotte is the only pitcher who has shown any weakness during the home stay of the Sox, which re- suited in nine victories and two de- feats. Cicotte lost both of those' games. Fabar, Russell and Benz have been' effective, and Jim Scott's woundedl foot has healed sufficiently to allow him to return to the firing line. Wolf-j gang has been used mainly for res-j cuing purposes, and has accepted the responsibility. The work of Russell,3 in the light of his failure last season,- has been particularly sensational. Hisj fast ball is as fast as in 1913 and the breap is sharp and pronounced. And I the Texan is carrying no surplus fatj to slow him up. Along with this pitching prowess, i some of the fellows have begun toi bat up to their reputations. Eddie J Collins did not start fast, but in the Cleveland and Detroit series he boost- i d himself appreciably, and by thes end'of the week should be above thej .300 mark and traveling easily. Briefd is the biggest improvement His bat ting for the last four games has been excellent No man on the Sox team hits the ball harder than the first baseman, and the only reason he does not stand higher in the percentage is that his raps have been directed at a fielder. Fournier, of course, is leading the team, as well as the league. Big Jack is the happpiest man on the South Side because of his bloated average, and is working with enthusiasm to keep himself up in the world. There is not a more determined and earnest player in theh American league than this Frenchman. Crawford and Cobb combined hits yesterday to down the Sox. Brief was slightly hurt, but will not be kept oul! of the game. Manager Tinker's Whales of the Federal league have reached the top I of the Federal league ladder, the first; W:i"jrfii"iin ' i itr-fo'""''-;-"'' wwii2grttHi,iwAgfiM