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tH it , Schedule the-,ame "teamVthatTwill face St Louis Jih'iffie-6peneE Wednes day -will be oh .the -field; .Buck Wea ver is playihgbis position"; and-Jiis first day .there 'indicates he will not be affected by the illness that kept him ouof the earlier games. What Maranville and Evers are to the National.league, .Weaver and Col- a Tins are expected to be to the Amer- ican. in many quarters tne pretue tion is made that the local pair will do even better work than, the Boston duo. Collins is-justa mite faster than I Evers around the keystone, and no orie'on;theSbuth Side -will admit that J Maranville can cover as much ground 7 as Buck. The-Rabbrb'can.move with startling i speed to his vright or left, being es- 1 pecially effective at killing hits over " second, base.' But Weaver can do all i these things and-outshine the Boston man at dashing in on slow hit balls l and snapping a throw- to first base V while off liis stride. He is also a mar- 9 vel. at going back to the, grass in the o neighborhqojLof third base and turn- f ing hits down;that zone of safety into "t outs. . Before the season is a month old v 'these two' Chicago infi elders will be i mm$mwMm T & I Li jHlrrW B2B$& ' i IHmii HlViHr film v J EP -3-ttiitt!. - V KayMsugj feJETSaRife- Ufr5iS&.ii .Aat-tfewxtta,. ' .i.'a