The day book. [volume], March 21, 1917, NOON EDITION, Image 6

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BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL SORTS BOXING
ROWLAND PICKS FIRST SQUAD
OF WHITE SOX ATHLETES
By Mark Shields
Manager Rowland yesterday
picked tfie first White Sox team,' sub
ject to phange among the pitchers.
Today the regulars" get away for
Houston, where a week will be pift
in against the Texas leaguers on a
diamond approaching those seen in
the major circuits.
Rowland selected the following
players for the jaunt: Schalk, Lynn
and Jenjqns, catchers; Gandil, Jour
dan, E. Collins, Weaver and Risberg,
infielders; Jackson, Felsch; Liebold
and Eldred, outfielders; Faber, Rus
sell, Cicotte, Wolfgang and Wijliams,
pitchers.
Jim -Scott goes to pitch for the
GoofSj but, despite this, Jim is des
tined for the- honor of opening the.
season unless unforeseen circum
stances crop up. The remainder of
the team should stick as at present
arranged and all .of the pitchers will
be on the payroll during the season.
Lynn is to be Schalk's first assis
tant during the coming campaign.
This boy is. an efficient backstop, but
suffered from lack of work in 1916.
Then Jack Lapp was with the team,
and the ex-Mackman was used as
Schalk's first relief. This was main
ly due to Lynn's lack .of experience.
The youngster kept his eyes open,
studied the opposing batters and
asked questions of the catchers who
did the bulk of the work. He learned
what the other fellows were weak
against and kept this information in
his noodle. -
Lynn has a strong arm and a sharp
batting eye. He was frequently usedr
as a pinch hitter and came through
with good results.
Picking Jourdan to understudy
Gandil at first base means seven in
fielders will be carried with the team.
Terry and McSMullin will bulwark
second, third and short, in the event
Risberg sticks as a regular, which
now seems assured. Risberg has
batted vigorously against good pitch
ing and his fielding has been on the
sensational order.
In practice so far Eddie Collins has
been the bright batting luminary of
the squad. Eddie wants o face no
such deficit as confronted him in
1916 when the season was more than
half run. He had to bat with tre
mendous effect toward tie end of
the season to lift himself among the
.3Q0 clubbers.
This season Eddie' seems more
enthusiastic and is better satisfied'
with conditions. Collins is a brainy
player and it was bad for his nerves
to see the way some positions were
handled. These positions have been
strengthened and Eddie has more
confidence in the teainplay of the
club.
Joe Jackson has a sore leg and has
yet to hit his batting stride. Sox
pitchers and hurlers of Texas clubs
have found no formidable opponent
in the General, but he is a natural
batter who can be depended upon for
a high average.
The training trip mapped out for
the Cubs is getting no; three rousing
cheers from "Manager Fred Mitchell.
Mitch does not believe the program
is one that means the best condition,
and he is coniplainipg about over
work already. The hardest drag is
yet to come as the team starts east,
and it should be a tired bunch of
Cubs when the season officially
opens.
Putting together a practically new
team, with the majority of the mem
bers strange to each other, what
Mitchell needed was a sustained pe
riod of training in ope spot, where
teamwork could he drilled and per
fected. This was especially true with Larry
Doyle, keystone of he infield and the
one man on whom the most respon-