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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY C4. 1M7. -.Makeup of the Big Base Ball Teams If LX88 thaa two week n of Oie. twini ro the American and "he National league will be In the sooth training for tbe eorntng championship struggle, whlsh t-egln Biraultacejpuiily April 11. By tMm tt their rreat virtcry over the Chicago Cub Ut fall OtS Chicago TWH ten hava attracted th bulk of attention to the doing of th Araerlaaa Lagu team thla rear. Ths Whit Box. after ft clos race In which they wrm the perrnaitt by a margin of a few ftinn from th Kew Tork Americana, 5I!y dlffieen of th Cuba tn th world ! ffi. after th tatter had captured tb jcatlonal learn pennant from tba Naw Terk and nttsfeurg team In a wait A the wnria' series wa played and won on Its TTr1t. tha American leerne received tremendou boon In ocpotar esteem, tmtil a!l over tha country tha varioaa teams hav thousands of loyal follower. Includ ing an army of them tn Xew Tork. wtjer five year ago ther waa bat a handful. Catasagtaa of Catasawtemav From top to bottom In tha Ajnerioan league the team wfD begin tba coming race for the pennant with enraparairrety fw changes tn their composition. Tha Vhlta Box. owned by Char-lea A- Comiskty and wnder tha management - of Fielder Jonas,' tha old Brooklyn player, will stand pat. Com 1 key, on of tha shiwwdest baa ball tnea In the profession, knowe when be baa a really rood team, and a a result h baa refrained from tinkering !n any way with the champion of the wnrM. In t box the White (Vt win ha -re their former great strength with fuel twirl era aa Ed YTalsh, detlnrd to became, ft la believed, a greet a box-man aa Msthewwoa, Ruale or 'any of tha famous men who hare faeed the batsmen; Kirk Artroefc, a wpjendld -left-hander; Patterwjn. a veteraa; Don White, Owena, Smith and other. Behind the bat the Sox hv a remark able catcher In Billy Sullrran, a man whose handwork and steady playing day In and day out did much to brine about tha success of hi team. "untvea's aid partner 1 afeFnriaad, formerly with th Philadelphia Nationals, but who baa riot don mneh brilliant playing In th test two year beeauee of Sullivan marked rupee. Inrlty and capacity for work, J Ursa Zono bna, according to Chicago critic, I tb beat first baseman In th business, rren better than Hugh Cbanee of th Cub and Hal Chase of tb New Tork Amer icana. But this I undoubtedly trtch Inn tb point a trtfla' too much, for tb playing of both Chance and Chase, from an ' unprejudiced point of view, has never been eioelled by th Box crack first base man. Draekawi Saddew mis. Loafing out an argument on this point., however, th fact remain that Donohn Is a superb player, a quirk, nappy, ear reufT, logemer wnn Derng a nara ana timely, bitter, a swift base runner and a vigorous, plucky Ureter on tha ball field.' It waa XHnohue's spirit and ramaoeas that spurred the Sox t rletory la tha world'e aeriea. H had the other players on their toes with his caustic remarks and bitter cHtJdirma, which were kept wp tmtfl th honori bad been won. Bo Tooofca must be placed on a pinnacle, an exam ple of what a smart, clear-headed ban player eaa do in th way of toapincr from practical obscurity to th twi aenlth of popular faror tn a alnsjl year, for Dono bu twelve month aro was recarded a Just as good, ordinary, erery-day player. Frank laben. tall, lone of reach and methodical, a clever batsman and a stick ler for team play, will oovr second base acaln. He la as steady as a rock, and. while not a pyrotechnic! fielder, he has a way of rettlnr there that la woodarfully efleoav. X TaanahUU a brotber of tb wen known pitcher of that nun. I tb third baseman. Ha Is a quick fielder, a a-ood thrower and a fair batsman. Oeorsje Xmrta, who came Into the National leacu as a member of th Cleveland In U90, is stllJ at short field. It baa been a remark able fact about Davis that In spit of his Ions: nareer h. a mvmr nlued better hsll than since be left th New Tork National to become a member of th Bos. With Paris out of tb team, the Box bar often reeembled a ehlp without a rudder. A auperb fielder alwaya, Daria ban beam a klnrpln In tb Chicaro infield. Be was newer weak wit th stick, bis stroncast point betas; an ability to bit when safe drives were most aseded. wbile he oaa till speed around tha baa paths aa swiftly aa a young eolt. With suck a well balanced tnflatd. Com lakey has three oatfleMer tn Pat Dough erty, Fielder Jones and Eddie who have proted a winning combination. Dougherty was mot of tnucb use after Clark OrUfitb got him from the Boston Americana, but tba moment he kanad th Box be appeared te take a new leas of Ufa In fact. In a Chicago nntform b flayed the best ball of bis career. Poersr ful with tb atlck and a whirlwind on th bases, Dougherty mora tbanmad up for bis frequent pells of erratlo fielding, so that he has become a fixtar wlta tb world' champions unls. of bis own ac cord, be should suddenly faB behind. Joaea. the center fielder, has been a star ball player ever since be bean hit major leacun career wit the Brooklyn. Us is a magnificent Aaider and thrower, a good, solid, ounsistant Mtter and a fleet bae runner. Aa a manarer he has suoceeoed beoauae of bis even disposition, eool head and perfect f alrnete in the treatment of bts playera Hahn. who was picked up in New Orleans by Ortfllth and released te the Box last summer beoauae ther was no rosea for him on the Ke Tork team, la a clean hitter, a good fieJuer and a capable maa ta lead off tn the battlna; order. VTith tbeae veterans to depend upon Comlakey has picked up several promising young tilayera. wbo tiui4 little ctiiiace. however, (T eecur trr rerular plecee on the team. Kobe an Infieldvr who played In Tannehill a plaee In the worlds aenew; O'Neill, an extra out fielder, and Jimmy Callanan. who jumped t)e Box last year to play independent ball, will all be wiu the championa when Lie bell nnga lew Terk Aaaerleaae Hewerat. Clark Griffith belleree that with any kind of good fortune u New York American will asala fixhi It out with th Boa (or ttie t-ennatit, and may also tat tlra In the r.nai ruah to the wlra Onflitb, like Comla key, beJicvea UuU It U a wise policy to pUlt.A pal with the team that ran eeound In the American league race laec fail. -He feeie cmfidei:t that he will be able to praaect a niuck atronser pitcMng drpartmefK than ever before. With the veterans Onh and t'heebro a a nucleus Griff has sjene tine joints box men la Hojt. Clarascn. Lkv1. - AWUVm- ITU U been a conaiintly gd utcher ever lnce he came beie f rem the Waahlngtoa team, lie hks had a norld of expenmoe and in hot weaiker Le la a etumoai.j Mick for the beat hJtteis in the country. 1'bere was nothing the iMttier wiuk his ann Uet year and a hen the season was draeing to a ckee w ith ti.e ecnu.g neck azd nek finlah wlta the fax trtk iiell his own so mril that Gnfi.ta waa oontlnced that the veteran uid agajA be a n.aaor bead in the bus it j a year. cheebre Is aa onoeretala euajittty. Ket since be broke all catci.iog reoords la 1x4 has Cljeabre shoes anything liae bia Wat lna. He caua-Lt sold In tie arm at the outset of tite 14 campaign and wVs prao tically of ne use to the team for the roet if that season. Last yeer be was aome- hat better in peint ot egecaveneaa but 1 la work eas crrauc and tu.rrilaUle to the cxiniit that the kas f ti-. penuant was at tr:t,u;Pd te him by many eriuoa kut Chrre has aJwajs been a loyal, ooa scivatuua worker, ever anxious to Ww, er to so Uite the box on ef Lis turn wlta the freiu da o( hrlj ug lis team at a cniicel muRient lie ta a rua-red fellow .who takes excellent care of hia baalth and tt;a winter be haa beaa taking steady outdoor exercise with the boj that he wul be abia te beda work la better trim thaa (or iMMne Uuia tiaet. If Ckeebra, thrrefure, reains tie l!"4 effecuvenxee. !.ib is nut aa tn.iioeaitiiilty. the New lurk a msniiii wul aeaovieas aake a m eeneaMnna M4 ff tt rtawiplenahtn. If be faila then Onffith will have to depend rn bia other boxren to help Orth sbeul der th bulk of the work in Hrgg tbe New Torks bars a srsenaid pitcher. He haa been Improving sieadliy. ' and experts who saw him pitch at the eon cludlns game on the final trip west Iwl fall said at the time that Horf would be a world beater this season. lTocg. by the war, has filled out netarnily this win ter and while fit and ready be will beafn the oampalrn heavier than he was laet year by mar y Munda Qrlfflth said tb other day that he Intended to pitch Hogg from tha very beginning of th champion ship sea eon. as ta young man haa always been effective lg thacool spring weather. Ii ssabxIasT Tee war Pttebm. Clarkeon, th former Harvard pitcher, la also expected to improve. Us has been Siowly gaining experience, and in tbe mid dle of last summer he besan to develop real chaoiplenahrp skill He is younc. en ergetic, ajnbitlous and, above all, willing to learn, Cbesbro. Orth and Griffith have tanrht him many of the fine points which a nrst-ciaae pluher must know, and they believe that it will not be long before he can take a regular turn In the box. Joe Doyle, who created a sensation here by shutting out the heavy-bitting Clevelands In the first game be pitched Tor the New Torka, is another maa la whom Griffith bas much faith. Doyle cam here frora a minor league, where be bad been pitching three or four games a week, with the re sult that his arm was weak and soon be came a severe handicap Tet la the few Kmes In which ttoyle officiated he ehewed vond peradventure that he waa the poe seaaor of great akilL in the language of the playera, he "has everything-' speed, eurvsa, alow ball, control and a heed filled with base ball brains qualifications that are usually character) "tie of successful EOcbera. Griffith believes that If Doyls Is andied with care and judgment this year be will be a rerular in the box. He needs a rest of three or four days between tha games tn which b pitches to Insure his effectiveness. Doyle is young, well built and a hastier of good habits Griffith bas evidently secured a new pitcher and general player tn P rocket t. who ocaupied the box for the Buffalo Eastern league dub (champion! last year. Brock ett attracted general attention a a hixh class pitcher, a swift, sure fielder tn his position, a heavy hitter and fleet base run ner, together witb aa ability to play the outfield up to tbe handla Several of the hag leaa-oe manager were not on hia trail, but Griffith, who had tbe tip in time, stepped in end drafted Brorkett before th others. Aooording to th New Tork snaa-ag-r's plana, Brockett will get a chance as e-ion aa the pennant race begins to demon strate what be can do In the box, and un less competent base ball Judges ars wrong In their predictions tb young man will not be a failure, by any meana In addition to Brocket, Griffith will bring out Hughes, wrio aa a member of the Atlanta team led all the Southern league pitchers lat year; Keefa a Caltfornlan of much skill, who pttr.heal so well for Montreal last season that New Tork couM not very well over look him, and Castleron. a promising left hander, who con lea from Toungrstown. O., hle-hly recommended. Tbe New Tork man ager, therefore, bas nine pitchers, at least six of whom will be retained through tha whole season. ' Pri-was; Scale ss BavC Behind tb bat th New Tork team Is wall fixed witb Jack Kleinow, Ira Thntna and Dae oca Jim aioGuir. . Kleinow la re garded aa one of the best throwing back stops in the big leagtuia. Be was under the weather a part of last season, but h aaa bee in - fine health this winter and btipea . to be able to do the bulk of the .work. Bot Griffith haa another capable young catcher la Thomas, w ho earoe here a year ago from th Providence Kastera league team. Thomas Is a stx-footer, weighs close to IK) pounds and Is a horse for work. Ha bad a bad arS when , he began Vne campaign last spring, but be gradually recovered tbe use of tt and was a tower of strength before tb season ended. B Is a hard hitter and with the experience already gained he will probably be on of tbe stars this year. Not much epaoe hi needed to describe tba ability of the veteran McOutre. , Suffic it to say that despite mors than twenty years on the bail field the old fellow can catch, throw, bat and run as well as ever, si tbougn aa a sprinter James waa never able to graduane from th eier-haat el aaa Getting smund to th New fork Infield, the fact cannot be lost sight of that Grif fith has a winning combination in Hal Chase, Jimmy Williams, Kid Klberfeld and Prank Lamport a By many good judges -Chase Is considered tbe greateat first base man in the world today, not barring Dono bue. Cbanoa. Tenney and other. Not M years old, this young player le lust be ginning his career kn th American league, yet he la already on tbe tip of the tongua A left-handed thrower. Chase la lightning in fielding alow drives along the base Una and in making quick plays to the other bases, while in stopping wudly thro wa balal be stands In a ciasa by himself, according to hundreds of critics who have seen all the best first basemen tn tbe last twenty yearn Not only a wonderful fielder, Chass la also a . hitter, a timely swatter, too, and one of the fastest base runners In either of the big leaguea His great Play ing last year caused a sensation in ail th cities on the circuit and made him a draw lex card wherever be went. Jimmy Wllllama a veteraa. yet a clever, rapid fielding second baseman, I ons of the keystones to tha tn field. He was ai steady as a rock all last year and seemed to Improve as tha season grew space. H la a good hitter and a level-headed field marshal when it ouraee to handling critical playa Eberfeld. the creek shortstop, has been appropriately nicknamed "Tobaaoo" by th fana He is a ginger player, full of aggressiveness, a fast fielder, solid hitter and a valuable run getter. If be has a fault it is a tsodeacy to ball the umpire a trifle te muck tor th best Interest of bis team, but his eagerness to win cerw up these sins in the esumatioa ef lite popu lace. SSberfeld bad a bad leg part of last season, but he is now at Hut Bprinsra, boiling out so as to be ready for business when Griatb oaila tb toea ta Atlanta ta a few Aaya, Lre laawels ew la Be trims;. Laport. tb Bluxgw. will b kept on third baas, say the manager. II cam to Naw Tork from Buffalo u J4ay second base, but bs was not able t displaoa Wilbama, so be was tried at third base AJtbougn unfamiliar with the intricacies of tffli posi tion. Imports did his best, making aom glaring errors at times, It is true, but at tha same time pulling off wiasy brilliant piaya which ahowed that he bad latent ekiii which on.y needed development. As a batsman la.ports stood out in bold re lief. A big. broftd-ebouldered. powerful athlete, be displaced aa ability to clout tbe bell for auck long drivss that many a gam was brokaa us by him with timely swata ha waa playing great bail when tbe windup cams last ta.L and that is why Griffith Is going to give him another ehaaoe at third base But should Laports by any chaaos fail to come an t tne aanager'a expeciauoaa. there are three daver players oa the team who can rlay this position Conroy, hloiiarlty and T eager. Conroy, a natural tnseicer, waa piaed ta left field last year with so much suooess that the manarer does not want to taks him away fretn that poaluon. But eiorierlty. In La pons's absence last season, covered third base ss acceptably that tne fana have no ra i) st for worry ever this position. Teeger, a siuoiuiid utility infieider, will be retained ail tba year. With Conroy tn left field, tbe ether out field positions witl be filled by Danny Hff nao, a star batsman, and tha veteraa Wil lie Keeler, one of th greatest batsmen la America for the last ten yeara Prank Delahanty. another crack outfielder, will be held ail tha year ta case ef accidents The New Terk Amerloaae, therefore, look re markably strong on paper. They are fast ta ail departments of ths game, batting, fieldirg, base running, and they have a capable manager who baa built up a team that will not need many changes ta the aext fir yeara or so, ' Oewelaads Are Hard HI Iters. Tba Cleveland are rated m tb earn dees with ths Chicagos and New 1'orn Amerioaaa Ued by the In coo. parable Na poleon Lajoie, the beet ball player In the oeuoiry, ue Clevelands prveent a deoideiiiy formidable front. They look f.ke the heavi est hilling team tn the Amenoaa league. 1 eMe wul paay saeoad bass, a pesiuoa in whica be is without a peer. Suivail, a cracking good bitter, will cover first bass In lbs atieano ef Bssaman, th big ftvl low wb aaa traded to Detroit last De cember Thea BraLer, a star third base man, who aaa pat aut of tt. last snmeser wrto a broken ankle, will be berk in bis old postaon. which means much to ths Cleveland team, while Turner, a brilliant eherisioa). will be durring after bot abut In the saans piaos as uaual. Ttiis is a very last laneiO, wra lulanneg IM by no overrate. In tne outfield the great sprinter Harry Bay will be at osntar. with the baary- bitting Aimer flick la right and La veteraa Corjtaltoa or either Hlnchmaa or Birm ingham, both new ansa, la left. Lajuie baa a formidable lot of pitchers Is Joes. Viaea. Bernhardt, Eela Toenaend. Dub kerdt and Imstv Khusdea. nearly all of thetn being a-x footers, a characterlsue of lhs whoie learn, Behind the bat are batnla. Ciarke. Bueuw aad Wakefield, but the ansa us a.ed e gaw U tbe wtr if her wra probably revert t tba Washington club In Cleveland slready there 1 a world of oonfiaeace repeaed la the team, wmrb takes the held thl jeer stronrer and belter than ever before. This feeling of confidence is due to tie wonderful ball played by the Cleveland at the fag end of last season, when ail of the American leaa-se teams looked alike to them in spite af the ab sence of Bradley, who was aiway a king pin In th Ir.field. Connie Mack baa nearly three do sen layer from whom ha wjl select the Philadelphia Athletx-a But wi.en the ciam- Slcnahlp eeason begins hs will probably epend exclusively on the regulars. Hs haa ths erratic Rube Waddeil aa the star pitcher of the team. Waddell tn condition is lar and away tb greatest left-handed pitcher in either of th big leaguea But In li i bard man to hand I and cannot b relied upon at all times, luring this winter, however. Waddell baa kept out of tbe asusi scrapes and has also refrained from imbibing too much. If he continues te tread the straight and narrow ath there's no telling how effectivs he will provs to be when be begins work In the box in tbs spring. Mack has the clever Plank and Big Chief Bender, th Indian, as main stays in the box and hs also has a very promising young twlrler In Dygert. who was picked up at New Orleans two years aro. Coombs is another twlrler of un doubted skill who is expected to make his mark this year, inasmuch aa ha dirplsved both skill and self-control from the mo ment be put on a uniform last summer. BchTVK-kengost, or rather Bchreck, aa he Is generally called, will do most of the cat chirr, particularly with Waddell In the box. Bchreck is as much of an erratic In dividual as WaddeiU yet they have always pulled together splendidly. Powers la an other backstop of experience, with Byrnes and several other youngsters ready to help cut In this position. Harry Davis, next to Hal Chase and Jlggt Donohue In point of fielding ability, will cover first base. Dan Worthy, who, aroording to alack, 1 a "second LaJole,'' will again play second, with bfonte Cross, sn oldtimer, st short field. Mack will havs a new third bane man in .limmv Burke, who was a mem ber of the Kansas City team last year, after a short experience with Pt. Douls and Pittsburg In th National learue In 106. Mack also has Knight and Oldrtng to use in tbs infield, particularly t third base In case Burke does not fill the bill, which li not probable, however, as the let ter Is a high-class player In every respect Th outfield will be looked after by Hart sell. Lord and Beybold, who will hardly be dislodged by any of the young bloods that Mack baa gathered up. . t. Lwwla May Make Strong Bid. Tt will net be at ail snrpnsing tf the St. Doul Browns make an unusually strong bid for ths American league pennant. James McAleer, the manager, has been gradually building up this team -until last season It waa highly regarded by base bail experta McAleer bas a fins lot of pitchers In Glade, Pelty, Powell, Jaoobexm and Howell, together with several othera His. catchers ars Jack O'Connor, a vsteren of recognised skill; Spencer, a splendid young player, and Richer, a very clever backstop. Not long e?o McAleer made a deal witb the Cincinnati dub for Third Baseman Jim Detehanty, who will be as signed to that position as soon as tne sea son opens. Deiehanty is a hard hitter and a fair fielder and la sure to Improve under McAJeer's tutelaga Jones will play first base and there ars few better, wfille Nile", a fast runner and a clever all around player, may cover second base, with the veteran Rid Wallace at abortfield and O'Brien as an extra man for the lnflt-ld. George Stone, who led the Ajnertotm league In hatting, will play left field again with Pickering, a new num. In crater, and Hemp hill in Tight. Koehier being as able sub stitute. Hugh Jennings win have tba manage ment of the Detrotts and he will he watched with much Interest by eastern fans, who remember htm as a star pi aver on the Baltimore and Brooklyn team a. His beet pitchers are Wild Bill Donovan. Red Donahue, Killlaa, Blever. Mullia and Du banka. with Payae and Schmidt to do the catching. Jennings thinks a ten strike was mads wtwn First Baseman Rpssman was secured from the Clevelands, as this player Is a heavy hitter and an up to date fielder. Dutch Bhafer will remain at second base, where he did excellent work last season, with Bill Covchlln, a fine player, at third corner and O' Deary at shortstop. Tb out field will b taken care of by Matty Mc Intrra, whoae release several hig . clubs havs tried ta vain to buy for tZ.uiv; Bam CrawforC ijevy Jnea and young Cobb,, altogether a pretty smart combination for Jenuir.as to lead. Castillo Will Lena Waablagiaa. Jo CSantlUon, a former umpire and mnn aser of several successful minor league teams in tbe west, will have charg of th Wsahlnrtoria. Cam f lion stands b gh in tba estimation of Prrsidect Baa Johns oa and If self-oonfidenc amounts to anything be will make good. But Cantiiloa as yet bas not visibly bolstered up the senatorial tun with new playera He secured Out fielder Bob Ganley from Pittsburg recer.tly, ths latter being a fair player who may need experience. But Ganley will have to displace Anderson, Stanley, Jones or Hick maa in order to get a regular pi ace on the team. Can till on bas a recalcitrant member In Jake Biahi. the big first baseman who waa the manager of the team last year. Btahl Aoe not car to play in Washington again and would like to go to tbe Boston Axnar ioana who had him tn the first place, but let him go before his real worth could b shown. But th ehanoea are. that Si ah I will eather remain where he as or Caxiiillon will get three or four players from Boston In exchange, as the new Washington man ager 1 not Inclined to get th worst of any deal that may be pending. Pemne, a new secotrd baseman, will bavs a try at displacing Schlafiy, who oov ared that bag a year ago; but Lave Cross ths veteran, will again play third base! E arner le billed to do most of the catching, while the pitchers ars Case Patten, a flntf class left bander, Tom Hughea, once With the Boston and Nww Tork Americans; Kttson. an old timer; Pulkenberg. the "Human Telegraph Pole;" Wilson, Goodwin and othera Cantlllem 1 an aggressive fal low, not headed and Inclined to be a hard loser, but Baa Johnson thinks that In Weatitaertan he will fill a long felt want. Ten eaters Bsergaabea, Tbe Boston Americana who were tall ender last year, bavs undergone a com leie reorgaaiaattun under u. direction -of Presioent John I. Taylor and the new manager. Chick Sinai. Thla team, which won the world s cbampionetilp in IfcH was wrecked by internal dissensions and the failure of Jlnirny Collins to retain hia grip aa. manager of the men. Collins probably the beet third beseman in the business when right, fell down so eomplet-lv la: season tbat for a time it .oikc u If Boston k4 fn,tb blm- But with Presi dent lay lor reaasiimlng tbe rams of govern ment Collins aas soon squared with the public and became aatianed to play ban on the team under the leadership of hi old friend and companion Stahi. Col line baa " t Springs for some tlms getting "w woieerea mm last year in good fr.P.J';n2 he mLf th,t h v11 b able to Play third base aa well as ever as soon ss be gels a chance to show Ftnatna . t... . ne is not a back number. viti. Collina himself again ths Boston Jh." """ hi. i" take a great br.oe V? J"lKr!r poattione are covered bTJTreddy Parent, tbe siarhon.Ktop: Hot -rerris. the pugnacious second baseman, and lhs it-ngihy Gnmehaw. a pretty fair first lTTJit?ii Wh" Pot Prlcel trim. Stahl wUl manege, captain and play cenur fieid for tbe team. He I. a sterling fleid.r. a steady, coDslment batsrnsn and a bard worker For left and right fleiaa be has a number of Candida tea. among them Jimmy Barrett, once witb Detroit, who played well in Rochester last year and seecned to warrant another chance In the tig circuit where he aas a star so Ions, barren Is tn Collm class If be injlkes rood Boston will get a much needed Ikvi btaiabetung and fielding, to say nothing Young Hoey. who cover Lf ais i- yev. looked to be made of the real stirff and It is probabls that be will have first ceil an that piao whea ths Brat lineup is mada Buck Freeman, a hard hitter' is etui with ths club, but bs will be used as a scout for new pmyers rather thaa a regu lar risnber of the team. Vagiaub. who t-layed first base In clever styls la the Tri Stete leagje last year, having Jumped his boston contract, may be with tbe team, but be will have to play great bail to get i ... " W,LT ,r Grimahaw. Denny Bulllvaa, a pramlaiag young outfielder ta also en the list, together with Wagner, a very Ulr second baeeroaa a be was drafted from the Newark oiub. la pitching and catching Boston bas a re. n-iarkabie array of taienc vi - Cy Young will be tn line again a one ef ' te s most rehabls pitchera also laaauiui. a crack lefthander; bill l. wao has rondudeg hia ir the ciub officials and is at peace wuh the world once more; Winter, Giheon and Harrta, ail seasoned; Ka-nh Giaae. tie IartmouU college maa, and several young 'i-, 4nclu1" Oberlia. Kroa, Rallrni and Killiaa Uae .ry.liine nd Barrett it Biay be said that if Catcher Don Crlger regains his old i the Boston clab will be remarkably atrengtheaed. Two years ago Crer was the greaieet catcher on bue bail peld. He waa strkkea witb st'laal Uoubt wtoGk kept Urn aut a ta gam all last year, but finally yielded to treat ment. Crigr was api-arertiy all right when he reported to tbe club la fall and took part In several gamea but he did not havs sufficient etisnce to prove that h was still ths great backstop of 1H. To help Crlger out ths oub has Shaw, a good catcher, who ha'.l from Doulsvllla Peter sen. Carr gan and a couple tf young fel loe a With such talent tn hand, therefor. It appears to be up to Manager Stahl. national EMgwe Ciab strengthened. The National league teams, with th ex ception of tbe New Torke and Chicagoa, have all been strengthened since last year, "ihs Cuba, who won the pennant by reason of a greater nuinber of victories tnaa was ever aoored in eltner big league before, will again be under tbe leadership of 1 rank Chance, the able first baseman to whom much of ths credit lor developing the re markable team play of the Cum belongs. Although the Cuba were easy for the fcox . in the world s series, Cnanoe has beueved ail along that they can win another pen nant, and with that end ta view he ha not maoe heroic aitetnita to strengthen. He got Pitcher Chick Praser from Cin cinnati recently In exchange for Outfielder Geasier, but Kreser does not apparently class with the ouier Chicago box artieta Mordecal Browa. the three-fingered phe nomenon who was the beat pitcher In th National league last year; LA Keulbaen, Jack Taylor. Carl Uundgren. Onie Overall, PfeiKter and othera In Kilng Chicago haa a superb catcher, a man who la without a superior In true position. Kilng's partner behind the bet, Morsn. Is also a star receiver, although not In Kllng s dase. With Chance on first base. Chic go has tn Second Baseman Ever the best man In that position in tha National league, while nteinleldt at third and Joe Tinker at abort field are hard to excel. The outfield, made up of Bheekerd, Single and ScTiulte. Is a fast com timet kb of hitting, run-aetters and hastlere, eith an excellent substitute in Holtaan. The Cubs are evenly balanced, weil managed and n ill begin tbe battle with a wond of confidence In themselves. In Chicago and eisem here It is believed that another pen nant is a cinch lor them. But time alone can tell. w MrGraw Banks oa atetbewsam. Manager McGraw I banking on th re turn of Christy Mat hew eon to bis old form to bring another championship to the Polo grounds. The New York Nationals are re garded as no stronger now than the) ha teen in th. last two years. Mathrwajm. who bad tvphold last spring bile the team was In the south, did not recover from the effects of that Illness for th greater part of the season, although bs went tntotb box repeatedly only to show . . ..i. .bin a l . lacking. But he aas aotirtnU regained his fcea.lh tins winter ana sly. tr h. never, "felt better to hi. ',7 th.rrf.ire. can pitch witk the same phenomenal skill that helped lif to win the worm s cnaai.j-ou-u, -the New York, may be in the race fro6 firrt lump and may also make It exceed lnely warm lor ui Cub II they do not beat them out. , -bolle on nut u riiriw awm v, a w ' j NathewaonV rejuvenation, for thst Amea Taylor. -Wiltse, McGlnnity Ame. looked last fall as if be might t ine team tar pitcher this vear and M this proves to be tbs case tbe New Yorxs market the old town afire onos again. BofhMcGlnnlty and Taylor, bowevcr got so many bumps last year that th ex acting fans were a trifle inclined to re gard them a. having oen their btJW 'till it may have been only a temporary slump, sucfi as ail pitchers expensnc. at dWuS alw-v a first clas. lefthander, can bT depended upon, while McGraw Sinks that Ferguson, tb yeung HoojW who sat on the bench moat of ibe Ume lait season, will strike bis gait as soon sshls cut loose. Hank Matbewr-on. brotber of Christy, may yet get another chance In tha box. but so far be bas not amounted much. McGraWs pitching detirtment, therefore, i. somewhat prob leniaUcal. it uooess depending upon th recovery of tbe famous ksthewson and a second lease on life by Tsylor and Mo Glnnlty. But with all thro In shape McGraw can easily boast of a corps of boxmen of th highest class. Bresnahan, Bpwerman and Broaaway Smith will attend to tbe catDhlng as usual. Dan McGarm is slated to play flrt inln. with BiU Dablen at short field and Arthur Devlin at third base, hut second base since Billy Gilbert was sold to Newark bas been the causa for mu'Ji speculation. McGraw haa five men trial want to play the bag. Tbey are the veteran Tommy Corcoran, who was ex cut by Cincinnati; Danny Shay, one a member of tbe St. Doul. Cardinals; Mul len, formerly rf Manhattan college, then of tbe Philadelphia Americana, which turned blm over to Baltimore last year, where he did excellent worki rammy Strang, who dirlaa Gilbert a part of last season, and Hannlfan. a recruit from the Connecticut league, who got a trial In the fall, but did nothing sensational. If Mike Donlln's leg 1 all right and b finally lgns a contract, which 1. prob able, th team will be surely strecrtbenea In center field, as Dpnlln Is far and wf tbe bent batter on tbe team, which, the way, was not particularly formid able tn this respect last year. W Mb Donltn In hi old place, Seymour w 11 probai.lv be shifted over to right field, dislodging Oeorgs B. Browne, while Spike Stiannon may be the left fielder, although he 1 not one bit better than Browne in the estimation of competent Judges. Shan non was boosted to the skies when b cam here last summer frora ths St Iuis club, but h harfl!v filled th shoes left vacant bv th popular Bandow Merte. who was traded for htm as pert of a deal In which Fhay and Doe Man hall also figured. Mo O-aw will have absolute control of th team as In tb past, nd whatever he is able to accomplish will b entirely upon bis own responsibility. Plrtabsrg Claims tb Pee sua at. The fans In Pittsburg have already claimed the pennant In compering their team with Chicago and New York. Pred Clarke, who buried the hatchet witb Barney Drevfusa recently, will manage ths Pitts burgs again, and from the last reports he wiU also cover left field. If he doe not Tommy I -each will f 11 the position, provid ing Storks, the former Amherst college player now In the Harvard medical school. Is abla to cover third base reg-ularly. If Storks Is a failure Deer will go back to th hag. In which event Clarke. Civmer and ' HaJlman will t tha regular outfielders Aside from third base the Pittsburg Infield 1. a corker with Joe Nealon on flilFt. Abba tlochio on second and the great Hans Wag ner at ahortstop. Abbaticchio was secured from Boston in exchange for Second Base man Ritchey snd Pitcher Flaherty, a left hander, with th deal to be probably com pleted by the release cf Center Fielder Beaumont te the Hub team ton. Deerer Philllppe. . Willie. Difield. Lynch. Hllde brand. Camnilx. Brady and others will look after tbe pitching, wuh Gibson and Phelps the catcher, a. .Heinle felts bas been eoia to Louisville. Manager Donovan' Brooklyn team has ale ays been rated high by the prophets. Tbs Brooklvns played men fast baU near the end of last eaaaon that no team In the league found them easy. Donovan haa been strengthening tbs box since them and will begin ths campaign with a great lot of pltrhers. Including Scanlon. McTntvre, Strlcktett. Pastortua, Eason. Bll. Whiting and Puoher Bell is a comer. 1f all reports ars true. He was a star la Tri-Stete last ex-ar and at one time several big clubs, lnrludtnr the New Tork Americana,' were trying to buy his release from Brooklyn, but Donnvnn would not let Mm go at any price. Scanlon, Melntyre. StriokVett and Pastoriua, wbo wiU do the bulk of the pitching, are good enough for any teem. Brooklyn haa a magnificant catcher tn Bergm. Donovan said recently that this man was the best backstop that be had ever soen Bergen will do most of the work behind the plate, with RRter and Butler te help blnv Tim Jordan, wno cam to tbe front wltk a meteoric rush, will cover first base, with WhitLry Aiperman on second. Doc Casey, the midget, on third, sad Dewis at short fit Id. This lriAeid looks good to nearly ail the crttica who have seen the men n actual play. Jordan is a big hitter and will In prove. Alperman Is a coming star, in iKatnuii estimation, a bile ail fans know the reliable Casy. a bitter, bsse runner and hurtling fielder. Lrwis. a ima short stop, took a brace under Donovan and can not at preswet be improved upon. As aa extra likbeider tbe Brooklyne bate Hummel, who can puny guod bail anywhere. In the outfield are the reguiara McCarthy, tne fleet fouled Maiorjey and th havy bitting Dumiey, with Batch to fill in with. new Mwwacer iar Philadelphia. William Murray, for macv years a suc cessful maaager of th Providence and Jersey C.ty iJastem league teams, wil haniie the PinlaOuprtia National. This is Murray s firwi eupaeemeat witn a mnjr league club, but be has h.d kihg sxperirxios ar.d is so oxsnpetent n.at If the Philade pr.ia club bad been a Inrta sauwer la ctusing a rontrwi-t with turn h woM.d bavs gjne to the Boston Americana Murray, like Can tlilon, beiieves la discipline and aggressive bail piaing. lie aiil take thr. Jersey City piayere with him to Quaker-lows, Third Baseman Grant, a Harvard man, wb led the tXetern leagne batting Ust year, aiid Pitcbers Muk ajd Muraa, Mur ray WiU Bnd bmii a.ceirai uauriais Va U rfJ you dull and drowsy? Leaves an unpleasant taste in the mouth? Beer doesn't appeal to you at all? No relish for it! Ah! Then it's quite clear that you have "The Beer You Like" You will like Lux us, because it will like you. AH your objections to beer have been carefully studied, analyzed, and refined away in the brewing of Luxus. Luxus really Is "different "it is not heavy, not "sticky," not green it is not ordinary beer. Luxus is brewed to suit the true, refined American taste. And this statement means more its realization has cost us more than we can put into a few wards. You can drink Luxus drink all you like of it and it will do you good. It is a light freer the lightest brewed yet very nourishing withal, wholesomely satisfying, deliriously refreshing. It is distinctly unique in bouquet, snap, sparkle, life, and flavor. Order a small bottle with your luncheon today and you wiU understand. Then have a case sent home without delay. Order from your dealer or direct. BREWED AND BOTTLED IN OMAHA BY THE Fred Krug' Brewing' Company M EXPONENTS OF THE FINE ART OF BREWING." Philadelphia team to work with. Tha pitching department . Includes Duewlby, Iush. Sparks, Com don. Rich re. Moeer and McCloskey. all well tried and possessing skill. The catchers are Dooln and Donovan, blether with Crist, who was with Provi dence last year. Kitty Branafleld 1 tne first baseman, with tbe veteran Kid Clea sun. as active as ever, st second, an tkMilio, once witb Jersey Cltr, at short. If Grsnt fills la at third base be will dirplac cither Courtney or Sentelle. The farmtr outiield, McOee. Thomas and Titus, will not be changed. Baalsa aad tke KeeU. EMward H anion has taken th bull by th fcorns tn Cincinnati. When be took charge of tbe R'.de a year age he did not have a chance to inaugurate his own Ideas ss to the makeup of tbe team. But before the season was half over he decided to make a clean sweep. As a result bs got rid of Jo Kelly, Seymour, Barry. Corcoran, Fraaer. Xelehenty. tal and other regulars to make room for new timber, th bulk of it con, nosed of young, ambitious flayers of the kind that won pennants for Hanlon in Baltimore mora than ' ten year ago. H anion s first mov was to secure Joha Ganxel, who haa been a member of both New Tork teams. Ganael tired of managing his Grand Rapids club, backed by his own money, and waa giad to havs a nhanc with Hanlon. He was made captain cat tb team and will cover first base Miller tiugglna, a clever player of ex perience, will be the second baseman, with Lobert. a youngster, on third and Mowrey. a newcomer, at abort field. Gdweli look Ilk a sure selection for one of the outfield poeitlona with Gessler also a possibility there. But Hankm ha a raft of talent to try out before be reaches a final decialoa. Jaks Weimer, a crack lefthander, will prob ably be the star pitcher, assisted by Bob EWing. Andy Coakley, who was with the Phlladelrhta Americans last year; Mason, wbo did splendid work In Baltimore; Enaick. already tried out by Hanlon; Boy Hltt, who come highly recommended from Cali fornia, and five other pitchera Schlel and McLean may do th tm!k ef th backet opping, with a coupls more to b heard from. It can be seen that the Cin cinnati team, therefore, la wholly an ex periment, and that If Hanlon does not land tt In the first division this year It will be for the reason that he lias not had suf ficient time to dig up and develop tbe proper players. A champion team cannot t tnsds ta a season from raw material, se Hanlon Is entitled to leniency from th Parktown fans and entlcn ' - Irs Owner ta western. With the Boston club passing from Sodea and Conant to George B. Dovey comes a new attempt to build up tha National league In the Hub. Fred Tenney, who will be the manager, will of courss play first base. He will have Ritchey on second base, a position vastly stretirtbened; Iwve Brain on third and ahortfieid eovered by Brid well. a fast player. In tbe outfield Tenney will have Kaiee. Cosey Iolan, Howard and prootibry Beaumont. His pitching corps Is pretty formidable, with Cy Toung, a bril liant lefthanoer; Flaherty, another clever eouthpaw; Lindaraan, PfefTer and othera. Neednam and Brown, oniy lair beckstope. will do the catching, as O Xelll. better than either of them, was recently let go for personal reasons The team Is un doubted.? stronger than last year, but the experts do not place It among the first four in the calculations. Just wnsre the St. Louts Cardinals will land under tbe management of John J. MoClcakey remains to be seen. McCloskey haa been grabbing up ball players all over the country In such a manner that ths Mound Oty fana have become bewildered. He has soms good pitchera In Browne, Beebe, McGlynn and alarger, with many outer tslrWra of ur.knoeo, quality. His catchers are Miks Grady, Ioc Marshall and Noonan. The veteran Jaka Beckley may play firrt base again, although he has bea In tbs Nstknal league for nearly twenty years. Bennett will doubtless cover secona. with Holly at short stop and Zimmerman at third, while tke outfielder of knows ability ar u iiara. Burch. Jack Barry Murray. Carpenter. Letter fCo itltiued from Page Fla) kmg to a bushel or a tn tb little store boxes on wheals hauled by donkeys not much larger thaa Newfoundland doga Tba Algariaa mule baa aa odd harness The collar ends In three horns; two of them ar as lotg as now s boras and ex tend out from the sijoulders, while th third Is lust ever tb neuk and ta ikauJ iik burn itl a rhlnootrgs. Tb latter stands straight up abovs ths neck of th mule, and t nsually abowt twa feet tn length. Ttieae born are hang with bella which Jingle th animal go. I observe that th mules haw leather blanket Bed back of trieee borna They may be for hot weather or rain. Borne of the better ai.,. &av tfcrtr hair cUi-r fro: tbskr bcag aj Bratk few You say it doesn't agree with you ? Makes you bil iousbloats vou leaves aides. Many wear shoes which extend out about half aa Inch beyond tb hoof all around. Th shoe of th donkeys ar mad In a triangle with no opening at th back, as Is ths case with our horseshoes. . -AUea-ether French. Mors than four-fifth of Oraa 1 eompoaed of Europeaaa. The town contains &,) French, 30.000 Spaniard and K'.ouu Jews. Th building ar almost all of French architecture, and war It not for th Moora. negroes and Berbers, which ar .sprinkled through every crowd, on might Imagine himself In on of tb amaller cldea of Franca. Tb port ha all modern landing facilities, including steam cranes and electric llghta A long break water haa been built out at tb west, and th stormy Mediterranean daahe Itself against tt In vain. Thar arc cab at tb wharves, and one rides tip smooth roads, which have been cut out of tbe aide of th mountalna. to th npper yarta of th city, where th best hotels are. Th rates for carriages for two person ar 90 cents a trip, and yo can rid all day for 0 cent aa hour. Tha buildings ar Juss like thoss of French towna They ar usually of aa evea height of from five to six atortea, built of brick and tdastered with stucco of a creamy bus Tbey havs stores and shop on tb ground floor and apartments abora Tn most of th people live in flat or apartment, tn every block there ta a ree taaraat or cafe, with little, round iron table on tba street outside It. about which a rioUey crowd sits drinking octree, win, absinth or aom other liguor aa thy gos sip and chat, play cards or dominoes, or read th newspapers. At the same time thsrs ars httl Arab boorblacka moving about begging custom, and Arab newsboy who will give, you the latest Gran dally for 1 er t oua Tb city has a number of dailies, and they publish telegrams from all over tb world. It haa schools, libraries and a mnsetrm. There ar park here and ther throughout the town, wader tb traes of which on sees French peasant girls sit ting and knitting: ther ar many bare headed French women moving about, and now end then a French man In a bloua pushing a cart, just aa te Franca Tillage Kalgra. If on would see th African aid of thl French town h most go back of thl mod era section, to th hill abora It. Thar Is what I known a ths Vlllags Kalgra, which may mean Black village or Negro village, a one wishes to tranalat it. Th houses in thl aiarter ar of only on story; they ar flat -roofed and of African style. There Arabs sit on tb streets chatting. Many lis at full length upon mats on th pave mante, wrapped op tn their gowns. Ther ar Moorish coffee houses where Arab and Berber ars drinking together as tbey ait cress-legged a tbs floor, and thers are Arab women moving about, each finding her way only through a peep hoi about as big around as a wedding ring, which ah ha mad In tb ' white, sheet-ilk gown which she wrap tightly about her. Ther ar also Berber girls with big earringa, their cheek and chins blue wltk tattooing. In addition t thee characters there are jugglers and storytellers, with crowds of Arab men and boys watching their antks and listening to their tales; there ar shoe maker and tailors working ort. on ths streets, water carriers and peddler and aU th other feature of tbe life ef th native Bueh black village er native quarters are found connected with all Algerian towna Th French quarter are almost altogether French, but one haa only to go to th out skirts ta find all ths motley characters who inhabit north Africa. 4 la Uld Oraa. I Lava spent sum tlms her, locking for th old Oraa. Tba Fronoh bar wiped oat an vestige a It- It wa probably a port tn tb day of tb Roroana. and It most have had a long history. Ws know that ths Mo hammedans founded a town her Liu year eg a and along aboot fifty or sixty year before Cblumbua waa moving about through th "West Icflle. trying U nd a new Way Y not yet tried to the orient, a Spaniard wrot that Oraa the had ,0u0 bouses, 1 mosque and schools equal ta th colleges of Cordova, Grenada and Be villa Borne time after thla Oraa waa taken by Spain, but It wa later recaptured by tb Moor and finally ao Quired by th French In 18SL Ual of Rich Faa-saa. Poring my stay tn th province of Oraa I havs goo ever a great part of tt by ralL Th country is wonderfully rich and much of It is covered with great fields devoted to grain. It Is new winter and only tha stubbl is to be seen, but ther ar straw stacks standing everywhere on the land scape, and tba trains ar loaded with whea and other cereala Th wheat 1 handled In four-bushel bags, which are piled high upon freight car and then covered with tarpaulin. The grain is brought to th railroad on big-wheeled cant with beda fifteen or more feet In length. They ar hauled by mules hitched op tandem, four mules to each cart. The straw Is carefully saved. Some of It baled and sect to tb staUona, wber It Is covered with canraa to protect tt from the weather. Tb stacks on the farms are plastered with mud, th earth her formkig a kind of cement whea mixed with water. This effectually pro tects tham from th ralna, and th straw keeps aa fresh as though under oovar. X Barns or Fr area. I wlcfc I could show you oro of th Algerian country through which I havs been riding for th past week or so. It make me think of California. Th sun her 1 just a bright and It is so strong that th clouds paint velvety blu shadow oa tb landscape. Tha sky I of th ame heavenly blue and th clouds fleecy whit. All aorta of fruits grow as well, and th craps look much ths same. I other respect Algeria I far c XT ere at from any part of the United State. Tbor ar bo fences and no barns. Tne peopl of the country live In structures of ston covered with stuooo and washed with ths brightest of colors. I saw a sky blu farm house yesterday, and stopped at a rose pink one tbe other afternoon. Tiiere aro excellent rc-ada but do wagon upon them. Everything Is of th cart variety and ther are rrurt inule and donkey " than horea Oxen ar used largely for plowing. Now and then on sees an ungainly earnel stalk, tng sullenly onward and sot lnfrequemly a caravan of mule or a drevs of dxg-llka donkey loaded with graia. Aaaeeig the Vineyards. Among the beautiful f features of th land scape are th vineyards. They spot every part of tbs Tell, and prosper in the worst lands and oa the burning soil. Tbs Alger Ian cilmtte, and soil are just right for pro during all kinds of fine wines, and It I said that there is not a spot In tts three provinces that cannot be made to raise grape. Algeria 1 new sen ding ts France cirne thlng like thirty million doll are" worth cf win every year, and tt will eventually export win to all parts of the world, Ther ar ,000 vineyards already ta work ing order and aom of these cover many acre. Win is to be seen everywhere. Xxtig fine of teams haul it over th roadg and almost every train cantos car loaded with hogshead. Algeria la now producing mors thaa enough wines every rear to give two gal lons to every man. woman aad child In tb Vnlted States, and her grape-growing land have, as yC barely been touched. 1 as vast areas of vacant lands among th vine yards and new vines ar being set out, I havs never seen grapes grow so lax uriantly and produc so abundantly any where else. The vine are cut back every year, making their trunk knotty and gnarly. The main sterns sr rot aa high as your hat. From these stumps long; branches com out from vaacn to aeaaun, and these bear tb grape. B me of the grapes ar cf a rich navy blu not Urge, but fU of juice and sweetness Other ar cnjnsoa and other whita The tetter are as big a damaon plums and siu-psas tn flavor ab aolcr th finest of tbs MalaguaV JTJLNK a. CkJiPCNTEa.-
