Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1913 — Among the. Players [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Among the. Players

Manager Miller Huggins does not believe that Chase, a left-hander, can make a success at the midway station. Baumgardner, Wellman, Hamilton, Allison and Mitchell have been picked by Manager Stovall as the regular twirlers for his staff. Frank Chance has not, forgotten his lauding proclivities. Now, he says Ed Sweeney is a better catcher than any other In the game. The veteran Parke Wilson has a son playing with St. Mary’s college In California who is /aid to be a coming •tar. He plays the outfield. A 1 Demaree is getting the lion’s share of the press stuff this spring. They say be is making the best showing of any of McGraw’s recruits. Birdie Cree, the Yankees’ star little center fielder, is hitting the pellet unmercifully. Birdie says he is going to have a great season with the club. Napoleon Lajole, the veteran second sacker of the Naps, Is feeling years younger than ever before. The big Frenchman expects to have a great season. They say that Jimmy Johnston has earned himself a regular berth in th« outfield with the White Sox. Jimmy is pretty speedy on the paths and Is a good sticker. Griffith expects great things of Clyde Milan, whose daring exploits earned for him the title of "the terror of the base lines." He plMsiwd eightynine sacks last season.