The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 24, 1923, Page 13

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1928. . 1 SEATTLE INDIANS HA EMINISCENC D-ED As Told to Leo H. Lassen _ The Managerial Graveyard CHAPTER LXXIV, | F all the baseball cities in the United States, the hardest | to pastime in is Cincinnati, Cincinnati is the graveyard of big league managers. rm = The fans_in the Ohio city play favorites, | } and if they get on a player or manager they make it so’ tough for them that the best thing to do is to get out. | That was the situation—at least it was until Pat Moran came along. Moran has been in Cincinnati for several years now and seems to be the most popular of them | all, But many great players tried their hand at piloting the Red machine only to be rid-| den out of town. | ES Le “ ~~) 4 \ ‘ A ¥ There was Buck Ewing, one of the great- |‘ behind the} est catchers that ever stood plate. Ewing couldn't make a go of it. | 4 | Then there was Mike Kelly, the great Chicago and Boston star. Kelly was a fliv- ver in Cincinnati as a pilot. Christy Mathewson, one of the best pitchers of all time, tried as a Red manager but couldn't get by Clarke Griffith, great baseball man that he is, ® got the air there. Ned Hanlon, the Napoleon of baseball in the early daye—the leader of the famous Baltimore Orioles—coulkin't win at Cincinnati Joe Kelley, the famous Oriolé” outfielder, got the gate, so did Joh: Ganzel, Hank O'Day, Charley Comiskey, Bid MoFee, Gua Schmeltz-—all big names In the game The still make it tough for the players in that city. Look at Babe Pinelli, the Oukland third sacker two Years ago. Pinelli went to Cincin nati last spring and stepped into the shoes of Heinie Groh, sold to the | New York Giants. The fans couldn't forget Groh and started to ride him unmercifutty. | Only Pinelli's fight ever saved him. He kept right on plugging and by Sheer grit had the bugs with him before the season Was over. Cincinnati isn’t as bad as it was im the old days for the players, they can still be improved upon a whole dot. . Monday Dugdale will tell DUGDALE but about Steve Brodie’s famous resort in ht [earns always doing something at Earlington! The latest “something happened this week when a lease was taken on a strip of land—about | coe and # half acres—that will lengthen the course some 300 yards and| make the Biack river links one of the best golf tests in the Northwest. This new addition ts 200 feet wide and stretches for @ distance of about $90 feet along the bank across the river behind the second green and the) third tee. ‘Those who have played over the course will readily nee what is in store for Earlingtonians. The second hole will be lengthened to 360 yards. by| Cutting the fairway thru the brush behind we present green to the new! Dutting area, which Is now under construction. Op No. 3 hole the tee will be brought back across the river, making the distance 399 yards, which is about 175 yards longer than the present one ‘The tee on No. 4 will be brought forward to about 112 yards from the Steen, which will be built up on the back and guarded on the front by| knolis and bunkers. | Oh! they're a live bunch, those Earlingtonians, and they're out to outdo! all Past performances this year. The first step will be made next Saturday, March 31, when the grand Opening of the 1922 season will be held. Play will start at } o'clock, with & mixed foursome competition, followed by driving’ and approaching con: tests. | | A dinner-dance will be held in the clubhouse in the evening. | Everything from soup to nuts ison the Inglewood's All Fool's Doy menu for next Sunday, April 1. Teetngoof at the first tee, mambers engage in 1§ holes of medal play on full handicaps and thruout thelr journey—at Various spots—placement shots and half a dozen other contests will crop up. Yes, brothers, née Hatton, the live wire club captain, has a very spicy layout for Sunday, April 1, and he haa also donated a relic from the tomb of King Charles I of Scotland, for the player who gets the low score on No. 13. All cards must be turned in by 8:30 In the afternoon and prizes will be “warded in the clubhouse half an hour later. With such a fine program, the Lake Washington course ought to be well crowded that day. April 1 ts algo “Bill” Payne's birthday and there's no| telling what the popular club president may do to celebrate the occasion. | He may pass around the cigars, open a keg o' nails, dish out the hip medi- cine, or he may go out and cop the prizes. Well, anyway, the stage is all set for a big time at Inglewood, Sunday, April 1. And its Prexy “Bill's” birthday! | At a most enthusiastic meeting of the members of the Rainier Golf and| Country club, held last Tuesday at their home on the Des Moines boule. vard links, a campaign was started to get 100 new names on the member- ship list. And they're going to get ‘em! There's no doubt now as to Rainier| going ahead, because the coin of the realm 1s there to complete the new! nine holes which will give the club an 18-hole links equal to the best in the| Northwest. In other words, Rainier can produce the goods to prospective members. | During the course of the meeting Club President Ray Ogden spoke of the| progress being made on the construction of the “new nine,” which has its| fairways all cleared, putting greens built and everything will be seeded to! §rass as soon e weather becomes more settled. | The outlook at the Des Moines links never looked better than at present and the membership drive will undoubtedly go over in Sig time. Beginning April 4, Wednesday of each week will be ladies’ day at Earl ington, and Capt. Mrs. Don Moore is out with the announcement that there will be a special tournament of some kind for the fair sex at the Black} River course every Wednesday thruout the season. In addition, there is} acheduled a three months’ eclectic tournament, president's cup competition, club championship, captain’s cup play and various other tidbits, including a mixed foursome event every month. All of which shows that the new skipper knows what's wanted. With Old Sol looking his best last Sunday, the local golfing fraternity was out {n full force belting the elusive pellet around. The fairways of the North End, Inglewood, Rainier, Earlington and Unt- Versity links were crowded all day, but the municipal course attendance beat ‘em all. It was jammed! Just a “mere” 747 golfers got their play on the Beacon Hill links last Sunday! Some crowd! arly 19¢ visitors played o the sporty nine-hole University course during the day. | A. L. Holter (14), carried off the monthly medal coMpetition for Jeffer.| son Park members last week-end with a 70 net score. R. B. Kellam, an other 14 man, took second prize with an 85-14-71 score, and J. H, St n fon (12), netted a 72 for third place. aR | Chet King, captain of the Jefferson Park Golf club, will try out his tribe in match play against bogey this week-end. Those wishing to compete| must register their names with Starter Craig before teeing-off. MACKMEN WIN SHUTO! Ala., were back yaa | March 24.) in their WADE LOOMS UP | TAMPA, Win. March 24.—Clark| MONTGOMERY, Griggith cinimn he has a real slug-|--The Athlet! ging “find” in Dick Wade, Western| home camp today, elated over their league recruit. Wade played ajfirst shutout Connie Mack's re. Prominent part in the Senators’ de-| juvenated players yeaterday swamp fent of the Cards, 10 to 9, yestor-jed Pratteyille, 9 to 0, day at Bradentown, — YANKS DOWN Bois The HOX THIM GIANTS HAN ANTONIO, Texans, March 24 CT wo runs, seored by four succes: vive hits off Jews Barnes, gave the White Soa a § to & “etory over the Giants, REGULARS #PRINGS, Cal, March Heal Yannigans won from the regulars 10 to 1, yesterday, Kvan Houtte, recruit pitcher, who waeon the mound for the Yanni guns, showing to great advantage, “4 ‘Tennis Is murs, | seven events fo four, Held Back by Misrule Standing on Professional: | ism May Bring Decline of Game, Says Star BY VINCENT RICHARDS the of tennis fans} in this country I @ small majority of them are that such a body as the United States Lawn Tennts assools | ion exists | ‘Those who are familiar with the 8S. L. T. A. perhaps are en ly ignorant of the laws of the/ anization which have to be abid ed by, by those of us on its regis tered liste. There are many stringent rules of the U. 8. L. T. A, which continued keep some of the players at odds | » this governing body, but sel dom, tf ever. the details of these “breaks” reach the pr The paramount aim of the asso trom thousands dure may that} nly aware u u or various * cation is to keep tennia free any taint of professionalinm, and I know I am right when I say that every one of the first 20 players in the national rating ts anxious to co operate toward this en However and o ence, Ib concluded efforts in this direction are too far fetched and sooner or later there rupture en, who is « ful thought raonal expert that their after ¢ p able Hable to be a serion Recently Bill T hoted amateur actor, was offered a | chance to enter the movies, but he| wns advived that this would elim! nate him frem competing as an| amateur. Another move on the part of the} association that seemed uneatied for | the order t eliminated the | names of tennis players from ap- | Never a Champ—He’s Spoiled a Flock ot Titular Aspirations OHK-8ILL HERE'S @ * Kore. 2 \ \ HES "THE GATH TENDER To pearing on racquets Recently I was asked to play in| a-match In New York city, the en- | tire proceeds of which were to be! awarded to a worthy charitable fund wan unable to do he association re! no because od to grant me | a sanction in this regard. At the recent Davis Cup matches | over $80,000 derived. Thruout the season, no doubt a half million ken in over the country An} goes to the axsoctation. ree sum there tant a cent spent, that T know of, that goes toward developing players who will represent the United States on fu ture Davis Cup teams. Japan and was dollars As ® result thin money Of this of tournament play. | other nations abroad | i ea his respect. | are away ahead of us in this respect. | terge the renults of which will come to Nght In the next few years. | Coasters Thick in Red Ranks RLANDO, Fla. March 24—On the Cincinnat! club are a num- ber of players who first gained fame In the Pacific Coast league, Amonk | them are Sammy Bohne, Loute Fon- | neca, Rabe Pinellt and Johnny Couch. When the quartet came on from the Coast to join the Reds, Willie; Kamm was a member of the party He dropped off to join the White Sox at Seguin, Tex Kamm ia the third aacker for| whom the Chicago club pald some. thing like $100,000, which rates as about the highest mark ever paid for a minor league player. All the Cincinnat! -players have | kind words for Kamm. They say he in a great ball player, one of the most remarkable fielders that | has ever broken into the big show. | | While admitting that he may not hit | Be as well as nome of the fans may | 9* expect, when all the money pald for | him in conaidered, they feel that he| will rank close to the .300 mark. A grand ball player and an equally fine boy ia the way all the Cincy players regard him. They say he ta extremely modest, a retiring player of the George Sisler style. According to the Reds who hall | from the Coast, Kamm for purely selfish reasons {s glad that the deal New York trying to nike for Eddie Collins fell thru. Kamm {s a smart, chap. Ho Is familiar with the ability of Collins and the Interest he always takes in the recruits, Collins remaining with | Chicago, Kamm feels,*will increase his chances at least 50 per cent, as he realizes the advice of Collins will be invaluable, AMERICANS» WIN MEET FOR OXFORD Ox N’S CLUB, With the h London, March ip of American Oxford university won the Queen's club track and field meet with Cambridge here by a score of Tevis Hubn, the former Princeton athlete, wof the 220-yard low hur- diew and finished third in the 120 yard hurdles K. Brown, former Washington athlete, won the shotput, and A. 1, Roose, of Nebraska, won second place, “Bill” Stevenson, former Princeton star, and one-time American national champion at a quarter mile, finished second in the 440yard run D. R, Michener, former Canadian athlete, won the pole vault, with , M. Dunbar, Worcester, Maas,, sec ond. The broad jump was won by H, M Abrahams, the all-around Cambridge star, and Tavis Huhn third. PHILLY YANS WIN LEESBURG, Mla, Mareh + 24 The Yonnigans won their first game of the training camp season terday whon they defeated Phils regulars, 6 to 6 yous the} EDDIE GORMAN LOS) SAN MATEO, Cal, Maureh. 22, Joo Coffey was given the decision in # speedy four-round bout with Hd. dio Gorman here list night MARTIN ~ ROPER'= Tacky or MBEHAN Get Bo N W YORK, March 24,--Bill Bren. han—-maker of heavyweights! That's Bill's in life, it seems. Ho never quite reached the mission top of the heap, but all who aspire to get there have to pass him to do no Jack Dempsey did—and Jack's the champ. And now Senor Lule Firpo, the gent from South America, has Mattened him—and Senor Luis, hav- ing pamed the sentinel to the sacred chambers of the champtonshtp, wil! probably get a whack at the coveted fortunemaking tive. = SQULON IT ~ But look Lavinaky, oper, Meehan, Ray Smith, Bob Martin. With their fal ure to make BIll amell thé canyas went thelr chances for serious con sideration as) = heavyweight title. holders, Ever aince Brennan maneged to y 12 ds with Dempsey, tho ns, Jack and Co, has “Stop Bill Brennan and then come around and talk tall money.” So awny they go to stop Bill and the best they got In a draw, which isn’t good enough. Brennan will be 20 years old next June, Hoe halla from Ireland, who couldn't B stop and} WE WouLon'T LET GREB oR LEVINSKY PASS IM) 3 ATTEMPTS, Each >. on P\RPOTPASSseD mtands six feet one inch in his silk hosiery. He came first into promi nence as destroyer of championship mbitions back In 1914, when he stopped Al Goodale in one short, sweet round He's slowly convalescing from a terrific blow from Firpo which caused a minor concussion of the brain. But Bilj didn’t call in a med. {co until 30 hours after the bombard. ment in Madison Square Gerden— that's how game he is. And ag long as he is actively in the ring his mission will be probably to test each blooming white hope. For Bill's a maker of champions. THIRD ICE MIX GOES TO OTTAWA ANCOUVER, B.C, March 24.— Nosing out the Maroons by a margin of one goal, Ottawa took a lead sertes for the Stanley cup here last night by defeating Vancouver, 3 to 2. he opened tut kame slowly, wound up in a blaze of flying puck: | men and scintillating puck sticks. The third period, opening with the score standing at 2 all, was the most torrid of the evening. The Maroons fought gamely, but were unable to stand the pace set by the Senators, who appeared to be in the best form they have shown since coming to the coast, Ottaws lahman Cook Duncan Mackay Skinner k Boucher . Parkes l Geor Cy Denenney ris | ney Scoring from Duncan, 6: Broadbent from Denenney, period—(4) Vancouver, Mackay, 16:47, ‘Third period. Nighbor, Ottawa, 2:13 Penaltion; First perlod—Mackay, ; Skinner, 2 minutes; Skinner, 2 , 2 minuten , 2 minutes (2), bent, 3 minutes, Piret perio Bacond Third Joe Gorman, feather- weight, who will meet Bud Ridley in the main event of Tuesday night's Arena smoker, arrived from Port- land today and took a wort- out at Austin & Salt’s gym. He reported himself as ine collont shape for the go, of one game tn the hockey | € BY SEABURN BROWN TH bout appear on 8 Square card, a headline that would in place Madison rden fistic menu to be served by the National Athletic club at the open ing Arena boxing smoker of the year next Tues | day ts undoubtedly the best, in point of class, of the present menson. Bud Ridley and Joe Gorman are featherwelghts of national reputa |tion. Neither has boxed In Seattle | for quite a while, and fans who at jtend the next show will see the boys together for the first time |since 1920, when Gorman took @ de- jeision from Ridley, | Since that time, Ridley has been |&nxious for an opportunity to erase hat black mark on his record, but {forty to rematch the 128-pound lashes have failed to bear fruit un- fl this week. the \t | ',| Ridley has been working out here 2|the latter part of the weok. He ap. pears to bo in excellent shape. A bandage still covers the bofl on his leg which recently rendered him hors de combat, but the sore ix | healed and the little miller’s under- pinning is ae good as ever. Gorman arrived in Seattle early today, He will taper off training National Club Lines Up Class A’ Boxing Smoker |by going thru workouts each after- }noon until Monday. Gorman is scheduled to train at o'clock each afternoon at Austin & Salt's gym nasium, with Ridley appearing an |hour later |, ‘The entire card carries plenty of jaction. | George Burns and Joe Black, ightweights well known to local jfame, are to mix tn the six-round | sem!-windup. Frankie Grandette, “the sheik of Portland,” will make his first Seat. tle appearance with Filipino Tommy Yolas in the special event. The boys are 110-pounders, The lads who like to see a few rounds of heavy socking, will be Pleased with the announcement that the doughty Boy McCasslin will fight Red Campbell tn the second |tilt. MoCassiin is an old acquain- tance in Northwest pugilistio cir. cles, but hasn't clambered into a Seattle ring in some months. Camp- bell is reputed to be of the same slugging, rugged type as the Boy, and the merry sound of hard Jeath. er on tron jaws ts expected to ro. sound thru tho Arena when the pair meet. Frankie Green, the clever colored bantam, {s down to dispute for 12 minutes with Ludwig Jones of Port- land in the opener. Despite the fact that the Arena |has a much larger seating capacity than has the Crystal Pool, where the winter cards have been held, the advance sale of seats has been un- usually heavy, Fowler, Red RLANDO, Fla, history to repeat itself in the case of “Ches" Fowler, infield re- crult of the Cincinnati Reds. “Ches" Fowler attended school at Christian Brothers College In Texas. He was a good scholar and an even better athlete, March 24.—Is In football, Fowler was the sensa- |tion of the Southwestern confer. ence, Down in that section of the country “Brick"Mullerdoesn't mean a thing when {t comes to throwing forward passes. Fowler Is the hero down that way, when hurling for. ward passes for distance and ac: curacy is the subject of discussion. No doubt you are wondering what all that has to do with history re peating Itwelf It 10 happens that Pete Donahue, star pitcher of the Reds, came direct from Christian Brothers College to Cineinnatl Fowler halls from the same Institution, There you have it, Fowler is a shortstop, He is tho ideal build for that position, tall and rangy He measiires clone to six feat and welghs about 165 pounds, all bone and muacle, except above the shoulders, He bats left handed, ty very fost and has a great arm "The beat looking youngster T have seen In years,” says Manager Pat Moran, “Ho han great posst hilities unless he developa some ne rious fault that hee not aa yet been uncovered, Recruit, Cheers Manager Moran “He reminds me of ‘Bones’ Ely, former star of the Pittsburg team, one of the greatest shortstops the game has ever produced, In ad. dition to wonderful natural ability he seems to have plenty of nerve." Moran {8 hoping that Fowler will repeat the success of Pete Donahue and feels the recruit has a chance. x wid CAMBRIDGE CREW LOSES TO OXFORD legis March 24.—Oxford won the 75th annual Oxford-Cam- bridge crew race on the Thames to- day. Oxford flashed across tho ine with ® lead of one full length. Oxford won the toss and chose the Surrey side of the river, Tho starting signal was given at 5:12 o'eloek and both crews got un- der way. Oxford caught the water first with Mellon pulling a swift stroke, and took the load at the start Still pulling easily, Mellen had his Oxford crew loading by « quarter of © length at the mile, At two miley the Oxford elght twd Incveasiod tty lead slightly and was out in front by & hale lengthy | Jim Scott Impressed VE REAL HITTING STAR IN RAY ROHWER | With College Marvel Camp Gossip AN JOSE, March league company lost. The portly Se wer will come should. Scott pitched Young Outfielder May Lead the Loop With Club, Says Vet Hurler; Yellowhorse Is Great Finisher; Other — BY LEO H. LASSEN (Now at the Training Camp of the Seattle Indians) 1 24.—Jim Scott, the veteran Seal pitching star, has been hurling in Coast for a number of seasons and he has always won more games than he has / When it comes to talking about hitters Scott ought to know his ground. al hurler says that Ray Roh- pretty close to leading the league in hitting this season if the young Seattle outfielder clicks the agate the way he — against Rohwer when he was & member of the University of California and the Seal yet | knows that Rohwer can hit from experience. } jbeen in since he left the Ame under 200 pounds in weight and is looking great. Incidentally Seott is in the best condition that he has erican league in 1918. He is He spent the winter in the Canadian woods hunting and he is set for a big season. but promises to shave off the to start the season. Pigg Shows ‘Mound Stuff in Workout March |” big day for two of the stellar | the Seattle training | in the regular Yanni- 24—It was a) youngsters in camp Friday, gan game. Vio Pigg, the Sedro-Woolley hurl er, pitched ball for the! full nine innings against the Yan-| ina 9 tol excellent jnigans, and turned He is sporting a mustache in spring training, spinach before the bell rings YELLOWHORSE 18 GREAT FINISHER Laird, one of the Friseo scribes, ays Chief Yellowhorse ~ pitched for the Pittsburg Reds last ‘all and Thomas says that the In- Gian should be a big winner in the Coast loop because of his fast ball. Yellowhorse, who will pitch for - Sacramento, {# a great man to fine {sh up ball games because of bis” speed, i Tom — ALLAN RUSSELL COULD FINISH 'EM, TOO Another bird who could finish up games was Allan Russell, with the Boston Red Sox for years. At least, so says Doc Johnston. | victory. | The Jimmy Welsh, the great young first | touched smoking other star of the game was who Pigg’s de-| for over second base and a triple to the | rightfield boards, Outside of Welsh | Inobody is hitting much in the Yan-| | the Yans haye| nigan in 18 innings sucker, up livery three singles team and made only one run \auring the last two days. | But like a real hit- ter, You can't chase him away \from that plate. | A new hurler by the name of |Mareau, pitched for the Yans and \got by pretty? well for three innings, and then the regulars cut loose and |scored a flock of runs when he lost control. Bill Plummer finished the last |few Innings on the hill for the Yans jin good style. | Outside of the showings of -Pigg | Welsh looks and Welsh, a freak homer by Ray |Rohwer to rightfield, that Clyde |Mearkle never saw at all and which | |bounced thru a hole” in the fence, |was the feature of the game. | Another practice game was to be played between the squads today with the regulars meeting the San Francisco Knights of Columbus team here Sunday. Beginning Mon- jday Wolverton will undoubtedly jorder the boys to cut loose, as only a few days remain of the training season, The season opens a week from Tuesday. The big games with the Chicago Cubs, the climax of the. |training season, will be staged Fri- day and Saturday. Harry Gardner vill probably work the first game with Elmer Jacobs or Fred Balke jready for the Saturday struggle. These three pitchers are rounding rapidly Into condition. Criqui May Not Fight J. Kilbane | BY HENRY L, FARRELL EW YORK, March 24.—EHugene Criqu! may never have heard, |in his native French, the old gag of jhow the cup is inclined to slip, but |he will get the full American effect Jof the logic when he ‘arrives here today. The French featherweight cham: pion comes here with the design and a good contract to fight Johnny Kilbane for the world’s champion ship. Kilbane and a large number of customers are willing that the Frenchman ‘be accommodated, but the boxing commission {s out with a negative nod of the head. Since William Muldoon tired of the dilatory tactles of the Cleveland Irishman and threw him in. the pugilistle guard house, Johnny Dun- dee, the junior Uehtwelght cham. pion, has been looked upon as the world’s featherweight titie folder of New York, Kilbane hasn't a leense here, but that 1s thru no workings of the commission. Johnny took the post: tion that the commission could not tell him how to run his own busi- ness and he never applied for one of {ts permits to fieht in New York, ‘The commisston would not say to: day that the Kilbane-Criqul fight could not be held here, but a strone {ntimation was ‘relensed that the bout was very Improbable, Tom O'Rourke siened up Kilbane and Criqul, and when this little Wtoh arose, Rickard was quick to take an {ndirect slan at his hated rival, He dashed rieht out and got the first enll on Johnny Dundee's services and announced that he would promote a Dunder.Criqui bout Criqut has done some very good fiehting since the war, He has run un an impressive Het of lnockants nince No left the mervion, Tt te xntd that a shell took away part of his {aw when he was at the front and (haf Mhe hone wae Hentaced with Johnston was playing first base for — Cleveland in 1920 when the Indians | were fighting for the American | jeague flag with the New York | Yanks. The “Indians were closing the season in the East and they hit” Boston in an important series. Rus sell, with his fast ball, finished up one game and nearly beat the Tribe, and would have {f he could have — lasted more than three or four innings. For that length of time ce his burner was almost tmpossible to hit. | « — se oe SEE SOLD To oe INTERNATIONAL oe Charley Bee has been sold by the — Seals to the International league. The outfielder and pitcher “hit wells enough in this company, but he was. an awful frost as a fielder, Him passing means that the Seals intend to keep the veteran, Pete Compton, another year, be — KINSELLA JUST FAIR PLAYER The Salt Lake Bees will have tro of the best hitters in the league in. thetr outfield in Duffy Lewis and Paul Strand. But the third man, who is expected to be Bob Kinsella, formerly of the International league, | {s just a fair player. You'll have to take Ed Barney's word for {t, as the Seattle outfielder pastimed with | him in the International loop two years ago. WETZEL IS NEW OAK QUTFIELDER Claude Cooper and Dennie Wille will be back in the Oakland outtield this year and the new man will be of a fellow named Wetzel who played in the Texas league last year. Wetzel, they say, can bruise that i onion. He succeeds Don Brown, who was shipped to the league. ELDRED LEAGUE'S BEST HITTER Billy Orr, the Seattle tnfielder, has: served a lot of time in the Coast league, and William says that he considers Brick Eldred the most valuable hitter in the league, “Brick hits year in and year out,” says Orr, “and he can take'the bore | around the bases on his wallops, be is small enough to be hard to pitch to, and they have to get it in his groove in order to keep from walk-— ing him. Eldred is real dynamite. And he can hit with two strikes on him, and that's what counts. Give me the hitter who can clout the ball with men on the paths.” O'CONNELL MUST SNARE FLIES ~- Jim O'Connell ts undoubtedly one of the most natural hitters that ever walked up to the plate and the big boy can run, but he'll never win any medals for fielding. from the New York Giants’ training camp say that he has misjudged a lot of flies in training games, He” won't misjudge many and still be in the lineup with such outfielders as Casey Stengel and Bil! Cunningham on the sidelines. O'Connell never did look good in the outfield in Seattle, minjudging one fly in Beats Reports tle Inst season that nearly hit him | on the head, and a good fielder would have caught it in his hollow tooth, FRISCO WILL MISS KAMM Sam Crane t* shortstop whoo Knows what !t means to play bee tween a slow third sacker and a poor second base guardian, He had — Tex Wisterzel on his right side last. summer and Spencer Adams at sec: _ ond and Bill Stumpf te throw to at | first. Crane speaks from experience whon he says that Hat Rhyne, the Frisco shortstop, will miss Bul Kamm at third base, 4 “Kamm took a lot of balls te his left that Rhyne will have to play. over for this season, no matter who — else plays the cushton,” says Cran Tneldentally Crane will play better ball this year ff he plays shortstop. Suminie whith gives him a virtual “tron Jaw." or third, because he will have a do | pendablo bunch to work. with, H yt Me na Bi