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Show MANAGER DONOVAN DAS GOOD PITCHERS Brooklyn Boys Are Confident They WilJ Finish Near Ihe Top. Tribune Special Sporting Service. NEW TORK, -April 11. When "spit, ball' artist Stricklett announced that he would desert the Brooklyn club for the outlaw league on the coast and word came from the south that Scanlon, through illness, might be laid up for several months, there was a feeling of uneasiness among the Brooklyn players and management. , Since the learn has been in thr, train- t ing camp Manager Donovan has givon j great attention to his pitching stall, . and Patsy believes he has discovered : two yonngstors who will prove as big 1 I finds this year ns were Bell and Rucker ; last year. Donova.n also has had a big i load lifted from his mind by Tccoiving word from Scanlon that he was fast recovering, and would be in harness within a few weeks. This certainly was encouraging news to the Dodgers"' manager. It was the pitching staff which helpcd tho Brooklyn club to make its great spurt in the middle of tho soason last year, j In tho oarly spring the twirlers wore j not in as good condition as they might have been, and proved cas3' marks-to opposing batsman. As a result tho "Dodgeis" lost something like fifteen or sixteen gamos, before thev over got starred. Rucker and Boll pitched ball last year, and are expected to do even betier work this season. Mclntyre, with a little backing up. can win "the majority of his games, and Pastorious is most reliable. Holmes and Finlnyson are the two recruits re-cruits who Donovan expects will be of great benefit to the team, and if Scan-i Scan-i Ion recovers his strength before the seasou is too far advancod. there need be little to worry over the ability of the pitching department to hold up their end. v The "Dodgers" are considerably consid-erably stronger in the field and at the bat this season than they were last year. |