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Show SAINTS ARE READY TO ENGAGE RIVALS FOR 1917 PENNANT Manager Bernhard Leads His Charges Into Home Corral After Successful Training Season; All i in Tip-top Condition; Pilot Makes No Flag Predictions, but Says There I Will Be Battle Every Day. By J. C. D. A! T li o 'Block yostrlay morning Maunder Bill Bernhard led tuenty-ono ball players into Halt Lake. Thia illustrious company roprosentorl tlic major section 01' tho l'.U7 iionnant chasers of local j color. Tlic j .a v t - which slnppivl off the standard sleopinn car Pomba was built as lollows: Maunder Rill Bernhard. ( ateliers Marrv Hannah, Bob Cress. itchers Tom 'Hughes, Che-ter Hoff, 1 Kobe Evans, .Iran l.)ubuc, Ollio Kir-niaver. Kir-niaver. WaltCT Lovcrcnz, Roy Bliss. Adolph SchinKle, Ed Kcrsten, Sherm .lout's. First, base Karl Shoe I. v. Second base Hard Gisluson, Karl (ran. tail. ! Third base Morris Path, Barney : Kerns. sliortttop Bill v Orr, Spooks C.'arpen-! C.'arpen-! ter. Outfielders Johnny Tobin, Jimmy Shinn. Trainer Billy Burke and Mrs. Burko also arrived with the party. Tommy Quinlan ioiuecl the squad here and Bunnv Brief will report. la 1. 0inii to the fnct that Fome halr-hearted halr-hearted snow Hurries slicked up the grounds at Bonneville park, tho ball j leavers were given a rest yesterday. This forenoon at. 11 o'clock there will be practice, -which practice will oon-j oon-j limie until well inlo the afternoon. ! There aleo will be a. practice Sunday and a light workout Monday. They're Fit, Says Bill. Skipper Bornhard pronounces his club : in fit condition. Therfi is hut ono sore arm in tbe company, and that belongs to K.'trl Crandall. It isn't a very soro . jinn, hut it is sore enough to call fur easy 'roing for a few days. " W'e hail one of the host training! . ?easons I ever experienced in my lan-hall lan-hall career. ' ' s-aid the skipper. "In fact, F miijM ay it was tlie very best. , At PorterviUe we had only one or two da v? of rain, and they did no harm indeed, J rather think they helped, as '. r hey served to vary the monotony of : hard work. The people of Porterville did everything they possibly could to make our stay pli-asant. and we certain-I certain-I v appreciated i! . There are enough h-ill clubs around there to give us all the practice games we could take care , of. and in that way the hoys got some good work in act ual ga mes. 'I have never seen a bunch of ball plavers so willing to work. Thero was n ever more eagerness to get out and hustle, and my pnucimi! trouble was to keep them from overdoing it. T venture l- ay that if ''oncentrat.ion of efl'ot and wiMirvness to do win ball nuM's ne nill win our share of them. Ready for Work. ' ' All nf he pjtchers are in condition, condi-tion, hut some of them, of course, are a iirtle farther advanced than others. iJu-itt now Kirniaver, Hoff. Hughes and luh;ic could go in and pitch an extra-inninc extra-inninc g-i:tie and neer know that thev vp"i working. ICvnns is rnundinjr to ni'-eh- and I .evor-m :. although lie joined i s kite, is showing a lot of stuff'. ' ' I' ii ti i l'i-'f reports wo will use i Shpely at firsr. That will throw- all the c;it''h'nig on llaviuah, hut he is ; in irrand shape and willing to do two men fs work. I don 't think T ever saw a more easy and smooth working catcher than Hannah is right now. Work is absolutely no effort lor him. We have n young catcher, Cress, in case Hannah should be hurt. "Picking an outfield is going to be a mighty nard proposition. Toniu unquestionably un-questionably is going to be a big help to us. Shinn has been hitting the ball and looks good. With Ryan and Quinlan Quin-lan in there, we will have four corking outfielders, and I suppose the only way to make a regular selection is to make a switch as left-handers or right-handers oppose us. Infield Right Side Up. "The infield ha,s about solved itself. We have two men for second base, one a right hand hitter and one a left hand ! iiitter. I don 't think Craudall 's arm , will .bother him Very long, flo was a little too eager to get to work and he pulled up a little lame in his throwing arm. He is an exceedingly fast fielder, , as was shown in his work at Porterville. Oislason is going fine. He is constantly constant-ly improving, is getting faster and more accurate all the time and ho has certainly cer-tainly been hitting the ball. As for . Rath and Orr, they are simply in per- ' feet condition. Tho people acre know all about them, and all I can say is that they are in top shape. "Of course, I don't make any predictions pre-dictions about winning a pennant, but I think I can safely say that we will give them all a battle every afternoon." Bernhard yesterday gave out a tentative tenta-tive batting'order for the opening game on Tuesday. The line-up is subject to change in some respects. The use by McCredie of a left hander or a right hander will determine the arrangement.' Following is the probable order: Tobin or Quinlan, centerfield. Rath, third base. Gislason or Orandall, second base. Ryan, loft field. Shinu, rioht field. Orr. shortstop. SheeJy. first base. Hannah, catcher. Kirmayer, Hughes, Dubuc or Hoff, pitcher. All of -which is a good deal for the skipper to say all in one day. Down the Line. It was the privilege and pleasure of him who wields the typewriter on this varn to meet the club at Las Vegas, N"ev., on its homeward journey. 7t was also the privilege and pleasure of tbe same person to witness two exhibition games, one at Las Vegas and the other at Milford. Now, we do not pret-end to be one of those experts who can, by merely looking look-ing at a ball player, determine instantly ' what his blood pressure is or what his views on religion, but we do say that wo have fairly good eyesight and can tell a ball player is string-halt in leg or arm. Our conclusion is that the Salt Lake ball club is a creditable institution. institu-tion. In the game at Las Vegas we had the opportunity of seeing Ollie Kirmayer Kir-mayer in action and that opportunity was presented again at Miltord. Jf Kirmayer isn't in condition, then we havn never seen a pitcher who was in condition. Both at Las Vegas and at M ilford he was stinging "em across with a smoothness that was really amazing. amaz-ing. It is our guess that Kirmayer will be a winning pitcher for Salt Lake and (Continued on Following Page.) SITS IE READY TO ENGAGE RIVALS (Continued From Preceding Page.) that his "winniugness will be demonstrated demon-strated early in the season. Long Tom Hughes was in the Las Vegas Ve-gas ame for three innings, and he clearly clear-ly substantiated all the reports from Porterville as to his condition. His speed was fairly dazzling and while he used few curve balls he used enough of them to show that his control was perfect. per-fect. Tom t-ays his arm is better than it has been in ten years. The elbow from which two fragments of loose bone were removed last fall was pronounced by Boncsotter ripeneer of Los Angeles now to be a 1 ' perfect joint.'' Walter Leverenz cut in for a little turn, and although he began regular training only a week, or tea days ago, he worked with apparent ease and let : go with considerable speed on occasion. ! Jean Dtibuc started the game at Mil-j Mil-j ford. Although the opposition wns not i of a character to call for any extraordi-! extraordi-! nary feats of pitching, it was plain to i be seen that he is in shape. They call ; him a "slow ball'' pitcher in the east,: but if anybody thinks he hasn 't got speed too. that somebody is vastly mistaken. mis-taken. There appears to be no sat'er bet than to wager that Duhuc will be a whale in the Coast league this year. Chester Hoff finished the game at Milford. Folks who saw him work during dur-ing the latter part of last season recall how effective he was then. Well, unless something happensyhe's going to be still more effective this year. His mastery of control was pleasing to behold. Promising Youngster. Adolph Sehinkle. the voungster Bern-hard Bern-hard picked up at Fresno, pitched to the batters at Las Vegas.' He is a big luifky and evidently as strong as an ox. He was what we would call a revelation in rooks, and it' he learns pitching wisdom through experience, which no doubt he will, Schinkle should be a real find. Sherm Jones started the game at Mil-ford, Mil-ford, but he had no club behind him. Tn the first inning, when the Saints scored eleven runs, they should, as a matter of fact, never have scored at all. Their limit of profit should have been getting a man as far as third. Two bunts that would ordinarily have heen easy outs went for hits, and the outfielders failed utterly in catching fly balls. Therefore what. Jones can do is not to be judged by that Milford performance. Those are the pitchers we have seen. The four -Kirmayer, Hughes, Hoff and Dubnc are unquestionably in shape and it will be from among them that Bern-hard Bern-hard will pick his men to start against the Beavers Tuesday. The Fielding Side. Earl Sheely 's work at first was not given a real test in either game, but he handled himself well. It is (rue, as has been said before, that he works his hands too fast. That, defect was accountable ac-countable for the only error charged against the Salt Lakers at Las Vegas. In taking a perfect throw from Gisla-son, Gisla-son, Sheely seemingly tried to throw the ball back to the pitcher long before he had it in his own hands. The result was a muff. The impatience, however, will soon be overcome with attention. Karl Crandall was out for a little fielding -practice at Las Vegas. He is very fast on his feet and gathers up 'a grounder with precision. Gislason. played errorless ball in both games and looked good. Orr's gunshot arm appears ap-pears to be, if anything, stronger than ever. The way Bill shot 'em across the diamond was a sight for sore eyes and speaking of sore eyes, the alkali dust at Las Vega's and the terrific wind at Milford Mil-ford rendered some solace for sore eyes a highly desirable thing. Rath played his, usual steady, foxy game, which is about all that need be said about him. Barney Kerns had a whirl at third base and evidently is a youngster of considerable consid-erable promise. He takes what ball players call "a healthy cut at the bail" and his position at the plate is good. Owing to the fact that Carpenter was used in the outfield in both games, opportunity op-portunity was not presented to give him the o. o. as an infielder, his position. Keep Your Eye on Tobin. And now wa rise to remark that the man whom we believe is destined to , startle the oldest inhabitant is Johnny Tobin. Chain lightning is a good comparison com-parison with Tobin. He is a wonderfully wonderful-ly fast and clean fielder, and although he did not cut loose any long throws, he did enough pegging to prove that venturesome runners are gding to have their troubles making that stretch from third to home after a caught fly ball. Tobin is a natural hitter. His swing is free and easy and he always hits the ball squarely. It is really "astonishing to see the power he puts behind his blows. "While there was little call for extraordinary effort at base running, Tobin gives one the impression of a deer-foot. He is quick-acting, like Quinlan, and like Quintan also he seems to be a dead-sure fielder. Keep your eye on Tobin. Jimmy Shi mi pasted the ball with vigor, and his fielding left nothing to be desired. On one fly ball at Milford he outran even the wind, which is saving sav-ing a pageful, because that Milford wind was surely no gentle zephyr. This much we were privileged to see. Xext week thousands of fans will be given the opportunity to decide whether our eyesight was good or not. j Nifty Little Battle. It may be remarked in passing that the little game at Las Vecas was a stem-winder in several respects. It is true that the several respects centered in and around Jimmy Con cannon, the Las Vegas pitcher. This Concannon used to be a good deal of a bear in the Xorthwestern league and that he has : lost neither his cunning nor his crooks ! was proved by the way he kent the Saints' hitting at a low ebb. But for errors and for fielding against which errors could not technically be charged, but which was vrv poor work, indeed. Concannon would have been a local hero of no mean proportions. He was a real test for the Salt Lake hitterand it was good practice for them to encounter en-counter a left hander of capacity. The Las Vegas game was worth seeing see-ing while it lasted, but ail thought of basebp.il was driven p. way after the seventh sev-enth inning when a little girl, who was watching the game from a tree top, was electrocuted when she grasped a high tension wire. Tt v.t-s the ' most distressing dis-tressing sight any of the ball plavcr had ever experience-'! and fhey' were deeply afrected bv The unfortunate occurrence oc-currence A fund of considerable size I was raided amor.ir the players for a j floral offering, this form being the only j one available for the expression of their j sympathy. Kxpressinns of Invaltv on the part of I the players to Bill Ben: hard were heard j from eve;y lip. the players could rot I snv too murh tor P-enmard "s ensidora-I ensidora-I tion of them at Portcrvilie. They re- ! gard him as a man fully equipped with baseball wisdom by reason ot his long 1 experience in the major leagues, and that he has the happy faculty for im- ; parting that knowledge is perfectly at- ' tested by the spirit which pervades the ' club. ''He's sure one swell fellow, " was the substance of the universal word. ''The gang will work their heads orl' for him, you watch and see.'1 |
