Show eavers Beav e eS S Preset C That Is to th Be Feared F Five ve Holdouts Hamper Chances of Kopecks Kenworthy and His Band of Ducks By Steve 1 Sports Editor of The Telegram STOCKTON Cal March 27 Enter Enter I another likely looking contender for championship honors In the Pacific I coast league during the 1924 season It Is William J T Kopecks Kenworthy and his Portland Beavers They have been working out here at Stockton for the past three weeks and to say the least the famous Kopecks has hasa a team that is worthy of plenty plent pl of or orco co consideration Bill Kenworthy and his fighting partner Bald Bill Klepper have assembled assembled assembled as as- for themselves a team which has everything a first rate first division di- di ision vision t team am should have It has good catching good pitching a strong in infield infield In- In f field ing and a d dg g great powerful r outfield tr hitting ii n brilliant Except fielding field field- e for fora a bad case of the holdout malady there is no particular weak point pointon on the team At the present time however Kenworthy has Pitchers Hugh Bedient and Walter Valter Leverenz Infielder Jim Tim Poole Poolo and Outfielders Charley High and ana Dick Cox on the holdout list It is not to be expected that the whole gang will stick away during the season and it Is possible that Cox and Bedient may be In the fold by the time this reaches the printing presses but It Is a powerful number of great eat players to have dissatisfied dissatisfied dis dis- satisfied at the beginning of the season sea sea- son PITCHERS ARE FAIR Here Is what Kenworthy will have to offer to the fans when the season starts providing of course that he gets all of ot his Into camp Catchers Tom Catchers Tom Daly Wray Query Gordon Cochrane Pitchers Right Pitchers Right handers banders Harry Gardner n Charley r Eckert E E. E G G. G ki lette Charley Carley Wolfe lf Edward a Lennon n Max Hugh Bedient Howard Fryman left handers banders C C. C M M. M Schroeder I Walter Leverenz Stanley Hansen First base Jimmy base Jimmy Poole Second base Bill base Bill Kenworthy Emmett Em Em- mett McCann ThIrd base Frank base Frank Brazill Shortstop Stanley Shortstop Stanley Benton Utility Utility George George Distel Outfielders Outfielders Outfielders-Ike Ike Wolfer Tex Gres Ores sett Charley High E. E J J. J Cox Jake Miller Johnny Jones Frank Wetzel In Gardner Eckert Leverenz Lever Lever- enz ens Schroeder Bedient and Lennon the Beavers have a staff which should win a lot of or baseball games However However How How- ever It doesn't figure to be the best bestIn bestin bestin in the Coast league by a long shot For Tor Instance the Bees are sure to have a classier hurling crew in Stroud ODoul Kallio Hulvey O ONeill O'Neill Nell Singleton Singleton Singleton Sin Sin- gleton Gould Blaeholder Ponder McCabe and Coumbe The Seals too will have a better staff than the Beavers if Mitchell Burger and Schorr come through In the way In which they are expected to do Despite the fact that it is not the best In the league It is far from the worst and with any kind of support the hurlers hurlers hurlers hurl- hurl I ers should turn In some good games for Kenworthy JIMMY POOLE REAL PLAYER The catching staff start of the Beavers looks good It Is not a world beater by any means but in the workouts here Daly looked good and should hold his own In the infield and outfield here hereIn herein hereIn In camp the tile Beavers failed to to show much In fact they looked lobed rather miserable because of the holdouts but on paper they stack up as mighty high class performers always with the proviso that they all come in tn Even our own Roy Leslie has nothing nothing nothIng noth noth- ing on Jimmy Poole as a first baseman base base- man Jimmy has all sorts of class can hit hard and often and is generally generally gener gener- ally useful to the club He is not as brilliant a fielder as Leslie but he hits beter Poole Is the pivot point of ot the club If It he comes In in the club will be ready to show a lot of ot class during the season If Portland fails falls to meet his terms and he stays out then heaven help the Beavers for Kenworthy cant can't There will be a a. ahole ahole hole In j the Infield biff bg enough to le lej Ji wm drive a pushball P through ro t and It will probably vision f I berth cost ft the t Emmett Beavers te McCann c a first sdi S Is di division division di- di a good second basemen as second basemen basemen basemen base base- men go and would be e a a. decided as asset asset as- as set to the team but with Kenworthy I ready to do his stuff at second It Itis itis' itis I is is' doubtful If McCann could make malte malter better than h a utility berth George r I Ithe Distel a youngster U g who looks kS for all the world like a great ball player will I probably share the utility role I 1 KENWORTHY AT SECOND BASE Kenworthy looks as good as ever at second base He still has the old pepper and although he Is decidedly I Iolder older he can handle the position well welland welland and is the same dangerous old duke when he is up there waving a wil wil- wil- wil low Brazil Brazi as ts all an of the coast league fans know Is a good third baseman He probably doesn't doesn t stack up to Oscar Vitt Eddie Mulligan or Clark Cark but he rounds out the Infield nicely OUTFIELDERS RANK WELL Wolfer Gressett High and Cox look like the regular outfield staff for the coming year High a holdout holdout hold hold- out may come Into camp and it is likely 1 that Cox will report The two holdouts are sadly needed to give Kenworthy some offensive strength I Salt Lake Lale and Vernon both boat figure to have better outfields than Portland Port- Port Portland Portland land but the Beavers will w shape up well with the rest of the clubs Gressett Gressett Gressett Gres Gres- sett High and Cox are all good fielders and heavy hitters When the combination starts working It willbe willbe will willbe be a 0 black day for the hurlers In Inthe Inthe inthe the league The worth of the Portland team de depends depends de- de entirely upon the holdouts On paper paper and from the showing made in camp the Beavers look like a mighty fair fielding aggregation with a good pitch pitching Ins staff and the team should hit mighty close to If it does this it is to be feared It is our opinion from looking at atthe the records and seeing the boys Inaction in inaction inaction action here that Portland Is certainly a first division club but that It will not seriously threaten Salt Lake or orSan orSan orSan San Francisco for pennant honors |