Show HAMPER u BIG LEAGUE CLUBS j TROUBLES ARE NUMEROUS FOR MAJOR CHIEFS Bissonnette and ODoul Out of Brooklyn Lineup Others Hard Hit NEW YORK March 31 it P Its iV-It's Ils Il's Its It's a 2 rare and happy baseball manager today today to to- day who can count on having his strongest lineup available for the opening of the major league season Injuries operations illness anc and even death have cut sharply into the roster of since the training camps sprouted n a month ago Brooklyn with two regulars ou out for tor an indefinite period appears to have been hardest hit Del Bisson- Bisson ette regular first baseman is in m the hospital after an operation on the Achilles tendon lendon and may not be available available available avail avail- able for months Frank Lefty LeUy ODoul slugging outfielder is nursing nursing nursing nurs nurs- ing a bruised right nand hand that is calculated calculated calculated cal cal- to keep him out at least until until until un un- un- un til the season begins ED MORRIS KILLED The Boston Red Sox will line up April 11 against Washington without two players Manager Collins Collins Collins Col Col- lins had counted upon Big Ed Morris Morris Morris Mor Mor- ris veteran pitcher was fatally stabbed the day he was to have left for camp and George Stumpf a promising outfielder purchased from Quincy Ill is in bed with intestinal influenza An operation for appendicitis cost the New York Yankees the services of Pitcher Henry Johnson until unlit well up in the campaign and it is doubtful doubtful doubtful doubt doubt- ful even then he will be of oC much value to the club George who underwent a similar operation early last season did not nol regain his bis pitching form until the fag end of the race Yankee adherents arc are viewing with the customary alarm a kink th that lt settled in Babe Ruths Ruth's neck the other day and is f forcing the big fellow to carry his head at half mast Two of or the Philadelphia Nationals Nationals' Nationals Nationals' Nationals Nationals' Nation Nation- als' als four first line Une pitchers are c re returning returning re- re turning from the south in doubtful condition Jim Elliott the clubs club's ace southpaw is wearing a slab of porous plaster on his back and groanIng groaning groaning groan- groan Ing with every pitch wh while le ClIse disc Dudley is nursing a sore arm Chuck Klein the Phils' Phils powerhouse has a pair of ailing ankles John McGraw l is having havin much difficulty difficulty dif dif- getting all his New York Giants on the field at the same time Johnny third d baseman is on the bench with an injured knee cap and Catcher Frank Hogan also has hasan hasan an uncertain knee a aggravated b by bya a vast surplus of weight that thal re refuses reuses re- re lures fuses uses to come oIL off Adding to McCraw's McGraws McGraw's McGraw's McGraws Mc- Mc Graw's Craws troubles is the fact that Se Second See Sec ond Baseman Hughie Critz still cant ant get the old whip in the throwing arm The Giants arc are reported to be scouting around for another second Das baseman ma and another catcher COCHRANE AND CROWDER Mickey Cochrane the Athletics Athletics' brilliant catcher is going about in carpet slippers after an operation on onan onan onan an infected foot but will be read ready b by opening day if there are no com cm Alvin Crowder Washington Washing Washing- ton has been called home b by illness in his family and may not return until after the race starts |