Show TWO PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE SHORTSTOPS PLAY HIDE AND ANO SEEK IN i KEEP KELP 2 PLAYERS PLAYER TOGETHER Caveney and Mitchell f Again in Same League L By TOM LAIRD J 1 FRANCISCO Jan 12 9 l Iary and her hei little lamb Iamb have noth- noth t i g on Jimmy Johnny i rival shortstops for wherever Caveney goes Mitchell l is sure to follow or vice versa Mitchell and Caveney first saw and played against each other in 1916 They were In the old Central league league Mitchell Mitchell with Grand RapIds RapIds RapIds Rap- Rap Ids and Caveney with Springfield They hooked up again In 1919 In the Pacific Coast league league Caveney eney with San Francisco and Mitchell Mitch Mitch- ell Well with Vernon Their relative merits created considerable argument argument ment on the part of ot the fans Caveney graduated in 1922 joining joining join join- ing Cincinnati's Reds So did Mitchell l but he joined New Yorks York's In the American league For two years they were apart But In 1924 they again rivals rivas Mitchell going into the National National Na Na- I league with Brooklyn's Dodgers and Caveney remaining with Cincinnati The 1926 season will again find th them m rivals They're both coming bl bak k to the Pacific Coast league In which they pla played ed their keenest baseball In 1919 1920 and 1921 Seattle's Indians have acquired Caveney In n a deal with Cincinnati S S involving I Frankie Emmer youthful shortstop The Reds gave Caveney and a a. bundle of ot cash for Emmer The Los Angeles club has acquired acquired acquired ac ac- ac- ac Mtchell n a roundabout deal The Cubs claimed him for forthe forthe forthe the waiver price from Bro klyn a and d turned him over to the Angels as asS S for Clyde Beck part payment S 1 second sacker er S 1 As Emmer failed to prove himself him him- self relt elC a consistent hitter in the PaS Pa- Pa S Coast league and as he has yet et to prove he is in Caveney's class lass as a shortstop the Reds may mar mayS martY S tY sorry that they parted with 1 Caveney ene before beCore the 1926 season Is isS S many weeks old Two reasons are advanced d for Cor Caveney's demotion demotion- weak hitting and failure allure to ot obey ey rules of discipline I. I 7 t Weak hitting Is responsible for Mitchell's Mitchells passing from the majors my never was a dangerous S S H He is tricky at the plate S however and for that reason maxes maltes either cither a a. good leadoff man or second second second sec- sec ond hitter S Inasmuch as Caveney and Mitch- Mitch cli have llave been playing ag each Other for tor about seven years one v would Imagine that they either are areS aregood S good friends or strong enemies Such is not the case They are Just acquaintances nothing else and only nod to fo each other when they meet |