Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-21 | Page 13 | Pitching Staff Rated among the Best

SI STAFF AH RATED AMONG Ducky Du ky Jones Only Infielder In fielder Sure of His Job at Present By VID vIe LARSEN STOCKTON Cal March O.- O. Given a cork of ot considerable size with which to stop up the gap In iii his is infield Walt McCredie veteran manager of the new Mission Bears has a ball club which will make other Pacific Coast league flag chas chasers rs step lIv lively ly Fortunately for the Bears McCredie McCredie Mc Mc- Credie Credle realizes that his Infield will wUl not hot carry him very far and that he must very ery soon find the cork As matters stand now Ducky Jones who is holding down the difficult dif dif- corner is the only Infielder McCredie has who can be said to fill the bill Gordon Slade Carl and Dill Bill Rodda flodda are candidates for shortstop shortstop shortstop short short- stop but each lacks something Ro Rodda Roda da looks like a good hitter buthe but buthe buthe he is slow In the field Slade canfield can canfield canfield L field but Isn't active with the stick sUck a good player probably will vilI be retained whether given a steady job Job or not Slade probably will start Neal Finn and Paddy Siglin are squabbling over second base Nel- Nel Neither ther Is anything to shout ab about ut Because Jimmy McDowell hasn't done anything of note at first McCredie McCredie Mc Mc- Credie Credle has shifted W Wes S Griffin to the initial sack for a trial Griffin will wm stick With the team as a utility man He can do anything Including including ing lag pitching and catching So much for the Bears' Bears weak weak- nesses The pitching staff Bert staff Bert Cole Jimm Jimmy Christian Wee Ludolph Ed Br Bryan an Herb illette I Joe O sch- sch ger gel and Buzz Eckert is Eckert-is is one of or the he classiest in the league Danny Murphy l Al Walters and the he veteran Waiter Walter Schmidt can take care of the catching Ike Boone who is expected to be one of the best hitters in the league this year Ike Wolfer Wolter th the veteran and Evar Swanson the Lombard college boy who Is rated as the fastest man in the league probably will start in the the outfield Apropos of Boone however one must consider consider con con- con 1 sider the words of Speed Martin Sacramento hurler Says Speed What good Is is' a hitter If he cant can't do anything else Bob and Tom Oliver who were with the team team- teama a short while last season Hubert Mason hard hitter of Binghamton and Clarence Hutchinson who has twice tried to make the grade are also trying for outfield jobs The Bears have pitching and catching hitting and speed and and and- brains Where can you find tind smarter marter strategists than McCredie Walter Valter Schmidt and Deacon Van VanBuren VanBuren Buren coach and scout