Show BOSTON CLUBS WEAK AT PLAT I I INFIELD SETUP UNCERTAIN FOR COMING SEASON I Hub City Pilots Worry About Infield Punch of Sox Braves By fly DILL BILL KING KINO Associated Press Presa Sports Writer I BOSTON Jan 3 Optimists 3 who whore I ar are re tempted to make their 1934 world series cries reservations early at one or oric orthe orthe the ic other of the Boston Borlon major league club lub offices are arc are advised to hold off until Labor day at least This advice com comes from such authorities au au- au as Eddie Collins general manager of those spendthrift Red Sox and nd Manager Bill BUt McKechnie of or the Braves who is standing pat bc because ause he ic cant can't get what he wants want for the prices rices he can afford to pay Ever since the Sox obtained the services of at Lefty Grove in the out standing anding baseball trade of the year the te experts have been pointing to the crack rack pitching staffs taffs each Boston club has las assembled for th the 1934 campaign Pitching itching Is said to be more than half hall hallof of the baseball battle but Collins and McKechnie are losing plenty of sleep these hes nights as u they battle with their individual infield problems problems- Infields Infield Present Problem Besides having strong trong pitching pitchin stalls staffs both Boston clubs dub have great outfields and much better than average aver aver- age gc catching But the infields prent pre pre- sent nt a problem For the Red Sox Max Bishop the finished workman obtained from the Athletics will start the season at second second sec- sec ond nd base He is not getting getlin any younger and is not any too certain ertain that he can l last 1st through the game 54 season eason Eddie Morgan Morian bounced from Cleveland to New Orana Orleans Orleans Or- Or leans ana and back again is the first sacker sack- sack er rt a big improvement over anything the ic Sox Sax have had in many years year but still an uncertainty Bill BUI ell Cissell prospective Red Sox shortstop who formerly played in Chicago and Cleveland may find 1 himself him n. n self in Boston Beston but many smart base base- ball bail all men predict Bill BilI Werber will be given the call caU for the regular position Bucky Walters is far from Irom being a aar astar astar star ar third baseman afield and his batting atting average is only Hitting flitting Is Weak The Braves infield defensively t is round sound but hut woefully weak at bat Bix- Bix tel ter er Jordan was wu its heaviest slugger with a 1933 batting average of Bill BUl ill Urb the bald barber barber- from fromert Pert ert Amboy N. N J. J hit for tor 1 a point more than Pinkey Whitney the third hird baseman and wise old Rabbit I Maranville finished up with a puny 18 This sort of hitting or lack of it might do with a club that packed some ome terrific slugging In the other departments b but t Braves' Braves hits come few iw and far between and seldom in the pinch as was proven in the memorable mem- mem rable September series serle with the Giant Giants Unless something can be done about aU all 1 this very soon world series ticket shoppers hoppers will probably be forced to too do o business with such established American merican league firms 33 as the Sena Sena- tom tors ors and Yankees and Mr Carl Hubell Hub Hub- bell beU ell and the surprising Giants Giant |