Show I American League u to Try Many Rookies Rookie i Grab Large Group From Minors By EDDIE BRIETZ Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK Jan 29 Nearly 29 Nearly of or the costliest baseball gems produced produced pro pro- by the country's minor league proving provins grounds rounds will stud American league training camps this spring Some are sure to get Jet their chance but aut a majority will vill be ship shipped d back for tor more polishing after a few weeks of glittering under southern and California suns uns The Chicago 0 White Sox trying d desperately to dig out of the cellar are arc the most expensive importers They The will look over 13 youngsters including a couple of outfielders of whom great reat things arc are expected The Boston Red Sox and the NewYork NewYork New NewYork York Yankees with an eye on the American merican league pennant also are I going Join after talent t in wholesale lots Jots Each will take 12 recruits to Florida Try Eleven Eleven newcomers arc are on the roser roster ros- ros ter ter tero er o of the Cleveland Indians The Philadelphia Athletics will try out 10 0 half hall of them infielders ders Washington Washing Washing- ton on has bagged nine and Detroit eight sight while the St. St Louis Browns by the scarcity o of funds trail rail with six Perhaps the prize of the Chicago crop is s Vernon Washington ton a slugging slugging slug- slug ging jing outfielder from Indianapolis He le hammered the ball for anI only one point behind the league leading mark compiled by Earl Webb of or Mil Mu- waukee He led American association ion tion fly chasers with only one error in n games Another outfield hopeful Is Dan Bud Hafey who batted 1 for the Missions in the Pacific Coast C league last ast year He Ic is a right handed hitter and a nephew of Chief Chiet Haley Hafey of the thc Cincinnati Reds The White While Sox believe lieve their best pitching prospect is Lloyd Vernon Kennery hennery of Oklahoma City Texas league strikeout king with whiffs He is a right Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy starred in baseball football and track at Central Missouri l Teachers and won the decathlon at the 1927 Penn relays relas The Boston Red Sox are counting countin on oil a rookie to plug the hole at first base left eU with the passing of Eddie Morgan He is Dahlgren also from the Missions He is a and clouted for an average of last year yeu Walter Waller Brown who topped the International In In- league league- with 20 victories and only six defeats is the Yankees' Yankees No 1 prospect He is being promoted from from the Newark farm fann ann Cleveland is b depending on Lou Berger a second base recruit from New Orleans to round out its infield He was second among Southern association association as as- battlers with a mark of in games 1 Promising Another newcomer who w will vill 11 rate rale close e inspection by Manager Waller Walter Johnson is Albert a southpaw southpaw south south- paw from New Orleans who made 15 18 Indians bite the dust in m an exhibition tion game ame last spring One of the principal candidates for fora a regular berth with the As A's is George Castner a right right-hander from Portland Ore Stars of the St. St Louis stable are arc Fay Tay Thomas from Los Angeles and Harold Millin from San Antonio right right-handers who between them turned umed in 52 victories against only 16 defeats last year ear and Roy Bell outfielder who slammed out 26 home runs for Galveston Alvin Powell an outfielder who batted balled for the Albany International International International leaguers and Freddy a teammate and former all aU America football player at the University of or Alabama will vili get trials with Washington Wash Wash- in ington ton as will Harry Cohen a pitcher from Chattanooga a. a He lie is a brother of or Andy Cohen formerly orthe of or the New York Giants Giants- |