Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-31 | Page 21 | Good Second Sacker Saves Team

GOOD SECOND SACKER SAVES TEAM Title Clubs Well Manned i At Keystone K i By ALAN GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor NEW YORK Jan 31 It 31 It isn't Just a happy coincidence that th the thc roster of a major league champion champion- hip baseball webaU club generally Includes include f. f standout second sacker Run through a long list list nig ng Johnny Evers Eddie Collins hArry clArry Larry Doyle Frankic Frankie Frisch Larry Wole and nd Rogers Hornsby and Hornsby-and and YOU you will vill find they helped prove the value of being well fortified at the keystone spot Y Its It's significant therefore that the th test two second basemen in the 3 J tame ame today Charley today Charley Gehringer of the the Detroit Tigers and Billy Her Her- i man of ot the Chicago Cubs Cubs are are mem- mem ers of ot championship outfits Gehringer was wal last seaton sea- sea ton JOD by Buddy Myer yer second sacker of f t the Washington ashington Senators but ithe Tl Tiger er ace again topped the tho league list in fielding and is rated the better around all man Gehringer Geh- Geh f ringer has a lifetime batting mark of for 12 years ears as compared for Myer l in 11 seasons I Herman a hitter who did didot lot ot miss a game with the Cubs season has succeeded Frankie Frisch Frisch the Cardinal playing pilot ris u king of tho the older circuits circuit's key key- one workers Frisch himself named Herman for fot star all honors list year ear but the time one-time Fordham Ford bam ham Flash is not yet et ready to quit juit He will vill start his seventeenth major league campaign this spring with Lyle Judy a recruit from Springfield Mo as his understudy i Y Ten Pretty Safe All AU told ten second basemen of the 1935 season appear sure of their jobs for the coming campaign The likely holdovers in addition to to Gehringer Myer Herman and and Frisch are Tony Lazzeri of ot the Yankees Tom Carey of the Browns J Rabbit of ot the Athletics Floyd Ployd Pep Pcp oung of the Pirates Alex Jex Kampouris of ol the Reds and andou Lou igou ou Chiozza of the Phillies 1 This leaves six keystone jobs f definitely changing hands or still 1 to Ito argument The Yankees Yan Yan- kees kec doubtful ot of abilIty ability abil- abil Ity to go po the tho full route tried to lit jet get Budd Buddy l but gave ga It up when then Clark Griffith demanded for the thc new American league batting champion hp f The New York Giants plugged III abig big gap at considerable expense getting gelling Burgess Whitehead from frome Rhe e Cardinals Whitehead who with Frisch last season Mil II 11 fill the spot vacated by Hughey itz Whether the Boston Red Sox use user useI Oscar r I obtained ned from the Browns to play second d depends what Manager Joe Cronin deIdes deides derides de de- de- de Ides rides to do with himself and Eric star shortstop purchased from rom rem the Athletics Cronin may mayry ry 17 second base basc if he finds his st injury still sUll is a handicap play- play ng short orL I New Men len at Cleveland eland Lou ou Bozie Berger and Roy Hughes both graduates of oC the New ricans Orleans club will fight it out for fore e e keystone position with Clevend Cleve Cleve- land nd r The Chicago White Sox Soc have a between Minter Jack ayes ayes who was forced out b by a injury and Tony Piet vho ho came up from Toronto to make makei i comeback The he Boston Nationals newly the Bees will vilI try Tony late of the Dodgers at base while Brooklyn bly will assign Jimmy Jordan to toony's toony's pony's onys ony's old job