Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-03-02 | Page 13 | Catchers Key Men in '36 Race

CATCHERS KEY MEN IN 36 RACE lard ard Outfit In Iii Bad Spot ey Out B- B 7 U HUGH S. S FULLERTON JR m. fl A. A Pr Press s Sports Writer wW W YORK YORI March 2 In 2 In more J than one the catchers seem tco to tc toh h o th the key men in several major pi iu situations ns this I Ir year i r T The be backstop Is 13 an Im figure in n running a ball ballI I dub club A as one anyone can explain who 11 Cochrane IC lead d his TI- TI I led i through tho world series last lastor fail or Gabby Hartnett lift the theIn thein ibi in hi their Sinai final drive to the theN N league o pennant 1 B But Bt t the coming campaign finds linde hi i S chances of ot at least a a. half halt dozen Hubs lubi depending upon whether their veterans or rookies come trough with able sti vork k and the roper proper performance of duties behind h I plate fin the National league the Cubs hate SUnta and Phillies appear to be beIT berf IT rf wen well fixed Hartnett may not tula last years year's hitting heights height but ut hes he's a ft consistent clouter and reserve reserve- Chicago has Ken ODea d tho the slugging Walter Stephen Stephen- a. a Terry Needn't Worry Vorry Mancuso and Harry Banning Danning irant nt likely to cause Manager Bill ferry etTY of the Giants any worry and Wilson of the Phillies hanl hanles han- han hanks l les ks s. s the job himself with able asce asce asce as- as ce ce expected from Earl Grace ho ho lio came from Pittsburgh or Bill lwood a hitter at Johnstown it ti t. season leason fOn On Oa the theother other hand theres there's the ther doubtful situation at Stis St St. is where illness has forced Bill lancey out of the Cardinal lineup ad d Dizzy Dean in one of ot his pen pen- S Leal w has declared ho wont won't ork rk k with Virgil Davis Brusie rated the best catcher the American association with lumbus last year ma may be the so- so soUsa Usa tion to this problem Hes He's been proving steadily in the CardinalS Cardinal both bat and in S Ti n at fielding nd d handling the hurlers Phelps In Form Ernie Ernie i Lombardi's failure to comeS come S terms with the Reds has put bet of ot the catching burden upon illy Campbell during Cincinnati's thing Jaunt to Porto Rico and andare n are indications Erne may have ro io rouble ble getting his job back if he his mind about signing as expected when the Reds reach mainland ODe cue of the brightest catching in the senior league Js is a at Brooklyn where big Gordon helps elps elp has stepped Into the place ted aled by Al Lopez and begun hit- hit j 10 so hard that Casey Stengel has nominated him as the batter A broken hand kept hi 5 pound Babe idle most of Pleason but he hit in 47 us es s and hes he's made the right field nc w down at Clearwater look justl just l P away from the tho home plate The Ibe n Bees Bes cs are aro counting heavily toon b Lopez to fill a weak spot nd the tho plate but Arthur Doll DoU S ked ed up at Yarmouth Noa Nova Ua Us last year car when ho he clouted foot W-foot home run against BosIn Bosin Bos- Bos ln In an exhibition game and andS S Mueller may give tho the senor wn m Tampa some competition f A Al Todd front from the Phillies looms P PS as 3 an answer to Pittsburgh's ching ng problems but If he fizzles Buca may ay be In serious straits S y Padden the only we unless Aubrey Epps Covers severs avera from last winters winter's illness in e to take a hand is light and 5 it t 1 been particularly effective In t e. e ut