Show Squad Trimming Bothers Cowboy v Pilot 1 S i Only Six Regulars Back In Twin Falls Lineup p J For Defense of Laurels This is the first of Editors Editor's Note a series of sto lIes o oI teams in the Pioneer baseball league LAKE Wash April 9 Frank AP-Frank Frank T ToV 0 b hard but genial big guy who neither drinks nor smokes a I J co coun his hie baseball hopefuls for the nth time and got the sam sam of 36 I dunno I dun dunno no worried big Frank who was facing the problem problem probe i ilem lem of chopping that crew down downto to a busload before his Twin Falls Cowboys Pioneer league champIons champions cham cham- hit the road tomorrow on a preseason barnstorming tour Frank a former Coast leaguer took over the Twin Falls management management manage manage- manage manage- ment mont this spring after several successful successful suc sue seasons of piloting Ameri Amen can Legion Junior leaguers at Shelton Shelton Shel- Shel ton Wash I cut em down to 25 he mourned Th ts t's go goin in to be mighty tough on some of those youngsters Then Ill I'll have to lop em again to 22 before we open April 26 at Boise and to 16 after 20 days Its It's a sad life S Starts With 61 Originally he had 61 candidates but he cut them off oU in huge chunks Out on the Medical Lake diamond diamond diamond dia dia- dia- dia mond his hopefuls were warming up in preparation for the daily headers double-headers Frank has instituted instituted as a regular training season diet There were few familiar faces from the pennant winning Cowboys of 1939 Gone were Joe McNamee Ernie Bishop Frank Falconi Mike Budnick Budnick Bud- Bud Budnick nick and George Ferrell all Ferrell-all all key men in the pennant drive In their stead a flock of hopeful rookies most of them from Portland and Seattle went after the ball like so many serious young tigers hungry hungry hungry hun hun- gry for jobs with the champs Back for another year were Corky Carlson first baseman Dick Hiller hitting hard-hitting young outfielder outfield outfield- er who was ridden by the injury jinx last year Verne R Reynolds and Dick Wake outfielders and pitchers pitch pitch- ers ens Bob Kinnaman and Hunk An An- derson The rest were rooks Filling McNamee's mask in the S important all-important catching spot was S Tobin's first concern Bob Stagg Seattle high school boy and GlenS Glen Butenschoen pf Portland were theS the S chief bidders when Tobin last S looked Then theres there's this Portland boy Joe Peccia hits Peccia-hits hits from the umpires umpire's armpits and wants to catch He hadn't shown much catching abilIty ability abil abil- abilIty ity according to the Tobin book but big Frank grinned and nd asserted Joe would probably be arou d I when the firing started He sure can hit Frank said sald Says he can play an anywhere Where Well Vell maybe we can find the spot for fox him Ken Gables Shines One outstanding recruit was wax tabbed by the head man as x a L probable mound mate for Anderson Ander linden son and Kinnaman He was Ken 1 Gables brought up from Bakersfield Bakersfield Bakers Bakers- field Cal by Eddie Leishman former former for for- mer Cowboy boss who now heads heath the parent Spokane Indians of th the Western International league Gables a right right-hander looks the best of the new pitching crop At first base Tom Canavan a left-hander left out from Illinois is pushing Carlson for the call The keystone area is a puzzler John of Portland and James Kempton Seattle are battling for forthe forthe the hA second base nt fi enree p Holscher Holscher- Holscher Por Portland be an has been ih the early season standout at short Francis Bellows an Everett boy looks frail but is showing plenty of stuff at shortstop Hell He'll have to be considered A standout too is Lorin Lonin Thornton University of South Dakota graduate Theres a convention at third base with Ralph Yorio a former teammate of Freddie Hutchinson in Seattle legion ball as the present present pres pros ent chairman Bob Hedington Seattle brings a good record from high school play Hiller Wake and Reynolds will have to step to pick off regular jobs in the outfield this year Tobin confided Willie a tiny scooter has displayed enough hitting power to gain consideration consideration con con- as a off lead-off man From April 10 to April 21 the Cowboys will be on the road They will mix twice with the i Vancouver of the W. W I. I L. L circuit at Sunnyside Wash where the Canadians are training will meet the Salem Senators at Salem Ore the Wenatchee Chiefs at Wenatchee and the Tacoma Tige Tigers s at Tacoma |