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Show Slackseat Qriving I ly FRANK K. BAKER Telegram Sports Editor Eddie Mulligan, front office chief of the Salt Lake Bees, has stirred up a lot of off-season baseball comment by signing Tony Robello as playing manager for the forthcoming campaign. My telephone has Jingled a flock of times as a direct result One chap even called me away from the dinner table the other night to see if I had any dope on Tony's performance before he led the Pocatello Cardinals last aummer. A host of folks keep asking what has happened to this member and that member mem-ber of last year's Bee squad, so here's a bit of Information that may help answer similar questions for other fans. Robello played first base and managed the Jacksonville, Texas, club in the East Texas league in 1937 and 1938. The team finished second In 1937 and won the four-team playoff at J the end of the season. It wound up in the cellar in 1938, but Tony was the most spectacular batter in the circuit i ! ( v ! .1 ! ' -MmJlimmW of i Don Trewee - a a gets esHusse with Soak, , ' . r i ll , 1 Bob Pi Ice ... Beeevera freas operaUenv . He led the league with IS feome rans snd 141 rans bstted la and was also named at first base en the all-star seise tioa made by league managers and writers. He collected 21 doable and one triple, totaling J02 bases while averaging 424, Meanwhile enemy pitchers showed a discreet re-, re-, speet for his prowess with the willow by walking the fiery j manager times even If they did retire him (4 times en I strikes. la view W all these figures, H is clearly evident I that Bobelle waa ae "flash, la the paa" performer la the I ' Pioneer leagae last summer when he led la home ruaa, . ran scored, total base and ran batted In. i Here' the story on the members of last year's Bee aquad: ; ' Don Trewer, shortstop He's signed with the San Francisco Seals for a try-out this year. A highly promising fielder, Don 1 apt to need mora seasoning at the plate. Because ha gets his throw away ao quickly, h may eventually be moved to second base where this quickness would make him doubly effective on pivot plays. , Bay Alves, first base Ray still belong to the Bee. If Robello could fit into right field, Alves will be apt to stay on first base, where he la the most polished fielder in the league. If Robello take over the initial sack, Alves will probably be traded for a pitcher or catcher. He' at Palo Alto now. ! ' Say Andersen, outfielder He also belong to the Bee. He has spent the winter on a farm at Lompoc, Cel., and" will be with the Salt Lake club la spring practice. i ' ' Met Marlowe, pitcher Alee Bee property. He spent meat ef the winter la Salt Lake City but is now at borne fat Washington, working en a (arm te get In condition for the forthcoming campaign. Alvin (Nig) Tate, pitcher He has been sent a Bee contract. He's at horn in Oklahoma. Paul Fiscevich, pitcher A Bee contract has also gone out to this big right bander. He has been working at a mine near Kimberly, Nov. Paul Andrews, pitcher He's working on a farm at Oro-ville, Oro-ville, CaL, and hat been granted permission to seek other connections. con-nections. After five years in the organized baseball, Paul has hopes of landing a berth with a Pacific Coast league club this year. John (Whltey) Burleson, outfielder He's slated for another an-other year with the Beea after a spirited surge at the plate lata last season. He's at Santa Paula, Cal. i Bob Price, outfielder He goes te the Seals for a try-eut try-eut this year. He's at home la Portland now having fully recovered from the appendectomy which nearly cost his i life late last fall. He's up to 180 pounds now, according te reports. i . ' ) Ed Botelhe, catcher Due for a try-out with tha Seals. He was out of tha line-up for tha final month last season with a j broken finger. - - , I Neal Arlett, outfielder He's slated for tha Oklahoma City club this year. He's in Oakland now. John Larrleu, Infielder Although slow afoot, Larrieu showed great promise as a batter. He'll go to Oklahoma City, too, and is expected to get a chance at first base. - In addition to these, George Byrd, tha pitcher and general utility player, waa released before tha season ended. Wes Deardon, the pitcher acquired lata in tha campaign from Ogden, Og-den, was also released and is at Richmond, CaX Charlie Schang, the big pitcher whose underhand delivery kept him in hot water here, has improved his overhand delivery and belongs to the Seals. He pitched three games for tha Seals late last season, losing one, 2-1, and the others by big margins. Tom Monk, the young pitcher sent back to Tucson for seasoning, hasn't gone well since a midseason operation and has even had plmty of trouble pitching in a San Francisco Winter league. .... |
