Show AMERICAN LEAGUE DEMANDS SOUTHPAWS Practically each one of the eight AmerIcan Amer Amer- lean Ican can league clubs will try tryout out at least three left hand pitchers in the box this spring says the New York World Washington Washington Wash- Wash ington is the one exception Dolly Gray Gray- being the only pitcher on Jimmy McAleer's McAleer's McAleer's Mc- Mc Aleer's staff stat who is not a right hander George Stallings had to get along without without without with with- out a left hander last year after Schmidt and Wilson showed that they were not ready for fast company This season the manager of the Highlanders will have four Tour southpaws In Vaughan the giant hurler who did such great work forthe for forthe forthe the Louisville team last fall Harry Wolter late of the Boston Red Sox Frill from the Newark club and Clunn from Portsmouth Va Charley Comiskey Is another who thinks he must have four southpaws Comiskey had two stars for several years in White and Altrock and he hopes that either Sutor Burns or Owen will be able to take the place vacated vacated va va- by the handsome boy from Cincinnati Cin Cin- Owen pitched In the New England England England Eng Eng- land league last season while the other three are holdovers Sutor having come from San Francisco a year ear ago Pat Donovan will rely on three left j handed Singers for Boston Boston Karker Karker a holdover from 1909 Collins the University University University sity of Vermont boy who did good work In several games last season and Thompson Thomp Thomp- son a strikeout artist from the Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse Syra Syra- cuse team of the New York state stat league He also pitched a one-hit one game Jack OConnor O'Connor will have three veteran left handers at St. St Louis Louis Waddell Waddell Bailey and Graham Bailey is expected to be the star of the trio as Waddell Is going backward while Bailey Is improvIng improving improving ing each year Hugh Jennings will have hae two holdovers and one recruit recruit recruit-Killian Speer and the last named comIng coming coming com com- ing from the Aberdeen club of the Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western league He won twenty five five games and lost nineteen Connie Mack will tie up to Eddie Plank who counts on having another good year Krause the of 1909 and Tommy Atkins the Painesville boy bov who pitched for Atlanta last season Even if Atkins fails fatIs to make good Plank and Krause should hold their own all right As re regards regards regards re- re gards southpaws Mack will not have to worry Jim McGuire also has three southpaws all recruits Linke of Columbus Gregg of or Spokane and Mitchell The last showed McGuIre 1 that he had the right stuff last fall while Linke was one of the best pitchers of the American association despite despite despite de de- de- de spite the fact that he was with a losing team This list shows fourteen holdovers and andton ton ten recruits Of or the latter Vaughan of New York of Detroit Thompson of Boston and Mitchell of the Naps are to be the best thought best |