Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-05-03 | Page 14 | Sailor Stroud May Return to Bees

SAilOR STROUD MAY RETURN TO BEES EES EESS S Salt lt Lake Sorely in Need of Left Left- Hander Handel Ralph Stroud who as a member member mem mom ber of the Salt Lake Bees led the Pacific Coast league In pitching a afew afew afew few years ago anc and who was last year a member of the Bee pitching staff for a t short time may re rejoin rejoin rejoin re- re join the Bees this year That at least I is the yarn being r spun on on- the coast and which has drifted drifted drift drift- 1 I ed back to Salt f Lake 1 11 Abe Kemp noted ia San Francisco sportswriter sports writer is responsible for the tale It may be a lot of hokum but then again considering the straits ts that Oscar Vitt is in because of his hurling hurling hurl hurl- ing staff the story may be straight According to Kemp Vitt has let the squint eyed ed world know that he wants pitchers pItchers and and he dont don't care where they come from If theres there's an amateur semipro or broken down professional who still has a winning game in him they are welcome to show their stuff to Vitt He isn't looking for anyone to develop right now but If they can win games games- they've got a job one of em or ten Ralph Sailor Stroud came Into 1 the discussion of Salt Lakes Lake's hurling hurling hurl hurl- hurl I ing troubles when he began to show a world ot of stuff in workouts at Recreation park in San Francisco Without a job the Sailor Just decided decided decided de de- de- de to get out and get into condition condition condition con con- with the hopes of catching on somewhere The Seals were surprised surprised sur sur- at the showing that he made He sent some benders into the batters batters batters bat bat- and appeared to have most of ol his time old-time stuff He impressed th the Seals as being able to win a lot lotof lotof of ot games in the Coast league Stroud expressed 1 the desire to catch on with some Coast club anchis and anc and his best chance cliance appears to be Salt Lake in view of the to of Vitt If It Stroud really Is In Inform Inform inform form again It Is a cinch Inch that Salt Lake can use uso him Salt Lake wants left-handers left In particular anc and pitchers in general If anyone can win a game game they're they're needed At present only McCabe Singleton Single Single- ton and Ponder ronder seem to be in any form at all Piercy is on the In Injured injured injured in- in list Hulvey Is not yet in shape ONeill O'Neill needs some conditioning conditioning conditioning condi condi- and Doc Doe Steward is still stilt stilla a problem A pennant cannot be bewon bewon bewon won with three pitchers and Stroud in any sort of shape would help out