Show Says Be Bees s Are 20 Per Cent Weaker Billy Fitz Fits of the Oakland Tr Tribune bune sees the si sK six Coast league thusly Oakland Strengthened Oakland Strengthened 40 per cent despite the loss of such stars as Jack JackNess JackNess JackNess Ness and Outfielder Jimmy Johnston Greatly improved Infield as good a catching staff as I lat last t year slightly weakened outfield and improved pitching staff Batting strength much better and general effectiveness of the team Improved by the keystone combination combination com corn of Davis and Kenworthy probably best in the league Barry at first an an uncertain quantity Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmerman Zimmer Zimmer- man in center better on fly balls baUs than Johnston but not as good batter or base rUnner runner Morale much better and complete harmony in club Will YUl not show to full fun advantage probably for a month or more San Weakened Francisco 40 cO per percent percent percent cent by loss of Roy Corhan and Catcher Catch Catch- er Walter Schmidt neither's place havIng haying hav hay ing been apparently filled Bohne at short merely an experiment Pitching staff weaker if anything same with catching staff though Sepulveda may be the surprise Lack of aggressiveness aggressive aggressive- ness on team noticeable so far Out Out- field the same sarno Wolverton will wm probably probably ably strengthen before season Is very much advanced Los Angeles What Angeles What will wUl Chance do with the Angels the bl big question over over the circuit Loss Loss of Terry and McMullen disrupts Infield but Chance has some wonderful outfield and catchIng catching catching catch- catch Ing staff and nd looks to have filled Terrys Terry's place at short with Fisher real major leaguer at second and Galloway at third rated as wonders Angels figure best defensive club In Inthe inthe inthe the league and should be ho hard hitting club as well If any weakness It will willbe willbe m be in the pitching staff Chances Chance's ability in a club such as the Angels Is Isa Isa isa a disputed point Angels Angels' generally reckoned as the club to beat this year Vernon Vernon All All the old blood has been let out of this club and under Ham Patterson the TI Tigers ers will make a spirited bid Swell Swen catching staff in Whaling Mitze l and Spencer and even better pitching staff with Art Frome Chief Johnson Ellis EJUs Johnson Otto Hess Decanniere and Tubby Hitt On paper the new Tiger outfield and In Infield infield infield in- in field appear 40 O per cent stronger and the entire team 60 per cent stronger than last year Salt Lake Lake Weakened Weakened 20 per cent With the tile graduation of pitcher litcher Claude Williams Catcher Bert Lynn and Second Second Sec Sec- ond Sacker Joe Gedeon to the big leagues the Bees are easily weakened j 20 per cent With the exception of the I outfield which shapes up slightly stronger than the one which started the last year race the Bee team shows no Improvement In any department With only two reliable Bert BertHall BertHall Hall and Paul Fittery Blanks pitching pitching pitch pitch- ing staff start Is the worst in the league Brief on first and O Orr r at short are the goods but the third and second cushions are w weak ak Hallinan who lost out last year rear is no better than Breton who quit the game while r 1 Muphy Mu- Mu phy a lad who failed with the Beavers a a. year ago is far away from being a Gedeon However Blank does not Intend to finish the season with the present squad He TIe Is expecting reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements rein rein- from the New York Yanks I and has hopes hopE's of getting a couple of pitchers two infielders and a second string catcher Portland Portland 50 50 per cent Improved The 1 Beavers this year loom up as the dark horses of the league McCredie has rounded together a great in and I I outfield a faster and more mora youthful catcher to help out Gus Fisher and In I Byron Houck Sothoron Wynn Noyes I and Harstad newcomers newcomers together I with Higginbotham and Lush he has a pitching staff second to none In the I league that Is If if- the new men live up to their reps Offensively the Beavers are nearly as g good tod as the Angels The infield is speedier than the last year one with Guisto a a twice better all- all round player especially at the bat than Derrick while Vaughn is la a cleverer fielder than Stumpf who has been stati stationed ned at third Ward at short should be greatly Improved That's saying saving a whole lot The outfield is per cent better than the last year one Southworth Nixon and Willis makes up a major league trio All An are speed demons on the the paths and are regular All An in all the Beavers figure to be surely in the running |