| Show I Fold Fohl Is Real Optimist I k TT I t p L c 4 f I 4 wt i t HOWARD H HEO I EHMKE EO of 1 CHARLES RUFFING Uy fly DILLY BILLY J AoiS NEW ORLEANS La March 19 13 tanager Manager Manager Let Leo Fohl Fob of ot the Boston Red Is li an optimist In baseball an optimistic man man- manages man ages Is one who after afler finishing In last lut place still eUlI 1111 smiles milea and can see better things ahead Sure Its It's It going colne to be a ft better team leam than last year remarked Fob lohl when I queried him as to the outlook No doubt there are ar some om un- un unkind Unkind un unkind kind folks folk who will discount that nt by saying tho the club Could not be any worse I I I am going to get ret better pitch pitch- pitchIng Ing lne I believe believe I am conservative when I say any ny It Is going to be bo at least 25 5 per er cent better than last season That should help a lot I 1 am banking on my Big Bl Three Huffing Rutting and Wingfield to keep the club out of ot last la t place Ehmke has hail always been one ot of ottha the bet best pitchers pitcher In the American league There Isn't l nt opposing bat bat- batter bat batter ter In the th organization orx who c es ea hitting against Howard PITCHING LOOKS LOOKS- UI BETTER ITIn Huffing I would say Is the th mot most Improved young pitcher In the th cir dr- cir circuit cult lie He has all the Ole stuff tuft In the tho world wo and needs need only experience lie Improved per cent last sea sea- season season ea eason I son If II he can the fine work of ot last tall fail must bo be b con con con- ft a most valuable asset Then there then Is Paul Yo alto ho started slowly las la because he was wall wa late lat In reporting and not In the th besl be l of ot shape hape If It he h comes through for tor me I will have lour four de- de de de Of ot course coun e I am om looking looking- forward to Improvements In nil all other ile- ile a but of the pitching I am positive It 1 I Is certainly goIng to be better than last season As I watched the th Red R I Sox work workout workOut workout out hero her I could see so the th logic In line of ot reasoning relative to his pitching It n should be much better and the th team tam should prove pro more formidable because of ot It It However How ver as Fohl frankly admits for the th club to start tart to get let any anywhere any any- anywhere where here the th Infield must mut be welded together At present pr ent Phil ToOt at first base o le Is I the only certainty In the Red lIed Sox Box Inner combination Fred Haney Hanc- who did some mighty good rood work tor for Cobb at Dc- Dc De Detroit troit and Chester Fowler with Minneapolis last lut year and who has hili bOon been up before b for with Ith Cincinnati will fight ht It out for third base buo ba Regardless of ot who wins win the th berth the Sox Sor will wl be b better fortified at that position petition t tJan than Ln In year Haney will be b hard to beat In that cue case ca Fowler may be b used ud at short Emmett McCann who starred tarred at Portland in its the th Coat Coast league leacu last lut season a on and nd who wa was dug due du up and tried out by Connie Mack some somo years ago aro Is li the th probable choice for tor second Shortstop the th most Important position on ft a ball club Is Ie I the th least of ot the Red Sox Sex problems It would be taking a ft long oas guess at athis this Urn time to name who would pla play the tho spot at the opening of ot the sea sea- season eason son Shortstop Is Js Leo Lee Le Fohl's bIg bIg- bIggest biggest gest puzzle The Th outfield will be much the tho th thame same ame as last year Flagstead Is the only outfielder sure of ot a berth He will play center Ba Back Bak k of the th bat Alex Gaston once with the Giants Giant should Im- Im Improve Improve prove the catching The young young- ster youngster Stokes Is about ready nn |
