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Show TIME CALLS BATTERYMEN Famous Catchers Fast Giving Way to Host of Youngsters One by one the batfjcrvinon pass, heeding tho Ice of time. Not so very long ago the box scores ree.iled the names of Frank Bowerman. Mal-achj Mal-achj Klttredge. Jack Warner, llillv Sullivan and Johnny Kllng. The first three named arc gone from the Mg leagues. Sullivan, the old war horse of the White Sox, and Ivling, late of the , j Braves, are still in the major ring.: but they aro about done as catchers Sullivan is as slow as a push cart now Kling cuight seventy-tour eon. tests in 1!'12. but his receiving was not up to the Kllng standard. So Boston released him. Then there are three other veterans of a later period who will not be rri In upper crust circles this season They are Gabby Street. Charles Schmidt and Jimmv Stephens. Loads of Recruits. To fill the plaees of the stars who have faded an, to succeed those who are ye to fade, major league clubs have loaded up with young catchers Xot in years has there been such a splendid entrv of highly pross-ag nted juvenile backstops ns will be found on the various rosters this spring Then is Schang from Buffalo, whom every club in both hii; circuits had a draft for Connie Mack wa the lock; one and he grabbed him. Inst ear Schang was the resounding, sparkling :-nsatlon of the International Interna-tional league Boston has Cadv. who was tlie real noise in the world's series se-ries Nineteen twelve was his first major year Boston also has Thomas, a recruit from Newark who caught ten Or twelve games at iho end of last season, and Vnnamnker, who was going go-ing flnelv until an Injur? retarded I him Comiskey won't miss Sullivan The I old Roman has two able new men in Rav Schalk, whom he purchased fmm Milwaukee for a sum said to be $10,-000. $10,-000. and Red Kuhn heralded as a owndor George Stovall will experiment experi-ment with an untried catching staff, but it won't be surprising if hr d. velops a pair of receivers capable of going the gait in regular style. They aie Alexander and Crossin. The Yankees landed a good bet in , 1 Storretf. Princeton college boy, if expert ex-pert testimony counts for anything terretl caught some and pla J od first bate foi the Yanks, hitting .2do and fielding grandly Frank Chance, It i B expected, will use him exclusively behind the bat (his year. In Rondeau, a young Frenchman from Jersey City. Detroit apparently Secured first-class running mate for Oscar Stinage and a aluaMo addition addi-tion to Its cold string consisting of Kocher and Onslow, who have had little experienco In the main tent. Rondeau has a better catching record than Schang and hit 311. Clark Griffith Is probablv better fortified with outhful maskmen than any managed in the American league On Griff's team are Henry and Aaiu-smith. Aaiu-smith. regarded by many as the beat1 In th? American league Henry has been in the league two years and Ain-smith Ain-smith a year and a half. Williams is a one-year man Cleveland has a likelv catcher in Steve O'Ncai. who has had a year's experience in Johnson's organization. Fred "jrisch, though not a springer,! is a newcomer in the American, and he, too, is a valuable player. |