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Show I HARD PROBLEMS : CONFRONT COBB Must Strengthen Infield and Build Up Strong Pitching Pitch-ing Staff i DETROIT, .Mich.. March 17 Two' "major" problems confront Tyrus Raymond Cobb as he Inaugurates his sc-.-ond attempt to pilot the Tigers to I the pennant The Detroit leader must bolster up bis Infield, wrecked last year when1 the keyslono combination gave way, and from a coterie of a dozen pltch-LJ pltch-LJ ers taken into the training camp a: I Augusta. Georgia, eight or ten muct H be found to bear the brunt of the, coming campaign. On last -.-.ir t B showing, the catching and outfield , W corps ran hold their own with .nr. - i B' thing in the American league h - . p,iu and Jon.-?, also veterans, ir.- gSj without competition for tnclr places BB at first and third this season. W srl N INFIELDERS. Bjj if "Pep" Young i" bai k Ln ur n H that marked his playing prior to last year. Manager Cobb's worries about I A second base will bo ended: if not.' George Cutshaw, the National league H veteran, is expected lo have the cad! for the post, unless one of the young-H young-H sters aspiring for a berth shows mn- H Jor league ability HAviiH At short, the field probably will be Bl tl open to recruits only, aa FlaKstcad. Wf ' , LmWa who filled ln last yeir after Donnlel B Bush was benched. Is classified as an- lnmfmH Cobb has be known that seve.i! I H tf infieiders will k carrlod thia year, In Hl order to insure plenty of Utility BMH strength. with blue and Jon Hll assured of their Jobs, the fight for HlH the other five places lies between K H Young, Cutshaw. S T- Barnes froru wlB Kalamazoo; D. C. Clark. Wichita HBj Falls Texas, Fred Haney. Omaha; J.I H L. Mann. Eansvlle, Indiana, E B. H Rlgney, Ft Worth. V. C. Herman. H Edmonton. AlberU, and H. G Her- H rltt who was with the Tigers In the1 H latter part B Rlgney. who cost Detroit 57.500. H Is considered one of the leading can-dldates can-dldates for short, and glowing MMMMm vance notices have also been received HB IMTCin:itS SCARCE. HHfH Tiger adherents to the 1921 WimMMMMM record as Indicative cf the tusk Cobb BliBj faces ln whipping his pitching staff, B mi Into shape if th. hiirlora counted BjflB. as regulars. Cole alone credited' HH than defeaTS, the H figures belnjr mother K 1 ftiv.nder. led the lot .1 pitcher! In point of sfft with 7 i H earned ha I tw Fourteenth In aVraeri .- league i H agca. The others, Oldham. Boilings, Dauss -dnd yPhtnkt l::l!ci ii- behind be-hind Seven youngsters, including Stewart, Stew-art, who saw seivb c- wiili the club laat year, constitute the additional material on which Coob is to draw. Of the lot. principal attention Is centering on Herman lillette and Sylvester Johnson, the pair of righthanders right-handers for which the club paid around $40,000 to Portland. Cobb plans to carry only three receivers, re-ceivers, probably Basslfer, WooJall and Manion of last year Burring Injury or ,llness. Cobb, Hellman and Veach will likely constitute con-stitute the outfield whan he be)! rings on the opening duy |