| Show speaking of sports get trials trial s in american league camps by GEORGE A BARCLAY ORE than rookies are MORE being taken to the various american league spring n g training camps this year how many of them will ma make ke good and stay in fast company that is a question that eight american league managers would like to be able to answer right now but looking over the records of these recruits and gather gathering ing dope from the minor league managers who tutored them in 1937 it is evident that a very commet competent e nt bunch of new men are tryouts in in the junior circuit the boston red sox seem likely to retain at least eight of the players brought in from minneapolis and little rock ark among these are catcher john peacock pitcher charles wagner and outfielder henry gaffke of minneapolis pitchers emerson dickman and dick midkiff infielder jim tabor and outfielders deal and bonnekamp Nonn ekamp of little littie rock mikes alikes new pitchers mickey cochrane who recently announced his definite retirement as an active player at detroit appears to have some likely recruits D de e roster is long on pitchers mickey will have 17 to choose from elton benton who starred with memphis last year seems ready among other good prospects are pitchers harry eisenstat and jack 7 F M 11 Z I 1 M Q X ia mickey cochrane corbett infielder frank croucher and outfielder roy cullenbine the chicago white sox will depend largely on gerald walker and marv owens acquired in the trade with detroit to bolster them but pitcher bill cox from st paul and outfielder rupert thompson from san diego look like the goods cleveland has considerable new material with pitcher john humphrey of new orleans outfielder geoffrey heath and third baseman kenny keltner of milwaukee out in front the new york yankees rookies come from newark which won the international league pennant by 24 games last year pitchers joe bags beggs atlee donald and second bleman baseman joe gordon seem ready to step into the lineup and make good connie mack is believed to have four recruits who will give the athletics considerable aid and comfort this season these include pitchers bill potter from columbus ohio steve kalfass kalfas from trenton N J first baseman bill hasson of wil liam sport and second baseman lodigiani of oakland calif the st louis browns appear to have strengthened themselves not only in their recent major league trades but by the acquisition of pitcher vito Tamu ulis and first baseman george mcquinn of newark and pitcher of san antonio several of bucky harris washington recruits appear to lack experience peri ence but outfielder frank case and pitcher mike alike Kraka kaus of trenton and pitchers leonard of atlanta and phebus of chattanooga are highly touted as being able to deliver the goods in big league style diamond flashes fifty nationalities or combinations of nationalities are represented in the national league three have indian strai strains guy bush of the cardinals is english in dian roy johnson of boston norwegian indian tom baker of the giants irish indian lee grissom cincinnati southpaw rookie was unable to beat either pittsburgh or st louis last year losing four to the pirates and five to the cards but he beat boston four our times and brooklyn thrice lou fette of boston defeated brooklyn six times last season school for amps VOU OU see and hear a lot of things yand and you likewise learn a few odds and ends in thirty six years of major and minor league umpiring brick owens famed american league arbiter who retired a few weeks ago could tell you that so out of the fullness of his experience brick is preparing to conduct a correspondence school for umpires looking back over the years owens has seen some great ball clubs and some great players the best team of all he says was the white sox of 1919 and 1920 that turned into the black sox among pitchers brick considers walter johnsons delivery as deceptive as any he ever saw he says lefty grove was one of the three or four fastest pitchers in history bob feller the schoolboy sensation of cleveland is rated by brick as a faster pitcher than lefty grove and as fast as johnson feller has something few pitchers ever had says brick he throws his curve ball almost as fast as his speed ball during his officiating career owens umpired more than games and believes he enc encountered on n every tough problem possible not once in his career did he permit a game game to get out of hand he officiated games in the american league 1512 in the american association and several hundred more in other minor lea leagues aes ues here azid and there 1 M l IKE GIBBONS one of the lead 11 1 1 ing contenders for the middleweight title 25 years ago came out of retirement to referee the match between john henry lewis and fred lenhart in st paul recently meyers who fought mushy callahan for the junior welterweight title in chicago in 1929 now is operating a tavern in pocatello idaho bennie who led big ten basketball scorers in 1928 with points returned to his alma mater as a football coach the following season and has remained there ever since blickey walker says he would not pick professional boxing as a career if he had his life to live over the michigan yale football game next fall will mark the first contest between the two elevens in 55 years yale having won their last meeting 61 to 0 in 1883 charley jones manager of sammy angott lightweight boxer had completed three years of college study at the louisville institute of technology when the world war broke out seventeen years later he returned to the same school wade killifer last years indianapolis manager will be the highest paid pilot in the pacific coast league next season he will lead the hollywood club his brother bill will be at sacramento notre dame and marquette began their basketball series on the old dirt floor at notre dame in 1920 resumed it on concrete floor in auditorium the following year and have continued it on hardwood new david harum G GABBY ABBY STREET foxy old manager of the st louis browns has earned himself the undisputed title of the david harum of the american league with three deals this winter which have brought him seven first class players in return for the three he traded plus abut in cash in the first trade the browns obtained pitcher buck newsom outfielder buster mills and infielder ralph kress from the boston red sox in return for joe in the 4 Z V rollie hemsley 11 emsley second deal they sent rollie hemsley veteran catcher whose play has ranked with that of the games greatest backstops back stops to the cleveland indians for catcher billy sullivan infielder roy hughes and pitcher ed cole in their third trade they swapped shortstop bill knickerbocker to the new york yankees for utility infielder don heffner and are said to have also received in cash from the yanks 0 western newspaper union |
