Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31
SOME LIVE WIRES
ARE DISCOVERED
Goode, Land, Cree and Bush
Look Like American
League Fixtures.

More than a dozen recruits received a
trying out in the American League last
fall. and of the bunch. Wilbur Goode of
the Maps, Bush of Detroit and Cree Of
New York looked by far the best. Bush
led all the recruits at the bat with AN
American League batting average of .294
for twenty games. He fielded 1888, which
is very passable for a youngster just
breaking in, a record that was better
than several of the regular short fielders.
Goode batted .279 and scored twenty
three runs in forty-sx games. His field
ing, however. was little off color, he
bringing up the rear of all the outfielders
Of the league with an average of $40
and falling to have a single assist to his
credit.
Grover Land Of the Maps did not take
part in enough games to get record
but he did well when he was called upon
to perform. especially in the last two
games of the season at st. Louis.
Catchers Lapp and Egan are booked
for further trial with the Athletics. as
each demonstrated that he had consider
able ability during the last few weeks
Of the American League season. Egan
was one Of the star minor league batters
of 1908.
Cree. the college boy that played CEN
ter field for the Highlanders, scored only
five runs in tWenty-one games. but that
was not his fault He batted $50. max
ing hit each game. He fielded per-
fectly. Strunk, the young phenom dug
up by Lave Cross and turned over 10
Connie Mack, looked mighty good on he
last western trip. He made a hit every
time at bat against Cleveland and also
swung his stick with effect in all the
other games that he played. He failed to
play enough games TO get into the official
avera ges as was also the case with
Baker, the man who is slated to play
third for the Athletics this year. Barry.
the Athletics trial shortstop. felded bril-
l1antly and batted 900 for forty games
Another youngster tried out by Mack was
Third Baseman Manusch. He will scarce
~ do. He batted only 1856. making twelve
hits in twenty-three games.
Speaker was the leading batter of the
Southern League. also topping that cir
cult in base running. but he will have to
do better at the bat than he did for Bos
ton last fall if he wants to keep his job.
as his average with the Red SoX was
only go for thirty-one games. He failed
to make an error, however. showing that
he is there as fielder. any way. Nc
Tween is another who failed to diStin-
guish himself at the bat, his record with
New York being .2l3 New York also
tried out Gardner at second base and
O'Rourke at third and short. The last
named will probably be carried this year.
Gardner demonstrated that he could field
acceptably, nut his batting mark was
only .213.
Among the young pitchers tried at the
finish, Ryan and Foster of Cleveland
Wilson and Warhop of the Highlarders,
Nitherup of thu Washingtons and Flater
of the Athletics looked the best. There
have been runOrs af1oat that Wilson
might not be able to pitch owing to weak
lungs. 1t is hoped that this is not true,
for he showed during his brief trial in
the league that he was capable of a good
deal of class. He beat Detroit and made
all the other clubs that went against him
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