Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-08


have no plans formulated. I don't know
how will arrange the team Time alone
can tell. Perhaps even / will get back
into the game at first base.
That sentence, given expression BY Man
ager Harry Davis. reveals the attitude he
will adopt when gathering the Cleveland
players around him for the first time IN
New Orleans next spring.
Davis intends TO he shown. Past rec
ords count for little with him. He mas
no special friends 10 assist, nor mas ne
any debts to pay. He will take the en-
tire responsibility for the work or the
Cleveland team.
Knowing full well that credit for sue
cess will reflect upon him, ana that ne
will stand the burden of whatever COM
ment follows failure. Davis VIII demand
all that the players OF tie Cleveland CLUB
have to exhibit
REGARDLESS IF that attitude. however, IL
IL apparent that he must start Win inc
combina ton as il existed at the close OF
the season OF 1911. with a few changes.
The threat that he may himself go back
10 first base is not given great weight
Ed Hohnhorst has been primed Tor tnat
berth The position i open 70 mn
George Stovall stood off competitors lor
several years. and may have s'oou ol.
Hohnhorst If retained next season, gu.
time al least, will bs completely clear
for HohnhorSt. ,
That the lanky Kentuckian can Till the
berth seems 10 be the impression afouhu
The Cleveland club headquarters.
No PLAYER ever came TO the Cleveland
club out OF the American Association so
highly recommended. Hohnhorst gained
the reputation of completely outclassin@
the other first sackes in the American
association last season. Sages OF the
game remarked repeatedly that ne was
the claSsiest first bascman that ever
PLAYED in the association.
One of Gilks' Proteges.
Scout Bob Gilks. whose reputation a
judge Of ball players ranks second to
none in the country saw in IIohnhorst
a brilliant future while Hohnhorst was
with the San Antonio club two years
ago. When Iohnhorst came to Cleve-
land in tile fall of 1910 lie caused SEN
sation for time by his timely hitting.
His methods, however, conveyed the
imp. ession that he was travelling above
his regular gait During the closing
That seemed TO be final evidence that
he had been hitting at an abnormal CLIP
Appeared Clumsy.
His fielding sparkied. but there always
was an appearance of clumsiness which
conveyed the fear that he wouldn't do.
Hohnhorsts name was tackled to the
long list OF athletes who attempted to
Dust George Stovall from his station. but
failed. His entrance into Toledo did not
cause a furore Before the season had
been half over he was the talk OF the
circuit.
Bill" Armour. boss of the Toledo
team. touts Hohnrorst more highly than
any PLAYER he ever sent TO cieveland.
.Inr,t zn1 he
youth a few times last season. was pro-
fuse In his statements REGARDING ,he
great prowess of Hohnhorst. Other
friends of the Cleveland club assure,i
President Somers of the Maps that no
mistake had been made and that he had
secured great first baseman.
Versatile Athlete.
In hitting. fielding and base running
Hohnhorst was one of the leading lights
Of the association throughout the year.
Though playing with rank outsider
and disappointment. his work flashed
alongside that of the topnotchers, and
did not suffer by comparison.
His seasons batting average was 81.
IL should be remembered that the Amer
lean Association pitchers, as rure. are
just the smallest shade below major
league caliber.
Most pleasing Of all. however. was his
work on the bases. Hohnhorst gave the
Impression of being slow thinker
when here. But during the last season
lie ranked second only to Otis Clymer in
base pilfering-
The cry all along has been for more
speed championship team must hav
speed and plenty of 1t. The more of 1t
the better the prospect for landing out in
front. II Hohnhorst lives up to advanc
notices the Maps will have advanced ia
toward the perfection of a combination
which will eventually finish out in front
or close 10 il.
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