The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-02
DAVIS HAS GOOD
CLUB FOR START
Naplanders Likely to Make
Trouble For the Other
Teams

Cleveland. Dec. o.-When Harry
Davis. captain Of the worlds cham
pion Philadelphia Athletics, considered
n of the wisest men of baseball, as.
sumes the reins as manager of the
Cleveland Maps in 1912 he will pilot a
club of championship size. think many
critics Of the national pastime.
Young managers venturing out on
the stormy waves as pilots of big
league clubs seldom have been so we'll
supplied with baseball stars with
in the splendid assemblage Of talent
composir" the Cleveland club.
Davis. right off the reel. has two Of
the greatest stars in baseball in Lajoic
and Jackson. If Lajoie. who seems to
v found the elixir of perpetual
youth. plays at his usual stride next
season. Davis need 0 fear about first
base. Lajoie remains one of the games
greatest batsmen after a decade and
OF strenuous play. The grand
old man" Of baseball. as some have
termed him. finished the season of
1911 in good condition. although he
was out of the fray IA part of the time
In the early baseball year with q
wrenched side.
Plenty of Material.
Should Larry be crippled or i'll.
Davis is prepared to jump into the
breach and perform the role of SUBJ
stitute.
Then there is Joe Jackson, the right
fielder of the Maps, to conjure with in
reckoning Davis assets Off next sea-
son. With all due respect to the won
derful playing of Ty Cobb. ii must be
admitted that jackson is not far be-
hind the Georgia wonder. all depart
menfS of hoS ahal1 cnpSiHoeoA
jackson Is a wonderful fielder, a
good baserunner. a topnotch batsman
and a natural baseba' player. Being
a natural baseball player maens that
he possesses the intuition to do the
proper thing at the. right time, and to
do it instinctively.
Jackson Is not an educated man. He
deserves all the more credit for show
ing h great playing ability that has
made him the dread of pitchers and
batsmen of sever American league
clubs.
Then Davis will have the service of
'Eean Gregg. the Portland southpaw,
beyond doubt M OF the greatest
pitchers that eve broke into the big
show. Gregg was more than a sur
prise-he was a sensation This recruit
pitching wonder was about the only
hurler in the American league who
ado the goat OF the champion Ath-
letics all season. He won every game
pitched against the Macl:men, q re-
markable record. considering the high
class of the worlds champions. as
swatsmen. Gregg is reported as q
holdout, but will be in line when the
right time me
Several Stars OH Club.
Besides. a we'll balanced and harmo-
NOUS team, including Lajoie. Jackson
and Gregg, Davis will have what many
term the most sensational all-around
player turned out by the Pacific coast
league in its history-Biddy Ryan of
the Portland team, who will supplant
Graney in left field for the Maps in
1912. :.
There is only one weak spot in the
Maps for 1912. and that is the CATCH
ing staff. With Olson at short and
Lajoie ready to play any post on the
diamond, the club has a strong infeld.
What better outfeld could a manager
wish than Jackson, Birmingham and
Ryan?
The pitching staff, with Gregg as the
glittering star. Is formidable. but the
catching staff-well, there is even hope
there, and he Is epitomized in one
name-O'Neill. II thi' catcher plugs
u the weak spots on the Maps. then
the Athletics and White Sox and Tigers
had better look to their laurels.