Evening star., 1911-01-29
WHAT KIND OF A MANAGER
IS WALLACE GOING TO MAKE?
That Is New Base Ball Query Heard Along
the Highways-f the Colonel Gives
Him Team He Should Shine.

pitcher. First Of all I'm ST. Louis Te-
beau showed him as a third baseman.
Then. when Ed Mexican began to back
up. khody succeeded him at short. For
Col. Hedges he has, showed at short most
of the time. and for Wallace he viii pro-
ably stick i'm that position.
Wallace has been the idol OF local fam
dom ever since he lii i'm 81; Louis. 10
came by his popularity honestly. lie has
always been the hich-class. finishcd.
fancy performer. Not once has he ever
acted the rowdy or clown. lie has $ M
ply played the game-played his best-anI
his best is very warnish.
Is in Town to Stick.
Wallace married st. Louis girl few
winters ago. He only got in town Mon
day. but is already keeping house. His
domicile is located on Delmar avenue west
of Kings highway. Wallace plans max
ing this town his permanent home.
He has an army OF forty-four to take
to Hot Springs. In 1T are some four or
| five big leaguers, some eight or ten
accounts, and some twenty-five or thirty
uIknowns. For standbys or near stand
bys he has Lake. Powell. George-per-
haps: Nelson-perhaps; stephens. Mig
| Clarke - perhaps: Trueslale = perhaps;
Stone-perhaps, and Hartzcll-perhaps
Lake pitched tho best of ball for O'Con-
nor last season up TO the time that lie
! pitched himself out. Powell was fin fine
form most of the way and twirled In far
| better fashion than his puny record OF
loom up as the best young boXmen in the
flock. Stephens should come back to terra
| f1rma. Clarke may regain his old form.
Truesdale is tidy little performer. chief
ly because he has the head and the feet,
though it is a pity he cannot hit higher
than .219. Stone. Hartzell and that strips
will either play ball for Wallace or Wal
lace will get rid OF them.
Big Bunch of Unknowns.
Aside from Lake. Powell. Bailey ana
Nelson, Petty. Mitchell Malloy, Criss.
Boyd and Hall are coming back to try
their fortunes on the slab. Anyhow. so
states Col. Hedges. Then for complete
unknowns there are youths with the cog
nomens of Eaton. Tanning. Gregory.
Hamilton. Murphy. Noyes. Pfefer, Trct-
ter Willis and Wagner. Willis is a
graduate of the Springfield Three Lamp
| League champions
| Aside from Stephens. Clarke and KILL
| fer, who bingled at .124 clip in seventy
| four games last season, Wallace has
Crisp, Flint and Krchell for catchers.
| Crisp and krichell come oct of the East
ern League. The latter hit .2f9 In the
old Powers body last season. Crisp was
q Brownie for a half hour or so in Cleve
land one afternoon in the windup. "a
was tried out by O'Connor. but pulled up
lame after catching part of one inning.
and had to bring suit for his salary. He
won his suit. SO remains Brownie.
Four New Infelders.
| New infield talent consists OF Blake.
Black, Hallinan and Olson, the 1919
American Association hero who did not
play last year. Then there is Murray,
who slapped .2oS for st. Paul. Shotton.
who was tried out in the fall of 1909 by
McAleer and in the spring of 1910 by
O'Connor; Williams and Coveleskie-sure.
brother Of the old Quaker southpaw-
to combat with those dear things, Stone,
Hoffman, Hartzel. Schweitzer and
! Northen, for work in the meadows.
| Col. Hedges list is long as TO quantity.
Wallace can he relied upon separating the
good from the bad and cleaning house IN
ouick fashion. McAleer and OConnor
were slow to use the pruning knife. Also
slow to cut adrift from the all-in spars.
Tab up and see il Wallace does not raise
Ned with the army IL 1t shows poor form
: on the training trip and gets off badly
in the race.