The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-24
He Must BE Rated As High AS
Schang. Schalk and Agnew,
Kid Catchers
LEADS BACKSTOPS OF
LEAGUE WITH WILLOW
Not So Fast As Other Ihree
Men. But He Can Hit That
Ball Hard
pyR6LPH l.. YONKER


Tiger backstop. boosts him into a
class with schang, Schalk and Agnew
as one OF the fine recruit catehers OF
the year in the American league
Never in years have so many good
catchers started their American
league careers as this season re
aides the fonr mentioned-~~ - eN %
O'Neill of the Maps. has~been deNeE
oped after making bis successiul ue-
hut in 1912 Sehalk caught TOT I'm
cago for -a~short time last season
also. -
Ischang. Schalk and -Agnew have
been hailed as the three pest odS n
stopping youngsters. but they must
spread the circle now ana ADMIT NC.
Kee. for besides being backstop anu
thrower OF merit he leads the heiu oi
catchers in Hitting by the length oil
couple OF ~daschunds
Mckee, according 10 the last ON
cial averages. was pelting the PHI LOT
nearly 800. OF be exact, the inquire
was .293. Schalk. his closest rival
IS hitting for only 256. and Schang
for .253. Agnew fails 10 keep mp even
a catcher's average for hitting with
his POI.
II is rare indeed when four good
Young catchers should be grabbed on
from the bushes as were these four.
Agnew took the job OF catcher per
manently at ST. Louis almost as soon
AS he made his appearance there
Krichell and Alexander being dis
posed of He shows no signs OF III
tending TO relinquish II.
Schalk replaced Billy Sullivan over
Of chicago. and he holds the first
string lob with Ted Easterly on hand
for emergency catching and pinch-
hitungs
schank is doing only part Of the
Athletics catching Mack mas oolh
Lamp and Thomas TO fall back on
Lapp is catching good many games
and Thomas is being used whoie
lot 10 develop young pitchers.
Mckee is a left-hand hitter. There
fore he gets most of the assignments
when the Tigers face right-hano pltch-
ers. Stanage is right-hand hltter
and accounted more effective AGAINST
southpaws than Is McKee, So stan
age does the backstopping as gen
eral rule when portsiders are being
faced
~ Three of these four young back
s.stops were distributed by The god
-des OF fate who guides the destlnles
Of the drawing when the drafts Tor
bush league players are made
Mckee was drafted from Spring
field. Ohio. by the Tigers. Connie
Mack was lucky enough TO pick
Schang from the Buffalo club. The
Browns got .Agnew. from the Vernon
club on the Pacific coast
Raw Schalk was purchased by the
White Sox from Milwaukee last fall
and Milwaukee made a big howl about
being sting after it was all done
, However. the city OF beer was evi-
IDENTITY willing TO try 1t again for II
let Larry Chappele go to the Sox In
about as spectacular manner as
Schalk
All three Of these men are faster
runners on bases than Mckee, who il
a close second TO Stanage in the
truck exhibit They are more 1.-THE
and active, but none of them is a
harder worker or does more for his
team.
Agnew's speciality is nipping I'M
wary base runners off first base He
gained fame for that from the mo-
ment he got into the league
Schang gets some distinction ont OF
the fact that he is the only member
OF Fra Hubbard's East Aurora club 10
make good in big league company
Schang once played with the Roy
crofters.
Schalk's chief call 10 fame outside
,f t.b ft,y IA, To-
looks He is one OF the haudsomest
young men in the league aud set
among the gems I'm the rough. As the
greater number Of the White Stock.
= iRgs are. he is attractng so much at
tention that he has complained OF
being made a matinee idol
Mckee need never worry about he.
coming matinee idol because Of his
personal pulchritude but he has be-
come fans idol because Of his good
hitting and catching which Is worth
more In cold dollars and cents than
scented missives from frivolous girls.
such as put Artie Shafer out OF the
game and messed mp so much domes-
tic unhappiness for Hal Chase
The Illness OF Henry Rondeau. one
OF the Tiger catchers, puts the tt
gers in a bad way for backstops Nc
Kee has been working all the games
lately because Stanage hurt his hand
recently.
II Mckee should be injured Spin
would have to go In and catch at
once. and II both should be hurt at
once the Tigers would be catcherless.
Rondeau goes 10 his home at Woon-
socket, to recover from an illness
that he has never fully recovered
from since he succombed to the heat
at Chattanooga coming north on the
spring training trim. Drinking water
at Cleveland aggravated the illness
so much recently that Henry had 10
quit work altogether.
willie H0ndean Is sent home, Oscar
Witt. infielder and Lester Hennessey
aonther infielder. remain In Detroit
witt Is Ill and Hennessey is waiting
FOR disposition to minor league club