The Washington times., 1913-02-09
MORE SPEED FOR
MAPS THIS YEAR
Changes Have Been Made to Bring About This Change But the
Team Has Many Fragile Places in Out
field ant nfield.
By SENATOR"

nelder he covers plenty OF ground, and
is distinct improvement upon those
other misfits tried in the shortfield in
the recent past.
The other bit of new blood in tn.
Maps infieid is doc" Johnston, the bis
iefthanded first baseman. Not the best
fielder In the world, he is a fair hitter
reaching 80 in 4s games in 1872 Bu
the best thing about this big fellow 4,
his spirit Of hustle. Replacing that
snoozer. Art Griggs, he came as burst
cf lightning athwart gloomy sky. He
eiectdned the Maps infield quartet until
it actually began to hustle. Even the
big Frenchman kicked up his heels in
eoltfsh giee and speared q few that had
been going by. Il Johnston can keen
UP this pep" through a summer II,
Cleveland well. IL may mean great
New blood Is expected to SHOW itself
IN the outfield, too, this year. Memo
Liebold. from the American Association.
- In scrap to land a berth with the
Maps and Is being doped to beat out
JACK Graney, Buddy" Ryan, Johnny
Liebold a "comer.D
Lieboid was with Milwaukee Jast year.
and. though not very high In the figures,
flashed to the fore toward the end of
the season and was considered the best
youngster In sight An army of clubs
put in drafts for him, bur he escaped
the net. Then came a mixup in the
draft and Cleveland was allowed to
pick man from Milwaukee, and, of
course. chose LieboId. His admirers say
that he viii easily win place for him.
self on the Maps. Maybei
Inc eatching stan of the Maps Ia only
fair. Fred Carisch IL the best, but he'll
never set any world on fire. He has
prains though, something badly needed
pehind the bat when those crazy Cleye-
land twirlers get busy on the hill.
Srover Land. returning from Toledo
wagon" will try hard to hold his own.
but ne Is not a high class backstop.
Steve O'Neill is tall and rangy. has a
good arm and has some brains which
should make him valuable when he
mas acquired some experience.
Gregg Is Star.
Vean Gregg is the star of the Maps
ning1ng oorrs. eQualing Eddie Plank
In his value to his team. He and Plank
are the best southpaws In the Ameri-
can League. bar rene. He should be
a winner again In 1913
Joe Birmingham will have his
troubles with the rest of his pitching
stan. In-and-outers bring gray hairs
TO the managers and the Maps are
wonderful fn-and-outers all down the
line Blanding is the best of the right
handlers. steen is good sometimes.
kahier Is going to try the moist deliv-
cry In an enort to become q winner
They are all experiments. save Bland
Ing. Fred Falkenberg, because he led
the A A fingers, comes back for hts
third trial In the big show. II he makes
good, most fans will be agreeabIy sur
prised.
Then there are Nick CuIIop. the costly
youth from New Orleans; Willie Mitch
ell, and Fred Wilson. three southpaws
or unknown skill. Mitchell was horrid
last year, winning five and losing eight
Nothing but the childlike faith of Joe
Birmingham in his latent ability keeps
him on the team. On the whole, one
can't give the Maps much on their
pitchers
Joe Birmingham. of course, will play
the garden. He is one of the best out
fielders In the league and his inteili-
gence makes Joe jackson look pretty
good alongside of him. without Birmy
In the game. the wild man from Caro-
lima romps around like a lost soul and
loses half his skill
The Maps have two great hitters in
Latoie and jackson and a marvellous
southpaw pitcher in Gregg, but they
have no team In sight capable of stand
ing the pace