New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Claude Derrick May Close Gap
in InfieId of Yankees.
SLIPPED AWAY FROM MACK
Superbas to Go South on March
10, With Augusta as the
Training Camp.


hilltop when the season opens IL C:auae
l.. Derrick. the infieldnr. VINO IS pickr
TO plug up the big gap 8; shor,s;op nc
was originally ovrcd o. ,hc phiiadelphia
Athletics. and. az il Is q rave occurrence
, for Connie" Mack to lot fast player
get away from him. 1; viii he interesting
to sec whether the younCs tr wil make
good
Derrick was with Phiiadcipla in ISL.
bat was sold TO the pcl.inOi'e c'uJ y ne
International I.eagrc las veJr. Mar
parted Win Dcg1icb b.c~use he had ~
chance TO use him reg5iariy With Ja'H
Barry around ard fur,he wore, he was
In dire need OF outae.Gers. the Orioles
giving up the two youngsters, Murphs
and Walsh. as part ot the deal.
! II was not long after he Joined Balti-
more that Derrick began TO play wonder
ful ball and Mnck admitted that he
would like TO have retained him. He is
righ'-hnud"d thrower ard batter. is
twenty-six years old. six feet one inch IN
height and weighs iss pounds in PLAYING
condition.
played thirty games with the orioles last
fail. making twrnty-one runs, thirty hits.
and having a batting average OF .@si. he
| aid not report 10 the Yankees in Scptem-
Der because he was suffering from lame
ness and was afraid he could not do him
| self Justice.
Jack Dunn, the owner and manager OF
the Orioles, when asked about Derrick,
said recently that. In his opinion, tho
young man would develop into one OF the
best shortstops In the American League.
"IIe has great throwing arm" said
Dunn, and he covers a world OF terri
tory. lie knows how to put the ball on
runners at second base and is the quick
| est kind Of a thinker Derrick is free.
hard hitter. a good bunter and Isn't afraid
| OF anything. think he Will come up 10
Frank Chances requirements and will
succeed brilliantly In fast company. But
he is strictly a shortstop. not a second
bsseman. II would be a mistake to play
| him at the middle bag"
Mack told Frank Farrell during the
American League meeting In Chicago that
Derrick would prove the best shortstop
that the Yankees ever owned. He also
predicted that Derrick would jump into
popular favor here during the first month
OF the championship race. John Camel.
OF Rochester; Joe Kelley. OF Toronto:
Harry Smith. OF Newark; George staIl-
inRs. OF Boston, and President Barrow Of
the International League also believe that
Derrick canno, fail and that he will
strengthen the Yankees.
| The Brooklyn Superbas will train at
Augusta. Ga. this year, according TO an
announcement mado by Charles II. Eb-
bets yesterday afternoon. The team prob
ably will report on March TO- the players
living in the East going by boat from
New York TO Charleston, s. C.. or Savan-
nah. Ga. and thence by rail TO Augusta.
After spending about three weeks at the
camp the trip northward will begin about
March a. Exhibition games will be
played in Richmond. Va. and Washing
ton, on April and 8. respectively. follow
| ing which Bill Dahlen and HIS men viii
advance on the new home Of the club
across the Brooklyn Bridge and informal
| ~ open Ebbets Field on April with the
Newark club OF the international League.
Billy Hamilton. who acted as scout for
the Boston Braves last season. has lines
out for franchise In the Eastern Assoc
citation. The Holyoke club. OF that league.
has been placed on the market, and the
former speed king hopes to gain control.
Ia. "
Evers. manager OF the Chicago Cubs. has
promised 10 send Tommy Leach. the vet
eran outheIder. to that city.
The latest addition to the ranks or
! hold outs 10 Anna ndo Marsans, the fast
Cuban outfeider OF the Cincinnati Reds
Marsans has Informed August Hermann
president Of the club. that unless he gets
a substa ntis Isfncress e In his salary next
season lie will remain 10 Cuba, and man.
age club on that island
Dick smith, now manager Of the scran-
ton club Of the New York State League.
saws that John J. MoGraw, manager OF
the Giants. has promised 10 send him TWO
OF three OF his recruits next spring. In
ING WIN b'e NV P'''N
'scranton's material next fall. When Smith
managed the Springfield club OF the Three
| League, he turned over 10 the Giants
Doyle. Crandail and Wilson.
Charley 1ierzog, third baseman OF the
Giants and one OF the outstanding stars
of the worlds championship series with
the Boston Red Sox, was feeling fairly
clipper yesterday. In spite OF slight
operation on Thursday for enlarged ton
sils. He hopes to return to his farm In
Maryland In q few days.
HerxOg says he was forced 10 give up
his plan to take an agricultural course at
Cornell this winter. as ne found so mech
TO 20 at home. He lis still determined,
however. to follow out the idea, az he
wants TO study scientific farming and be
prepared to take up the work when his
baseball days are over.
Joe Levy. manager OF Joe Rivers, and
Sam Wallach, manager Of Leach Cross,
posted s. 900 each with Boxing" local
publication. yesterday. TO guarantee
weight and appearance Of their respective
boxers for a bout at the Empire Athletic
Club on January "a. The boys are to
weigh 133 pounds rineside.