The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-18
AN INTERESTING Letter
FROM EDDIE MURPHY
WHO IS IN THE SOUTH TRAINING ATHLETICs-THE
TEAM WILL BE GOOD YEAR-HARD AT WORK.

until the championship season opens.
This may be true in other camps, but
not in this. Mack's men play for all
there is in them, in fun or in earnest,
and to-day there is not man in the
regular lineup, excluding the pitch
ers, who is not in fine physical con-
dition.
The wonderful features of the old
er line up is of course stick work.
Although comparing favorable in the
field, there is no comparison when
it comes to the offensive branch of
the game. In the outfeld Mack has
an embarrassment of richie" Jim
mie Walsh, Rube, Oldung, Amos
Strunk, Murphy, Pete Daley, the
Coast league recruit, Stevenson, the
Minnesota college boy, and Yours
Truly" are all hitting the ball and
fielding in great shape. Daley comes
touted as a wonder but physically he
does not look the part and in action
to date has not shown much stuff.
Jimmy Walsh will make all contend
ers hustle for a position in the out
field, his fielding CHASING him with
the best in the league and his heavy
work with the stick giving him the
right to hold down the claim up posi-
tion on the batting list. In the prac-
tice games he has made five hits out
of ten times up, a home run over the
left field fence in game with Vans,
which was the longest hit made so
far in the camp. Mack predicts a
great year for Jimmie.
Oldung and Strunk are going in
great shape, both hitting the ball
hard and fielding in grand fashion,
but they will have to travel faster
than ever before to beat out those
Baltimore boys" for places.
Daley and Stevenson will be given
a thorough try-out on the trips with
Mack. The latter will hardly do. He
is raw and will need much seasoning
before he can class with the big
leagers.
Danny Murphy will hardly get in
shape to play regular. His knee still
bothers him. He will be used as
pinch hitter and field captain. He is
still terror with the stick and will
fill a long felt want in the Mack ma
chine.
The prize of the younger bunch to
date appears to be Scharg, the catch
er recruited from Buffalo. He dis
.
hard and true Gu; above all has been
banging the pill like a league leader
and runs like a deer. With Lapp,
Egan and Thomas, Mack appears to
have the star catching department of
the league.
The pitching fraternity appears to
be the only uncertain factor in the
Athletics lineup for battle. Bender,
Plank and Coombs are in great
shape. Their arms are in good trim
and all are cutting loose in grand
style during the past week. Mack
insists that great work can be cX-
pected of them through the year.
In his second string, Brown, Houck
and Pennock looms UP as coming
stars. Six young pitchers will be
thoroughly tried in hopes that at
least one may be found who will
prove good enough to be carried.
Lefty Cotterel from Scranton, and
Wyckoff, a right handler, looks the
best to date, but Taft, a Texas lea
guer who has great local reputa-
ton, who was drafted by Detroit, and
not given a tryout, is big and looks
like a prospect.
The Yanigans left here Saturday
morning for Austin where they are
scheduled to play two games a week
with the A. & NJ. college of Bryon,
Texas. The two aggregations met in
Dallas, March 18th, where new
| division of the players will be made.
! The regulars will then proceed north,