The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-15
Herzog's Team Fastest Rep
resenting Cincinnati on
Diamond for Years in Early
Practice Games.
TRY OUT YOUNGSTERS
Young Players to Get Thor
OUCH Workout Before the
Manager Cuts Them Loose
From Regular Berth.
BY c. n. ZUBER.

CINCINNATI, April 15.-With ma
jority of the teams in the two major
leagues started on their way in the
1914 fight for the pennant, base ball
enthusiasts all over the land will now
have their box scores and percentage
tables regularly on their daily menu.
The opening games of yesterday car
ry no significance with them, further
than to emphasize the fact that base
ball promises to be more popular than
ever this year. Here in Cincinnati the
followers of the game have been
worked to an extraordinary pitch of en-
thusiasm over the methods that have
been pursued in assembling and de-
veloping the talent that is to comprise
the Reds this year.
No claims are made for the team,
SO far as position is concerned, but
those who have seen the boys perform
SO far unh esitatingly pronounce the
brand of baseball offered to be Of a
higher class than any shown by To-
cal aggregation in recent years. The
only question about the team is it's
mechanical strength. Intellectually,
and In the matter of leadership the
Reds of 1914 measure up with any
aggregation that has represented Gin
einnati on the diamond in the past
twenty years.
Changed Lineup.
No team In the National league Of
fers more opportunities for study than
the Reds of this season. The many
changes that have been made in the
lineup add mach interest to the gener-
al performance of the team this year.
The engagement of Herzog as manager
and shortstop; the advent of Bert Me
hoff at third; Herb Moran in right
field; Gonzales and Won Kolnitz be-
hind the bat; the string of new pitch
ers, including Earl Yingling and Jack
Rowan, and the several new tnf1elders
and outfielders who are trying for
utility jobs, add much to the zest
which usually accompanied the study
of the early work Of the team. These
youngsters will be used as much as
possible in the early games In order
that Manager Herzog may get cor
rect line on them and not turn any
adrift who later may develop into
stars.
So the patrons Of the early games
will have the opportunity of seeing
many youngsters IN action-young-
sters who have come up as stars from
other leagues, and who have demon
strated their right to thorough try
outs before their status finally Is
fixed.
First Sunday Game.
The Reds first two series of games
will be with teams that the wise men
have picked as possible pennant WIN
ners. Just at present Manager Her
zOg and his crew are entertaining the
Chicago Cubs, who present a some
what different aspect than when they
played here last year. Following Hank
O'Day's aggregation the Pirates, led
by Fred Clarke, will some to town,
they being the first Sunday attrac-
ton of the season, scheduled for an
encounter on April 10, and again on
Maya, the St. Louis team, also with
a changed map, having the intervening
Sunday, April 26 The Pirates, since
last seen here, have relieved ST. Louis
Of Ed. Konetchy. Mike Mowrey and
Pitcher Bob Harmon, and have given
the cards In exchange Hans Miller
Dolan, Chief Wilson and a pair OF
pitchers. The Pirates also have de-
veloped an outflelder by the name OF
Kelly, and several battery men, so
that they may cut more ice than e1.
pected.