Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-28
FEDERAL TEAMS NICELY
MATCHED FOR 1915 FIGHT
Unplaccd Combinations OF Lust Sea-
son Have Been Greatly
Strengthened.
BRooKFEDs HAVE NEWCOMERS
Smart Looking Youngsters Have
Been Gained for Tiptops-kansas
City, Although Held Back by Legal
Actions, Presents Strong Front.

Actions, Presents Strong Front.
Training camp statistics furnished
by Thomas Gilmore. secretary OF the
Ign, Kansas city, Newark. pittsburgh
arh st Louis teams have bolstcreI
h ,rL for "SrS"den%y IN l"i5, Nth Nth
and a few rcScrviSts from minor and
college ranks.
only 49, percentage points. sepa-
rated the pcnuant- winning lndiauapo-
rs club OF last season from the eighth
place 81. Louis team and in the ranks
OF the latter club such thorough meth
DDS Of recruiting established stars
have been praCtiscd y" Fielder Jones
thai the thilcndcrs of last season APP
pea" to lave a. substantial basi. for
League champions.
Tn. nfih place Brooklyn club of last
season IS the only Federal League team
advent Of Lee Mage. erstwhi!e car
dinh and al!-around star. as playing
leader. radical changes have come to
the EruokfcGs The a2SrcsSivcncEs Of
Magce and the youthful managers at
t"ntion to details have revolutionized
the Brookfeds Of last season, and the
team has been speeding UP at Browns
Wells, Miss. In manner suggesting
first division prospects.
Tom Scatou. the pitching mainstay.
last year Nick Culiop, the onetitno
Sap. IL hard-wnrking lcfthander
who appears to nave acquired steadi7
ness. lie MAS bunght from Kansas
city last fall. Bili Gpham. who was
tried by the Yankees early In his ca
recr, comes back az ona OF The best
last season he worked in ifty-one
games and was credited with twenty
one victories and twelve defeats In the
contests which he had "a chance to fig
uIe in the averages. Nike simon.
catcher who quit the Pirates last sea
son for The Federal League. has also
a.
Youngsters Look Good.
Youngsters who have been working
Bert Edwards: Of Freeport, Long ISL
and. who has had only high school and
professional experience as an IN
fielder HERR, pitcher from the East
crn Association; Milton Reed. last year
With the Philadelphia Nationals. and
Howard. an outtieldcr from the pen
uHnt-w inning Lawrence club Of the
%ew England League. Howard Is Il
better base runner than hitter. On a
nifty bases last season. He is not like
~ TO break into a combination that
viii probably include Claude Cooper.
steve Evans and George Anderson as
Danny Murphy. utility ou,dclder of
the Brookfeds and crstwiIile captain Of
the Athletics. insists that the first
string trio now working in the train
Ing camp At Browns Wells is the best
combination OF speed and batting
( strength he has seen among young
stcrS.
George Stovnll. who also moved as
manager when the Kansas City fran
chiEc went TO Newark, has instiiled A
fiery attitude into the team that I'm
ishcd sixth last season. but court ac-
ton and ensuing delays have initiated
against his strengthening moves.
shaw, who hatted .32l for the Brook
feds last season: Bert Maxwell. a
pitcher. ana The veteran BIZ Bradley
CniIop Was lost. Weulbach. hrandom.
erst"hile Pirate. who broke even in
place Montreal team in the lnterna-
uonal League last season. and Foster
Blackburn. a Chicago college and semi
pro pitcher OF promise. have been add
In control Of the new club has sufi-
c!.nt financial strength TO overcome
the handicap OF a late start In the pro-
cess OF rebuilding.
Rebel" cakes. manager of the Pitts
hurgh team. had that club whipped
las; pcnnant race. and he has since
been active in spruciuG up the combi-
nation, The disputed services of Poll
Icrritt. a pitcher, who is now with the
Giants. arc not counted in the estimate
Of an increase Of - per cent in the
playing strength OF the Rebels. Big Ed
kunotchy. recent Pirate and former
cardinal star, gives the team a finished
ircldiuE and hard hitting first ba seman.
Pat t'nonnor braces the hackstopping
Allen and Bunny licarn. give tone TO
the twigling stan. Outhelder Jimmy
Kelly. last Year win the Pirates. has
also been signed. Martin Berghammcr
crSiwh!ic R-d is likely to be the rcru-
lar sh"r'stoU THIS season If he con
,iuucs at the pac. set In training at
g Augusta, Ga
Jones Working Hard.
When Fielder Jones replaced Nor
dccai Brown as mana ger Of the St.
Louis F"dcrals last season his efforts
were ccntered IN constructing for 1915.
/ Players who never appeared in n Fed
tho pilot of the worlds champion
White SoN Of 1906 include Eddie Plank.
Deal. of tho Braves OF last season; Bill
I Borton n first basenan. who starred on
the Pacific Coast last season; Ernie
Johnson. shortstopping sensation in
:, pitcher, who was sent to Toronto by
/ tho Reds last season.
Deal, whose scratch double off Plank
In the second game OF the worlds
which the veteran southpaw lost, is
likely TO hc regular with the Fielders
in practically new Inticld.
horton. who came from the White
for Hal Chase, went TO the Coast
! League last season and there attracted
the attention Of big league scouts by
his brilliant fielding and timely hit
ting Ernie Johnson. of the Los An
gclcs club OF the same league is Chi
cngo youth on whom the White SoX
had a string. lie came through as n
star last season with Los Angeles.
! Johnson hatted for .2Sa. and was one
of the best base runners in the circuit
Summarized. Federal League statis-
ing Indianapolis last season have made
notable additions IN playing strength
while the league champions have add
ed half dozen recruits, whose worth
only through actual work in the cam
! paign beginning on April 10.