Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-17
FEDS HAVE
PENNANT ASPIRATIONS
Larry Schaffly's Crew Looks
To Be Contender On Paper
With Hard HitterS

Buffalo, Mar. 17.-Larrv Schaftly
and his crew of battling Buifeds are go
ing to put in mighty stiff bid for
Jim Gilmore's pennant this season
On paper they look about as strong as
any club in the league and should, if
the dope holds good be up there biting
the leaders heels all the way Buffa'
10 is certainly pulling for them to per-
form thusly and is expecting it.
The team was good one last year
not pennant winner, but up there
battling the pace settlers, and it has
been strengthened quite bit during
the winters raiding
A great deal of the Buffeds chances
for the pennant rests on Russell Ford
one time Yankee, and the best Finger
in the third league last season. Furd s
comeback was one of the features OF
the late lamented 1914 He bowled
'em over right and left, winning q
and losing only six, Hugh Bedient
was added to the staff during the win
ter. He's a good pitcher; no one car
deny that, not even Belligerent Byron
Bancroft johnson from whose back
yard he hurled These two, in form
are going to prove mighty strong argu
ments against elevated batting aver
ages.
Another pitcher whom Schlafly is ex
pecting much of is Howard Ehmke, ;
coast youngster. The boy comes Will
n mighty sweet record for his frs
year as professional His first sho
at league ball last season was wit
Los Angeles and he pitched forty game
winning 81 and losing 10. Not exact
ly rotten for a rookie. Fred Anderson
Gene Knapp, lIeinic Schultz, were a
with the Buffeds last year and di
creditablc work. Completing the stat
. are Robert Brown and Courtenay WooC
man, two recruits
Nick Allen and Walter Blair, bot
with the CLUB last season, form the r,
ceiying corps The Buffeds look Ii
I tie weak in this department as neithC
man got above ,2l0 in the battin
marks last season.
Z Schlufly looks pretty smgly fort
a fled in the infiel aud outfield. O
first base he has the intomparabI
. Hal Chase The Prince doesn't nee
p any of this 1--WE have with us tonight
. stuff to introduce him Suffice it {
/. say he stung the FederOls ball la,
q season for 1854 and plueked 'em OF
+. around the corner for 4 fielding toti
a of .Qsl.
;. Bill Louden, who played second ba
g last season, will undoubtedly fiji
again, He is steady with the ba
i. hanging up a .3l3 mark last seaso
y For third there are Bill Roach, proI
ably, and Smith. Roach leaped fro
the Buffalo lntcrnationals, then did
Walter johnson back, so his case
sort of up in the air, Engle will plo
n short it is presumed.
u The addition of Jack Dalton, late
the Dodgers, to the outfield is goir
J. to make II compare favorably wit
o any in the league, "Curse.you.Jack
was considered easily one Of the be
q outticldcrs inthr National League la
II season, batting ,3l9, and he should /
l. crease that mark, in the Federal ci
n cult Dalton probably will take Il
\ center field. lo, Agler. all aroul
VI man. will be- on one side of him Al
'e Charley Mcdonald on the other. NJ
u Donald, by the way, is no slouch wi
T. the bmdgcon either. lie stung Il
lc ball for .3le last season.
.e All told Buffalo fans are settlir
d. back prepared to watch rattlin go
l' fight for the penngut, with fair chan
" of seeing their toyorites romp hor
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