El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-30

4 THENS. Ca, March 30.-Armed
"A with a powerful pitching staff,
Larry Schlafly. manager Of the
Buffalo Feds, hopes to bIudEeou his
way into one OF the topnotch positions
in the Federal league during the com
ing season. And, after watching the
Buffalo outfit at work. il seems that
Schlafly is not hoping in vain.
II I can get this gang of mine 20
hitting Wen make the other teams sit
I'D and take notice all the way down
the stretch" said Scnlafly Our fault
last year was weak hitting. This year
We have one or two additions TO the
squad who certainly VIII add TO our
batting strength and 7 look for the
boys who were in slump last year
10 hammer EN- out"
The Buffalo outfit I'm these training
camp days does not look like a weak
hitting outfit 1t has been busting all
kinds Of pitching square on the nose
and the clubbers are getting tremen-
dOus distances with their drivers
Has EhmEe for Pitcher.
As Tor the pitching staff-yrelL I'm
baseball This year il looks even bet-
ter Schlafly has added Howard
CBob' Ehmke. the Pacific coast phe-
nom, 10 his squad and the kld looks
like coming major league wonder.
Ehmke is six feet. 3 - inches tail
reached his fun growth. He is right
handler with a grear assortu emit of
curves and great speed that is made
possible by the power OF his long arm.
Ehmke was purchased from the Los
Angeles CLUB by the Washington
Americans for 5000 but he jumped to
the Feds when Clarke Griffith refused
TO meet his salary demand.
"Ehmke is one Of the best looking
KID pitchers / have seen in years.
Erh Ia a nH.nHH
make them all stand on their heads j
don't plan to work him regularly this
year because he is so young. but hc'I
surely be regular i'm 1915
Russell Ford, eE-Ianl-ee. who made
a great pitching record with the Buff
feds i'm 1914. viii be one of the main-
stays this year. Being deprived Of the
use Of the emery bali. which he dis
covered, hasn't encouraged Ford-uor
docs il seem 60 have lesscued his ef-
fectiveness Ford is a great spitbau
pitcher and he plans TO use 70 this year
70 the limit
Bedient Is Goin= WEI.
Bedient. Who became a world series
hero in 1912 when with the Red Sox.
IS pitching great ball and viii be used
regularly by Schlafly. Bedieut is still
kid and he seems to be getting her-
ter all the time Fred Anderson viii
be another regular. This right hand
er was one of Buffalo's winning pitch
" -aHA Ie-A aA-..- AlE aHsll-n INNAH ANA aall-
other great year.
Al Schulz. once with the Yankees
has been gaining control this year.
Lack Of it in other years kept him
from ranking as one OF the greatest
sou.hpaws in the game.
in addition to the above pitchers. the
Buffeds also have Gene Knapp. once
with the Maps, Courtney WoOdman. a
likely looking yOungster who ought
TO be ripe for regular work i'm the lat
ter part OF the season. and Bob smith
VINO pitched for the Buffeds last year
under the name Of Brown.
Chase Plays First Base.
Hal Chase. the peerless one, is
playing the first bag this year az he
never played il befOre-and as no other
man ever played it before. In the ex-
hibition games Chase has pulled Off
( so many wonderful plays that the ma
/ yves in these parts call him The Ma
glcian." And Hal is hitting with ire
ainendous power-and hitting 'em
/ where they amt"
/ Larry Schlany is the regular key
( stone guardian. but it is unlikely that
ne VIII play this year. Hes become
convinced that he can be of more help
1 10 ms club as a bench manager than