Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-12
Left to right; Bill Donovan, Fritz
MaiseI and Hugh High

Savannah. Ga, Mar. 11.-With the
second week in camp here at Savan.
nah about gone, Wild Bill Donovan's
smile hasn'' receded the fraction Of
an inch. Always all optimist, Wild
Bill has some reason to he one Just
at this time. He is a keen enough
student Of baseball to know that,
barring another Boston miracle, his
club has no chance to win the Amer.
lean league pennant in the good year
1915. But he wasn't hired to win the
pennant in the good year 1915. He
Was secured to help life the Yankees
out of a di%scouraging rut and be
come part and parcel Of the new re.
gime, which intended to try for an
uplift. And Bill is quite confident
that his club will start from the, rut
this season and give Yankee patrons
the most entertaining program they
have enjoyed since George Stallings
passed from New York five years
ago.
AT present Donovan hasn't any
great machine. Tut he. has q mum
Der of good ball players, and lie has
already develOpde as fine a spirit
OF ambition for work and for success
as any one would care for. Eefore
coming south he understood what his
main task would be-that of devel-
oping or increasing an attack which
would be able to make runs-a good
many more runs than the Yanks
made last year.
Pitchers Show Class
There isn't any question as to the
strength Of his defensive machine.
His pitchers at Hot Springs are
rounding into fine shape and will
compare favorably with any pitching
staff in baseball. There is no kick to
be had with such pitchers as Cald-
we'll, Heating, Fisher, Warhop, Brown
and Cole on hand and the practice
thus far has shown that in both out.
fields and infelds this defensive
strength will be continued. At first
base both Mullen and Pipp are field
ing like a pair Of flashes. lutte Boone
at second shows development and tho
worth Of added experience. Peckin-
paugh at short is in fine shape for a
good year and last year he was
second among the shortstops, Nc.
Bride only nosing him out 10y a point.
Fritz Maisel at third is coming along
at a wonderful clip and is headed
for a great fieldin gyear. .Sosthe in
field will be capable of furnishing
first class defensive support.
In the outfield the addition of Hugh
High to the Cree.Cook combination
means a first-class department of
gardeners. High is a fast young man
who covers more than his share Of
territory. and who is we'll experience
ed, having ~understudied the famous
Ty Cobb in sixty-six games. Berdie
Cree announces that his legs are bet.
ter than they have been since 1912,
when he tied them up by sprinting
in from the ball park with spiked
shoes echoing a rataplan over a
stone pavement. And Doc Cook-Dr.
luther A. Cook, to be more exact
shows a decided improvement so far
over his 1914 start.
Developing an Attack
Having decided that his defense
was strong enough to repel boarders,
Donovan has started working from
the jump upon developing an attack.
And while he Won't have the hardest
hitting club in the league, he will
have a much better ofense to- show
than To Yanks have knUyn for some
cars. Last season .Peckinpaugh and
Naifel: bHh hit well below normal
form. Both '%"o been working hard
to cnrrcct thnii faults at bat, and
Seth already are beginning to swing
with "reater c2s" and freedom.
~ even If thy fail to improve
noticeably, Donovan has a first base.
man n Walter Pirp. who has shown
from the first day in camp that q
nln-H,nker was around. Pip is a big
tall fellow, over xix feet and around
1870 pounds in weight. He has a free
swing and 2 clear eyN, and his drives
move out on a line. leaving a trail of
smoke in their wake. No better
looking young Hitter has broken into
baseball in recent years. Last sea
son with Rochester in the Interna.
tional he batter SIS against high
grade pitching and led that circuit in
extra bases.
In addition to being a fine hitter,