El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-24
MIGEE DRIVES BR00EFEDS HARD;
IS Making G00DiSAMANAGER
Has Isolated His Team in Mississippi and Is Making
Players Undergo Strenuous Training; Magee Says
He Has Good Material and His Job Is
to Weld It Into Good Team
BY FRANK G. srENkE.


, Delehanty as the other candidate for
| second base. II looks as though Del
J ehanty viii be crowded from the reg
I ular lineup and will be used as a
I pinch-hitter and substitute this season.
! Westerzil is the only real candidate
I for third base. That boy certainly can
/ play that bag: and barring injuries,
! he ought TO hold down the JOB
/ throughout the season However,
! Magee plans to have Reed under-study
! injured
Five Out For Gardeners.
! Steve Evans, Danny Murphy, Claude
/ Cooper, Bill Anderson and a rookie
named Craig are out for the garden
ing Jobs If Artie Holman is nosed out
! OF first base hOnOrs, he also will be
a candidate for Outfielding- Evans
who hit at a tremendous clip last
year, is welding his war club with
terrible effect this spring Hes hitting
them all-and he's hitting tremendous
distances Danny Murphy the old Ath-
letic star, is smashing them on the
nose, but 1t is unlikely that Danny
viii be 1915 regular. His legs aren't
as nimble as they used TO be.
Craig Hasn't shown Well
Cooper, who was regarded by John
McGraw Of the Giants as one of the
most promising youngsters that has
come up from the bush in many years,
is showing up IN great shape, both at
bat and afield, and probably will draw
re- QAdE LOls EALQE- son - q real Jul
fielder, too. but Craig hasn't shown
anything and probably viii be chased
back TO East Palestine, ohio, his home
town.
The Tip-Tops catching department
has been bOlstered p by the addition
Of Mike Simon. who was with the st.
Louis Feds in 1914 and the Pirates in
1913 Grover Land will act as second
shring catcher; with Arthur Watson,
a mighty good looking backstop, as
emergency man.
Pitchers Look Good.
There's a tail rangy gent named
Upham among the pitchers and II he
doesn't make his mark in the hurting
world this year his teammates will be
greatly surprised. Upham was with
Rochester. N y, last year. He worked
in 81 games and earned the title OF
iron man" He won % games and lost
i. He's a right handler, with a world
OF speed, nice change Of pace and
great assortment Of tWisters. And
best Of all, he's a glutton for work
Jim Bluejacket- the indian pitcher,
grabbed from the arms Of John Nc
Graw, is showing a lot Of stuff and
may blossom into a real pitching find
in 1915. Chapelle, a right handler. who
IS bigger and huskier than Jim Jeff
ries, has been burning them over.
His control is good and he likely viii
have a good year. Lafitue. once with
the Tigers, FInneran, and Finis VIII
son, left handler, who was with New
Orleans last year. are sure OF linger-
ing
Seaton Return to Form.
Tom SeatOns reported as al-in be-
cause Of the strain on his arm in
1914, doesn't look it-and doesn't show
It SeatOn ranked as one OF the very I
best pitchers in baseball in 1913 and
1914 and he seems due to have the
pest year Of all in 1915. Nick Cullop,
the left handler. secured from the
Kansas City Feds, is showing a lot
Of stuff
Pitchers Somers, Houck and Marion.
are not in camp Neither is Art Griggs. /
who busted a leg last summer, and
who is working out easily at his
home This quartet will Join the TIP
Tops when they reach Brooklyn early I
in April.
Brown Wells. where the Tip-Tops
are conditioning was selected by Dick /
Carroll, the business manager Of the
Brookfeds- He selected it because Of I
its isOlation-and he couldn't have
made better one.
The Wells are ten miles from Halle
hurst, and removed from all habita-
ton with the exception Of a few ne
groes who live in huts on plantations
nearby The players are getting a
complete rest, drinking gallons Of the
health giving water and are showing
the good effects OF their hermit life.
Magee rouses his gang at o'clock :
every morning, sends them through
four hours OF practise a day-two in
the morning and two in the afternoon
ana chases them to bed at II D. m.
me only friVOling the players do is
card playing and dancing. A dance is
given at the hotel-one Of the finest
IN Mississippi-twice a week and the
north.