El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-21
FIELDER JONES HAS GREAT TEAM;
WIN WORLD SERIES, " HIS PLAN
St. Louis Figures the Bunting Almost Good as Cap
tured and Many Others Agree After Looking at the
Browns Lineup; Brooklyn Dodgers Also Feeling
Confident, Pointing to Their Pitching Staff
BY FRANK G. NrENKE.


be the regular backstop, with Chap
man as first assistant.
How the Dodgers Look.
Every time Charles Hercules Ebbets
thinks about his ball club, he demands
three rousing cheers for "the world
is Charlie, but, oddly enough, he's not
alone in his belief that the Dodgers
may mingle in the world series duel
ing.
The BroOklynites surely must be con-
ceded a splendid chance for the bunt-
ing. The team that made such a game
fight all through 1915 will jump into
the 1915 fracas strengthened in all its
former weak spots.
"IncOnsIstency Beat U.s.
Inconsistency beat us last year" de-
clared Ebbets recently. when our
batters were busting down the fences
the pitchers weren't doing much. Just
as soon as the slabmen rounded into
low-hit form. the boys ceased clubbing
Even at that we made quite a noise,
didn't WeE
But watch us this year,
The Dodger flinging department is a
remarkable one. 1t ought to rank with
the best in the old league. ''Whizzer"
Dell, who performed so nobly last year.
is achieving remarkable things in the
training camp. Ed Prefer, the husky
right handler, can be counted upon to
win at least so percent OF his games
this year. These men Will be the real
mainstays Of the Dodger corps.
Rest of the staff.
The rest Of the staff will be chosen
from among the following:
Marquard, brilliant but cratic: Rucll-
er, fading. but still able TO pitch some
great games; Cheney. who seems to
have taken on new lease in pitching
life; CoOmbs, whose come back" last
year was one of the real incidents Of
ha a elk wi fl
needs only seasoning TO become a win
ner: Sherred Smith who won Il out Of
% combats for the 1915 Dodgers; Mails
from Seattle; Monte Prieste. who made
n great record with Syracuse last year;
r II. GOOdbred, from Newark, and L. F.
Stevenson. a collegian-
7 ask yOu-isn't it some staff?" asks
Ebbets.
Daubert on First Base.
Jake Daubert, ranked as the best
will guard the initial sack, as of yore;
George Cutshaw, a steady fielder and
good clOuter, will do the keystone
chores; Ollie O'Mara will be back at
short and Gus Getz. uncovered last
year, viii do the third basing. Ivan
Olson, once with the Cleveland club,
assumes the role as first aid to the
injured infielders.
There's hot fight on for the garden
ing positions. The old reliable Zach
Wheat seems sure OF being elected, but
Jimmy Johnson the Coast phenOm OF
a year ago, and Hickman. the young
ster secured from the Baltimore Feds
are giving Myers and Stengel, the last
year regulars. a great fight It wouldn't
be surprising if Hickman nosed out
Myers.
Three Catehers May Survive.
The Dodgers invited four catchers
into the training camp Only three
are expected to survive Monore, the
youngster who came from Topeka, has
shown a lot Of stuff, but not enough 70
make II look as if he'll freeze out Mil
Ter Mccarthy and Wheat, who were the
regulars last year.
"An things considered. we've got
great ball team" said Ebbets. We've
got a powerful pitching staff, a greas
infield and a strong outfield. We've
got everything that a championship
team needs. So why shouldn't we VIM"