The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-25
SQUAD NOW NUMBERS EIGHTEEN
MEN WHO SHOW REAL ABILITY
= MANAGER SMITH is FORCED TO
REDUCE TEAM TO FOUR
TEEN PLAYERS.
Taken from Every Point the Stoaies
Look Strong and May Be Expect
ed to Make Good Showing.

The tinware ratified seven times
yesterday and the hopes OF just that
mering. Manager smith decided that
the time had come for reducing the
squad and accordingly set out with a
big ak on his shoulder and after the
smoke OF battle had cleared. seven OF
the Smokes" were no more. With
but one more day until opening time.
u was up to the management TO get
the squad down to something near
what il should be. The player limit is
fourteen men. and as there are still
eighteen PLAYERS on the list. IL NAV be
seen that more releases are coming be-
fore long.
The players released Yesterday were
Max Ostroski, catcher: Frank Bero.
3uthelder; Albert Schlantz. pitcher /:
Liman +. Johnson. piS,her: Arthur W.
Ewart. pitcher: Albert Speicher. first
baseman. and Frank Nespo. second
baseman. All these men. with the
exception OF Nespo. were released out.
right and without condition. Nespo.
who covered second base for The
Stogies last season. was turned over
10 the Muskegon club of the Central
league.
This wholesale releasing stiu leaves
The Stogie squad well over the limit.
However. each team is allowed until
May 20 to get down 10 the required
number, and the remainder OF the
players will probably be kept around
until the team gets start As IL is
al present. the men who are here are
all first-class ball players. and il will
be rather hard proposition for the
management to determine lust what
men he will keep until some OF them
have shown what they will do while
Taking the outfieId as a whole there
looks TO be no room for Improvement
Altenberg. King and Schereen are all
reaI outnelders and swing the bat in
2 manner that would proclaim some
hitting ability. III they live up to ex-
pectations IL will be one OF the best
outer garden trios in the circuit. At
hrst base there is real battle on
Tor the honor of defending that corner.
rred Moore OF Philadelphia and $,
[. Webb OF the University of VirginS
are having a merry little scrap. They
are both good fielders and either shows
considerable hitting ability.
Second base seems to be well taken
care OF with Callahan there. He Is a
good fielder and hits we'll Shortstop
Is another position that seems TO be-
TN doubt. Seibold and Lear are both
good men. Both are good hitters. but
the former seems TO have the edge in
fielding.
Al third base is Bernard Cleveland.
This youngster is "A fast fielder and
perhaps the best 'sticker" on the team.
He Is holding down the position that
was looked after last year by Archer
kellly and looks as though he would
give tne former manager a run for his
money in that territory.
With Harry Smith and Fred Black
well 10 do the backstopping. IL looks
as though that end OF the battery is
well taken care of. Blackwell is a nice
little receiver and Manager Smith has
seen duty with the Pirates. BROOKLYN
and several minor league teams.
Cecil WetZel and F. G. DonIey are
The only pitchers that anything def
mite Is known concerning. Wetzel Is
me southpaw that twirled for the