The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-07
CHARLEY HERzOC
HAPPY LEADER
Reds Pilot Says He Is Sure
TO Finish One, Two, Three.
HAS A WONDERFUL INFIELD


Best Quartet In National League.
Cincinnati Has Good Catching De-
partment, but Pitching Staff Needs
Strengthening.
IF we don't finish One-twO-three, |
mostly one, this season I'm going back |
to my Maryland farm and drive a mule |
to a pillow for the rest of my natural
said "Choke-'em Charley" alias c. Lin
coin HerZog, recently to an expert.
Just stop ana think what I've got
this season" impuIsively continued the
dynamic dictator from the Rhine. DO
you appreciate the fact that there isn't
another iutieid in the league that com
pareS to mine? Are you jerry to the
truth that Hal Chase is the best first
sacker in the circuit ana Heine Groh
is Peerless at third? Bin Louden can
knock EN- off faster at second than a
lot Of keystone kings l hear about.
while modesty forbids me from even
mentioning the sh0rtstop.
There We're only five 300 hitters in
the National league last season, and
/ Tom Griffith was one of them. Wade
Ki'lefer is a finished performer in left,
while l have picked up a great pros
pcct in Earle Ncalc for center. Give
this boy credit, He can go back on q
ball as well as any in the league
! Watch how close he plays. None Of
that deep ranging stuff for him. He's
not afraid to 60 back for Il line drive,
+ because he can get 'cm. I've just
/ claimed Joe Connolly from Boston for
+ the waiver. Hen lie handy man on
. the leuch.
I've got eight pitchers, Get that
+ through your sEulI-eiGht pitchers,
/ Iohey, Dale. Schneider and MckeneTy
might be enough. but besides them I
nave hnetZer, Mitchell, Mosely and
Schulz Schulz is as cool as the well
. known cucumber Mitchell is another
good one.
Clark, Nin@o and HUM are my
catrherS, while l have MollWitZ, Rod
gers and Emmer for emergency infield
duty. IN my lineup now there are only
two left handed hitters, Neale and
Griffith, but can throw i'll Connolly
ana Wingo and make it four swinging
from the port side.
a lev croakers say l haven't the re
serve strength Well, the way we play
ball we don't need reserve strength.
We're always in there. Last season the
Reds played 1a0 games. CIroh didn't
miss single one. played in 100. So
did Killefer Nollwitz was in 1913. while
Griffith like Groh. went througb the
schedule like water through q sieve
never even being tardy.
Were going rfgbt mn +ho h,eaI,af,
ladder from now on. brcause = team
with the greatest Untold in the 1ooora
and pitchers like Toucv DaIn S,.hnei.
der. Knetzcr. lic[enern- and q fa,,.
others can't he kent down IF thov
. are this Ulowmau will bomnu.,rd Mod
his weary way and Iaavn tho rro,.Id
: to darkness and Carry TTarrm..p,, ,,
There are only = few like TTarzoo
| left. There's Fvers in Ros+on ond
\ Knahe i'm PITTSBURGH an f,rI,+,,,s. ,r,,-
4 graduates Of the old school Rut Will
II Herzog is essentially battIor he bas
II somewhat changed his tacfi,.s He !.
II leaving the rmpiras beoutff1ll,- I'm,
II and concentrating his attacl, an tn.
II opposing team.
II His men have been imhuod with +bi,
II fighting spirit They arc moro .,,,o,I,as.
sive this season than they were last
II Herzog is one of tho Notio,o
H leagues big attractions Like E,var.
u he pulls EN- in at the gato ,Tbaro an,