El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
INATTY SEE5G0OD DAYS FOR 1917
thinks He SHOULD HAVE GOOD CLUB
Is Trying Out All His Young Material Now to Find
What He VIII Have Available Before Next Spring
Training Begins; Biggest Task Before Mathew
son is Discovery of Good Infielders.
BY FRANK c. MENkE-

Anew YORK. Sept 6.-Christy
nj Mathewson. peerin= out Of the
gloom Of the cellar, sees before
him bright and prosperous days for
himself and his Ehineland athletics IN
1917.
The new leader Of the Reds, realiz-
ing that it is an almost hopeless task
this season to try TO lift his club up
10 more ethereal heights. is directing
his energies now 10 building for the
season that is TO come Natty IS try
ing out now all the highly touted
youngsters that have come up 70
him from the bushes During the
balance of the year ne viii continue
his experiments
And in this way 7 hope to get a line
on all the material ] have before the
1917 spring training begins" said Big
Six recently. The usual plan Of
waiting until springtime TO try out the
major portion Of the newcomers does
not appeal TO me I want u know
before We go south just what each
man on the roster can and cannot do
Then the spring season can be devoted
to perfecting team play"
Nucleus for Great Team.
MatthewsOn right now has the nu-
cleus for a grand baseball machine
Here and there few cogs are missing
bur the veteran sla hman hopes u find
shipred TO him from the bushes
The 1915 BED outfield probably will
hold over TO 1917 unless some phenom
is uncovered. Griffith. Neale and
Roush all are youugsters-and each is
coming along with faster strides each
day The experience Eoush Is getting
is just what is needed TO transform
him into an outfieldiug star OF the first
water. The same thing is true Of
%eale the recent bush" graduate. who
has flashed some pretty work all year
Griffith is a real ball player a fine
throver- an unerrinE fielder and a nor
Another Good Cuban.
Listed among the rookie" candidates
for the 1917 Eedland Outfield is CurtO.
a Cuban. who has been hitting around
900 for the Portsmouth. Va club.
True. that club is listed among the re-
mote minors and II isn't any real trick
10 hit n such a clip there But here's
something for reflection. Curto- play
ing in the Cuban league during the
past two winters. has been the batting
champion on both occasions. clubbing
for 4 Two year average around $50.
topping Marsans and Gonzales. the big
league satellites.
Must Find Two InfieIderS-
NathewsOn's biggest task Will be 70
find two infielders Tn Groh he has
one Of the Eraudest third basers in the
game while at first ne possesses the
still peerless Hal Chase But a short
worth must be SHARED from among the
group Of -'rookies'' because neither Nc
Kitchener nor Louder seem TO have
sufficient kick
Hobbs. secured from Dayton. is get
ting a tryout az short now He has
shown fielding skill but hasn't done
mu with the bludceOn. However. he
was quite "A mace artist in the minors
and may get into stride real soon
II he does. he has q good chance Of
becoming regular. As fast as the
other unGsters report. they will be
injected into the lineup and enjoined
10 display their wares.
Watfy " ants BackStOp.
Matty is browsing around for
young. hard hitting backstop II act as
understudy to Ivy Wingo and Tom
Clarke IF he lands him he won't
need TO worry further about the catch
ing department.
The Reds viii lure from the tall
grass, before the season ends. at least