Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

4|R0NMAN" NEEDED
If WeiIman or Davenport De-
Iivers Browns Have Chance.
JONES MUST HAVE STAR
Fielder Expected to Get Good Work
From Twirling Staff =
This Year.
JONES MUST HAVE STAR

ST. LOUIS, January 29.-Who Will be
Fielder Jones' big" pitcher this sea-
son?
At Chicago Jones had Ed Walsh as
la twirler who could be used almost
every other day. in games against the
best twirlers of opposing clubs and es-
pecially to finish out contests in which
the Sox were leading with almost a
certainty of victory. Jones is a be-
lever in small pitching staff with an
iron" man such as Walsh to fall back
OH. The big question in the way of
q pennant for st. Louis is where he will
find an iron man for the coming sea
son.
| Three men stand out on last seasons
records as candidates for the pitching
leadership of the Browns this year.
Dave Davenport. a great pitcher, but
cratic in his habits. is one; Carl We'll
man, lanky left-hander, the tallest IN
major league company and last year
leader for the Browns, Is another. and
veteran Eddie Plank of world cham
pionship fame. is the third. Plank fails
shy in one particular, that he is get
ting along to the age where he must
have time to rest between games 10
prove effective. This leaves but We'll
man and Davenport in the race unless
some unexpected star is developed.
Has Wrong Disposition.
Were Dayenport's disposition differ
ent he would be picked for the big end
of the pitching for the Browns the COM
ing season, but Weilman has the right
kind OF habits and the brains to make
him look the best. Carl is really
great pitcher, as his record with the
browns shows, and under the handling
of Jones he is apt to shine forth as a
star this year. Last season carr nad
,Io rot inc q a
| the unfavorable weather on the train
ing trip. and later on he was i'll. Even
at that he won eighteen games losing
as many, and ranked fourteenth IN aV
erage number of earned runs aio"eo
per game, with 2.34.
davenport pitched forty-two games
| for the Terriers last season, winning
| twenty-two, losing eighteen and get
earned runs per game was 2.09. In the
| middle and latter part OF the campaign
| last season, when Jones had him pretty
| well under control, Davenport WORKED
like really great pitcher, and could
| come back pretty nearly as often as
needed. He has the size. build and de-
| livery of a great pitcher and needs but
! to take care of his training to join the
| ranks of star twirlers. But Weiiman
will have a big advantage in condition
| and that is going to count heavily in
| his favor.
Jones and Ball Confer.
| Fielder Jones and Phil Ball held a
| long session yesterday morning. but
nothing was given out for publication
Jones said that other things of more
| Importance than the disposition OF
| uiayers were under discussion. leaving
| the inference that the disposition OF the
| office force and scouts was being con-
| sidered Branch Hickey was at the
| Sportsman's Park Office and Bill Joyce
and Charley Barrett were hanging
| around on the anxious seat. Hy Ma
| son and Willis Johnson also are wait
| ing for their assignments.
| When the disposition of these men
| has been arranged the Office will be in
| better position to get ready for the
openina of the season. Just now Jones
| is running the whole show. He said
| Yesterday he would be glad when the
| training season started and he could
devote all of. his time to rounding up a
team.
Jones said yesterday the announce
| ment from Portland, Ore, that HoH
Sothoron and Vaughn had been sent tc
that team was somewhat premature
These three players, with one other
whom Jones did not say. were in the
deal Portland apparently expects to
keep only the three and reject the 9th
| err one Jones said under these condi.
tions further negotiations would be
necessary before the deal could be
closed.