The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-11

| n II Is MCIraWiB 4utd. 10 q use Z EtuU4S
Iousch against right;hand pitchers
this season and Kelly against left EFT:
handlers. Is ssS H; Z
!. jacques Fournier's injured ankle is
ontfthe mend and he is back in the
WhItesox lineup, permitting Jackson
who performed very well sat FIRST, to
go back to left. M
George Burns OF the Giants apears.
to;be i'm far better condition than last
spring, both in the ankle and In the
ele, and is batting as If he purposes
having a good year.
All y clubs in the Eastern league,
with the exception Of Bridgeport, have
managers now.
4 Manager Danny Murphy: has already
tstarted to round up players for his
New Haven club. Danny is strong for
young fellows and planssto keep his
fclub free from has:beens.
Gilhooly, ex=Trinity captain. is show
ling up well with the. New Haven Col
Nonials. Il: Gilhooly did notlwear glasses
The would be a highly desirable player
formany a club.
Harry Lord willttry bland Chester
1 Charbourne for his Lowell club. Lord
and Chadbourne broke in with Worces-
tier together3under Jess Burkett. Last
season Chadboprne batted for 27S with
1.-THE Kansas City Feds, and also put
1upi a. fine game in the, outfeld.
| mike Finn wrote Owner w. E: Carey
OF the Springfield Il Mass.) club CON
graduating him on signing lex:Pirate
4 Jack Flynn: as manager. Finn says
he wanted to: land Flynn to mango the
Beaumont (Tex.) club. Finn assures
Carey and Flynn that he will always
be, glad to give the Springfield club
a lift when he can.
Redsox fans look for some. great
batting by. Clarence Walker this sea-
son. HIS hit 1853 last year
Texas University has among itsst
dents a most unusual ball player in
Dick Hooper, who, despite the fact
that he has only one arm, has ben
elected captain Of the Texas Univers-
ity team. Hooper, is an outfielder and
wears glove on his surviving hand,
which I. the right one. There is only
a stump on the left side of his body.
The more the New York fans SEQ Of
Gedeon the better he shows up. Heffs
covering plenty Of ground at second
base, ana it hitting better than any one
Of the Yanks.
4 The. Giants made a good impression
in their first home game and dispelled
the gloom that had been fostered by
the advance reoprts of the club in the
South. There was no lack Of agrees
siveness and the club hit well.
| Duffy Lewis, left fielder OF the
worlds champions and hero: of the last
worlds series, is still suffering from
an injured thumb. He is able to prac-
] tfce. however. and. will be back in the
game when. the season: opens.
SWilbe+t Robinson seems to have
1 pickEed up a great young optfielderl in
| Jimmy Johnston. Brooklyn reports
I sayit is, hard to see how heican be kept
out OF the regular Dodger lineup.
1 i ,Wingo and Clakes are going tofmake
4 a.great team behind the bat this year
/ for the Reds. Herzog says no other
4 club III the league has a pair of back
stops that averages as high as these
boys. .s.
Billy Louden blocks down hard:hit
balls with great skill. His throwing
has beer perfect In all the games he
has played with,thei Reds, and he is apt
10 cut in with a timely hit almost
any time. .!,
a ,..,The Browns whom Manager Jones
\ apparently favors for retention are
4 Pitchers Weilman, sDavenport.7 Koob.
PLANK! Groom; Park and Hamilton. In
! folders Borton, Pratt, Johnson Aus
I tin and sLayan or Deal, 0utfeldsrs
i .Tobin. Shotton; Marsans and JSisler,
fICatchers Hartley Clemens and Sew
4 ,reid: I. ,1SRIf a''z q aE1As 43
4 Y The decks we're being cleared ito.
Y day at the Phillies park for the open.
H ine 81, the season w edne sdayIW then the
!; I.champions 5gtusle' with u the, Giants.
4 Among the players; there ssts AN; air .ot
ii;expectancy.'f orsont ithat lay they will
be presented with rewards for winning
iIlastiyear,s pennant. WhatSthe reward
!; win: be isis secret. L 1, /, .s3S
A Pat Donoyane treiptor This Buffalo
A garrison forSa pennan t-Wipning fight
H when he 4 ALI but. comp 1eted arrange
I.ments with II the Boston Am orleans
4 Whereby Patsy Haley, the atcherswho