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is ball hog" and as fast as they
come. Higgins says that within the
year Fewster will blossom out as one
OF the stars of the game. Should any
first aid be needed at first base it will
he administered by IIalas. who can cover
that baG quite acceptably.
Now We come to the catching depart
ment--one about which We confess we
are not at all enthusiastic With Wal
tiers gone to the Red Sox the Yankees
have only Muddy" Ruel and TRUCK"
Hannah AS regular catchers. with Earl
Baldwin, a youngste% from the coast, to
help out. The team is in need OF another
fast, hitting and thinking catcher
rather a hard order 10 fill when you con-
slider that there only two catchers in
the league Huggins would start trade
for-O' NELL OF Cleveland and Schalk
OF the White Sox. Since neither can
DE obtained. Higgins will have TO dig a
catcher out somewhere else, and We nave
It that he has succeeded. He practi-
cally has completed a deal for young
catcher VINO was a star In the American.
Association two years ago and now Is in
the navy. Higgins says that this young
man is Just the fellow he has been
looking for.
Ruel Is a greatly improved catcher
over the Ruel OF 1918. He has become
a. gabby fellow. always on his toes and
talking to his men. He Is heavier and
has been hitting. Hannah is the old
style catcher. rather slow of foot, and
so is Baldwin.
Stellar Pitching star.
The pitching staff Is the stellar de-
partment of the Yankees. Huggins has
made Il corner in high class pitching
talent In fact he is suffering from the
embarrassment OF pitching riches and
finds himself in quandary as to which
pitchers to let GO Let It be said that
In his surplus pitching material he holds
a trump card in his search for another
outflelder
In Thormahlen and Mogridge the Yam
KEGS have n couple OF left handlers who
rank with the best in the game, and
what IL particularly pleasing 20 Huggns.
! they make speciality Of beating the Red
Sox, Thormahlen IL likely to prove the
star OF the staff lie has low ball and
slow ball. with remarkable control,
and they tell us that IA low ball is all
the goods in the American League.
! Thormahlen was ono of the sensations
| Of the league last year until Pipp
smashed him on the knee with a hot one
in batting practice and sent Thor
mahlen TO the hospital for long
| stretch.
Ernie Shore, former star OF the Red
| SoX. who came to tho Yankees with
Lewis and Leonard in the big deal
pitched no ball last season, but he has
shown splendid form in the series with
Brooklyn and Higgins look to him TO do
great things again. Leonard ~ not
| likely to Join the club. but Higgins does
not need him.
! Jack Quinn. a member OF the Yankees
| OF the Chance days. is back with the
club after II long wrangle for his ser
| vices between the New York ana Chi
cago clubs. Quinns spit ball looked
mighty good down In Jacksonville, ant
Pat O'Connor the coach of pitchers
| wants to go on record with the predic
ton that Quinn will he one Of the lead,
ing lights of tho league. Then there II
| Pete Schneider. who came 10 the Yank,
last winter from Cincinnati in trad,
for Ray Fisher, Schneider has shown
little as yet, but he is Akoly to com,
| through,
Allen Russell is pitching probably bet
| ter ball than hc ever did before. anC
Bob Shawkey looms up as one of III.
stars Of the STAFF. Nelson, a right handel
obtained from Memphis. blossomed gu
as n regular in the last days AT Jack
souvilie. Until then he had nevel
pitch ID a curve ball. u he learned rap
idly. and now looks like fixture. Fer,
gusoR is back again and he may stick
Brady also Is with the club once more