The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-05-04

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the young fielder. who re-
placed Wolters, Is hitting the
ball harder than any other
Seattle outfielder. altho his
fielding is weird at times.
What Seattle needs Is more sreei
around the second rack and a punch
in the ouiflcld. Duke" kenworthy,
at SECOND base. has spruccd his
playing up and Is hitting tho boil
hard, but Bruce Hartford a, short
stop Will have 70 show lot more
than he has during the first two
weeks Of the season n he wants
10 hold his Job. He has pounded
out few timely hits. about three.
and has made q couple OF nice plays
in the field. but he boobies too
many and isn't STEADY enough for
Coast league outfit shorts,op n
tho main cog in the inf,eid and with
an unsteady man al tho pivot post
the club u like ship without a
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Merlin Kopp. in left nsid. has
shown str~aks Of speed on the
paths and has played a nfrvy game
In the field. but he hasn't his much
better than a blind man with
crItch ard has got on hares fro
quentiy Just Ike Christmas Plot
Wares s;in insists on leaving him
nj the top OF the batting order.
He hasn't rot on paths enough TO
use his speed. lie should be
bcnchrd a while and the r~ss may
get him out Of the slump. kopp
hasn't shown much pepper IN his
work 50 far. woiters viii return
70 the fold TODAY and Nixon should
he given the berth in left field for
tho present Cunningham. In csm-
ter. hasn't been doing any hitting
either. He's playing a good game
In the field but outfieldsrs are rup-
posed 10 hit
Right now the most valuable uscn
on the club are sammy Bohne AZ
third and Rod Murphy at first. and
both men are playing out of POSI-.
ton. II Seattle could line up a
fairly good firzt saoker and have
Murphy shipped TO third and Tohne
10 short. the ingicid should work
better. Murphy and Dohne have
the right BASEBALL spirit. They're
out ther- fighting for every harl
game. The rest Of the club could
do we'll 70 show It'll, OF that
kind OF fight.
Seattle has good pitching staff.
there's no denying that fact The
boys get hit hard onca In a while
but we have as well a balanced
staff an any team In the league.
siebo'd. Gardner, Geary. D-nsrcc
and Brenton OF the rirhthandsrs
and Schorr. the lone Houthpaw,
have all twirled good ball This
staff win win a lot Of games "
the eight men behind them learn
how 10 catch q baseball In ths
pinch and hang on 20 u.
Baldwin Should Help
The addition Of Red Baldwin 20
the catching staff should help the
club. Baldwin has been purchased
from San Francisco and he's n re-
ceiver who win do SONS hitting.
He should make a good partner for
Jack Adams when Adams rounds
into condition again.
When Wolters returns 10 the
lineup II seems as II II would be
good turn IN the Offensive OF the
local club to have Bohne lead off
the batting lis, and let Murphy stick
third and VOTERS fourth. Bohne
has been getting on the bags often.
runs the bases like a deer and
with such good hitters as Murphy
and woiters following him. Samuel
should manage 70 score some runs.
The boys must play baseball and.
as we have said. no excuses for
them after the last man il out
and the game In won by the oppo-
giuon. viii change the score. We're
-. .