The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-20
NEWS BY WRE- ALL SORTS OF Sp0RTS-L LOCAL GOSSIP
Red SOx Hurt B=
 HO1dOutS Of Stars
schang Witt Refuse Join Club and Giants Expecs Little Trouble In Series With Boston Club
 Which Is Ready to Start

San Antonio, Tex, March 20.---GH the eve of the opening of the series with Boston, there is considerable dis cussion among the Giants as to the status of the Red Sox. Last spring the Giants played six games with the Boston club, and after cropping the first four took the last two. Babe Ruth was big factor in the victories, but slunped late in the short series
 This time the Giants will not have to Icontend with Ruth, Carl Mays, Del Gainer, who went strongly against them, and Waffle Schang.
 1 There is considerable doubt as to iwhat is what among the Red SoH- According to recent reports Witt is Q l lcldout and Scharg declines to play 1 my more baseball for Boston. He : wants to be traded to the Yankees and
 is sorely disappointed. Barrow was not blesse7 with any great pitching talent last year, and he has less this season. Pennock, Hcyt and Bush
 seem to be his headlirers- In his in field he has ATcInnis, Foster and Scott.
 Who will play third in the absence of Witt is not known.
 BaErow's outfield material consists
 of Hooper, Menoskey, Hendryx and
 Giarsars, recently acquired from the
 Yankees. The Boston line up cer-
 tainly is no icnDressiveV one, but in
 these spring series one never can tell
 For the opening game the Giants
 pitchers will be Eehf and Benton, left
 handlers who are sure to make a loI of trouble for the Sox.
 Seventeen players under the com
 mand of Mike Gopza1es, the catcher. were ordered to remain here until the Giants and Red Sox return to San
 Antonio for a game next Thursday Then the youngsters may move on to ! Rocky Mount. in the heart of the oil
 country, on Monday; at Dallas again
 on Tuesday and in Austin on Wed. nesday.
 f The players who left for Dallas with , McGraw, Christy Mathewson, Mag-s~ , I-trate McQuade and Eddie Brannicll 7 were Pitchers Jess Barnes Benton 7 Dougless, Toney, Nehf, Hubbell, Ryan and Winters; Gathers Snyder, Mo Carty and Smith; Infelders G. Kelly, Doyle, Fletcher, Frisch, Sicking and 3 Thomas, who is to be dropped al f i Dallas, where he makes his home;
 Outfelders Kauff, Young. Burns and f Statz.
 D The players who are to remain ir e San Antonio are Pitchers Burfeind : McQuade, Carton, Shower, Vidgi n Barnes, Ren Kelly and Johnson s Catchers Gonzales and White; In | fielders Armstrong, Bates, Al White 0 Horie and Mover; Outfelders King n Bowen and Kinsella.
 e Larry Doyle slowed down a little - in the games with the Kelly Field ana San Antonio hines this week, but h' > did so on purpose. He still is no = quite sure of himself and hates t' e take any chances. As result Doyl' U has been playing his position with hl :. head as much as with his arms ant u legs, and at times the other fellow
 have outguessed him. Fletcher | e coming along as well as could be eH d pected and is reasonably sure to hav' It a good season.
 IL All the other infielders, the out u fielders, pitchers and catchers are or q edge Kauff has been having som e trouble with his batting but his field T ing has been sensational at times.