The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-22
MacDougalls and knights Bring Home the Bacon
MYSTERY STILL. SURROUNDS NEW BALL TOSSE2S FOR SEATTL
SpringCamp
Opens Soon;
Need Action

Need Action.
Shortstop and Catcher still
Forthcoming From the
Big Leagues
ny LEO II. IAASSES
Seattle baseball fans are beginning
To wonder about the identity OF the
major league ball players that have
besn promised the Seattle team. SO
enr we have prexy mn Keepers
prumtsc that he has magic strings
- q big league catcher. shortsiop.
outflelder and duet Of pitchers All
~ = waiting for Is waivers that
must be asked on the players
Tue Seattle hall club viii SO In
oFn1ning I'm about month and at the
Drusant writing we are stfli without
I'D catcher. shortstop. outficidcr
and two major league pitchers
EvWyshing VIII BE- lovely II the
mAjsr league clubs come thru. but
B wm b. . different matter II we
- 0eare tn season without first
sh1ng catcher. shortstop and two
u1ennsrA
puKlgR OUTf1ED
VIA 10
~ can struggle along with our
ununnt outf3ead. but the other holes
- ~ piuxged Should tho local
wOeh plans so wrong it's not going
- ~ VIZ easy sailing TO plug the
49, The rest Of the SQUAD looks
: uH1,cu times better than II did
~ Var and local fans viii be
GsnGg4ng out rabbit feet. fourleaf
onOVuBA horscshoca. ETC. for a gen
al vorship during tho coming
momxA
WAsvWs win undoubtedly b asked
- H. players at the next btg league
hGselng which Is billed in February.
a hAghciA9 shortficldcr TO fit In
IN BAta Kenworthy and Murphy
- . god catcher ana a couple
- pltcAess win mako the team .
- Ogls1un contender.
Oun1nss infieid win depend . Voc
- ~ way tho veterans come
0rW Ray Ratcs. VINO IL slated for
- 01shAss Job. didn't show tho best
0hrUusng arm In the world vhsn he
panyod here with the Los Angeles
Cub lnu4 season. but he didn't have
- bsnefit Of the spring training
nunnon- II Bst~- can come thru he
xh0uld - able to hold down the first
hass Sob nicely beea~e he can sure
ptelrle that old agate In a grattfytng
MANNER.
KHswORTHy HAD
cOOR EYES
Noteworthy didn't have a good sea.
aon last year. but expects 10 stage
a comeback this season following an
ppeEation on his eye which was In
jured last year.
Rcd Murphy at third base. had a
fn1P season with the Oaks Last year.
Tut the change in scene Is bound 20
help Rod because Murphy Is a good
heady hail player and has lot of
Eood games left in his system.
n this trio With n good shortstop.
yet 10 eorne. deliver. Seattle won't
have any worries In the infieId. but
II the veterans fall down II will take
some tall figuring to replace them.
OUTy1ELD LOOKS
GOOD NOW
The Seattle outfleid looks like a
real garden trio now. Harry woitsr.
the veteran rightfieldar obtained
from Sacramento should do a lat Of
real hitting on this field and shssid
take nicely TO that right field fence.
woltsr win add big punch 10 the
IocAls and that Is something we
lacked al last season.
Merlin Kopp. the little speed
demon. annexed from the Philadei
phla Americans. shosid 20 good IN
this circuit His work with the In
ternattonal league couple OF years
aSp speaks wei for him. He didn't
have much chance TO show In the
big league. because Of his failure to
hit ~ hague pitching. but he pound
"a The agate for q 400 average In
ths International for a couple Of
yeasD. He ought to hit around .f7o
IN thie league Bin Cunningham.
with his experience last year. should
como thru even better this season.
He showed fine promise last year.
CATCHING sTAFT
II NIL
Ths catching staff IL distinctly up
- tho air as we haven't a real Coast
len quo catcher on the payroll as yet.
hut have promises OF getting one
from the big leagues.
The signing OF Harry Gardner. the
veteran rfgh, handler who was laid
on the shelf with malaria last season.
means that We will have one good
rtghthander on the club at least.
Claude Thomas. the steady left
Ia 1der. viii be back. Ernie Schorr.
soithpAw. Elmer Reiger. and Lynn
Trenton Will be on tap. Geary. from
the Athletics. In the new hurler
added We need n pair of high-ciass
rinht handed huriers to get by and
these two are promised from tho
mn tors-
Two big IFS loom up 10 mar tho
Seattle fans sleep these days. "If
The veteran infieid comes thru" and
~ the major league players are dc.
livsred"--seattle win have a pennant
contender.
MARTIN OFFERED BOUT