El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-06

steady, consistent players, hut
not exceptionally brilliant.
The pitchers, however, Will be good
Jbut the same can be said about Gin
cinnad. New York and Brooklyn
Alexander and vaughn are the stars,
with HendryI- Tyler. Speed, Martin,
Link Bailey and Nick Carter trailing
close behind Bill Killefer. the best
catcher in the league, viii kelp the
club q lot and VIII be assisted uy
O'Farreu and DAILY. Good pitching
and catching VIII help a club con-
siderably, but Il takes more than that
10 win a pennant-
Jawn has Kelley on first. Doyle,
second; Fletcher. short. and Frisch.
third Kelley might make good but
it don't LOOK that way now. He
doesn't Impress one as a great player
because he seems 10 lack aggressive
ness ard IS a sucker for curve ball
Doyle is getting old and cannot cover
much ground at second and tIisch
still has TO prove be cin play THRU
Arthur Fletcher IS a good shortstop.
and viii take care OF that station as
Of yore-
Give BIcGraw a good infleld and he
viii be dangerous But he needs an
infIeid and where is he going 10
get it,
nIrTsBURG cannot be kept out OF
the players on other clubs PICK
the Pirates TO finish first The out
field with BiEbee, Carey and South I
worth looks good. but as was said
before. the infield is uncertain and
yvobblv. Manager Gibson has George ]
Whitted 10 Mace, and says the for
mer Phil viii play either at first OF /
third. II Grimm falls down, he viii /
20 TO first and II Mckenzie ana /
Barber flop he viii be the third z
Whitted IS 2 valuable man IN the
infield because Of his hitting. Babe
Adams. Ponder, Wisener and Carlson
are expected 70 DO the right handed
fIinging. and Cooper and Hamilton
are the only southpaws- waiter
schmidt Lee and Mig Clarke are the
best catchers. II that team ever gers
playing together. lookout
BROOKLYN looked better than any
other club saw this spring. ana IN
Gle Bobbie Is likely 20 spring big
surprise. The pitching staff probably
IS the best in both leagues, with per
fer Galore MammauL MonarLI
Grimes. Sherrod. Smith and Rube
Narauard on the Job. These hurlers
were in shape early and did very gooo
work against the hard hitting yam
KEGS Miller. KreuEer and RoWdy FL
hot are good catchers, ana Iacn
Wheat High Myers and little Bernle
ncefs are swell outfielders. The latter
a. ~
and z fair hitter He looks Ike the
find Of the year
But Robbie has a wobhiy In
field Honey at first and Olsen Mt
second are all right, hut Chuck
Ward e. not an impressive short
stou. He hasn't shown anything
yet. but Robbie says he viii be n
great player before the season
ends. Jimmy Johnston f. play
ing third, hut has lot to learn
at that hot corner. Doug Baird
and Pete FZiIduff may step Into
hose positions before the season
gets well under way Brooklyn
mfchf be the dark horse this
year. although placed down IN the
St Louis IS another mysterious ag-
list.
zregation- The infieid with Fourier
At FIRST Hornsby at second. Lavan or
Tanvrin. short and Stock at third. Is
about as good as any IN the leaguel
machinery Shotten. Haines, Schupp,
sherdeu and Nay appear 10 be good
pitchers. and Clemens and Dilhoeferl
ire doing wen behind the bat-Copy-i
-fcht 1920, by Public Ledger Co.