The New York herald., 1921-12-02
RUCKER TO RETURN
AS DODGER COACH
Once Famous Pitcher Will AS
sist Robinson at Training
Camp.
MIAMI rs LIKELY CHOICE
Brooklyn Manager COnfers
With Ebbets-Other Base
ball News.
MIAMI rs LIKELY CHOICE
BY DANIEL.

Nap Rucker. one time star pitcher for
'rle Brooklyn club. and no doubt the
greatest slow ball hurler yet developed,
will return to the Dodgers at their train
ing camp in the role OF assistant to
Wilbert Robinson. Rucker has been do
ing bit OF scouting for the Dodgers
since he left them to retire to his cotton
plantation down in Georgia. but he never
has done any coaching.
Rucker VIII be put in charge of the
youngsters and Will have the assist
ance OF Larry Sutton the scout. Robin
son will devote all his time to the regu-
lars and most of tie pitchers. At New
orleans last spring the manager found
that he had to give too much of his time
tc the recruits.
There is chance that Rucker Will
come back to the Dodgers in Flatbush as
assistant to Robbie. but that matter has
not been tackled as yet. Certainly Brook
lyn would welcome the great pitcher
back with open arms. No hurler ever
was more popular across the bridges
and no great pitcher ever worked year
efter year with a smaller reward in the
way OF success.
Robbie and Ebbets Talk.
yesterday after Robbie and Charley
Ebbets had discussed plans for the
much predicted reorganization of the
Brooklyn forces. The manager came up
from his rabbit and quail shooting down
In Maryland, went into session with the
club president at Ebbets Field in the
morning, rushed with him to luncheon
of the Rotary Club and then wandered
over to Manhattan to pay his respects to
Col. Houston at the offices OF the YAM
kees
Robbie declared that nothing definite
had been done, nor had any real lines
been laid for the Improvement Of the
Dodgers through trades. "I will return
to this city for the annual meeting of
the National League on December 13,
and of course there will be lot of talk
about trades. But 1t has been my expe-
rlence that these meetings produce lit
tie more than talk. When 1t Comes to
action the boys get very shy" Robbie
chuckled. Most of the Improvement will
have to come from the minor leagues,
which are sending few high class
youngsters to che camp of the Dodge IS.
train has not been decided, but II looks
very much like Miami. where the Reds end
the Braves trained In recent years. Last
season the Dodgers went to New Or
leans. but there has been a break with
the club down there-due. 1t is reported,
&c the sale of Outfielder Boone, lead
ing hitter of the Southern League. TO
the Giants. The Dodgers had under
stood chat Boone was to be sent 10 them.
II the Dodgers go to Florida it will
be no new territory for them, as they
trained at Jacksonville and Daytona
before going to Louisiana. Miami would
be furthest south for Brooklyn-for all
major league clubs, for that matter.
Robbie was inclined to talk more
about his dogs and his guns and the
shooting down in Maryland than he
was about baseball. He reported that
owing to the mild weather the duck
shooting season In his section was a
flat failure. But we hope for cold
SPELL" he announced as he made a
dash for the train back to that dear
old Baltimore.