The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20
OPTIMISTIC NOTE
FROM YANk BOSS
Higgins Hopes to Land
One-Two -- Shifts
Planned

~ International News Service
NEW YORK. March H. Every
body tells me the Yankees and
Cleveland will be ono-two. | hope
they are right, Just like that.
Miller Higgins, midget manager
Of the New York Americans sent
this hopeful message to tho Inter
national News Service today from
Shreveport. La, where Babe Ruth
and company are IN training.
Il am mighty pleased with the
condition OF the Yanks and the way
they are shaping up" Huggins con-
tinued.
Looks for Improved Play.
- think our pitching win be bet
ter than 1t was last year. our bat
ting heavier and tho speed of the
club as a whole greatly improved
by recruits. | do not believe we will
suffer by having but one left-hand-
cd pitcher in Harry Harper. IL is
my belief that the addition OF Waite
Hoyt and Collins as second year
men viii overbalance that
There's one young player In
camp who looks exceptionally good.
Ho is Al Wingo, brother of Ivy, the
Reds catcher. As II looks now. he
Is sure to be carried as extra out
| | believe he will grow into a real s.ar
as batsman, though his fielding
may not measure up in proportion
| to his hitting as he progresses
| Mcusci TO BE Regular
Bob Meusel also looks good.
| Though he Just arrived, he has
shown me more speed and better
fielding ability than at any time
last season He has new confidence
| in himself and is much less aw'
ward than last year. ] expect to fit
him into the infield or tho outfield
| in order 20 get the benefit OF his
hard hitting every day.
."It Is too early yet to tell about
Frank Baker, who will not report
until next week However. II Bak-
or plays third, Ward probably will
go to second and Fewster Will be
tried In the outfield
I'VE have a peppery young catch
! er in Camp In Hoffman. lie looks
great. lie hits the ball hard, too
and is the hardest worker in camp
"Ruth's work is source OF sat
isfaction. He is getting down 70
weight and hitting, well. why men
tion IT, ! may experiment with Ruth
at first base. II not, 1t will bc
Meuscl or Pipp. If Pipp showi
enough dpllluut as uH oullltIutli
he may be played in the garden.
Speed Behind Plate.
Bob Roth Is showing plenty class
az a hitter and Willie Schang ap.
pears to he as good az ever. I think
his catching. along with Hoffman
will be big improvement over th6t
of Ruel and Hannah for speed and
hitting ability.
'As IL looks now, our Unfold re-
gardless OF how Il finally lines up
is going to be much stronger thar
in 1920 with 40 many candidates e
pick from like Mitchelrs worl
IN 1920 with 80 many candidates I,
make n good man at second or third
with about month TO go be
fore the season opens, there Is nj
,chance AT present to hint at what oul
lineup OF batting order Is going to b'
In the opening game. But II will b,
strong--and the club as whole
| hope, plenty strong enough to viii
the championship
Indians Strongest Rivals.
at In too early and have hear'
too little about other clubs TO a,
tempt to size them up correctly
though everybody tells me that tn
Yanks and Cleveland viii be one
two. ! consider Cleveland ou
strongest rival, now that the Whit
SoX have been broken up. Wash
ington and st. Louis look prett
strong from this distance, Detroi
appears to be an experiment wit
Cobb taking up managerial dutie
and II isn't possible to size the Re
SoN with so many changes 9Th
same goes for Philadelphia"