New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
assing of Lewis May In
volve Shifts ; Team Better
Balanced Than i'm 1920
By w. !. Macbet,

Whether or not Manager Miller
Higgins, of the Yankees, will be able
to put over deal for coveted left
fielder before the opening of the sea-
son, he should be able to begin the
long spring grind with a better
balanced aggregation than the one he
trained at Jacksonville, Fla, last wear.
To-day his garden trio runs very
heavily to right field talent. This is
the particular pasture favored both
by Babe Ruth and by Bobby Roth.
With the passing to Washington of
Duffy Lewis, the Yankees lose tn best
sun fielder they have ever had Roth
can play nowhere but right, or at least
he has not yet played elsewhere, and
1T is scarcely to be believed Huegins
Will risk Ruth's eyesight by placing
him regularly in the sun. Presuming
ne ne were to play up to last years form,
left field. But whether or not the
celebrated Rock Roller has fully re-
covered fRom the effects of shattered
leg remains to be seen.
In case Mitchell, who comes from the
Coast highly recommended, Is ready
for imm ediate use, this highly touted
inhelder may be able to solve the one
great problem now confronting Hug
gins. If he is ready to step into the
lineup with Peckinpaugh, Pipp and
Ward, there would be little occasion
for worry over the inner defensive
lines, while Chick Fewster thereby
might be released for outfeld duty.
Fewster Shows Promise
Higgins for two years has believed
Fewster most promising outfeld
possibility. Indeed, he has said re-
peatedly, that with little experience
Fewster would soon become one of the
top ranking fly chasers. Fewster,
moreoyer-proyided he has fully re-
covered from the effects of being hit
on the head last spring-would add
greatly to the speed of the team.
matter of the rumored trade between
New York and Washington. The
Philadelphia sources which sent the
story here maintain steadfastly that
Sammy Rice and Joe Judge are headed
toward New York. Such a deal as that
outlined--Quinn, Baker, Pipp and
Bodie for Judge and Rice-should add
the finishing touches toward the polish
and power requisite for a successful
pennant fight.
In about ten days the first squads of
major league players will head for the
southlands or for watering places. The
veteran. pitchers and catchers of the
Yankees, as well as Babe" Ruth and
several veteran players, will go to Hot
Springs, Ark. Ruth proposes to pitch
regularly this season if his manager
will allow him to do so. He probably
will be accommodated, as Harry Har
per, somewhat uncertain portsider, is
the only veteran left-hander remaining
with the club.
Provided nothing comes of the ru-
mored deal between the Yankees and
the Senators, Huggins probably will
nave to stand pat on the team. There
does not seem much hope of a trade in
any otherN9uarter. It is known the mite
manager made unsuccessful overtures
to Detroit for Bobby Veach and also
that ne made a fattering offer for
BABY Doll" jacobson, of the ST. Louis
Browns No clubs but Boston and
Washington, however, would consent
TO any sort Of barter. 1t seems to be
the impression around the circuit that
the Yankees are already too formids-
nle for their company. The critics
dope, 1t a two-hsnded fight between
the champion Indians and the Yankees.
now that the once strong White Sox
have been disrupted.
soth Carl Mays and Ruth, vhils st