Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-13
PHILADELPHIA TEAMS
LOOK STRONG THIS YEAR
Walter Belts Given Favorable
Mention Among PhiIies' Hurl-
ers, Reports Show.

! ing to flash across the bascbai lftfl1-
ment. the major league season of 1921
opens on eastern and western diamonds
! today While there will bc no changes
! in the well established circuits of either
/ the National or American Leagues.
| there win be many new faces In tho
I personnel Of the t6 clubs composing the
| two organizations.
With the call of the umpires sending
| the players away nu their siX-months'
| pcnnuut chase. the National League
| VIII have iuauEurated it's 46th cousecu-
! tive season. us the senior association
| clubs played their initial games early in
| 1876. I'm the American League II viii
mark the beginning of the 22d season
as the Junior league was formed in
| 1900
! NotwithstandnE tho unprecedented
popularity of baseball during the past
/ two years. club owners and league of
/ fl, ills are arm IN their belief that the
national apu1t is facing "a still greater
period Of prosperity in the months to
como and haze made their plans ac-
,ordugly. i,arEcr training sounds
| went south TINS spring than in many
/ years and every effort has been made
/ to strcuE hen weak spots In both the
o0cnsiy. and defensive play OF the vari-
ous clubs. Th, accompanying survey
/ of the two Philadelphia teams on the
/ eve of the pcnuant season gives few
/ Ilnah lights on The prospects and posi-
/ dlucs of c,vh combinations
/ Phnadclphia-("Phill
/ The personnel Of the Philadelphia Ma
/ iionul League baseball club viii he viz
/ tualiy thc Same this scasou as last but
I Ii tbs veteran pitchers perform up 70
/ expectations tho club shonId finish het-
a. 4E.4ta
NJ ssportiu- writer's vino have been siz-
Ing up thc team in it's practice games
Id Ciaiuc~, illc. Fla. and on its more re-
..aut L4rus srormiae tnur uo,thvard
Meadows. I;uE IHhIIH. Smith and
/ ,.aas.y. ai rutht handers aTc the n,n
! uIsuu Whum Manager Donovan must fe-
! 1y to Il llcst c>tsut 10 pun the club oHt
4 al ia@t Yla,r. Tho best of th.7 quintet
/ .4rs Meadows aud Ring. Walter Ectts.
/ As Delaware boy who won place as re-
!, rye pitcher Inst year. has also rvcctv-
,i nuch praise from Tho sporting oX-
ports far h.e pre season showing
Iat ALTOS, thcr ,hc seasons crop OF re
.Iu.t pitchers GEMS to lc distinctly
di-4-rusntifE to tac experts. nor do
rhcy vaN over-cuth husiaStie concerning
lal.y of trio recruits i.r either positions.
oG th. naN rncu. III -c Who scom TO
alvr THE Ic>t chance to reta.u regular
positions are John Petcrs, a hiE catcher.
oatain z f.om thc birmingham club Of
inc Southern Association last fail. and
! Frank }rurry. another narkstop. who
has been III hl- league company before.
and vino pas lruaeht from Eunalo in
exchange for IraErcsscr aad certain
legal tender
The iuncld. it Is said is not rcassur-
/ iuE. The loss of Paulettc weakcns The
.rst lasc position Neither Jack Miller
uor Acuscl measures up - his drfens-
lye standard Fletcher. at short. Rawl-
inES at second ana third hasc an un-
solved problem between Ralph Miller
and Russel WriEht4Jone is the forecast.
/ Donovan is said 10 he depending upon
Wiliau.s Neale and Stengtl lis the out
/ heid trio which. in tho opinion Of tie
experts. VIII make that department
1 stronger than the rest az the Quaker
l.,.l ttre
Philadelphia-("A Athletlcs-)
From LAKE Charles La. Connie
Nacks training camp among the rice
fields. where the Philadelphia American
Lca9ue baseball club has been round
iuc st-e,f into shape for the forthcoming
season has come the following estimate
nl the teuus--a consensus Of opinions If
baseball writer's WHO have been watch
ing the Athletics ia their practice and
exhibition games
The pitching Is better and the general
morale Of the club is much better than
a year ago but there are signs that ag-
gressTrencss is lacking.
The strength Of the organization lies
in its pitchers. Mack calls his preniers
his Big Six" for they are six in num-
her and each IS six feet or more in
height. Five Of them--Perry. the vet
eran. Naylor Rommol Hasty and Har-
rIs. hurl from the starboard side. while
Roy Moore. who completes the scxtet,
IS lcft-handed-
Frank Brazil, a spangler. Pa. boy
Just old enough TO vote. has proved the
bright particular star in hitting, and
appears TO have won himself a pcrmau-
ent job at first base. He was the proper
ty of the Athletics last year, but was
| farraed out and performed IN four
separate leagues before the last season
closed Despite this peripatetic career
has batting average for the season was
.364. "A mark which he gives promise OF
maintaining in biz league company. lie
is left-handed and fleet Of foot The re-
mainder Of the inGold probably viii be
Dykes AZ second and Dugan at third
Is contest mas been on for shortstop. i'm
which Shannon appears to lead. with
AicCann, Il 19-year-old boy and Gallo
way following him ~.
IN the outfield the forecast is partly
cloudy with sudden changes. Tlly
walker In left field, Frank Walker in
center, and WEIGH IN right, seems a
possible combination. But Paul john
SON. u Worcester. Mass. boy, who is
hard. right-handed hitter, fast afoot. lIn
doubtedly wiz be retained. Then there is
Lawson witt, whose .321 batting aver
age last year is in his favor. Another
candidate for the outer rim is Glenn
Myatt who operated behind tho bat last
season
Iu the catching department Perkins
VII he lhe regular, with Styles and
johnny Walker held in reserve.