The Washington herald., 1921-04-05
RED SOX HAVE NO
CHANCE TO LAND
IN FIRST DIVISION
Duffy, Planning on Flu.
ture, Is Rebuilding
Frazee's Entry.

| MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 4-Hush
Duffy, manager of the Boston Red
Soy. cut loose a voiuminous sigh
today on hearing that Stuny Nc
Innis, his star FIRST sacker, has come
to terms with Harry Frazee. owner
of the club, and will be back at his
old station this season.
News Is also momentarily await
| ed from Derrill Pratt, who has been
| offered sIf.5oo a year for two years,
IL is said. to leave the University
| Of Michigan as baseball coach to
play second for the Sox Pratt as
sisted in football and basketball
coaching at Michigan. though only
signed for baseball. and this fact.
Il il hoped, will influence the ath-
letic board there to let him return
to the game.
Manager. Duffy has learned from
| Pratt that he'll be glad to come
back, but that il the Michigan au-
] thorfties do not release him he can
not but remain and fulfill his part
Of the contract.
Yet, even with such good news
about McInnis and a strong probs-
biilty Pratt will return, the Red
Sox are a sorry resemblance of the
famous world champions of 1919,
1915, 1916 and 1918. They are a sec
ond division club. and prospects for
more than a mediocre showing do
not exist.
Tough Training season.
The great outfields. Infields and
pitching STATS Of other years ar- no
more. Boston fans will look at the
tls2i Red Sox and growl. They will
cali up visions Of what a great team
1t once was. and what a strange pass
things have come to in the Huh.
For one thing. the training sea-
ION. while fine as far as conditioning
the-men enters. has been spoiled by
a string Of defeats and no victories
i'm games with the Pittsburgh FL
rates. In other years, ii was :Isr
the other way around.
Duffy, however, assisted by Jimmy
Burke. manager OF the st. Louis
browns last year. plans building up
anew. An innovation is the fact
that Duffy. Burke and the whole
LEAN form. strategic manage
nent" this year-everybody som
5ining to the single objective o.
|, | Winning RSHts DN DoolihE utcHiph
,ore and ideas-instead of the man
',ger alone holding the reins.
A fair showing may result from
this idea. though the selling and
Trading of Babe Ruth. Speaker.
Hooper, Gardner. Leonard, Lewis,
Schang. Hoyt and others mas robbed
the team of great players and Harry
F'razee is none too popular with
!, i d.
l. OF the 1916 worlds champions.
only Everett Scott. the crack short
stop remains: and OF the 1918 cham
pionship outfit, oniy Scott, McInnis.
Joe Bush and Sam Jones are lett.
The team will start with McInnis
at first, Pratt or Eddie Foster. the
veteran third haseman. or Mike
Brady, the rookie. at second: Scott
at short and Oscar Witt at THIRD. If
Pratt plays the keystone bag 1t will
he good inield: IL not. then moth
ing to get excited about.
Only Fair outAeId.
In the outheld, John. Collins and
'.Nemo" Leibold, obtained from the
White Sox for Hooper. will play
right and centre field. respectively.
md Tim Hendryx, who can hit the
ball. will be in left field. This leaves
Mike Menosky. formerly OF Wash
ington. and Sam Wick. erstwhile
Yankee. as reserve outpost men.
But where, oh where, do these
compare with Speaker. Hooper and
Lewis? Echo distinctly: no
where.
The pitching stan is made up Of
Toe Bush. Sam Jones. Allen Russell,
1 ~
Herbert Thormahlen and Harry and
Fortune, newcomers to the fold last
season.
Bush is almost through, wonder
though he was in his halycyon days,
for a pitcher with his speed-''Bul-
let Joe"-doesn't last very long as
rule. Jones was none too good
last season. Russell had been sick.
but Is an earnest. hard worker, and
when In form Is. fine hurler.
Myers. after soing badly with the
Indians, did well last season with
the Sox Pennock' and Thormahlen
are hashy but inconsistent pitchers.
apt to 20 great guns one day, and
20 like buns. as the fans say.
the next Fortune and Harry are
said to be promising and may come
through and At in nicely. Yes. its
a big question, the pitching stan.
Good Catching stan.
The catching department with
Muddy" Ruel. late of the Yankees.
and Al Walters is well fortified.
Both are hustling backstops and
can hit hard. Ruel, in particular.
is said to have the makings of q
star and. as Duffy believes so, he'll
get plenty OF work and the chance
to develop.
The Red SoK should show bril-
liancy in spots, especially IL good
pitching results. and may make 1t
tough going for other teams at
times. Anything in the way OF q
fine showing. however. will be q
surprise of the distinct kind. i,
II seems to have been a case In
the past OF looking out for the
present with the Red Sox. and not
providing for a future, though max
ing big money in players deals.
Duffy,s work-and, the new every
body manages"-stunt will be
watched with interest. Then. too,
fans Swill go just to see how the
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