Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-16
ORIING NEMSIH|
CONFLICTS SURVEY OF
BIG LEAGUE BALL CLUBS

,rf.-handed and feet OF foot. The re-
mainder Of the infeld probably will
be Dykes at second and Duggan at
third. "A contest has been on o
shortstop, in which Shannon. appears
to lead, with Mccain. q 19.7year.old
boy. and Galloway following MIN
closely.
cloudv with sudden changes. Tilly
walker in left field. Frank Walker in
center. and WEIGH in right seem a
possible combination. But Paul John
on, a Worcester, Mass, boy who is
d hard. ri~ght-handed hitter and. fast
afoot. undoubtedly will be retained.
Then there is Lawson Witt, whose
1921 batting average last year Is IN his
favor. Another candidate Tor the
ated behind the bat last season.
In the catching department Perkins
will be the regular. with Styles and
Johnny Walker held in reserve. y
Washington (s%cnators).
Neither President Clarke Grifhth
nor Manager George Mcbride Is do
ing any Boosting as to what they ex-
pect from the Washington club this
year, but they do promise the fans
that they will make the strongest
teams extend themselves to win the
American league pennant. Tney
claim to have gotten together a well
balanced machine, both on attack n
defense and are confident that IT the
pitching staff lives up to expectations
the Nationals should end the season
close to the top.
AS usual, great hope is being PIN
ned on Walter johnson and 1t Is de-
clared the veteran star has fully re-
covered from the ailment to his
pitching arm that put him on the in
active list during the latter part OF
Grifnth and. Mcbride feel they should
be we'll UP In the list as they have
shaw. Erickson, schacht, Zachary and
Courtney Of last years team. and Mo-
kridRe. obtained from the New York
americans, to round out the pitching
stan. Zachary and Courtney are LETT
handlers Of ability.
Charity, Picdnich, Torres and Brot-
tenn. the last named obtained from he
team. make up q formidable catching
star. Charity, who Is considered to
have few superiors In the league, will
do the bulk Of the catching.
In the inneld the only Job giving
any concern il that at third. EIlerbe.
who did most Of the hot corner work
last season: shanks, veteran utility
man, ana FO86, q ueWCOu1oI, O0 eaaS
playerx from which the. selection will
be made, Foas has shown good form
and IL expected to get tho call for the
regular berth. At arst Joe Judge has
Brewer. the former Reading Inter
national. as q heavy hitting under.
study. Harris will go back to second
this year, with O'Rourke At short.
Rice. Milan and Lewis wfa compose
the outneld with LaMottee, . promis-
inx rookie; shanks and Miller. .
clouter from the Southern aDocA-
ton, forming = good reserve force:
Discussing other clubs IN ohe
LEAGUE. President Gri1hth sees .
chance for the Cleveland Indians TO
sip and cha11cteFtses the New York
Yankees as . remarkable collection
Of stars and mediocre ball PLAYERS.
He looks for formidable opposition
from the 81. Louis Browns, whom he
thinks should have finished many
points higher In tho club Standing
than they did last year. BE also has
q wholesome regard for tho mama
gertal abilities Of Ty Cobb, now at
the helm of the Detroit Tigers.