Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-21
Quasers Score IFS Vim.
Minor League Manager
Thinks Belts Is Promising
BEVO GETS FIVE HITS
nv EDWIN J. POLLOCK
Ieesburg, Fla.. March 20.

ur EFT nc state, that's q smart bal
VII club." Jack Martin, manager 0l
~. novtona nine, had the floor. Til,
tne,i;or tne mart about his opening sen
t.ncs wns that lie was not referring tt
-. own aggregation.
n's s..T,Scrcs brains behind those Phil.
~. = he continued. II saw that even
~ i,t Tho exhibition game we played
ID rho NJ phillies travelled over to Daytona
.L.n.dov md spote the Florida Stntt
f.sue team there rather viciously, IL
""you know, I played with Kaiser
w,,hclm in Rochester n number OF years
W. and believe me. they made no mis-
.sEe in getting him to manage the CLUB.
And there's Wid Conroy, boys. Hes .
si;cter. and brainy! Why, l think
hs;s one of the smartest men IN base.
hsli. Those two will make a great
Combination. And don't overlook Ar'
fletcher. There's another one VINO
rises his head. It's my guess that the
Phillies will be one Of the brniniest PAL
c,ubs In the league this year unless they
s,1 c.t = lot of dumb bells on the team out
"a. those three I mentioned.
Martin at one time was utility short :
xcn Tor the PhiIs. That was back In
~ DAYS Of Charlie Doom. Nineteen
sowrteen was his last year In the ma :
-. Since then he has been playing
considerable minor league ball. He al
Cays was rated as a smart player who
Cssn't blessed with the physical ability
"a stay under the big tent. Martin Z
Nome Ia in plainfield, N. ].
Martin was impressed with the pitch :
n. Of Huck Betts, who twirled the last
two innings for Wilhelm.
Should BE Star
'That boy IL going to make n star
uitcher. He may not have the stuff
that Hubbell and Weinert have, but he
iaows where the balls going and can
Mace Il wherever he wants to put It.
that's u big asset. Another thing about
MIN, He seemed to sense batter's &
weakness from his stand at the plate or
the way he went after ball he would
toss up for experimental purpose.
''Hubbell probably will come along
better, but Weinert will have to get
more control IL he expects to get any
Mace. He has a rot Of stuff, that's
true, but that won't get him any place
unless he can control 1t. hope the
Kize gets good pitching. for the rest of
the ball club appears to be up to the
standard. 49,.
II played Dall Wltn DOtn Noy LeSiit
and Curt Walker and I know what they
can do Leslie is sweet first baseman.
but he's only fair hitter, II that.
Walker is n better hitter than any
thing.
ut was great to see old Fletcher
working there at shortstop. The old
boy still knows how to fight and play
the game. Rapp Is good man at third,
and you know what Williams and Lc-
bourveau can do. To me, Parkinson
looks like the weak spot of the club.
lie was In three double plays against US
and looked fairly good in all of them,
but l have n boy at second on my club
who will be showing them something in
the big leagues. believe.
Porter-that's his name; Soddy
Porter we call him--is from my home
town in Plainfeld. and believe Inc he's
d ball player. 1t was too bad he hau a
poor day against the Phils. He booted
couple of them. but it was just II bad
(day.
IA Regular Phenom
"I brought Porter down with me last
year 1t was his first year In league
baseball and he hit .345 for me. Not only
that, but he can field. If the first base.
man misses grounder he ge.s II.
That's how fast he IL. He'll be up
there in the big show some of these
days, and would like to zee the Phils
get him. I'm going to keep him down
with me this season. and I'll devote II
lot Of time to teaching him how TO play
that bag. BY next spring he'll be
ready for a tryOut.
IT ! can help out Wilhelm I'm cer-
tainly going to do it, and any players
In this lQavun vrhn lnok vood I'm 0ni 10
70 tip him of. \ want to see those
p,hillics get out of last place, and be.
lieve they'll do it."
Martin s club will play q return game
here In Leesburg next Saturday, and
at that time he's going to work two left
handers to permit Wilhelm to get a
look ut them.