The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-17
BASEBALL
FOOTBALL
BASKETBALL
LARGE CROWDS OF LOCAL FANS WATCH
KENTUCKIANS WORKOUT AT BALL PARK
Bruno Bethel Is Bothered With Ankle
and Stanley VIII Cover
Second Sack.

ball enthusiasts are visiting MaXenr
Park each day to witness the Colonels
go through the sessions Of their spring
training schedule. And the indications
are that when the Brooklyn Dodgers
appear on the field next Sunday to
play the opening game of a three
game series they are going to go UP
against a bunch Of ball tossers that
will give them a run for their money.
Manager Mccarthy is beginning to
let his pitchers curve them a little,
and in various other ways he is put
ting the ''gaff" to his proteges. But
the boys seem to like 1t fine. Every
man IL working like Trojan to be in
trim when Uncle Wilbert comes over
Sunday to battle against them.
The absorbing question in the Col
onel camp yesterday was that of
Bruno Bethel, rated as the peer of
American Association second basemen.
During a series last season in Louis
vile Bethel injured his ankle, and he
as much as admitted yesterday that
ne was leary about the true condition
OF 1t. He made known his desire to
go over to Mobile and work out with
Bert Niehoffs Bears, but Manager
Mccarthy declined to permit him to
make the change.
Bruno wanted to get in condition on
tho Mobile diamond because the field
over there is firm and springy, SINH
lar to grounds at Louisville, and he
was of the opinion that this would
prove greater benefit to the strength
ening of the injured ankle than the
soft sandy turf at Maxent Park.
Bethel said that Il will admit that
/ have been limping about In my work
and have been taking things easily on
the old ankle but this is only due to
the condition OF the diamond" While
this may be true to a certain extent,
his team mates are feeling no little
concern over the condition of the in
jured limb, for Bethel is a valuable
man to the team when he Is able to
perform as he did on the American
Association circuit last season. On
three different occasions yesterday
during the workout when the rest of
the players were cutting loose with
plenty OF stuff Bethel sought the
bench in a down hearted manner. He
can hit the ball in his old time form
but when it comes to going down to
first base he is not there.
Whether Bethel will be able to round
into his previous form is not yet
known, but Manager Mccarthy gave
out the information yesterday that
Piggy" Stanley a Louisville lad, who
is the sensation of the camp thus far,
would parade around the keystone sack
during the three game series with
Brooklyn. While the position is new
TO Stanley he has the grit and deter
animation to succeed and there is lit
tie danger of his failing in the pinch.
The choice of Stanley to play second
came as a kind of surprise as it had
been thought that Lyman Lamb, the
gabby little player from the ST. Louis
Browns, would be the lad to take care
of the middle bag in BetzeTs absence.
However, Lamb will be used in the
outfield until the arrival of Massey
and Acosta. Mccarthy Is highly
pleased with the showing of Lamb and
is of the opinion that he will be a val
liable man to the Colonies during the
coming season.
Neil Deighan, brother of Dick, also
a candidate for the position of second
string catcher, is the latest arrival in
the Colonies camp. He came in from
his home in Camden, n. j., yesterday
morning.
While Neil is supposed to be more
finished of the two players. the opin-
ion was freely expressed yesterday
that the younger of the two appears
TO be the better performer. The ar
rival of the other Deighan brings 4he
catching staff up to five, which is a
pretty big number for minor league
club. Dick Deighan is by far the
most promising of the rookie catchers
and If any are retained it is pretty
sure unless there is big reverse that
he will be the one to assist Bill Meyer
behind the bat. II is said that Meyers
contract only calls for a certain num-
Der of games.
The Colonels now have twenty five
players in camp. This includes ten
pitchers, five oatchers, five infielders,
three outfielders and two utility men.
A reduction is expected shortly,
For the first time during the pres
ent spring training grind of the Col
onels the players were introduced to
cure ball pitching yesterday. Tommy
Long, making his initial appearance Of
the 1892 season, showed his team
mates more stuff than they have seen
since being in Pensacola. He shot
them over In mid-season style and had !
some of the batters guessing as it was
the first time that they had looked |
at anything this season outside of a |
straight ball. Tommy hooked them |
over quite rapidly and later admitted |
that he had been working ont during
the past two weeks at his home in |
Memphis. The little fellow looks to |
be in great shape, and if he gets off
to good start this season he can be
relied on to win his share of the games
for the Colonels.
II will be OF interest to local bali
fans to learn that it has been arranged |
for the Naval Air Station team to play |
an exhibition game with the Colonies |
on March 29th. The sailors have been |
quietly going through some practice |
themselves lately and they are hoping |
TO make a good showing against the /