The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-26

Service, who 10 maHnE tour NJ
maior league training camps, be- g.
pctinlly timely
By DAVID J. WALSH
MINERAL WELLS. Texas. March
25.--On by ono. llkc leaves from q
dead tree. iiluatrous men from the
once proud Cincinnati Rods have
drittod away by sale. trade and the
dry rot Of age until today the team
has nothing 10 commend It beyond
the nonessontlnl fact that II Is ~
melting pot OF natlonulltios.
Start an argument on tho Cln-
ciunai bench right now ana you
win bo Obliged to call In an In
tcrprcter 10 settle nll bets.
As they stand. the Reds are short
on inficld defense, capable pitching
and a real punch In the battling or
der.
For ronsons best known 10 himself,
Garry Herman battered the loft side
OF his infleld In sending Hsinic Groh
To the Giants, Sam Crane to the
Dodgers and Larry kopt to the
Braves. lie got no inficlders In re-
turn.
shoots Roll on Recruits.
Moran apparently ia shooting the
roll on Cavcnny, brought ON from
Oakland at cost uf $4,000 and n
few bail players and piuclli, who Is
supposed to be a total stranger to
the yagnrics OF major league pitch
ing. Pinelll was up before with the
Tigers ana white Sox and went right
back again. He couldn't hit a lick
then, but perhaps he has reformed,
Al any rate, Moran Il sot to start
him at third base.
Cavenny tx by long odds the better
prospect, although he, too. was tried
ana found wanting before.
Tho rest of the inficld gets by
nicely with sam Bohne. at second
and Dnubcrt on first. the venerable
Jach, however. finds that his legs
are not as young as his ambition,
therefore, Louis Fonsocn Ia ,'koly to
do a lot of first basing for the Reds
this season.
Outficld looms Strong.
Tho outfiold ~ the main cog In
the machine. Hermann mado
mess OF his infleld when he traded
! Groh TO the Giants, hut strength
onod his outfield immcusurably
when he obtained George Burns I'm
| return. Pat Duncan and Rousch.
| when he signs. will flll the remaining
| position with Greasy" Neal Just
sticking around. II h strong COM
blnRtion, extensively and defensivcly.
Burns IL Il great man for any ball
club ana win he TN his dying day.
Ivy Wingo ana Bubbles" Har-
graves will do the backstopping and
that part is all right unless Ivy and
Bubbles come croppcr. a local
semipro Is the third and only catcher
In the camp. lad business
Pitching Sluff Shattered
The Reds had great staff OF
pitchers In 1919, but nearly all have
gone their way rejoicing. Luque,
the Cuban, IL the sole survivor OF
that staff and the scnor IL very
clever right-hander. Then there Is
Epha RiXey. left handler. an In and
outer, very good sometimes, often
not at all. Pete Donohue. the brunette
Texan. looked very good indeed, last
season but he is handicapped hy NJ
attempt to finish his college course
down hero. lie has been working
| out informally with the team and
should bo In condition by the second
week OF the season.
The Boston trade sent John Scott.
| the big right-hnndor TO the Reds and
much ia expected OF him.
John Couch from san Francisco;
| Jack Gillespie, from the Western
Canada league and carl Schnell from
Calgary are fair prospects, no more.
Leon Marklc, the old Yankee pitcher,
| IN still hanging around and a likely
looking youth, Victor johnson. u
former pitcher for some army outfit,
has uncovered a good fast bali.
| Looks Like second Division.
In the outficld are two promising
kids, I'D Hook or the Virginia league
and George Harper of the western
league, Both hit we'll but this will
get them nowhere II Roush returns
Tor the start OF the season, The only
inficld recruit OF note is Waltor
| kimmick, up from the Blue Ridge
league walter has been tried at
every position and seems to know
| what he * about. which is moro
than the Reds themselves do, From
this point of vantage, they bear a
singular resemblance 10 second
division ball club.
RAIN PREVENTS REDS AND
OKLAHOMA CITY PLAYING
| OKLAHOMA CITY. March 25.-
! Tho exhibition game between Pat
| Moran's Redlegs and iris Speakers
| Indians, which was to have been
| played here this afternoon, was post
poned until tomorrow, Western
League park being SO muddy that
life able to get around the diamond,
Western League Manager Holland
announced this afternoon.
Still feeling the effects ~ the de-
feat administered yesterday by the
Fort Worth cats, who were vic
tnrious by a score OF I TO o, Pat
Moran's Cincinnati Reds arrived
here this morning. They will play
sunday, weather permitting.