The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-18

T1gnt cOInDlnatlon. lHei'
isn't much chance of an,
team carrying five outfield
ers. six being out Of the ques
ton, so some pilots are goini
to do a lot of tall figuring.
Biliy Lane and Brick Eidr~d
arrnlmo-t sure TO start the sra
son for Seattle n both men are
trird and true In this league and
both can field and hit. Lane IL
the better thrower Of the two,
having one Of the be~t arms In
the hague. and he's also . much
better base runner. Eldrcds
hitting will b. nec<i~d- For the
Other berth there will b. Frank
Schultz, the Cub veteran. and Ed
Barney, obtained from the Inter.
national league. 10th ARE 800
hitter. Manuel Curto. the Cuban
to~~<r. will BE- an outfield can
didate II Walt MeCrcdic decides
to play him In the fi~id instead
Of at third base. Some quintet.
Every man shout hit over 100
this. with the probable exception
Of Lane. whose batting average
may suffer. ~ he viii be the
lead-off msn-
POKTLAND'S
GREAT GANG
Look at Portland. Bin Ken
worthy has a great sextet TO choose
from. The way things shape vi
there II looks like Charley High.
800 hitter In the American assocta
ton last year, viii start IN left field
Jim Thorpe. a .3s0 hitter In the
same loop, will be In center. with
Dix Cor. one Of the best men N
the Coast league last year. In right
field. This will leave Sammy Hale
one OF the hardest hstters In the
minors. for utility roles. Hale's BAT
may win him a regular job. altho Cox
has IL all over him In throwing and
fielding Gressett. a Central league
graduate. and wolfer. last year reg
MAR. have little chance Of breaking
into the regular combination. accord
ing to reports from Pasadcna-
san Francisco will have one OF the
strongest offensive outfields In the
league. aitho the defense won't be
go good. Bert Ellison Ia figured for
left field and he should be one OF the
leading men In the league " he Is
played there regularly. He's whale
OF hitter.
Charley Sec l. figured TO play
center. lie showed lot Of pos
abilities with Seattle last year.
He can hit and run and throw.
He'll be the best throwing out
fielder In the league this year.
His fielding may cost him a reg
uIar position as he II awkward
and not a good judge Of fly balls.
with regular playing he should
develop into . great pastimer.
OCONNELL IN
OUTFIELD
Jim O'Connell Will be In right
field this year instead OF at first
base. He played In the field two
years ago. The big boys hefty bat
will make a strong bid for league
batting honors this year.
Then the Seals have Joe Kelly,
Morry shIck and Justin Fitzgerald.
all 900 hitters. Kelly is a good
average player. Shick can do every.
thing but play inside baseball, while
Fitzgerald's arm IL weak.
Vernon has a good collection Of
men. Hughie High Is just about
the best fielding left fielder In the
league when he's right. His injured
arm, that forced him out Of the
game late last season. IL said 10 have
improved wonderfully during the
winter. He Is a smart player. a
good hitter and base runner. Chef
Chadbour1ie, one Of the wizards OF
the game In snaring flies and playing
batters, is almost sure to be in cen
ter field.
FOUR AFTER
RIGHT FIELD
This will leave Ping Bodie, Pete
schneider. Ham Hyatt and Chicken
Hawkes. 70 fight II out for right field.
The first three are all sluggers, with
Hawkes. beipG a good hitter and a
spced demon on the paths. but a
weak fhrower. The dope seems TO
favor Bodie. who Is n clnch to play
regularly II he hits like he used TO
for the San Francisco Seals.
Los Angeles will be without Sam
Crawford and Arnold STATE this year.
but they have obtained two fine
prospects in Clarence Twembly and
Jim sullivan from the Chicago Cubs.
Dixie Carroll will be IN left