South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-25
INDIANS CLUB IS
WELL FILLED But
TEAM NOT PICKED
Speaker Has Worn Out Team
on Hands, though Iris
Thinks Vets Still Good.
BY DAVIS y. WALSH.
L y. = snort Fditnr.


good old wagon but IL done broke
down
References is made in these depre-
ciating terms 20 the Cleveland In
dams. In 1920 they won the cham
pionship Of the world; i'm 1927 they
were runners-up to the New York
Yankees; in 1922-2
Candidly no one knows at this
stage Of the proceedings Iris
Speaker not excepted
III you asked me at this moment
wouldn't be able to name the men
7 Will keep Speaker admitted this
morning. "None of the players have
been let out; therefore I have no
definite idea. Of the relative value
Of the new men"
Gardner Slipping.
OF the veterans. Speaker appear
cd more concerned. Larry Gardner
Fine; Larry was i'm great shape.
"Duster' Mails? Duster should have
a big year Bagby2 Much the same,
only more SO, and so ON down the
line. To Speaker, they ars the same
bali players that carried the club
20 a championship i'm 1920.
And vet the prevalent belief is
that they are nothing of the kind.
Gardner is slipping He may last the
full campaign at third base or he
may not. Bagby had an Indifferent
year i'm 1927 and there is no guar
antee that he viii do better now.
Mails is n left handler both off
and on the ball field. He had one
streak in 1920 when he won seven
straight games at the finish Of the
season, and two more in the world s
series. Then he came to a full stop
and has remained at ease since.
Mails probably has spoken his little
piece. so far as consistent pitching is
concerned.
Only Two Youths.
The whole ball club has become
aged and intirm on Speakers hands;
i'm fact, the regular lineup contains
but two PLAYERS who can lay claim
TO youth, namely Jose Sewei at
shortstop and Jameson in left field.
The rest o. them have been around
a long time.
Speaker himself IS not far from
the vague border.
According to present specification,
the infeld will start the season with
McInnis on first, Bill Wambsganss
on second. Sewell at short and
Gardner on third. Rises Stevenson,
fine hitter but crude in the field,
is being jockeyed along as a posi-
BILE third baseman in the event that
Gardner does what is inelegantly
known as a flop
Walter Hammond who piloted
Pittsfield TO an Eastern League pen
nant last year, and who hit $50 by
way of encouraging himself, is an
other possibility.
Louis Guisto. up from the coast
league. may be carried as an extra
first baseman and pinch hitter. and
Sorrels of Royce City. Texas. The
rest are hardly worthy Of mention.
Speaker in Garden.
Il Will be the same Outfield. minus
Elmer Smith Jameson is to start in
left. Iris Speaker in center, and
Wood in right with Evans and
Graney TO be used against right
handlers Pat McNulty, captain Of
Ohio State. has caught the popular
fancy down here with his talent for
ranging far and wide. for fly balls,
but thus far Pat has neglected TO
do much i'm the way of hitting a
youth named Jeannes has been
knocking around without getting
anywhere in particular.
steve O'NeilI and Les Numaker
will do the bulk of the catching as
of yore. with Shinault and possibly
Luke Seweu brother of Joe, i'm re-
serve.
The pitchers are many i'm num-
Der, parsimonious in quality. Cove
lesSie carried the staff lass. year and
probably viii be required to repeat
the effort i'm 1922 Bagby may or
may not come back. Mails. Sothoron,
Uhle and Keefer are nothing TO write
home about.
A few recruits who may or may
not come along I'm time are jim
Lindsay. a right handler from New
Orleans, Barton, a semi-pr0 from
Kentucky. Del Bissonette. left
handler whom the Yankees failed TO
exercise their option upon. and one
Potts who held Kansas City 10 three
hits in four innings recently. 1t viii
be noted that the provisional may"
is used 70 the exclusion Of all others
The Indians are that kind of a ball
club.