The New York herald., 1922-11-30
'YANKS TO HAVE FEW
PITCHING RECRUITS
Five Youngsters on Hurling
Squad-Some May Go to
Vernon.

When the Yankees assemble at Heine.
mann Park, at New Orleans. on March
to start their drive for third straight
championship they will be rather light
In the matter OF new pitching talent
Miller Huggins figures that with SC
many veterans tried and true he will be
In no position to do much experimenting
with youngsters and he has not signed
many budding roses from the bushes
According to the list issued yesterday
by Ed Barrow the club has only five
new pitchers.
This number is likely to be reduced
at the minor league conclave at Louis
Vile next Monday, when the two col
onels unload some of their surplus talent
in completing the deal for Jake May,
the small left handler who Is coming here
from Vernon OF the Pacific Coast
League. 1t Is reported that Ave men
now on the reserve list of the New
Yorks will get their tickets for the
salubrious climate of Cahfornia--and
that some of them certainly could do a
lot worse.
The new Fingers are Oscar Roettger,
who Is a right handler and was with
Sioux City Of the Western League last
season; Ebert johnson, right handler.
drafted from Aberdeen Of the Dakota
League; Corner Wilson, southpaw,
taken back from Sioux City, Manly
Llewellyn. a regulation singer. who has
been recalled from Buffalo, and Bill
Dearman, a big lefthander, who has
seen service in the precincts of White
Plains.
May Have Twelve Pitchers.
II all five remain with the Yankees
long enough to go to New Orleans
Husgins will have an even dozen pitchers
at his command. In addition to the new
conner. May. he will have Carl Mays. and
some confusion in names: Waite Hoyt,
Bob Shawkey. Sad Samivel Jones. Joe
Bush and George Murray The COM
plexion of the veteran. list may be
changed a little with the addition OF
Dick Kerr. the lefthander, who may
come from Chicago.
In addition to the new pitchers the
busy Barrow announced the names of
the other newcomers who may get
marching orders for Louisiana. They
are Ben Bengough, catcher. from Buff
falo; Bernie Acton. outfielder, from Will
son of the Piedmont League: Elton
Langford. outfielder. from Lubbock of
the West Texas League: Henry I.avallie
another leftfielder, drafted from Worces-
ter; John Wight, young shortstop
from Chattanooga: Ed Neusel, out
fielder, recalled from Albany; Hinky
Haines, outfielder. recalled from Read
ing; Glenn Killinger, third baseman, re-
called from Jersey City, and Old Dan
Tucker still smother outfielder. who
was with New Orleans last season.
This brings the number Of new men
to fourteen and guarantees rather a
light squad in so far as numbers go.
Bengough will take the place Of Devor-
mer. who Is going to Vernon. The
Buffalo catcher was the headiest back
stop in his league last season.
wight May BE star.
Great things are expected Of Wight,
who was n star on the diamond and
the gridiron for Tulane University In
1920. Tucker showed tremendous I'M
provement with New Orleans last sea-
son. but he is hardly ripe for work
with the Yankees and may be one of
those who will be consigned on option
to Vernon.
Huggins wants another hard hitting
center fielder who can throw with the
best Of them and he is after another .ex
perfenced catcher. IT Is not known
whether he is interested in the an
nouncement that the Browns are will
ing to talk trade with him about Josh
Billings, their backstop. or course the
Miller would like to land Kerr and re-
port still has It that after year OF
ease. Dicllie will resume activities in the
uniform Of the New Yorks.
The California delegation still is
busy trying to induce John McGraw to
take the Giants to the coast to train.
The manager will have another confer
ence with William Mccarthy, president
of the Pacific Coast League, and DR.
Strub and George Putnam of the San
Francisco club tomorrow. but he IL
not likely to make any decision until
after he returns from the minor league
meeting in Louisville.
The announcement from Cleveland
that iris Speaker has forsaken Texas In
favor of Lakeland. Fla. adds another to
the growing list of teams which will
train on the peninsula in 1928 Wash
ington is going back to Tampa. the
Braves to st. Petersburg and the
Phillies to Leesburg. The Dodgers nc
doubt will go to Clearwater, Fla, which
means that there will be games between
Brooklyn and the Indians and Senator's
The Cincinnati club is going to Mineral
Wells, Tex, the White Sox to Seguin
Tex, the Pirates and Red Sox to Ho,
Springs, the Cubs to Catalina Island and
the Tigers to Augusta, Ga.