New Britain herald., 1923-04-03
Tanks Will Present Same Lineup;
 NO Recruits Get Regular Berth
N. Y. Americans Have Good Pitching Staff But Team Is Badly in Need of Good Substitutes.
Rx Billy Evans

New Orleans, La, April 3.--There will be no new faces in the lineup of the New York Americans when that club takes the field in the opening game of the American league race.
 Wally Schang will be back of the bat. The inheld will be Pipp, Ward, Scott and Dugan. In the outfield. Bob Meusel, Babe Ruth and Whitey Witt will do the fly chasing.
 In the box will be one of the i've veterans on the pitching staff. Bush, Shawkey. Hoyt, Mays and Pennock.
 Rumor has it that Miller HugEins would shift his infield slightly, send ing Ward to third and Dugan to sec ond. Ward. originally third base- man, would much prefer to play his old position, but it so happens that Dugan has no desire to play second.
 Will Make No Change
 Ward is a mighty fine second baseman," said Huggins in discussing the suggestion, while Dugan has only played a half dozen games at that position and has no desire to move over.
  break up two positions with no ob- jective to be gained. There isn't chance of any shift in the Yankee in- field. It will start the season as 1t finished last year."
 That settles all that talk.
 As matter of fact, the Yankees secondary defense is none too strong. Huggins frankly admits that he needs another utility infielder to help out Mike McNally, who is really the only capable infield substitute the Yankees have.
 Of the infield recruits John Wight looms up as the best prospect. The veterans of the squad have already dubbed him Broadway Johnny be- cause at present his one ambition in life is to stick with the Yankees long enough to at least seelthe big street of the metropolis. H4 has a pretty good chance of looking over the bright lights.
 The Yankees have picked ur some excellent outfield material in Hen dricks, Tucker and Haines. Hen- dricks and Tucker are left handed hitters and have shown much alility at the bat. As to fielding thee is room for improvement.
 "Hinky" Haines is the former Fenn State football and baseball slar. Haines is right-handed hitter. The ,colegian, who was with the YaapSs last spring, is a wonderful outfieldlr, very fast and finished base runnr. If Haines it able to hit big leagte pitching he has great future aheai.
 Of the young pitchers in the canlP Oscar lRoetteger made by far the beA impression on me. Roetteger is a bid right handler, who stands out fan more than his record of 16 wins with an equal number of defeats would in-A dicate. He was with Sioux City in thesN Western League last year.
 Roetteger has an easy delivery and gets snap to the wrist on his curve that bodes ill for the batters. All the veteran Yankee pitchers like Roette- gers style, which makes it seem as if he had q fine chance to stick around.
 Yankees Have Punch
 also like the looks of Catcher Bengough, with Buffalo in the Inter- national league last year. He is short but built along husky lines, and is the most active player on the field. He seems to like to play baseball and fairly exudes the old pepper" Ben- gough is certain to be retained as a
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