San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-12
WRIGHT MAKES
PIRATES GREAT
!. J. J. BASEBALL CLUB
Clark Griffith, for One,
=, Thinks Enfield Now One
- :. of the Best.
WHOLE TEAM STRONG
IF Pitchers Come Through,
- There Seems to Be no
Weakness.
WHOLE TEAM STRONG
BY JOHN b. FOSTER

Copyright, 1924, BY The s. A. Light.
81 New York, April 1e.-"Pittsburs
should have the finest infield that
team ever had when it takes the field
: for the championship fight this year.
and one of the finest in the history
8 of baseball, no matter what league"
The speaker was Clark Griffith.
+, president of the Washington baseball
club, who has admira ton for Wright.
the shortstop Pittsburg obtained from
o Kansas City. that demands superla-
tives for expression. Griffith bases
his opinion largely on what he knows
of Wright. He thinks that young
player is forceful enough to reconsti-
lutte an infield which. certainly has
material of which any builder might
= be enviOus.
! Griffith said he had been willing
To give $50. 600 for Wright, and might
have gone higher. He found he hal
s'no chance to get him, however, as
Pittsburg was in ahead of him. The
Washington owner, who has been IN
baseball long enough not to be fooled
. by flash, insists that Wright today
is the big catch of the major league
fishing season.
Few Looked At Them.
The Pirates trained out on the
coast this year. where few OF the
eastern scribes got look at them.
They had their share of unreasonable
, weather and some other troubles, but,
all in all, it was a good training sea-
son. Adams turned M with sore
left arm for Bonesetter Reese, who
holds the position of adviser extra
ordinary to the club. Adams absence
from the pitching staff might lessen
the clubs chance to some extent, but
5Pittsburg had discounted his loss loss,
realizing that he couldn't run on for
4. ever.
~, u If Cooper gets back into normal
condition of mind and body, his lm,,
provement will go long way toward
; ,offsetting Adams loss and, anyway
4 whatever may have happened 20
Adams need not be taken too seriously
vet, for at the start of the season
4 cBonesetter Reese may have the KINKS
out of his arm. There is nothing serl-
GUS about such a taste OF a pitcnih5
! arm until it is proved that the slnewS
p land muscles are gone.
scludiny Morrison and Meadows, may
]. be about as they were in 1923. Ii
IncN are Dtlltls ~
the Pirates. OF the youngsters, Pitts
- burg has an assortment as likely to
I, do well as the young pitchers OF any
other club.
Z, OutfieId Is a Gem.
3. The outfield is a gem. Bisbee, carey
and Barnhardt are fit to carry the
burden of any nine, either in fielding
. or in batting.
But it's the possibilities of the in
field that makes Pittsburg look like a
pennant factor. Grimm at frs,
!. Maranville at second, if he stays there,
Z, Wright at short, and Traynor at
third, are four blue jays. Moore can
be used on the infield and some think
{. he should be. and Rawlings is a SAFE
and dependable utility man.
Managers who have spent their
DAYS in the West and who have had
a chance to see Wright play declare
:, that he will make the Pittsburg in
field the fastest thing in baseball
Griffith is not alone in his opinion;
"No use to talk about il" said Joe
,,Cantillon. @You've got to see him in
:, action before you know what sort OF
player he is. / tell you the Ameri-
can Association has lost one of the
hest iufielders in history"