New Britain herald., 1925-01-22
RIGHT FIELD IS DODGERS TROUBLE That and New Pitcher Needed
 by Robinson
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 New York, Jan. 22.-Barrine A bit
 Of tinkerlng with the right field posi-.
 ton, the riveting of an otherwise
 strong pitching department with a
 southpaw 10 replace Dutch" Rueth.
 CT and q possible effort to bolster
 up third base, Manager Wibert Rob.
 inson will stand pat with his second place Brooklyn National league team for 1925. Uncle Robbie has gath cred together q hosts of more or less raw material for mobilization at the Clearwater camp, his principal ef- forts being directed toward bolster ing up his secondary defense. which was woelully weak last season.
 Dick Loftus now Is the strongest candidate for Tommy Griffith's job in right field. Robbie was forced to use Griffith against left-handed pitching last season, due to the fre- ouent injuries sustained by Bunny" Neis, Brooklyn's only substitute right handed batter. The result was that Griffith's hitting took a big slump and the teams offense suffered in consequence. Tommy never was strong against southpaw twirlng and there is chance he may figure in the waiver list shortly.
 If Loftus lands the regular berth, he will alternate with Neis, accord ing to the brand of opposing pitch ing. AS last resort, If Loftus fails 10 deliver or Dick Cox, powerful slugger obtained from Portland, Ore, does not measure up to require ments, Manager Robinson may send the veteran Jimmy Johnston to the outfeld. Johnston performed in the outer works before he was called to the infield to plug up a sieve-like inner defense and helped win two pennants.
 Uncle Robbie has recalled Frank (Dutch) Henry from New Orleans in the belief that the cratic southpaw has developed sufficiently to improve somewhat on Ruether's 1924 record. Ruether won only out of 21 games last season, a mark that the veriest tyro may be expected to shoot at and surpass.
 Henry was sent to the Southern league club in July ill the deal by which John Holligsworth, a right handler, was secured. Henry pro- ceeded 10 win 10 out of 12 games in the south, a record that insures him another trial.
 Six other southpaws will be put through the paces at Clearwater. "Dewey" Hinkel and Nelson Greene, two six Hooters, and Danny McPhee, a roly-poly bit of portside pitching machinery, have been recalled from the sticks after year Ion the farm" to battle for regular berths with Leon Williams, Jackson, Miss. Gopher Wilson, Des Moines, and Charles Schwartz, Great Falls, Mon- tana. Wilson appears to be the best of the new recruits, as he was up with the Yankees once before. Schwartz is semi-pro who pitched DIlllldIltN dSIlliSL lIlC DlOOhlSh transformers in the northwest last fall and was immediately recom- mended to Robbie by both Vance and Grimes.
 ' While Milton Stock started the Robins on their climb toward the pennant last spring, his finish was not so inspiring and there are indi- cations that switch at the hot cor ner is contemplated, Should Loftus, Neis or Cox make the grade in right field, the logical successor to Stock would be the versatile Jimmy Johnston. Johnston has covered all tour positions in the intield at one time or another and while his field ing wobblod, his hitting and base running have ever been valuable. Moe Berg, former Princeton star, has been recalled from the Amcri- can Association for another trial, while Jerry Standaert, d youth from Charlotte dug up by Nap Fucker on one of his scouting trips is another infield prospect.
 The brunt of the pitching will again rest on the broad shoulders of "Dazzy' Vance, Burleigh Grimes and Bill Doak, with "Rube' Ehrhardt. who made a splendid record last season as another member of Brook lyn's "big four" Vance is already at Clearwater though not yet signed. He has been quoted as saying that he is prepared to sign, despite the report that he is holding out for a fhree-year contract.
 Uncle Robbie. always keeping both eyes on his pitching staff, has a host of other right handlers in re- serve. Ernie Osborne, John HoI- lingsworth and Jim Roberts are last years holdovers; Paul Schreiber has been recalled from the sticks and Jesse Rush of Waterburg and Guy Cautrell of Okmulgec, Okla, brought | in as recruits. Hence, the Brooklyn | manager will have seventeen pitch CTS. seven of them southpaws, at the 1 spring camp 10 look over with his , new coach, Ben Egan.
 Jack Fournier at first, Andy High . at second and Johnny Mitchell at short are depended upon to return to their regular intleld posts this | year, with Zach Wheat in left and Bill Brown in centerfeld. This quin~ let of regulars, along with the ster- i ling pitching of Vance, Grimes and Doak was chiefly responsible for i Brooklyn's brilliant showing in 1924.
 Last season, the Robins came out of the ruck and staged whirlwind finish that came close 10 upsetting the Giants. This year, Uncle Robby figures his club to be contender from the start, with the Giants and Pirates as his most dangerous op- position.
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