The Washington times., 1928-01-30
MORIART !
To KEEP
MARTY
By Louis A. Dougher

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Marty McAanus is to remain with
che Detroit Tigers, despite al re-
ports sending him to the Cleveland
Indians. Manager George Mort
arty Is responsible for this state
ment, adding that McManus viii be
tried out at third base In the train
ing camp at San Antonio. II he
heats out Jack Warner, the job win
Be his. If he doesn't. he will be
kent for utility purposes, being able
to play all four infield positions
better than ordinary.
Baseball sharps pick Washington,
Detroit and Philadelphia to be 1879
contenders against the world cnam-
Y,inn Yankees and so washington
Sans are interested in what Morl-
artv will have at his command When
the flag goes up in April
Johnny Neun, who was pre-.
ferred to Lu Blue last year. VIII
afarf at first base, with Charne
1Sehringer, q brilliant youngs1er'
holding second base. hOWev6I,
there will be fights Tor she
other two infieId positions.
Three candidates for shortstop
~,iIl work out with the Tigers. Ihey
ain he lack Tevener. the team
sag,Ilar nerforrner until injured last
aessnn. Chick Galloway. formerly
viii the Philadelphia Athletics, ana
rs..n1,lr Ennler. who had season
with Cincinnati before slipping DacN
- Minneapolis In the American As
Tavener broke the index finger
an his throwing hand and was our
"A tha came through the last months
II tha 1927 campaign. He reports
s,ow however. that his Injury mas
aho,,t disappeared and that ne
hopes to be back nthe Joo VIII
colors flying.
Emn,er. after playing wonderful
hall on the Pacific Coast n 1872.
was 4 batting. bloomer with the
Reds the following year. Last sea-
aon. though, he proved sIugslhs
ahortfielder in the American Asso-
cation and is being given announcer
chance.
fsaIIoway's erratic play caused
him 10 be bench0d ln favOr %
fIle steadfer doe BOley with the
MaeIxmen and he WAS sent 70
MINIATURES with Outfieldef Bates
IN the Oswald OrwOll deal. The
Browns cot him back from MN.
wauISee, however. and shipped
him to Dter0it with m Glider
and Harry Rice. So he VIII Try
To hang on with the Tigers.
fighting against Tavener ana
Emner.
The outfield should be improved
with the speedy, hard-thrcWlnG
Harry Rice in center instead OF
nleasant surroundings, Rice is hkeiy
10 come back with q rush and once
more take his place among the oest
batsmen in the circuit.
Little need be said Of Harry He'll.
mann and Bob FothergiIl. ley
are well known to the fans as slug
gers of the first water. Rice will
help both of them in the field to
the betterment of the team in gen
eral.
depends largely upon what the
pitchers do. Moriarity believes ne
will have improved hurting from
the very beginning, which means
trouble for all opponents.
WhitehiIl, Gibson, Stoner.
Carroll, Holloway and Billings
are leftOvers from last years
mound staff that are expected
to make the grade. There were
times last season when Carroll
kO
and show the stuff he had
when he was 4 wizard at Holy
Cross and ii ig possible that he
may come through this year.
MOriarity has plenty Of conf
dence in the young colIegian.
Johnny BassIer, veteran catcher.
has gone to Hollywood. in the Coast
League, but the Tigers backstop-
ping will not suffer. Larry Wood.
all, who is wintering in the Capt.
tai. by the way. and Merwin Shea,
who shaped up most promisingly
last season, will divide the work.
Reds Hargrave, who was with the
Griffs and Browns for a while. is
the bullpen wonder after a good
year with Toronto in the Inter
national League.
II the Tigers make a flying
start. tn whole league will benefit.
Detroit is a big city in the middle
of many smaller ones and Satur-
days and Sundays the back country
fans flock to Navin Field whenever
the Tigers are playing good ball.
The Griffs played to $4,000 fans
there in four days last season just
because the Tigers were on a win
ming streak.
The prospects are good for the
Tigers according to Manager
Moriarty, and that pleases the
fans. They are already waiting for
the team To sfarf training