New Britain herald., 1928-05-09
HOPE ID
 STAY IN THE RACE
Ambitious Youth Keeping CleVe-
 land Team iu the Swim

New York, May 3 LP'-1ts a big season so far for ambitious youth in the major leagues and the Cleveland { Indians. under new management and rejuvcnated by a good share of this talent, have started something that they hope to be able to finish
 The way these youngsters, such as Lind at second base, Langford in | center. IIodapp at third and others, have come through so far. along with some great pitching, has kept us in the race,' says Roger pcckin- paugh. the field manager.
 And we expect to stick there" ] adds Billy Evans, the general man. ager. batting Peek" on the back.
 And you can count on it," con- cludcd Ava Bradley, millionaire ! president of the club, batting both Peek" and Evans on the back. This new Cleveland trumvirate. invading the stronghold of the worlds champions this week for the first time, is one of tho most un- usual in the game.
 There is Bradley, who with his brother. Charles, is the chief hnan- cial packer and also an ardent rootcr: Evans an umpire for 22 years now installed as chief business executive: and Pec1inpa augh, vet cran shortstop, wise old head in the game, handling and adjusting his somewhat make-shift lineup with COnSummate skill.
 So far they have been getting re- , suits, much more so. in fact, than even the most enthusiastic packers of the Indians expected at the star, of the season. They arc safely en- trenched in tho first division, within striking distance of the top, al though the experts on massc assigned thom in preseason calculations to sixth position. Only one critic was confident enough to rate Cleveland as high s fourth
 The opening victory of the 1n- dlans over the mighty Yankees, with George Lhle outpitching Herb PennoCll and breaking the lattcr's winning streak, probably will do the morale Of the club morc good than anything that has happened so far. The team spirit under Peck has been high anyway, but if will be higher.
 The Indians have been more or less poison as whole 10 the Tan lsees over the past few seasons and l hle has been particularly so in- dividually. The veteran pitcher has lost only one game 10 the New Workers in the past two years and period over them.
 The Indians nearly knocked thc Yankees ont of the ponnant in 1926 with a. late season flourish. Last year they were the only club to hold he champions anywhere near even games. All told, over 3 three year period Cleveland has won B and lost "A games with the Yankees.
 ''It's too early to make any pre- dtctions and it would be foolish for me or anyone else to predict we will beat the Yankees or that anyone else can beat them" says Peck. The champions haven't got the pitching they had last year but they still have that old wallop and that wins a lot of ball games.
 We will make it interesting. cs- pecia'ly if our pitching continues 10 be as good as it has been so far. hle has never been in greater shape. I'm giving him four days usually between games. He had five days Of rest before going after the Yankees yesterday. He can have an extra day any time he wants 10 re- peat that shutout.
 Shaute, Miller, Bayne and Buck eye give us T great quartet of south- paws Hudlin, young Harder and Grant are good righthanders
 Look our other youngsters over. Carl Lind. the New Orleans boy. is going great at second base. He ia d. beautiful fielder. Hodarp. st third base. is hitting his stride. We lost Eddie Morgan. the great young out fielder from New Orleans the first day but Langford went to center and has done SO well can't take him out. But Morgan is in shape again and will be a star. He is one of the fastest and best young players have ever handled. We will keep him and he will get his chance"
 Tho Indians have partiality for talent from the south. The famous Sewell brothers, Joe and Luke, first earned their spurs at the University of Ala hama. Grant is an Alabaman while Lind and Morgan both got their early baseball educat ton at n A