The Washington times., 1929-03-14

Brooklyn Dodgers landing in
race for the National Leagne
A worried expression stole over
the genial features of Wilbert Rob-
inson, the rotund, 65-year-old man.
ager Of the Brooklyn club as he
revealed these facts today in dis
cussing his teams outlook for the
coming season. "Uncle Robbie"
and a group of friends, including
Joe Cantillion of the American As
ISOLATION, and Clyde Milan, former
big league star, sat basking in the
sunshine just back of first base.
watching the regulars and yam
nfgans compete in what was adver-
tised as a ball game.
Jaw shucks. wish Dazzy were
here" said Robbie. "We've got to
have him and the club owners may
as well realize it. They think he's
trying to hold them up. Vance
wants $4,000 and they offered him
22,500. Gee, that's more than they
used to pay a whole club in my
day"
'''But Brooklyn will look awful
ly bad without him. He won
81 SdHACS AdSb ycdk dAAu AAdu SUI
st EtrikeoutS. That's some record
s considering the fact that we
were last in fielding and hit
/ ting"
sI'm worried about Wright, too.
Twas banking on him for short
and expected him to about make
my infield. But on the very first
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bad. He claimed he hurt it making
~ double play. I don't know
whether he injured it during the
winter or not, Anyway Max Carey
has taken him over to Miami to
see Cecil Ferguson who knows how
to fix lame arms. Ferguson, you
Bonsetter Reese, Ferguson is an
7 old pitcher and understands this
bad arm business. hope he fixes
him up. ok"
Robinson said his team looked
pretty good. The absence of Jess
Petty, whom Robbie traded, makes
the twirling corps seem weaker than
last year. He was a pitcher who
could be depended upon to take his
Robbie" complained that he had
only 10 pitchers in camp which, he
declared, was not enough.
''DeBerry, GOoch and HenIine
win divide the catching this
season." said Robinson in sizing
IN his team. "Vance, Clark,
McWeeny, Elliott and Moss will
= he my regulars. That is If l
81 have Vance. KOupal and Ehr-
hardt will do. the relief pitch.
ling"
''The infield will be made up of
Bissonette at first, Flowers at sec.
ond, Gilbert at third and Wright at
short, If Wright's arm does not
come around I will fall back on
] Bancroft who still has some good
I ball In him.
ssMy outfield ought to be pretty
good. Herman will play right. He
may not field like star. but he
win hit You can't keep him out.
/ am hoping that John Frederick.
who hit .359 for Memphis last year
will show enough to take care of
center. And / will play either Hen.
drick or Bressler, both hard hitters,
in left"
Robinson dilated on the prOwess
Of Walter Gilbert, his third-base-
= man. He said Gilbert was one
of the best.IoOIking infielders he
had seen I'm many q day. Gil.
bert, who came up to Brooklyn
from Atlanta late last year,
fielded splendidly. but did not
hit. He is big fellow. how.
ever, and Robbie expects him to
find himself as an alEarOund
player.
!. Gilbert has not made a bad
throw since he has been with US. .
said Robbie 1T Is only a question
iof hitting with him. If he hits. he
!, will be a star. What like most
about him is that never have
made q move that he hasn't seen.
He has baseball brains"
The good.natured Brooklyn leader
does not think Max Carey will play
the, outfield very much this year.
He said he probably would use
!. Max largely as a pinch-hitter and
for running the bases in tight
places. a situation in which Carey
excels. He still is the best base
runner on. the Brooklyn club, even
though he is 81 years old.
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