New Britain herald., 1929-02-09
GIANTS LOOK LIKE PENNANT WINNERS
McGlaW's 1s9s Edition Has , Championship Aspect

New York, Feb. 3 (uP)-John J. McGraw's 1929 edition of the New York Giants look dangerously like . championship outfit.
 Just a change here and a shift there Ind the Giants will be ready to begin the quest of the pennant they threatened to win last season until the final week of the race. Manager McGraw will not have to try the numerous experiments which handicapped the Giants last season. Although the Giants have picked up several promising re- cruits there will be few changes in the makeup of the club.
 Tho infield is settled except at second base, where Andy Cohen and Andy Reese will compete for the regular place. The solution may be that Cohen and Reese will alternate against left and right handed pitch- ing, respectively: Terry at first. Johnson at short and Lindstrom at third will complete the infield.
 Two Toledo recruits. Pat Craw- ford and Baxter Jordan. may win utility berths as inhelders. Ora wford, third baseman. batted .347 and Jordan. a first baseman. batted .37S. Eddie Marshall, shortstop from Beaumont. is hailed as . flashy ! fielder. but . weak hitter. Four new outfielders have been added to the Giants. Fred Leach. i acquired in q trade with the Phil. lies. will play left. Tony Kauf- mann, q former pitcher with the Cubs who batted 1886 for Rochester. will alternate with Melvin Ott, the 20 year old star, in right field. Chick Fullis, a ball hawk from To- ledo. and Art Veltman. the former Giants bat boy. are the other new corners. Veltman batted .s33 for Springfield last season and Fullis batted .275.
 Ed Roush. who is said to have regained his health. and Jimmy Welsh. who threatens to blossom into star under McGraw's tutelage. will battle for center field.
 The catching staff will be strong CT with the addition of Ray Schalk, signed as McGraw's first lieutenant, but who expects to catch quite a few games. Frank Hogan will again be first string catcher with Bob O'Farrell and Jack Cummings as assistants.
 Larry Benton, Fred Fitzsimmons. Joe Genewich and Carl Hubbell, the brilliant young southpaw who joined tha Giants from Beaumont in mid. season last year. will form the nucleus of the pitching staff. Carl Mays, the submarine ball pitcher. will attempt a comeback after . winter in Florida.
 Garland Buckeye, the 245 pound southpaw formerly with the Cleve- land Indians, has been recalled from Toledo and Jack Scott. the veteran right handler who was res- cued from Toledo late last season. will try for regular berths.
 Three outstanding rockies have been acquired in Harry Kelly. who won Fl games and lost 10 for Mem- phis; Warren Ogden, who won 21 games and lost 10 for Buffalo: and H. E. Pyle. who won IS games and lost il for Chattanooga.
 Bill Walker, the former Denver southpaw who cost the Giants ESQ., 900 year ago but was handicapped by illness last season. is said to have recovered from his illness. Dutch Henry, another southpaw. who was on the ineligible list most of last season. may regain his form. Hen- ry Boney. a former Florida col- legian, and Tiny Chaplin, both right handlers, who were given try outs last season, will be back.
 The Giants tentative squad fol- lows: