New Britain herald., 1929-01-23
BOSTON LINEUP
 | STILL IN MOULD
Carriean Has No Ida Yet Of How He Will Form Team

Boston, Jan. 23 R,-Wise old Bill Carrigan is going to do lot Of building with the Boston Red Sox this coming season.
 Bill has been building for the past two years and he believes it will take at least two more before he can get a combination of young ball players, with 8 cast-off here and there, that will make any kind of an impression in the American League.
 Right now Carrigan has 37 play CTS on his roster and only 13 of them were with the club last season. He has thirteen pitchers. six catch CTS. 10 infielders and eight out fielders.
 He has no idea who is going to play in his infield and doesn't ex- pect to until the squad has been working out at Bradenton. Fla. for a couple of weeks.
 Phil Todt. the best fielding first baseman in the league last season. seems to be the only infielder sure of holding his job but Rothrock will be on hand to succeed him if he fails to hit better than he did last season. Bill Began. who has held down second for the past two sea- sons. must outright Jerry Standaert late of Brooklyn. and Grant Gillis. who came from Washington in the Buddy Myers trade. for the job. There are three outstanding can- | didates for the shortstop berth, Har-
 old Rhyme, who came from Phila- delphia on waivers, Wally Gerber and Bobby Reeves. who held down that position for Washington for the l past two seasons. Carrigan's biggest problem seemed to be the finding of an adequate third baseman. His l best bet IS Bobby Barrett. who Is coming from the Buffalo Interna- | tionals and seems about ripe to blos- som into a major league star. Bar
 rett was with Brooklyn for a time several years ago but Uncle Wilbert Robinson thought he took too long a swing with the bat and shipped him to Atlanta in time to help that club win the Southern League pen nant.
 Of the eight outfielders due to report at Bradenton. four have seen service with the Red Sox. These are Ira Flagstead. Ken Williams. Doug Tait and Jack Rothrock. who would rather play first base. The newcomers include Elliot Bigelow. a demon minor league hitter who
 was part of the Myers trade, and :, Loepp. Dumas and Scarritt, three
 minor league purchases.
 Carrigan knows catchers and he seems to have strong staff with Alex Castor, Charlie Berry and
 John Heving. who have been with
 the club. and Bob Asbt tornson. re- called from Akron. Eddie Connellv. who played in the Eastern League ! last season. and youth from Wa terville. Me. named Danny Shana-
 han. who played ball for Colby col 1 lege.
 There will be five right handed 1 holdovers, from the 1928 pitching
 staff, Big Ed Norris. Charley Ruff l ing, Danny MacFayden, Jack Rus
 sell and Pat Simmons. Morris was , the most effective Of the quintet last
 season. winning 19 and losing 15.
 The other four functioned below the
 major league standard.
 Among the new box prospects
 were Milton Castor. Alex's brother,
 and Hod Lisenbee, both involved in | the Myers trade. Bill Bayne. with 1 Cleveland last season, Frank Bushey
 recalled from the Pittsfield Ea stern
 League club and four rockies, John
 Shea. former Boston College wirl-
 CT. Bobby Carroll, Benny Frey and
 a youth named Durham. who could
 not escape the nickname Bull. .
 Bayne and Shea arc the only south-
 paws in the lot.
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