Evening star., 1929-01-03
ONLY CH|CUBS' TRIO
MAY REMAIN set"
Stephenson, Wilson, Cuyler
Alone Likely to Stand
Pat Next Season.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, January 3.-Uneasy
~ rests the hand that wears the
NJ outfielders glove in the Ma
4 Y tional League in a season in
which many changes OF base
ball personnel will be made.
Only one outfield in the senior cir
cult may be regarded as set" NO
suggestion has come that the Chicago
Cubs will attempt to improve on the
combination of Riggs Stephenson, Hack
Wilson and Kiki Cuyler. No other
club is definitely standing pat.
The Pittsburgh Pirates certainly Will
not interfere with the outfleld activities
of the Waner brothers, but Adam Com
orosky, who playeil half a hundred
games for the Buccaneers last season,
may be given added responsibility in
1929.
The st. Louis Cardinals lost the serv-
ices of the hard-hitting Walter Roett-
ger after 68 games last year, but his
broken leg, has definitely mended and
his batting average of .341 will give him
first call on right field. Hafey viii
hold on to left, but Ernest Orsatti
finally ousted Taylor Douthit in the
world series and may repeat the per-
formance in the regular season.
Regular Job for Leacn.
Manager John j. McGraw will assign
one of his outfield places to Fred Leach.
late of the Phillies. The rest OF the
outfield trio will depend somewhat on
the health of Edd Roush and the show
ing made by Tony Kaufman, re-
formed pitcher. who batted 1893 In o2
games for Rochester last season. The
Giants have two brilliant prospects IN
Ia TJ,x11 lac AIxyiT1 nff
defend his position when right-handers
pitch against the Giants, but may have
an understudy when southpaws do the
| firing.
The outfield at Brooklyn is open
Harvey Hendrick, who loomed as a great
outfielder at third base for the Robins
may move farther away from the bat
ting cannonade. The Robins purchased
or recalled seven outf1elders after the
National League season closed. This
new crop includes Cullop, Atlanta, and
Frederick, Memphis, whose batting
averages in the Southern Association
were the same, 1856; Rosenfeld, Biz
mingham, batting $40; West, Atlanta
with batting average of .321, and
Rhiel from. the same club, where he
batted 1929; Nietzke, recalled from
Pueblo, batted $40. Two Macon play
ers recalled were Tremper and Lee, with
batting figures of 1925 and .327, re-
| spectively.
Two Reds who did considerable work
! in the outfield at Cincinnati last year
Everett Purdy and Martin Callaghan
probably will be even more active In the
new season. Wally Christensen, fast
and a great acrobat, will have chance
to do his tumbling in the Spring, al
though he did not reach the select 300
class as batter for Columbus, where
his mark was .293.
Earl Clark in Running.
The Boston Braves will give an out
field assignment to George Washington
Harper formerly of the Phillies, Giant:
and Cardinals, and young Earl CLARK
should be about ready for duty. The
21-year-old Washington youngster bat
| ted .373 for Providence in 1928. Moore
and Mueller, former major leaguers, arr
back again with the Braves. Only ont
thing is certain about the Boston out
field-no one will take Lance Rich
bourg's place.
The Phillies are counting on Homer
Peel, procured from st. Louis in tht
Wilson deal, to take care of one out
field, although Peel batted only .261 fol
Houston in the Texas League. Lefty
O'Doul, who hit some home runs fol
the Giants last year, should hit many
more in Philadelphia, where the right.
field fence furnishes good objective.