The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-11
BOB SHAWKEY LIKES
FORMER Saint TRIO
ACQUIRED LAST YEAR
Babe Ruth's Ambition to Beat
the Athletics Is Spreading
Us
Throughout Team
THREE PITCHERS DISCLOSED
Bill Dickey Good Backstop;
Cehrig and Combs Sure
of Their Posts
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series Of stories on major league !
club p~r0spects.)
PITCHERS DISCLOSED
Mote: This is another of a
series Of stories on major league
club pr0spects.)
RL ALAN GOILn


st. Petersburg, Fla. Mar. 11.-H9-
The warning may as we'll be broad.
cast now that the New York Yankees
after taking it strictly on the chin in
1929, are ready to step right back IN
to the American League pennant
fight and make the Athletics prove
they belong on top.
Four years ago. after the first
championship machine of the Yam
KEGS cracked up, the late Miller Hug
gins produced the cogs needed for an
other three = year winning drive.
Keen-eyed. basebal!-wise Bob Shaw
key, Hugs successor at the helm.
may repeat the process. Pitching re-
mains the question mark and a big
one.
Babe R0ars Defiance
With Babe Ruth roaring defiance
from all corners Of the field eager to
prove he Is a bargain at $4,000 the
Yankees have his spirit as a rallying
point. The youngsters as we'll as the
veterans all gain a big chunk of in
SEPARATION from the Babe. who is more
irresponsible on the field than ever.
Outwardly the big. bronzed playboy
of baseball looks to be in remarkably
good condition.
The club needed a robust, hard
hitting outfielder to replace Bob
Meusel and seems to have found him
in Allen DUSTY Cooke. who hit 1858
TOR st. Paul in the American Associa-
ton last year, and looks like q finish
ed product. A third baseman was re-
ouired and he appears to have arrived
in the person Of Ben Chapman, also
from st. Paul. Ben's throwing habits
have been altered in camp but he can
field as well as hit.
More and better pitching has been
the most important of the springs
requirements and the club apparently
has uncovered three, If not four pros
pective stars in Paul Andrews, the
Alabama boy, who was with Albany
last year: Americas Polli, who won %
and lost 9 with st. Paul last year:
Vernon Gomez, southpaw who won 18
and lost 10 with San Francisco; and
Bill Henderson, picked up as an after
thought from Jersey City.
Reserve strength was needed in
case anything went wrong with the
seasoned keystone combination of
Mark Koenig. shortstop, and Tony
Lazzeri, second baseman whose Shout
der has bothered him for some time.
On tap for this possible emergency
are Lyn Larry and Jimmy Reese. the
former Oakland combination. Lou
Gehrig, at first, and Earle Combs, in
center, need no recommendation for
their jobs.
Dickey Good Backstop
Behind the bat, the Yankees seem
better equipped than at any time
since Wally Schang was in his prime.
Bill Dickey was a great young catcher
last year and a greater one this year
the basis Of his work so far. Eu-
gene Bubbles. Hargrave, persuaded
to accompany Polli, Chapman and
Cooke in the general movement from
st. Paul to New York. has the expert
needed to work with the young
pitchers, as well as a potent bat.
There is question whatever that the
Yankees will have as big, if not a big
ger wallop than rel With either
Dickey or Hargravc wearing the mask
there Is a potential 300 hitter in every
position and a $50 punch in three or
four positions.
For the hurting staff. Shawkey has
Waite Hoyt, George Pipgras and Old
Tom Zachary as q w~ell-seasoned
nucleus, another capable portside vet
Gran in Ed Wells and the youthful
Roy Sherid. Herb Pennock will be q
gift from the gods if he stages a
come : back for there Is not much
prospect Of his arm recovering its old