The Washington times., 1930-03-19
BY HARRY NELLY

BY HARRY NELLY d,
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March
10. - Considerable improvement
has been achieved by the White
Sox since baseball blew the
whistle last October. No cham
pionship aspirations are harbored
ny this outfit, but it is apparent
to the most casual observer the
alabaster hose are likely to play
more interesting ball in 1880.
Two factors contribute to the
rosy outlook. DOME Bush has de-
veloped a new spirit on a team
whose listlesSness was mild
scandal" and additional punch
! has been added.
Manager Bush, who quit Pitts
burgh late last season, sums Up
The situation neatly as follows:
I'VE aren't claiming anything.
We are just getting ready to play
the best baseball we know how.
I have been in the game long
time and I never saw crew Of
young men go to work as cheer
fully as our squad has this spring.
I don't know how many games
we will win. but we will battle in
all Of them"
The SOx went out last
autumn to acquire some
minor leaguers capable Of
swinging q bat with vigOr. In
the preliminary games to date
they have more than lived
up to their advance notices.
Big Jim Moore, lately of Dallas,
has assailed the choice offerings OF
the Giants pitchers Justify. 1t is
more than likely that he Will
alternate in left field with Wat
wood, a holdover, when the season
begins. Smead jolly, from Cali
fornia, was late in reporting, but
he batted nearly 400 in the Coast
League last season and is Sche-
duled to be the regular right field
er. Carl Reynolds, who led the
Sox with an average Of .317 last
year, has been transferred to Gen.
Der field where he will remain:
Reynolds is one, Of the fastest run
nArs in the American League and
is being schoeled in going back on
o fly:
Harris from Portland and Black
erby are lively young men, but it
b not apparent at this writing
how they can beat out the fielderS
Haorofoforo mentioned
On the infield, Chalmer Cissell
($125,000 in cash and playerso has
been turned into, a second. base
man: He tumbled into the duties
naturally and Is much more pro-
ficiert there than at short. He Is
O. natural second baseman, where
as he had a tendency to fight cer-
tain balls at short.
Difficulties with the self
STYLED "Great" Shires leaves
Bud Clancy the only first base
candidate. He is q good spring
hitter. Shires is in very bad
status with G. A. COmiSkey be.
cause of certain pugilistic acti-
vitieS and talk in the public
prints:
OF course, Willie Kamm, who
was a holdout, is the regular
third baSeman.
There is scramble for short
stop, Irving Jeffries, q young
man from Dallas, Ernie Smith
from Birmingham and Bill Hun
nefieId are competing tor the
place. Smith and Jeffries hit
about the same, trifle over 800
in the minors. Hunnefield has
been somewhat of a washout for
SEVERAL seasons.
Jeffries and Cissell teamed we'll
around second base. but Smith is
an equally good fielder. Perma-
nent employment no doubt will
10 to the fellow who hits best.
Moe Berg, Chick Autry and
John Riddle constitute the catch
ing staff. Autry is in better con,
dition than ever, while Berg al
ways goes along at steady pace.
Riddle is a good receiver with a
strong arm.
The pitching staff is con-
structed around Ted Lyons, AL
Thomas and Uncle" Urban
Faber.
Bob Weiland, a juvenile left
handler, has mastered control. He
had enough stuff naturally, but
was wild last year. Cecil Pat
Caraway, Topeka, is another
southpaw with almost uncanny
control.
The pick of the young men is
Victor Frasier. He was in As
ball games for Dallas of the
Texas League in 1929 and allowed
only 2.61 earned runs per game.
Harold McKain, who fin.
iShed the last campaign well,
is certain to stick. Ed Walsh,
jr., is an improved young
man just about ready to be
q winning pitcher.
Lou Garland, powerful man
from Joplin, has speed but is a
year or two away from fast
circles. Grady Adkins is at an
age where improvement is i'm,