The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-05
Infield Worries
Boston Pilot in
Major Loop Race
Will Give Red Sox Members
Stiff Workouts in Spring
Training Drills
BY JOHN r. (SHONO) COLLINS
Manager Boston Red S0x

Managing a major league ball club
might be considered something new
for me, but my personal opinion is
that 1t will be easier than plotting
a minor league club. at which I have
had nc little experience. I 4 am ~tackling
this Red Sox proposition knowing that
baseball, whether it be major or mi
nor, is played much the same every
where.
I am fortunate in having played on
some Of the greatest teams in the
American league-teams that won
pennants and worlds championships,
With that sort of background, ! ought
to have a fairly good idea of what to
expect from major league players.
Five years experience in the man.
agement Of minor league teams has
given me an insight in the handling
and development of young players.
expect this to assist me a lot in work
ing with the Red Sox.
Expects Good Year
With all the older players on the
Red Sox team 1 am fairly well ac-
%quainted, but by taking the young
sters to Pensacola 10 days in advance
of the regulars I expect to pick up
some pointers on them that will en-
able me to decide what has to be
done with them to bring them up to
American league requirements.
Thus far there has not been a
writer nor any baseball man that
have spoken with who has not told
me we have az good, if not a better
pitching staff than any club in the
league. II that is true it means con
! siderable to us. Personally, I think
MacFayden, Morris, Durham, Bastor
and Russell are fin pitchers.
In so far as III catching is on
cerned, Charley Berry, Muddy Rue
and Ed Connolly will compare favor.
ably with any of the catching staffs
Aside from these three. We have two
young catclers who might show more
! than We expect.
Out outfield is not at all bad. M!
big job, as I e it. is to whip an in
field into shape that will eventual!
be of major league caliber.
I know very little about Sweeney
but I am told that he is an aggressive
hustling first baseman-one who like
to win.
At second base we have Marvin o.
son, who is most highly touted. I an
told that when Regan was hurt las
fall, Bob Reeves played second a.
good as any player at that position.
Have Plenty of Talent
In Warstler and Rhyme we have two
of the best fielding shortStops in any
body's league. 1t would help a lot, o
course, if either of them would bea'
down a little more on the hitting.
Third base presents a problem. Fo
this position we have Otis Miller ant
! AL Marquardt, who was purchased
from Nashville. We also will try t.
make q finished third baseman out o
Rothrock, who has had some expert
ence at the position.
Wiley (Cy) Moore and Brillheart
who were drafted from st. Paul ant
Minneapolis, undoubtedly will hell
our pitching. Brillheart is a left
handler.
Besides Oliver, Webb and Scarritt
we have outfielders McSwain, pur
chased from Mobile; Van Camp, pur
chased from Des Moines where he wa
with me in 1880; Gene Rye, a repute'
hard hitter purchased from Waco
Tex; Cedric burst and Tom Winsett
Anyhow. we have plenty OF mater
ial to work on. It is my idea to Civ
the boys plenty Of work and let then
decide their own futures, while I loo
on and pay strict attention to wha
they do. and how they do it.