The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-27

ms Hopes to Defeat Pirate Injuries
Bucs' Manager Believes Team
Has Technical Qualities of
Pennant Winner
BY JEWEL EMS
lManaEer. PittburKh PirateSl

NNASAAOO~AD ASV0OA - A~S~0v
If I am able to figure out a scheme
for keeping ~ players out of the
hospitals this year. Pirate fans are
going to be given an opportunity of
seeing their team in the thick Of the
National League pennant race.
Pittsburgh surely has had its share
Of accidents in the past few years,
but I'm satisfied that with anything
else than bad breaks we will have as
good a chance for the flag as four
other clubs I can name. We've got
youth. speed, strength afield, a fine
pitching staff and a wallop at the
plate.
Pleased With Hurlers
I am o than pleased with our
pitching outlook. For regular mounds
men, we have Kremer, who topped
the league in victories last year:
French, who with Kremer led In the
number of innings pitched; Brame,
winner of II games after being out IL
weeks and whom I consider one of
the few pitchers having a fine chance
to bag Is victories this year; Spencer.
Swetonic, Meme, Bednar and the left
handler, Charley Wood, who proved
quite a sensation after he joined us
last fall from the Wichita club. where
he won % and lost three. I'm also
counting on some help from Grant.
drafted from Rochester, ana Will
loughy from the Phillies, a real hard
worker. Bivens and Kennedy, a
couple of Mississippi Valley Leaugers.
complete the pitching roster. Per-
sonally, I don't see where that staff
should have to back water for any
pitching corps In the league.
Strengthens Squad
We recently put through a deal
which would strengthen u catching
department. We obtained Phillips,
who was with Detroit some time ago.
to help Ralston Hemsley, who caught
more than 80 games for us in 1890.
Hemsley has the ability to become
one Of the standout catchers Of the
loop. Mealey, from the Wichita club.
and Tinney, whom we carried late
last fall, round out the corps.
There may be better infields than
the Pirates this year, but 1 doubt it.
Suhr at first should be one Of the
most dangerous hitters in the circuit,
judging from his record of LOT runs
driven in as a big league freshman
last year. The least we can say OF
Grantham at second and Captain Pie
Traynor at third is that they appear
to be regulars at their We
got Thevenow from the Pniilies for
Barteu, and I believe Tommy will GO
great for us at shortstop. 1nfield re-
serves include Sankey, who was one
Of us last year; Regain. recently
bought from the Boston Red Sox:
Clarke, farmed to Fort Worth last
season: and q %youngster named Piet
who comes highly recommended from
the Texas League.
Worried Over Waner
AS I write this I have my fingers
crossed, for the Waner jinx has
bobbed up again, this time in the
form OF an operation for an infection
on Paul's left leg. His brother Lloyd
has fully recovered from his sickness
Of a year ago, and Comorosky Is ready
to go. I think Paul Waner will round
into shape on time, as I'm told the
operation was only a minor one. Our
outfield stacks up as good as any In
the league. For extra outfieids we
have Mosolf, a good pinch : hitter;
Dugan, the batting champ of the
Western League; Jensen, another
Western Lacquer with a fine record.
and Mechanism from Shreveport.
All In all, I'd say our prospects for
a pennant were very bright. We've
got the stuff if we don't get the in
juries.