Evening star., 1932-02-26
PECK WILL DEPEND
ON SIX SLABB|STS
Ruth Reduces Golf as Waist
Fades-HarriS BeWaiIS
Shortstop Shortage.

BY the Associated Press.
N YEW ORLEANS, La, February 26
N Manager Roger Peckinpaugh
v of the Cleveland Indians is
counting on six pitchers now in
training here, to produce 30 victories
for the Tribe this season.
The six are Wesley Ferrell, Willis
Hudlin, Clint Brown, Mel Harder, Sarge
Connally and Pete Jablonowski. There
are nearly "a dozen candidates for the
other two jobs
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, February
26 (P).-Babe Ruth's waistline being of
great public Importance at this time Of
year, there is news in the fact that the
New York Yankees home run star has
decided to cut his daily golf from 36
holes to 49,
George Herman has been lamentng
the fact that he now weighs only 220
pounds and that is none too much.
So lest he lose more weight than he
can afford to part with he's cut his
golflng activities in half.
DICHARDsoN SPRINGS, Calf.
IN February 26 LP)-Manager Bucky
Harris of the Detroit Tigers blames
the lively ball for the dearth of capable
shortStops which has plagued the
Tigers, as we'll as other clubs of the
American League.
Every player now wants to be a slug
ger. he says, and since home run hit
ters are by tradition outfielders, am
bilious players gravitate to the outer
gardens.
He believes, however, that Bill Rogell
will solve the Tiger shortstop problem
this season.
BRADENTON. Fla, February 26 up.
Manager Gabby Street of the cham
pion Cardinals wants a twin" for
Southpaw Bill Hallahan.
For that reason he is paying close
attention to Arthur ("Bud'D Teachout,
a portsider received along with Hack
Wilson. when the Cardinals traded
Burleigh GriNes to the Cubs
Hallahan is the only Southpaw in
the Cardinals flock, and Manager
Street said Teachout would be retained
to bolster the clubs left-handed
strength If he shows promise of re-
gaining his 1880 form.
CLEARWATER, Fla, February 26
P.-Those five pitching recruits the
Brooklyn Dodgers picked up from their
farm at Hartford have got Manager
Max Carey worried.
To find out which of the five right
handlers, Van Mungo, Phila Gallivan,
Earl Mattingly, Arthur Jones and John
Krider, had the most stuff" Carey
asked the boys who have been batting
against them. When the ballots were
counted it was learned that each had
received at least one vote as best"
TAMPA, Fla, February 26 tR-
i Eight days of practice without
any sign of sore arm or charley
horse among his 16 batterymen. in di-
rect contrast to last years lengthy hos
pital list, brought more smiles today
to the face of Dan Howley, Cincinnati
Red pilot. "I'll stack my pitching staff
against any in the league" he said.
MINERAL WELLS, Tex, February
26 (P).-The beginning Of Lew Fonseca's
great base ball experiment started to-
day Instead of starting his White SoX
to work in regulation Spring training
camp, style, Manager Fonseca chased
his players over hill and dale and then
sent them to the salt baths for con-
ditioning.
Carey Selph, the White Sox draft
prize, was still among the missing today,
and hopes that he would change his
mind and drop his insurance business
for base ball went glimmering
LOS ANGELES, February 26 CP.-
The prize for best condition in the New
York Giants training camp apparently
should go to big Fred Fitzsimmons. The
big pitcher played II innings at third
base with the Giants yesterday, although
it was his first day in camp. He Is one
of the best fielding pitchers in base ball.