Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-08
|BLUEGE'S BROTHER
IS ONE Of PIECES
Signing At Bottomasy and
Lucas heIps-Donls Is
Rated Smart Pilot.
By PRANK GRAHAM.
TAMPA, Fla, March -
DOME Bush, who returns to
L major league managerial

TAMPA, Fla, March -
DOME Bush, who returns to
i major league managerial
ranks this year after lead
ing the Minneapolis Millers to a
pennant in the American Asso-
citation, is busily engaged here in
the task of reconstructing the
tail-end Cincinnati Reds.
DOME must solve flock of problems,
but the signing of Red Lucas, star
pitcher, and Sunny Jim Bottomley, vet
eran first baseman, has cleared the at
mosphere and Bush Is turning his at
tention to the probable makeup Of his
inf1eld and outfield.
Bottomley, obtained from the st.
Louis Cardinals, for whom he played
brilliantly many years. will have no
competition at first base, and Leo Du-
rocher, former Yankee, is fixture at
shortstop. Bush has two candidates for
second base-George Grantham, griz-
Zled veteran, and Foots Blair, who
covered that position for the Cubs while
Rogers Hornsby was out Of commission
in 1880.
EOR third base the Reds aggressive
i leader has three men-Andy High,
now SO years old; Joe Morr1ssey,
who came to Cincinnati from st. Paul
last Spring, and a colt named Otto
Bluege, 23-year-old brother of the
Washington inf1elder.
OF course, Bush will play Chick Ha-
fey, former Cardinal, and the National
Leagues champion batsman Of 1881, In
left field. He is about to experiment
with Harry Rice, purchased from Min
neapolis, in right field, together with
two kids, Cicero and Plunlmer. Center
field will be assigned to Taylor Douthit,
Johnny Moore or Wally Roettger. Like
Rottomley. Hafey and High, Douthit and
Roettger once wore the uniforms of the
Cardinals Moore was the Cubs center
fielder last year.
Bush lately bought Dutch Henry. left
handler pitcher, from Minneapolis.
Henry has been a server for numerous
big league teams, the last being the
Cubs, who sent him on his way a year
ago after an unsuccessful trial Henry
and the 42-year-old Rixey are the Reds
Southpaws. The right-handers are
Larry Benton, John Ogden, Ray Kolp,
81 johnson, Benny Frey, Walter Hilcher
ana last, but not least, the hard-work-
ing Lucas. Two recruit boxmen. Fonger
from Peoria and Frazier from Bartelk-
Vile, Calf, are in camp.
a T PRESENT Bush has four catch
"A ers, all comparatively young men.
They are Big Horn lombard. once
with the Dodgers; Ralston Hemsley.
who broke in with the Pirates. then
was traded to the Cubs ard in turn was
sent to the Reds as part of the Babe
Herman deal last Fall: Clyde Manion,
an experienced backstoo, and Redmond.
a recruit from Cedar Rapids.
Bush is a smart base ball man. He
learned the ropes when h, pIaved
shortstop for the Detroit Ti7,rE. He
managed the Senators for one season
and. as leader Of the Pirates in 1927
he distinguished himself by producing a
pennant winner, only to be Inundated
when his team lost four straight Games
to the Yankees in the world series that
Fall. Bush resigned two years later and
assumed command of the Chicago
White Sox, wreck He threw I'D the
sponge in the Fall Of 1881 and accepted
the leadership Of the MINNEAPOLIS
team.