The Washington times., 1934-03-14
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This 10 the fourth of a series
Of articles deGline with the pros
Pects and problems of the U0-
StOus major league baseball
clubs in spring training.
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

Among the delightfully."- informal
and altogether appealing insti-
tutions hereabouts are the Gin
eanati Reds, who seem to be train
ing here largely by ear, and de-
voting four hours a day to it.
Nevertheless, the Reds appear to
be going some place, although Mr..
OFarrell, the new manager. may
not know exactly where-except
out of the cellar.
= He was appointed too close to
the training season to know just
what he has yet, but he's been a
little fortunate He knows what
the Phillies and Dodgers haven't
got. Mr.. O'Farrell says, not with
out some justice, that he can al
ways beat a couple of nothing;
clubs.
Don't Resemble Nothing"
After looking over the dining
room tabs, he feels he has reason
to state the Reds do not at all
resemble nothing. Almost GER
tainly a record for these times,
the Reds have So men in camp,
many Of whom are even known
personlly to the manager. If you
think that's funny, Mr.. O'Farrell
doesn't. He looked up from his
mail the other morning and there
stood two abashed young men,
wishing an audience. He thought
they were insurance statesmen but
that was his mistake. They we're
two members of his encourage
he'd never heard of. So much
for informality.
Now for facts, namely: The
Reds have at least one side OF an
infield, Bottomley at first base
and Tony Piet, from the Pirates,
at second. Mr.. O'Farren cannot
comprehend how the Pirates hap
pened to let Piet go. He thinks
Piet is the best second baSeman
in the league, not barring F'risch.
On the right side, he has any
number of candidates, some OF
whom are even fair.
-. He has "Sparky" Adams; Mark
-Koenig, from the Cubs; Tom
.Robello, up from Rock Island;
Walter Bohl, from the same place,
and Leslie Mallon, from Toronto,
for third base. Mallon, who failed
with the Phillies, seems to have
the job now, Adams having
reached the stage where time has,
indeed, aged and custom stalled
q variety never quite infinite. at
that.
For shortstop, there is Koenig
and also Gordon Slade, who came
up from the Coast League to the
Dodgers with a great reputation
and has since been trying to
make good as a utility infielder.
Also Joe Morrissey, with last
years Reds, and George Wise,
UP from Topeka.
Likes Hollingsworth
- Others he likes are AL Hollings-
worth, a left-hander from Rock
Island. where he won Is and lost
9: Francis Ambrose La Vogue, a
"carfare" purchase from Berkeley,
Cal. and Arthur Charles "Dazzy"
Vance. The latter is only 41--ac-
cording to the statistics-and is
lust starting in according to Mr..
OFarrell, who said today:
- "He's going to surprise every
body.
except me, }" he added, hastily.
He said he had brought Vance
over from the Cardinals with him
because he knew the gentleman
could and would win is games.
Hollingsworth, it seems, is q
fast ball lefthander with control.
This means the difference be-
tween nothing and everything.
La Vogue, big but fast, is one OF
those gents who come along all
too seldom. A catcher, he throws
well, hits we'll and apparently
knows the time of day. Mr..
O'Farrell has other catchers, in
cluding himself. but I suspect that
by 1885 they'll just be a lot OF
other catchers. La Vogue prob
ably will go "out" somewhere this
time, but he's coming hack. Mr..
.O'Farrell is sure of that and, if
Mr.. O'Farrell doesn't know a
catcher by this time he'd better
start studying up to be a ven
triloquist or something useful.
The other catchers are Ernest
"Protuberant" lombard, and
Clyde Manion, Also Jack Albert
Crouch. But somehow I'm con-
fident Crouch is about to set forth
upon a long journey.
Fingers Bidding
The outfield is simple; the pitch
ing most complicated. They have
18 pitchers in camp-that they
know about. The others they don't
even suspect the existence of would
apparently fill the hotel lobby
with a lot of aimless strangers.
Not to tax Mr.. O'Farrell with too
great a strain upon his imagina-
tion, asked him to name the four
best, and said he:
Larry Benton, Paul Derrin-
ger, 81 Johnson and Arthur
Charles Vance"
His outfield is Adam ComorSky,
from the Pirates; Chick Hafey
("the best outfielder in the
league" -O'FarrelD; Johnny
Moore from the Cubs. Harry Rice
and John Gill from Chattanooga.
It could be better. AS matter
af Pact 7 have reason tn believe