The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-25
HARRY CRIMSON

Cleveland, April 25.-Rounding the bases with the Cleveland In- dians-
 Willie Kamm is not considered a regular, for the first time in 13 years of major league baseball Strained Achilles tendons that demand rest when the race is hottest are the reason. . Bad News. Hale. with his potent poke, has a. first mortgage on the third passing job Hale Is the clubs champion hotel lobby. sitter, by the way. Glenn Myatt starts his 12th year with the In- dians still a second still catcher. Little Frank Pytlak again is No. Pytlak is the small est and fastest backtop in the majors Pytlak was handi- capped by illness last season . He is tho correspondent of a Polish newspaper in his home city of Buffalo. Charley (Greek) George, recruit receiver, scintil- lated in all sports at Oglethorpe college. Bob Garbark. an- other. was an all-round athlete at Allegheny college . He hit .341 for Toledo in 1884 . Al Brenzel, who may hang on as the third string catcher, cost Pitts burg $25,O00 when he came up from the Pacific Coast league in 1882. Walter Johnson Is to carry nine pitchers. with Dennis GaIehouse filling the place left va cant when Bob Weiland went to the St Louis Browns Gale house, right-handed, 24, standing feet 1, and weighing 190, was not effective for New Orleans last season until July, after which he bagged IA games He hasn't been beaten in the Dixie series, and trimmed Galveston, Texas league champions, twice last autumn.
 Harder Helped Hudlin
 Willis Hudlin credits the de- velopment of his curve to Mel Harder. Oral IIildebrand says he Is through popping off . There Is no question that bad temperament has retarded the tall right-hander. Louis Berger got the name Boy" from his grandmother Berger has q twin sister Their grand mother used to pick them up and say. Two little boZies" Berger's father is a sergeant in the army stationed In Washington Tyrus Raymond Cobb was Berger's idol Berger was a high school classmate of Bill Werber, of the Red Sox Werber went to Duke. Berger to Maryland Berger was 4 thrce-letter man in college. and twice was largely Instrumental in the defeat of the Yale football team Both Werber and Roy Hughes, the latter the other half of Cievcland's new keystone com binntion, declare that Berger can play baseball just as good as he cares to. Four years ago Hal Trosky hadn't even heard Of Babe Ruth or Lefty Grove
 scout Cyril Slapnicka. fellow Iowan. signed Trosky while the Cardinals and AAAAAAAAs were thinking about 1t Last sea DUH WdS lIOFhg ol III Nilt Iiihe jora, but that didn't prevent him from being the find of the year
 Hal replaced Earl Averill as the outstanding star of the h. dians and the favorite of the GUS toners He set an all-time mark for home runs by Cleve- land combatant with 35. hitting hree in one game against Chicago He hit .330 and topped the Indians in runs batted in with 142 Pearson Has the Stun
 Players assert that Monte Pear son only has to conquer himself to be 25-gamc pitcher. Al Mill mar was correcting baking fault developed fin the Southern Associa- tion. when he was stricken by ap- pendicitis Milnar. q potential Lefty Grove. first attracted atten- lion when he struck out IS Cleve- land regulars in night exhibition game in Zanesvillc. O.. in 1893. Roy Hughes has had arm trouble for the last two springs, and Wal ter Johnson has cautioned the Gin cinnat Irishman to take 1t easy Hughes arm is none too strong. but he makes up for 1t with the speed with which he gets the ball away. Bill Knickerbocker had a nasty appendix, but the operation was highly successful !. Surgeons say he will be back on May IS, but club officials will be well pleased if the Californian is available a fortnight lates Meanwhile. confidence In Hughes increases daily. Joe Vosmik's t leg appears as good as ever. Among the Cleveland outfielders g-H AA