The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-19
TRADES BOOSTED
 CHICAGO S0x
Dykes Proves Good Deal= er-BOnOura Goes for
 Kuhel
EDITORS NOTE: Following Is the 9th of a series from the major league spring training camps.
BY JACK GUENTHER

Limited Press Staff Correspondent
 Pasadena, Cal, March 19-CUP) In three years, Manager Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago White Sox, has brought the team solidly into the first division, and this season he is shooting for the top.
 Optimism always is evident in the spring, but an unusual amount of enthusiasm prevails in the Sox ranks. Most of it is based on win ter deal Dykes slipped over on Mickey Cochrane of Detroit.
 The transaction, largest of the year, involved six players and ap- preciably bolstered the Sox in two spots. They got Gerald Walker. an outfielder; Marvin Owen, a third baseman; and Mike Fresh, re- placement catcher. They gave Pitcher Vernon Kennedy; Outfield- CT Dixie Walker; and Utility In fielder Tony Piet.
 Another trade yesterday gave the Sox two new inf1elders. At first base will be the veteran Joe Kuhel of the Washington Senators who was traded to the White Sox in ex- change for Zeke Bonura, who had been a consistent holdout. Owen, at third base, will be the other new infielder and will round out vet eran combination. Minter Hayes will work at second as usual, and Luke Appling at shortstop.
 Last year third was shared by Piet, Luis Berger and several oth- CTS. Piet came closest to being a regular but played in only 86 games. Owen topped the league in fielding for Detroit with .970.
 Walkers future is less deter mined. He Is the key man in a scrambled outfield. Dykes still is undecided about four top candi- dates; Walker, Rip Radcliff, Larry Rosenthal and Mike Kreevich. Walkers position almost is assured by his .335 batting average, higher than that of any Chicago player. Radcliff's case is weakened because he held out, and because Larry Rosenthal, who batted only .289 in few games in 1887, has Dykes eye. Radcliff hit .325. Kreevich led the outtield in fielding with .988 and hit 1902. He probably will fill in the center field, but the other positions - at least, in Dykes mind - are open.
 The catching duties for the most part again will be handled by James Sewell, with Fresh, up from Portland, assisting. Myrven Shea is gone. Sewell was one of the heavi- est workers in the league last year and still is capable of carrying the load.
 The pitching staff is strong, al- though there is no replacement for Kennedy, who won IA and lost 13. Monty Stratton, Ted Lee, John Whitehead and Ted Lyons, who be- tween them won 50 and lost 30, again will form the heavy-duty quartet. Clint Brown, Bill Dietrich and Merritt (Sugar) Cain, who had a dismal season last year, and George Uble also will be used as starters. The two best recruits are Jess Dobernic, from Rayne, La, where he won and lost 12, and an- other young right-hander, Walt zuehls, who has no big time ex- perience.
 Dykes present batting order is Hayes, Rosenthal, Walker Appling, Kuhel, Kreevich, Owens and Sewell, but this is subject to change-and perhaps lot of it. He looks for another battle with the Yankees. Detroit, Red Sox and Washington, with Cleveland the most improved club in the circuit.