The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-25
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff CorrespOndent)

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Sarasota, Fla, March 25.-CUP)- For those who remember the Boston Red Sox as a team of loafers, gold brickers and self-satisfied stars, this years camp would be a revelation. After five years of disappointments and failures the Red Sox are turn ing over a new leaf this spring. The watchword of their program is Hustle" in bold-face capitals.
 Joe Cronin, one-time boy man. ager," is cracking the whip over his charges. Tom Yawkey, multi-mil- lionaire owner of the Red Sox, has assumed a serious attitude towards his ball club for the first time since he bought the franchise. h. cluding his original investment when he bought the club in 1883, YaWkey has poured $3,5O0,OO0 into the Red SoX grist-mill. For that he's had two fourth place clubs, one fifth, one sixth and one seventh. He's a little tired of paying fancy prices and getting plain ball clubs.
 The whole atmosphere has changed in the Red Sox camp. The players used to be noted for their fishing ability around Sarasota in the spring. Nowadays they don't get much time to fish. On days when exhibition games are sched- uled there are morning workouts. One day this week Cronin drove his men through long morning drill, had lunch sent over to the clubhouse from the hotel and then kept them batting and training un- til time for the days exhibition game.
 This new program hasn't shown immediate results but Cronin s sights are adjuscted on October and not March. In eight games the Red Sox have won only two, beat ing Brooklyn, 4-3, and Kansas City 8-2. Two minor league clubs, Louisvilel and Newark, hold vic- tories over them.
 Cronin is concentrating on his young pitchers in an attempt to find some fingers to go with Lefty Grove and Jack Wilson, who may be regarded as the backbone of the staff at this time. Grove hasn't pitched an inning yet. Wilson, who some say is almost as fast as Bob Teller, has twirled only four 1n- ning5.
 Best looking of the young crop are Jim Bagby, Jr, son of the old Cleveland pitcher. and Charlie Wag- ner, Jr. Bagby won 21 games last year for Hazleton and was named the outstanding player in the New York Pennsylvania league. Wagner won 20 games for Minneapolis. If this pair could step up to starting jobs with Grove and Wilson, it would make a great difference in the Red SoX. The other pitchers who will hold jobs are John Mar cum, Fritz Osotermueller, if an el- bow operation doesn't upset him, Archie McKain and Jim Henry, all around last year. Four others bat ting for jobs are Lee Rogers, En- erson Dickman, Byron Humphreys, and Dick Midkiff, all from Little Rock.
 Gene Desautels again will be the No. l catcher, with John Peacock, up from Minneapolis, and Moe Berg. the linguist and world travel CT, helping out.
 The rest of the club is about the same: 1nfield, Foxx first; Doerr, second; Cronin, short; Higgins, third; Vosmik, obtained in a winter deal with the Brown, in left; Cra- mer, center; Chapman, right. It's probably the best outfield the Red Sox have had since Lewis, Speak CT and Hooper, 20 years ago.
 The Red Sox are strictly a right handed hitting club, with Cramer the only regular left-handed hit ter. While this may hurt the Red SoX in some parks, it will help them at Fenway park, where the left field fence measurers 315 feet and is a target for right-hand hitters.
 One of the big features of the training season thus far is the work of Jimmy FoxX, who's looking bet ter and hustling harder than at any time since he came to the Red Sox. He hit triple the other day and ran like he was in a World Series game. On another occasion he belted 8 drive between 425 and 450 feet.
 Eric McNair's prolonged holdout campaign has upset the infield plans somewhat, leaving the Red Sox with only five infielders. If and when McNair reports, Bobby Doerr will have to compete with