Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-06
Bench
BY II Kinne
Post Press
Sports Editor
Warming


Oakland baseball players. Today
we have:
Alfred Anthony Aries, right-hano
pitcher. Born in Bellevue. Wash.
March Is. 1917. Resides Route ?
Box 230. Bellevue. Wash. Both
parents born in Italy. Throws right
Bats right. Hair black. Eyes brown
Height 600 weight $50. Father IS
truck gardener. Had four years OF
baseball at Bellevue high school,
playing the outfield the first three
years, and each year leading his
club in hitting. Coach changed him
into pitcher, at which he proved he
is natural.
Determined to make baseball his
life work. Baseball ambition to
become a great major league pitch
er Has no other ambition Just
now. When he was presented with
his letter his coach said. In all
my experience as a coach, Al. Is
the best player 1 ever have trained. -
Greatest baseball thrill pitching
no-hit game in eleven innings, and
batting in the only run to win l
to 0. His funniest baseball expert
ence was while pitching his first
night game Batter hit a fly and
he yelled, I've got it but the
ball was actually caught in deep
center. Says toughest thing IN
baseball is to pitch to good batters
with men en- bases and none out.
Is single. Member Of the italian
club in Seattle, Wash. No super
stitions. Has averaged sixteen strike
outs per game
rederick Charles Hutchinson
permanent position on ball field
undetermined. Born in Seattle
Wash. August u. 1920. Resides 6l02
Keppler street, Seattle, Wash. Is
of Irish -English-Scot descent.
Throws right. Bats left. Hair au-
burn. Ewes brown. Height 60l p.
Weight 200 Attended Franklin high
school in Seattle, Wash, where he
had four years Of baseball and
basketball. and was twice picked for
the All-City team in both sports
Rated as the greatest baseball
athlete of his years in the state OF
Washington. Plays all positions just
as Hal Chase did soon after break
ing in with the Angels.
Greatest baseball thrill was win
ming game with home run. Says
funniest play he ever saw was ball
going through outfielder's hands,
hitting him on head and bouncing
SO far in air that third baseman
caught it. Says toughest thing IN
baseball is to pitch no-hit, no-run
game
Last season when the Philadelphia
Athletics purchased Dario Lodigianl
it had the appearance OF quite a
blow for the Oaks in the vicinity OF
second base.
And so it was until the damage
was repaired. The kid, Victor De-
vincenZi's own find, came fast
last season. especially with the stick.
but his fielding placed him seventh
on the list among the regular sec
ond d-sackers. But Dario was an
up and coming ball gamer and 1t
would have been unfair not to give
him his chance in the majors.
But on this one deal the Oaks
became stronger rather than weak
ened on the information at hand.
They received a flock Of ball play
erg from Connie Mack in return,
and they may be even stronger.
And among the newcomers is Hugh
Iuby. who is no mean hitter and
reputed to be one Of the fastest
men in baseball either in the Held
or or the bases.
MY scouts tell me that Luby IS
SO fast he turns off the light and is
ia bed before the room is dark.
remarked Connie Mack just before
purchasing the player. That was
in the fall of 1886. and that season
Luby had pilfered forty bases. which
is quite a few under the modern
system Of baseball. Since he start
ed out in 1882. Luby has been among
the pace makers in stolen bases in
his loop. with one exception. That
year ne dropped to eight, but has
manager wasn't an exponent OF that
sort of baseball, and preferred 10
20 after runs in clusters like
bananas.
Because of his speed and field
ing. his batting seems TO have been
somewhat overlooked in some quar-
fers. Last season with Atlanta ne
hit 800. and the year before he
st1lng the ball at a .3l9 clip for
Sioux City in the Western league