Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1921 — Page 16

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Gossip From Spring Baseball Camps, Bowling , Boxing , Amateurs and Other Sports

DEAN, INDIANA STAR, TO SIGN WITH MACKMEN Announces Intention to Play With Mackmen at Close of School Year. IS SECOND BASEMAN BY CHARLIE LOGAN. Evwrett Dean, star baseball and basketball player of Indiana University, will sign a contract at the end of the present school year to play with the Philadelphia Athletics. This announcement was made today by Dean himself. It has been rumored on the Indiana campus since early in the school year that Dean would go into professional baseball when he left school, but nothing definite was letrued until the star came through with the information himself this morning. Representatives of the Philadelphia team visited Dean at Indiana some time ago and made an effort to secure his signature on a contract at that time, but he chose to finish his school course. Dean is a senior and his home Is at Bloomington. Dean has made quite a reputation as an athlete since entering school, baseball and basket-ball being his specialties, although he has tried his hand at practically every branch of sport. In baseball he is a second baseman, this being his third season at that position with the Crimson nine. He is a big, powerful athlete, but exceptionally fast on hi* feet and is said to be one of the most clever infielders that has developed in an Indiana college for some time. Besides being a crack fielder, he has been one of the batting mainstays of the Crimson team, and is the fastest man on the bases they have ever had. Dean has shown wonderful improvement as a baseballer since entering Indiana and his friends and supporters of the Crimson team are predicting that he will be the sensation of the game in Hoosierdom this coming season. In basket-ball last season. Dean, who captained the team, proved himself one of the greatest players in the United States. He was the unanimous choice for sil-State center, and the majority of critics picked him as the ideal pivot man for the all-Conference team. Besides being a great jumper, Denn was a wonderful pivot man, and he was always In thexe to balance his team when things were breaking tGUgb for them. He was deadly iccurate from the foul line, and won more than one game for the Bloomington basbeteers by his ability to hit the ring from the free range. ‘ His agility enabled him to get over the court like a Sash, and the burden of Indiana's work automatically fell on his shoulders in the big game. D“an would not say today just what financial offer the Athletics had made him. but It is understood that he Is to receive one of the largest sums ever paid a youngster just breaking Into the big show This rumor is founded on the fact that he has been braced by severnl other teams that could not hand down his price. In 1917 Denn played second base for the Belmont Athletic Club team of Indianapolis.

Vandivier to Again Head Franklin Five FRANKLIN. Ind., March 24.—At a meeting of the basket-ball squad, Robert P. Vandivier was unanimously chosen captain of the 1922 five. Vandivier has played consistent ball for three years, and has been an all-State man for the past two seasons. Thursday morning Vandivier was elected captain, but declined the offer, saying he should not hold the position two years In succession. In the afternoon meeting he consented to pilot next year's crew. “Fuzzy” scored over one-third of the total points made by Franklin during the past season. With seven of the eight men left in school. Vandivier will have a veteran team to lead into the field next year. Don’t Handle Them Too Roughly, Jack, Old Deah! NEW YORK. March 23 Negotiations looking to the appearance of Jack Dempsey in a London ring some time next fall were In progress here today. According to a statement by Dempsey’s manager, the heavyweight champion has been offered an opportunity to meet the winner of the Bombardier Wells-Joe Beckett contest which will be staged at the London Olvmpia May 10. Manager Kearns cabled a reply to the offer stating that if financial arrangements could be made Dempsey would box either of the English heavyweights after his match with Georges Carpentler. Kentuckian Will Get Famous Friar Rock NEW YORK. March 23.—Appointment of Franklin Brooks as receiver of the $250,000 stallion. Friar Rock, with authority to take possession of the famous steed and ship him to John E. Madden at Lexington. Ky„ was sustained by the appellalte dlTtsion of the Supreme Court. The order restrained John E. Rosseter. who, with Madden, is the joint owner of the horse, “from any wise Interfering” with the receiver In taking possession of him. Ohio Nine Starts Work COLUMBUS Ohio., March 25.—0hi0 State diamond candidates have drawn their uniforms preparatory to starting a£tu*i work this week. ' Director L. W. St. John cautioned hts charges to take things easy the first few weeks, asserting that the men who attempt to show all they have at the start soon find themselves out of condition for the entire season. About sixty athletes and near athletes will take to the greensward. The Buckeyes hope to be well up In the Big Ten race in view of the fact that they finished In second place last year and have lost but few of the 1920 mainstays. OARSMEN INELIGIBLE. PHILADELPHIA, March 25.—Five University of Pennsylvania oarsmen, who have been rowing in the two varsity combinations, have been declared ineligible because of scholastic difficulties, it was announced. They will remain, or. the blacklist unless they pass re-examina-tions, which would enable them to take their places again shortly after the Easter vacation in time to meet Y’ale on April Hi. BOSTON STILL QUARRELS. BOSTON. March 25.—The Boston Athletic Association announced that it would not be a party to a reopening of play in 'the Eastern section of the I'nited States Amateur Hockey League. It had been announced that President naddock of the league, after hearing representatives of the Boston Shoe Trades' Club at Pittsburgh last Tuesday, had orlered the replaying of a protested game which stood as a victory for Boston A. A. OLYYfPIC STAR TO RACE. DETROIT, March 25.—Chuck Meilor. the Olympic star, and Schou Christensen, another noted long distance runner, are among the six men entered by the Logan Square A. C. of Chicago for the Auto City marathon, to be staged over the Pontiac-Detroit highway April 2 by th* Irlsh-American Athletic Club here. Meilor won the event last year and Christensen took the club's one-mile run last Thanksgiving day. I GYMNASTIC EXHIBITION. ■ The Athenaeum gymnasium Is preparing for the annual gymnastic exhibition, Bvhicb will be held Friday evening. April p, at the Athenaeum. Fred Hall, athletic ■instructor, hopes to make the exhibition [this year better than any previous one. t he program will include darning. calisthenics and apparatus work by different classes. The women's and men’s classes will demonstrate exercises which have i been chosen for the national tournament of the American Gymnastic Union in i <HUcago In June.

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NEW YORK, March 25.—"1 an on trial as a manager and am making no boasts whatever, but I have a good ball club that should put up a scrappy fight and cause a lot oif trouble from start to finish.” George Mcßride, new pilot of the Washington Senators, made this modest assertion today in a wire to the International News Service from Tampa, Fla., where the Washington Club Is in training. “Personally, a first division berth will look pretty good after a sixth place finish for the team in 1920.” Mcßride continued, “but we're out to fight for the highest possible place and pennant. We may not land it, but that will be our aim. “I have an experienced rather than a veteran ball club. Zachary, Harris, Ellerbe and Courtney, four of my best plavers, have had but one year in the major leagues. They are not veterans b ya long shot, but they are ready to play ball at their top speed. HIS OUTFIELDERS ARE SEASONED. “In Duffy Lewis, Rice and Milan I have a seasoned trio of outfielders, and I can't see where any club, say St. Louis, for instance, will have anything on us when it comes to fielding, hitting or running. “My infield, composed of fast youngsters like Judge, Harris. O’Rourke and Ellerbe, should be one of the smoothest working combinations in the American League. Frank Baker, of course, might have done us a lot of good at third, but Ellerbe has improved wonderfully, ror

Gleasonites Pinning Faith to Three Neip Youths in Infield On Youngsters’ Work May Depend Success of 1921 Sox Team. BY MALCOLM MACLEAN. CHICAGO. March 25. —What is the White Sox outlook for 1921? It's none too encouraging, but if three likely looking recruits from Salt Lake City deliver the the Sox have a „ fair chance to climb upward. Kari Sheeley, Coast batting slugger, who hit .371 last year, is the first base prospect. Ernie Johnston, former Hose, who managed the Mormons and hit .335, is the third base possibility, and Mulligan. an ex-Cub, who hit .229, is the shortstop chance. If they can make good, and they have played exceptionally well together, the Sox will be well fortified in the infield. Since the trade with the Red Sox, the outfield will be built of Harry nooper, Amos Strunk and Eddie Murphy, rather fair. Kay Sobalk again wilt be the power behind the bat. and for pitchers there will be Dick Kerr, Red Faber, Wilkinson and Hodge of last year's team. Manager Gleason looks for a lot from Hodge, the stringbean right-hander, and Wilkinson showed enough last year to make him an excellent prospect. The Sox have gathered in a whole raft of youngsters from colleges and elsewhere. but right now it looks us If the players above will carry the hod. If Johnston or Mulligan fall down, McClellan is fast enough to hold down either short or thirl. So it sums up something like this: If the three new lnflelders from Salt Lake City come through and Gleason can pick up a likely pitcher or two from the grist or youngsters, the Sox have a fair chance to land In the first division this season. But It Is likely to take years before the team can show the strength of that outfit which won notable triumphs for Chicago in recent seasons.

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DOES SOME TALKING. CALGARY, Alberta, March 25—Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world, who Is here, expressed pleasure at the new arrangement for his fight with Georges Carpentier on a percentage basis instead of a straight guarantee. He said he believed the fight wonld draw $1,500,(00. The champion said there is no truth in the story that he la going to get married again. “And here Is something else I have never told the world yet," Bald the champion. *“I will never accept a challenge from a colored man. I absolutely draw the color line.” TAKTN'G NO CHANCES. * NEW YORK, March 25 -Bill Brennan. Chicago heavyweight, refused an offer of gIO.bOO today from Tom McGinty, Cleveland promoter, to meet Tommy Gibbons in a ten-round, no-deetsion fight, j Captain Bob Roper received $7,500 from Promoter Charles Doeshericlc to meet Gibbons. The St Paul heavyweight, who la un der contract for two more bouts at the Pioneer Club, probably will face Larry Williams and Bartley Madden. WILL USE HEADLOCK. NEW YORK, March 20.—“ Strangler" Lewis, the world's wrestling champion, will not be forced to do away with his “headlock” when be wrestles John Pesek here April 4. This was announced after Promoter Curley received an Indignant protest from the champion. “I will omit the ‘side chancery' hold,” wired Lewis, “but the other styles do not come under the ban, so I demand to be allowed to use them.” CHICK’S BIRTHDAY. Today was the day you <y>uld take a crack, lots of 'em, at Chock Wiggins, our light heavyweight scrapper, and get by with It In flue style. The big boy was 22 years old today. real battles, one with Bob Roper at rea lbattles .one with Bob Roper at Saginaw, Mich., April L and the other with Billy Miske at Grand Rapids April & He is in good shape and thinks be can take the honors in both these scraps. HAS NO FEAR. CHICAGO, 111, March 25.—Paul Prehn, i University of Illinois wrestling instruc- : tor, passed through Chicago yesterday on his way to Mason City, Pa., to fill an engagement tonight. Prehn stopped long i enough to let the world know he will be | only too glad to meet Walter Evans In a finish match before any club offering suitable inducements. TRIO FOB KANSAS. BUFFALO, N. TANARUS., March 25.—Rocky Kansas has signed to box Johnny Dundee and Bobby Ward of Bt. Paul, Dan Rogers, his manager, announced today. Rogers confirmed the announcement that Kansas had signed to meet Leonard In July or September. Rocky will get $25,000 for this fight. SENATORS, DO YOUR DUTY! HARRISBURG, Pa March. 25.—The Pennsylvania House Thursday passed a bill providing for a State boxing commission. The measure now goes to the Senate. , EASY FOR PETER. NEW YORK, March 25.—Pete Herman, former bantam champion, last night knocked out Willie Adams, Chicago, In the first round here. BENEFIT GAMES. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., March 25. Fifty dollars was raised Wednesday evening at a benefit game of basket-bail played at the high school for tha fund for a memorial In honor of Joseph Dunbar and Glen Meaner, former members of the high school team, who were drowned last summer. Another game for the same purpose will bo played next Wednesday. The memorial Is to be In the form of a bronze tablet. The nartford (Tty High School baseball squad started practice yesterday and will send challenges soon to other high schools in this part of the State for games. The local track team also U being formed. \

one thing, he can hit around the .300 mark for a season average, and hitting covers a multitude of sins. “Frank Brewer, home run king of the International League last year, is progressing favorably as a pitching candidate. Until he shows himself n failure he will remain a pitcher, and right now he looks good. I will use hliu at the bat against right-handed pitchers, too. YOUNGSTERS MAKE GOOD SHOWING. "Among the likely youngsters in our squad are Bing Miller, outfielder, and Tony Brottem, the Little Rock boys turned over to Washington recently by Judge Landis, who settled the dispute between our club and Pittsburgh. Both seem sure to remain with the team permanently. Foss, third baseman, and Bob Lnmotte, shortstop, both with Tampa last season, are shaping up well In the practice season. So is Eddie Goebel, a young outfielder from Springfield in the Eastern League, who needs onlv a little polish to step right into the spo’tligbt. “I have been so busy with my own squad since the training started that I haven't had time to really size up the other American League clubs, but from what I know of them I figure at least four to make a strong fight for the pennant - Cleveland, New Y'ork, St. Louis and Washington, with a chance for Connie Mack to horn in. “Pennant races depend largely upon pitching staffs. I have Johnson, Shaw, Aecosta, Sherry and Courtney as my first stringers, and Mogridge, Brewer Erickson rnd Scbacht to till in—in all, five right-handers and three capable southpaws.’’

Holding B oston Man for Fatal Shooting of McLean and Chum Accused Man Says He Fired After Larry Had Made Threats. BOSTON, Mass., March 25.—John J. Connor, saloon manager, who yesterday shot and killed John B. (Larry) McLean, former major league catcher, and seriously wounded John F. McCarthy of the Roxbury district, is held today without bail, facing a charge of murder. Connor claims ho fired in self-defense. The accused man says McLean and McCarthy were threatening to repeat their actions of the night before when they forced a bartender to leave his duties to save himself from being “beaten up.” Connor says McCarthy was helping McLean over the counter, when he grabbed a revolver and fired. McLean had been drinking, he stated. The saloon manager says McLean became angry when he (Connor) refused to give him cigarettes. Both Mcl.ean and McCarthy were married. McLeon, until 1915, was in bte league and professional baseball since 1.599, when he drew attention as first haseman for the Npwton (Mass.) team. He broke Into the big leagues in 1902 with the Boston Americans, playing since that time with the Boston Americans. Chicago Nationals, St. Louis Nationals. Cincinnati Nationals, and ending his career as catcher for the New York Giants. He retired from baseball in 1915. I. U. MEETS CLEVELAND. BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. March 25.—Ar rangements are being made for the Indiana University swimming team to meet the Cleveland pad tilers at Cleveland In two weeks. Results of this season have been dtsas trous. Indiana lost all the meets in which it has taken part by narrow margins. This is only the second year for swimming at Indiana as a recognized sport. Prospects for next year are much brighter. The team will not lose a man and several of the best swimmers who were barred this year because of freshman standing will be eligible for competition In the Conference meet next year. This list includes Bass, Churchman, Thompson, Waymouth, Ernlch and others. COAST SWIMMER WINS. I,OR ANGELES. Cal., March 25.—Paul Nelson of the Los Angeles Athletic Club won the junior national A. A. U. breast st-oke championship in the L. A. A. C. tank, his time being 7:13 1-5.

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TRIBESMEN IN CONTEST WITH ATLANTA TEAM Whitehouse and Bartlett Offer Assortment of Shoots to Southern Athletes. SCRUB GAME MONDAY By EDDIE ASH. Sports Editor Daily Times. CROWLEr, La., March 25.—With Lee Bartlett and Charlie Whitehonse slated to divide the hurling today, the Indians felt capable of stepping out and hanging up another spring training victory at the expense of the Atlanta (Southern Association) team. Both the youngsters and the veteran were anxious to show tlieir stuff und Manager Hendricks believed his outfit would win if a few runs were chalked up behind this pair of huriers. Atlanta comes here with a strong early spring record, for this aggregation of Dixie Landers has been working out for an extended period and probably has played more games than any other team in the South. The visiting team's pitchers were expected to give the Tribe batsmen plenty of trouble, due to bteng in tiptop shape, but regardless of that the Hooslers were not worrying, because Hendricks gave them two sessions of hitting practice Thursday and the boys indicated they were getting their batting eyes chaired. Due to injuries. Outfielders Shlnner, Kinsella and Catcher Gossett were still on the bench, but Hendricks was able to place a formidable liue-up on the field, nevertheless. Doug Baird was slated to appear In center field between Morrison in left and Vandyke In right. The infield roster was to Include Covington, Slckllug, Sehreiber and Lufzke with Attreau standing ready to divide the work with Covington at first base. Dixon was assigned the catcher’s Job attain as he has been holding up the pitchers In fine style while Gossett has been nursing an injured wrist. Today being Good Friday, the AUantaIndlan game was expected to be well attended ns all the business houses were to close at noon. In addition to the I’hiladelphin games here Saturday and Sunday, one more exhibition will bo staged by the Indians before they depart from Crowley. Manager Hendricks gave out the plans Thursday regarding this 'extra attraction,” and it will consist of a battle between a divided Hoosler squad Monday afternoon. He has picked two trams from among the squad members and balanced the nines to the best of his ability In order to assure a hard fought contest. Owner Smith will present the winning team with u worthy prize, and other minor prizes will tie awarded for home runs, and triples If any. This scrap will be the last game the Indians will 1 appear In before the Crowley folks, because thev are scheduled to leave here for New Orleans Tuesday night. Walter Rehg wired In Thursday that (Continued on Tuge Srf Un.)

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BAR BATES FIVE YEARS. BALTIMORE, March 25.—Johnny Bates, former National League outfielder, will not be permitted by the National Association of Minor League Clubs to play for Rocky Mount in the Virginia League. For leaving the Mobile club to play for the Baltimore- Docks Bates was placed under suspension last summer. Subsequently Jack Dunn, manager of the Baltimore internationals, purchased Bates’ release from the Mobile club with the understanding that he would be permitted to continue playing for the Dry Docks. When the Dry Docks decided not to have a nine this year Dunn arranged to sell Bates to Rocky Mount. LANDIS RULES OUT PAULETTE. CHICAGO, March 25.—Judge K. M. Landis, baseball's commissioner, today ruled that Gene Paulette. Philadelphia first baseman, was ineligible to play in organized baseball because he failed to bare to Landis’ satisfaction alleged finenclal transactions with two St. Louis men In 1919. Elmer Farrar and Carl Zork, of St. Louis, are alleged to have given Paulette money to throw games. Landis said Paulette confessed he was bribed but denied he said he could get other players to cooperate with him to "fix” the contest. I’IR VTE KEGS TO BREAK CAMP. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 25.—Leaving twenty of the younger players here for additional training, the Pirate regulars will break camp March 30 und open the exhibition gume schedule in Little Rock on the same day. The Pirates will return to Little Rock for another game April 8 and will be Joined at that time by the rookies. In addition to the schedule of the Pittsburgh first team, the Yanlgans will play the Little Rock Southern Association here April 3. HOOHIERS SCHEDULE CARDS. GREENSBURG, Ind., March 25.—William Dunsmore, manager of the Egles baseball club of this city, has received a

Keck Is Hero NEW YORK. March *.—Stanley Keck, captain of the 1922 Prlncton football loan and tackle on Walter Camp's All-American team last fall, was the liero of a SIOO.OOO blaze at Uie university early today. Keck rushed Into the big: Princeton Tower dub, new building used * a dormitory, library and war memorial hall and carried from the blaring structure, Emil Kedwallrr, a prostrate fireman. The building was destroyed but no lives were lost. The fire was the seventh and largest at ttis university within a year.

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letter from Hiram W. Mason, secretary and treasury of the St. Louis Nationals, that while the team is en route from St. Louis to Cincinnati they will >top here on June 2 and stage an exhibition game. A feature of the game will be Rogers Hornsby, one of the greatest players of the National League, w ho will be present that day. HE’S THROUGH. ANN ARBOR. Mich., March 25.—Derrill Pratt, coach of the University of Miehi?an baseball squad, today when eonrontod with the report that he would loin the Boston Red Sox on April 13, reiterated that he had no Intention of re turning to major league baseball. SOX START SERIES. WICHITA FALLS, Texas, March 25. White Sox regulars start a three-game series with Wichita Falls here today. LUCKY SIXTH FOR CUBS. PASADENA, Cal., March 23.—The Cubs won from Vernon here yesterday, 6 to 4. They won the game In the sixth Inning by scoring five runs. GIANTS WIN CLOSE ONE. GALVESTON, Texas, March 25.—The New York Giants barely beat the local Texas League club, 7 to ti, yesterday. HERE’S RUTH AGAIN. ALEXANDRIA, La., March 25.—The New York Yanks won yesterday, 12 to 3. Ruth got a single, a double and a triple. A. B. C. PROGRESS. BUFFALO. N. Y., March 25.—Fred Snyder of Erie, Pa., by brilliant and consistent bowling in the A. B. C. tournament Inst night, rolled Into second place In the individual events. Snyder smashed the pins for a total of fiSfl. No change was registered in the leaders of the five-man team events. The Youngstown Sheet and Tube bowlers, however, displayed excellent form and their score of 2,853 brought them close up to the first ranks. The L. O. O. Moose No. 113 team of Rochester, with a total of 2,855, Just missed a berth among the first ten in the five-man event by seven pins.

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Johnny*s Chief Joy in Life Is Getting the Champ*s Money Now They’ve Got Him in the Grease for Fouling Irish Mike. NEW YORK, March 25.—Since Johnny Wilson came out of nowhere up in Boston one night about a year ago he has been more or less in print continually. He hasn't a swelled head, because the things being said about him aren’t the kind that produce vanity. Johnny won the middleweight title from Mike O’Dowd that night in Boston because he had a chummy referee, 'twas said. Then Johnny discovered a sore nose and wouldn’t give O’Dowd a retnrn bout with a neutral referee, ’twas said. Then Johnny jave O’Dowd a return bout and won by fouling the challenger, ’tis said. O'Dowd is in the hospital, recovering from an operation for hernia. Paday Mullins and the Irish colony show a physician’s certificate that Mike's disability was caused by low blows from the champion. Wilson and the Italian colony produce signed articles from another physician claiming that blows above the belt can cause a hernia. Some scribes who were on the wrong end of the picking claim that the boxing commission should reverse the decision and suspend the referee and the judge who gave the champion the decision. Then there are other things said about the champion. Sam Lagonia, the amateur middleweight championn, got away from the firehouse where be works long enough to see the recent championship affair, and he went back to work with the idea that he will not have to ride “hooks and ladders” very much longer. He says he can whip either one of (hem and lie’s going to start training after the next championship tonrnament. Then there's Mike Gibbons, the “phantom,” who has been teaching boxing by mail for a year. The elder Gibbons claims that the middleweight class, which used to be so fine that he couldn’t be a champion, has come to a sad state of affairs when such a person as Wilson can wear the crown, lie hurls a challenge at the Italian and the Italian comes back: “My hand is hurt. As soon as it gets well——”

EMBRYO STARS RAISE HOPES OF BIG LEAGUERS Spring Training Brings Up Many Regulars From Bumper Rookie Crop. RAPP CAPTURES BERTH NEW YORK, March 25.—Several ambitious young men capering about In Dixieland today in the livery of major league teams have won their spurs and hid fair to twinkle on big time. The 1921 crop of rookies taken to Southland was unusually large and lnfielding recruits were more numerous than ever before. Happily for the lucky munagers. no less than half a dozen of these youngsters have made good, and several others give promise of turning out to be stars of the first magnitude. The Yankees and Giants were among the lucky teams, us both will bloom out in April with new faces on their infields. The Yanks appear to have landed a corking player in Johnny Mitchell, who came up from Vernon and cost Colonels Ruppert and nuston much in cash and pluyers. Mitchell is a probable .270 hitter in the American League, and con field and throw like a demon. ’GOLDIE” WORTH HIS TRICE. “Goldie” Rapp, newthlrd baseman of the Giants, is a player of sterling caliber, has already made good, so McGrow doesn’t regret that he had to hand over a pretty penny to St. Paul for "Goldie,” who was one of the stars of the American Association last season. Other young lnfieiders who seem sure to stick are Sam Bohne, from Seattle, who is now third basing for Pat Moran's Cincinati Reds; Bill Gleason from Chattanooga. who looks good to succeed Joe Gedeon as second baseman of the Bt< Louis Browns, and George Torporcer, Brooklyn, and Lotter, who Is keystone sacking for the Cardinals. Strange as it may seem both Cubs and White Sox will come out with revamped infields and both will have new first basemen. Right now it appears that Earl Sheeley from Salt Lake hag the first base job for the White Sox In his hip pocket, (Continued on Page Seventeen.)