(New Bedford Standard)
Tbe Cape Cod baseball league, recognized as one of the strongest semipro curcuits in the country and an excellent training; ground for young ball players, pot underway Wednesday with all six teams in action. Interest in the organization on the Cape is even greater than in the past. League officials feel that the newrule limiting the use of professional players will produce fully as good a brand of ball and give the college players a chance to improve their game. It was felt last summer that the young- players were more colorful than ex-leaguers, as well as less expensive, and the new rule was passed some time ago. During; the 1!)30 season the collapse of the New England league and four of the Eastern leajrue clubs led a number of players in these organizations to seek employment elsewhere and many of them hooked on with Cape clubs. This season each team is restricted to two players who have completed a season with a club in organized ball. The opening day schedule found Chatham playing Barnstable nt Hyannis, Harwich at Orleans, and Wareham at Falmouth. Pete Herman, Boston college star, is to manage Chatham again, and Danny Silva will have charge at Barnstable. Jeff Jones, Newton high coach and former Harvard star, will manage the outfit in his native town o{ Harwich, and Eddie McGrath, Harvard captain this year, and three years ago manager of the championship Osterville nine, will succeed Patsy Donovan at Orleans. McGrath recently signed with the Chicago Clubs, but will not join the major leagues until late in the season. Jack Walsh, star catcher for the New Bedford club of the New England league, will manage Falmouth and be first string catcher. He caught there a year ago, but did not handle' the club. Harry Noznesky, Georgetown twirler who piloted Wareham to a championship last summer, will try to repeat again, He may not pitch as much as in former years as lie hurt his arm during the spring - , but may be in shape in a week or two. One thing- that the youthful Wareham manager showed the league last year was that he knew how to go out and gather a ball club for himself, He has the college connection.'- to select the best players obtainable and is also on friendly terms with managers and officials of several big- league teams who turn over likely looking prospects to him. Gene Cornell, former University of Pennsylvania catcher who has spent three season on the Cape with Palmouth and was with Wareham last year, is expected to return. He went south with the Philadelphia Nationals thjs spring and was farmed out on option to Richmond of the Eastern league, lie caught and batted well there but didn't like the league, mainly because he wanted to get back to the Cape, and was granted bis release a few days ago. The Phillies have yet to give him his release, however, and unless Gene can obtain it he will not be with the Wareham nine. Frank Leslie, now the property of the Philadelphia Athletics, will be available as a receiver if Connell is not, Hon May uard, second-string catcher to Connell a year ago, will be l back again, He had a good season with the Holy Cross team. I Elwood Krepps, former New Englai.d leaguer, will spend his second ^season with Wareham. He had a great summer on the Cape in 1U30 and hurled sevi nil shutouts Harold Poole of Georgetown is back again, while. Bill Brigham of the University of South Carolina, leading pitcher in his college conference, will be another mound artist. Brigham pitched for Holy Family in New Bedford several years ago. He is now the property Of Philadelphia Athletics. "Lefty"! Neiginlind of the University of Michigan will also pitch. He has recently had a tryout with the Cleveland Indians and was turned over to Noznesky by Billy Evans, Johnny Bozek of Georgetown, Myron Ruckstull, former Brown star, "Babs" MeNilt and Walter Morris will be among the infielders from last year who will be back again. Bozek will play first and Morris will take care of the shortstop berth. He had a great year at Georgetown, leading the club at bat and playing a remarkable game in the Held. Pig league scouts who saw him in action were of the opinion that only his slender build might keep him out of the big leagues. He weighs only 186.1 McNiff played third last season but will be at second base until Ruckstull reports July 15. Billy Rapp of Georgetown, whose father is bead scout for the Cleveland Indians, will take care of the hot corner. In the outfield will be Bob Wholey of Georgetown, Con Hurley, former Holy Cross star, and either of the catchers not doing duty behind the bat. Down at Falmouth Jack Walsh has assembled an outfit which he thinks will be strong defensively but possibly not as powerful as he would like at the bat, He will catch and should again be the best in the league as well as one of the leading hitters. Frank Caminarano of Holy Cross will cover first base again. He played that position for Falmouth last summer. Frank Corrigan of Holy Cross, "Bucky" Harris of Brown and Al Niemie of Holy Cross complete a fast infield. John Freitas of Fairhaven and Boston college is slated to patrol the left garden, with Timmy Murray of Holy Cross in center and Johnny Sheehan of Falmouth in right. Freitas and Sheehan played with the club a year ago and did well. Dave Seddon of New Bedford will be the team's only southpaw hinder. He is expected to be one of the league's leading pitchers, Danny j Connors of Providence college and Ar-| thin- Boiseau of Dartmouth are others I who should win games for Falmouth. Connors caught on with the team toi wards the end of last season. Ray j Richards, a New Haven youngster, is being brought along for trial by Frank Cammarano. The newly formed Barnstable team starts out this season under the leadership of Danny Silva of Everett, who was manager of the Osterville outfit last season. Danny will manage and hold down first base. Others on the roster of the combined Hyannis-Osterville team are: Pitchers, Eddie Gallagher of this year's Boston college nine; Jack Crimmins, formerly with the Red Sox; George Rawlings, Brown university star, who has been with Hyannis several years; and Blumetti, a left bander, Fordham star this year, who is new to the Cape league.* Tbe infield will be made up of two members of the Hyannis combination for several years, Paddy Creedon and Fred Monciewicz, Jackie Fisher of Fordham and Manager Silva, Cree don, who will play at short, is a for mer B C star and with the Brakes; Freddie Monciewicz, another B C star, will play second base: Jackii Fisher will hold down third, and Manager Silva, first base. In the outfield, f/inny M. X imaru of Boston college, who waB fresh! an baseball coach at Fordham the past seasons, holds down center field; Myles Lane, Conner Dartmouth and major league hockey star who e ia er the Princeton hockey aqua I I isl winter, will be in right field, a- d Pole Pilcski of Brockton, bfl field, Manager Silva will start a Cape boy, Fd Tevyaw of Osterville, us catcher. Ed is a former Barnstable high star and had some experien •<• with Osterville last season. lb; 1, is done good work with tin- atick and is a steady catcher. Officials of th.- orl-in- Athletio association are confident that their nine will be under the leadership of I Eddie McGrath, despite publicity in
some newspapers about bis being
signed up by the Ct,bs, and will pain them at once. Eddie is not new to the Cape league, for he managed tbe Osterville outfit two years in 1928 and 1020, The lineup offered by Prank Bee,
president of the Atlantic association,
has Eddie in Centcrlield, and Mr Bee was sure he would he at Harvard and Bt-ooklinc high, and if the Cubs did sign biiu up they would probably allow him to finish out this season wild the Cape leaguers. For pitchers, Orleans has lined up Johnny Broaca, star Vale freshman hurler this season; Al Smith, who was al Orleans in 'L". ); Tom Mahoney, one of the Holy Cross aces this season; and Eddie Wineapple, former Providence college star, and I'or three years a mainstay on the Osterville team. Behind the bat will be Joe Hnraghy, Providence college man, for his
third .season here.
For (lie infield, Orleans has lined up Al Weston, former B. C. star and also with 'he Braves; Laurie Myllykangas, ex-Dartmouth player, who was in Orleans last season; Everett Donaghy, Harvard captain ol' L929, who was with Osterville and Falmouth in previous season. A new man, RobertsKan of Duke college, North Carolina, lias been signed up for shortstop. In the outfield, Eddie McGrath will hold down center; Freeley, left field and one of the utility pitchers is to play right field. With Lucius "Jell"' Jones piloting the Harwich outfit for the second season, great things are expected over in the center of the Cape. The manager, a Harwich native, has just been appointed baseball coach at Newton High, and with all his Harvard, Athletics, Falmouth and Harwich experience should keep things moving. The pitching stall' lined up by Mr Jones includes Eddie dill of last year's outfit, and an old timer in Cape Cod league baseball. Perkins of the University of Maine and Audrisiwicz, a star at Tuft- this season. The Infield includes Jell' himself at fust; Phil O'Connell, (he Holy Cross baseball and football star, at second again; Eddie Davidson, who opened the season last year but was injured, at third; and Johnny Marshall of Holy Cross, captain of that outfit for next season, at shortstop. Just who will star! behind the bat is not certain, though Jones is talking of Harry Arlanson, this year's Tufts captain, who played on the Orleans nine last season. The outfield includes Shatzer, one of the heaviest hitters in the league, in left field; Fan-el! of Holy Cross at center; and Howard Cahoon of Harwich, at right field. Howie is one of the few native Cape boys to find a regular berth in the league. With Pete Herman, former Boston college star at the helm again, Chatham expects to have a strong team. Pete had a great year at li C and has always gone well on tl,e mound in his seasons, other pitchers Pete has lined up are Johnny Murphy of Somervillc, who pitched for the team last year; Emil Roy, I! C freshman pitcher, and Fred Lovely, former New
England leaguer.
In the infield Pel,' has just fixed it up for Walter Kelson, well known New York university star, who helped keep the team near .he top of ihe league last season; Paul Chisholm, former I! C player and Roslindale lad, at second base: Andy Spognardi, another I! C lad, al shortstop, and Arty Core of Cambridge at third, as usual. Arty is a fixture on th,. Chatham nine. Behind the bat will be Joe McCann, of Holy Cross, in the outfield will be 'Jake Edwards, Hart mouth college man, who opened the season last year; Johnny Downes of B C, who is also utility pitcher, and one of the other twirlers.