Meusel, the tallest member of the
squad, stands 6 feet 3 inches in
height and looks more like a college
fullback than a major league third
baseman. His fielding is in need ot
polish, but he is learning fast, and
the nosition cropped up today in the
persoa of Bobby Stow one of the best Huggins: is satisfied that the big fel
baball and basketball players ever I iow wiu be abI3 to handle himselt
t urned out at the local school.
3 tow who is now playing ' baseball
with the Fort Worth Club of the
Texas league has expressed a desire
to take up the duties, at the
high school next fall. He is re
ported to stand an excellent chance
of landing.
capably when the race gets under
way. Meusel showed fine form aa
a first baseman in practice games at
Jacksonville, hut Huggins, being well
fixed at first base, had to find another
. -i
spot Cor this hard-hitting youngster.
The retirement of Baker provided
the opportunity and Meusel has been
told that he will be the regular third
baseman of the Yankees when the
season opens.
The new third baseman is the pos
sessor of a throwing arm, the like of
which has not been seen on a, major
league infield in many a day. Hug
gins goes back to the palmy days of
the late Harry Steinfeldt in compar
ing Meusel's throwing with the fast
est he has seen on an infield. In his
games in the South, Meusel has shown
a tendency to be erratic on many of
his throws, but Huggins contends
that this fault will soon disappear.
