Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-22
BIG LEAGUE REVIEW
ST. LOUIS BROWNS.
By Frank G. Menhe.

New York, March 21.-"Give Fielder
Jones two good ball players and
bunch of cripples and he'll cone
mighty close to winning a pennant n
any league" remarked an enthus astlc
admirer of the pllct OF the 1915 st.
Louis Browns.
Therefore, what do you think Jones
is going to do this season when armed
with the greatest collection of bar;
players ever gathered under a st.
Louis standard?
they tell you out in Saint Loo;s. And
the answer IS echoed in many parts
CT the lard Jones has such uncanny
power as baseball leader that de-
spite the opposition he will face in
meeting the Yankees, White Sox. Zig
ers and Red SoX, there are many who
are picking the Browns to beat The
field.
The Brownies may not win the
cheese-cloth, but as certain thar
they'll be battling for t all through
the game campaign. They have
power in every department, and, best
CT all. the secondary defense is al
most as strong as the first line OF
troops that Jones will send into the
field. .s=
The "Man agerial Genius" has Is
pitchers to cAoose from in making up
his string of regulars. The chances
are that he VII select the following:
Davenport, who was the pitchln;s
sens8t ton Of the Gilmore circuit las.
year; Plank (Fed), old but still Won
derful; Crandall (FeD, who pitched
some great games last year; Groom
'(Fed). whose stunts helped the Slou-
feds into second place in the 1915
race; Baumgartner, Weilman and
Hamilton, veteran Brownies. who are
good for at least 60 per cent of their
games with any support, and Koob,
tf,s collegian.
L stcd among the other pitchers
that were Oh the roster when the
club went south we're:
Phillips, from Willlesbarre Pa;
McCabe, from Decatur, ILL.,; Tillman,
from New Bedford, Mass; Sims, from
CAarlestown. w. va; Fincher, from
Little Rick. Ark, and Parks, from
Lexington, Ky.
tolSiSl Zig cat sAOilCSt pIuySi
will the Browns last year, is named
among the pitchers, but it wouldn't
be surpr sing if he became the first
basing regular, nosing out "Babe"
Bcrton, Of the Sloufeds. Sisler is a
great fielde1'9 and heavy hitter, as
well as being fast ca the sacks. Pratt.
the keystone man Of the 1915 Browns,
seems sure to win out in the battle
for his old job. Johnson, whose work
for the Sloufeds last year created so
much favorable Comment. probably
will force "Doc" Lavan. the 1915
sAortstop of the Browns, to the bench
A fight is on for third base, with
Jimmy Aust q of the 1915 Browns a
favcrite over Charlie Deal, the Slou-
fled third baseman OF d season ago.
Austin is as good a fielder as Dea.
and better with the willow.
Marsans and Tobin, of the Sloufeds,
and Shelton, of the Browns, undoubt-
edly VII be the outfielders, although
Clarence Walker (Brownie) and Waro
KILLER (SloufeO are putting up 4
game fight.
Hartley. who did the bulk of the
work for the Sloufeds Last season will
be the regular backstoI, with Chap
han as first assistant. I
The line-uppf the Brownies, accord
Ing TO early. early taaining limp dope, will
Sisler (BroWs), 1rst base; Pratt
(Browns), sechd base; Johnson
(sloufeds), sF4stop; Austin
,Rrownso. third ysshe; Tobin (slou-
feds), outfielder; Maysans (Sloufeds),
outfielder; shoton (Browns), out
fielder. and fHartley (Sloufeds)
catcher. -