Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-10
FIELDER JONES CONFIDENT
ST. LOUIS BROWNS MANARER
THINKS HE HAS GOOD TEAM
Although HinkipE No %I'cmnnnt T'rcdic-
tons. believes His Aggregation
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Zones has a lot OF confidence IN his
~. Louis Brownies. and although. like
most managers, lie has declined to
make predictions FOR them this year.
he has bright hopes of leading them
INTO = hot finish light for position in
the American League race.
Last year tho mad rush or tho
browns which lifted ;hc,n into fourth
pace SGT tho Mound city airc. ST.
Louis fans were Wild while the Browns
we're On their rampage. and tho fight
INK spirit that enabled them IL bat
tic their way into the first division.
and finally finish q good NTH. hut six
points behind the Yankees. has no,
been forgotten.
baseball mon in general arc united
1T the belief that the american League
race this year viii he .tS hot as i; Was
IN 1915. and tho Browns arc going
10 find plenty of opposition in their
light for y first division tinisn. That,
they can win the p%cnnant is doubtful.
figuring OH the class OF the White Sox,
Tigers. Red SoX and Yankees. but they
have a chance. and IL is always good
!" remember that stranger things have
ha opened.
The problem Fielder Jones will
probably spend the most time in try
INK 10 solve this spriuE will he with
his infcld. lie has recruited new tai
Ont 10 bolster the Browns inner cir
cic. and if one Of three players comes
up I" expectations the strength al
Joncs's club will be greatly Increased
II is more than likely that Jimmy
Austin may decorate the bench mos,
Of the time this summer if Gene Pau
!ettc proves himself capable ot hold
ing down an inlcid job. Paulctte is
2 iirst-bascman secured from the
Memphis club OF the Southern .Asso-
citation. and Jones plans to play him
on tho initial sack n,I C. Ts-----
SISTER elsewhere OH the inncld. which
viii no doubt force Austin into the
background if the plan works out. Sis
Ter il the most versatile PLAYER in
baseball to-day. He stars anywhere
they put him. and Jones is confident
that he can depend on this Sisler
lad to play third in Austin's place.
II Paulette makes good the Brown
les in1eld combination may consist OF
tho Memphis lad at first base, Johnny
l.avan at short, Pratt at second and
Sister at third. Paulcttc hit .@S6 and
helded .aS6 with the Memphis club last
year.
from Lincoln, of tho Western League.
who hit .321 and scampercd about the
shortheld for a final percentage OF
40. is a youngstcr who may prove "A
surprise. Biglcr. a third baseman
from the Gettysburg club of the BLU
VI = uc, VIII also get 4 trSOOt.
and Jones also has Ernie johnson,
who was with the Brownies last year.
The catching department Of the
browns with Sereroid Hartley and
Rumler. Of last years staff. looking
ahead to a good season this year, ana
Hale. a sturdy backstop from Roches-
ter, with Wilson White, a rookie, is not
causing Jones any worry. He believes
he has plenty of b~ackstopping talent
to hold the club up In the windpad de-
partment.
Shotten. Miller and Marsans com
prise a dependable outtield trio, and
all three are better than .265 hitters
when they are going their best. Shot
ten the apple for an aver
age Of .eS2 last season. While Miller
hit zoo and Marsans .254. Bill Ken
worthy, who has been in the Ameri-
can League before. having been a
member Of the Washington club,
comes from Oakland. of the Coast
League, with a swatting mark of .3l4
10 boast about. He played in 200
games. kcnworthy is n rather YER
satilc player himself. lie can play
tho infeld or the outfeld and has
even been called upon to pitch during
his career in professional ball. Yale
sloan. who hit m even 300 with
Rochester last summer. may give the
outicld candidates a battle for one OF
tho berths.
Baseball critics have been agreed
for some time OH the pitching staff
Of the Brownies. That ii has class. is
the verdict, and with two newcomers
who look exceptionally Sood 1t ap-
pears that Jones will have pitchers
galore when the bell rings. ~Sothoron,
recalled from Portland. won thirty
games last season and lost only sew
entccn out of a total of ffty-scven in
which he worked. Tom Rogers, who
helped 10 hurl the Nashville club int"
tho championship Of tho southern AS
ISOLATION last season. won twar.y-four
games and lost twelve. These two
hurlcrs arc expected 10 make good
wiuh the Browns, and Jones has Sow
eral recruits OF smaller populations
who Will get tryouts.
With tho veteran Eddie Plank, Carl
Wcilman. Earl Hamilton, Ernie Koch
Fob Groom and Dave Davenport to nc
depended upon for the brunt Of tho
work when the season gets under way,
and McCnbc, Parks. Sothoron and Rog-
ers all lighting for regular jobs. tho
pitching strength OF the Browns de-
serves the respect in which il is held
10y rival American League managers.
The Browns look good, and they
should force other clubs to hit a fast
gait when the race settles down to Il
steady grind.