Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-03-10
Newsy Notes
About Browns

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lineup that in all probability viii
take the field in the opening game
Of the American League season April
Is. This in itself was treat to BO-
galusans, the lineup including George
Sisler, worlds greatest batsman, the
most picturesque exponent Of modern
day baseball, and Urban Shocker,
Babe Ruth's only fear,
It will be recalled that Shocker
famed Ruth three consecutive times
in a Polo Grounds game last season
in which II other other Yankee bat
| tiers were strike-out victims. ShOcker
is one of the brainiest and gamest
| pitchers in the game. Unlike many
hurlers, Orb loves to pitch to Ruth,
| who, as a rule, gives the opposing
finger palsy of the pitching arm.
Kenneth Williams, the demon boy
from Grants Pass, Oregon, was the
leading hitter Sunday, with three
wallops out of four attempts. Ken
duplicated Sisters homerun to left
field in the third innings and followed
the 'looprfhe loop" with a double in
the fifth and single in the sixth.
For those who are unacquainted with
Williams, let them know that he is
reformed, that no longer is he the
human crab," and with the reforma- !.
ton undoubtedly will come brighter
star for Ken in basebalPs armament.
''Baby DolP' Jacobson, behemOth
of the diamond, bar none, has not To-
Gated his true batting eye as yet.
A When he does, BOgalusans, no board
fences will stop his drives, for he
clouts them through the boards and
not over.
In Johnny Tobin, ye Of the ozone
belt see one of the best bunters in
the game. He has perfected the art
j of dumping them down to such de-
gree that he can time his hunts and
place them to his liking. He is one
of the stars of the game and, incl
dentally, a native st. Louisian.
j Walter Gerber, who has more bids
4 to Bogalusa functions than a cent?
Ipede has pedals, is the best ground
covering short fielder in the game.
i Walter had his own coterie of root
ers at the game Sunday, delegation
of Semetics who are toiling over
time to make Wallie's stay in Boga-
lusa most happy one.
One Story City, Iowa's representa-
tive, Han o. the Tanks SEVERED, rests
a great deal of responsibility, for he
is somewhat of barometer for the
club. If Hank is in there daily at
the top of his game, the Browns usu-
ally are up in the race, but trend
downward if Henra is on the shelf
through accident or illness. The
Browns would have won the pennant
in 1916 but for an unkind smile of
the Fates which put SEVERED on
crutches with a bad knee when the
club needed his services most.
Earl Smith bids fair to shine as
a great third baseman. He was an
outfielder until last mid-season, when
the Browns, ineed of a torrid corner
| guardian, called on Smitty to fill the
bill. Like jacobson, Smith has not
yet struck his real hitting stride. He
is one of the clubs select circle hit
tiers.
Bogalusa fans should be well ac-
uuainted with Billy "Kid" Gleason,
the smiling Harp from Holyoke, for
| he was one of the Southern Associa-
ton stars for several years. Glea-
son is the lad who claims that Boga-
lusa gets it's canned milk direct from
these bovines that Craze in the tin
/ iron junk pile, located between the
hotel and the ball park. There's no
bull in this statement.
| Josh Billings, second string catch
er to SEVERED, gets the palm for
travelling last year. Starting with
the Spring training trip in 1920, he
| journey from Topeka, Kan, to- Tay-
| Tor, Tex, thence around the Lone
Star State, back through Oklahoma,
Kansas and through Missouri to st.
Louis. Three trips he made around
the American League circuit, touch
ing at Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland,
Washington, Philadelphia, New York
and Boston, prior to the seasons end,
when he hied Westward and then
North, nomading through the wilds Of
Canada before he tripped down the
Pacific Coast to Los Angeles, Cal,
from which point he started his cross
country trip for Bogalusa, to the
great pines of the ozone belt, to real
Southern hospitality, to sunshine that
rivals CALIFORNIA; golden rays.
Enter Pat Collins, catcher, that
plump, mirthful package of K. G. hu-
NOR who once packed a sweet wallop
in a roped stretched arena. Pats an
actor, versatile footlight artist who
can play on the emotions Of his au-
dience like Kubelik can on q fiddle.
Debonair Allan Sothoron, the sa-
Iivary shoot expert, attended the
game Sunday in one of his many
''plain clothes" uniforms. AL is the
best dresser in organized baseball.
At present his valet is in Paris sizing
up Che latest Partisan models. He is
an exponent Of the quick change,
blending beautifully from check
plaid to Scotch tweed, from pin
striped green to a solid blue.