Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-21
RRAz|LL LOOMS AS
FIRST BASEMAN OF
. MACKS THIS YEAR
nornie's n Year Old Star
Shines at Bat and in
the Field
FIRST AND. SECOND TEAMS
or AS LOSE ON SUNDAY

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Jn,te Charles, La, March H.-lt is
,cod bet that Frank Brazil will be
,rsrding first base for the Athletics In
~. onening game Of the season.
II BRAZIL needed any more arguments
90 to why he should be played reSu-
,.,,r IN the first team they were fur
,,.bed here yesterday. Playing first
s.s. for the Athletics second team,
prsu;ll's work was the outstanding
feature of the game. He went to bat
AZ, times and knocked out two clean
bone runs and single.
Both of Brazill's home runs were OF
,hs Babe Ruth kind. They few ut a
,rent rate of speed over the right.feld
vail As one player put It, why, this
tsIlow BRAZIL is the best hitter on the
team. Mack simply has to make room
for him.
Besides his batting feats BRAZIL also
,,av,d wonderful ball at first base. He
showed no signs Of q bad arm today.
Once ne made the prettiest double play
nos,ible for first baseman. He stopped
ground ball and threw to second base
for a force. Then he stepped to first
Sese and took McCann's return throw,
completing a double play.
Reaches Majority
Bra1ill was only twenty one years
old yesterday. In this short time he
haa won fame all over the country as q
hard hitter. He Is left handed hitter
and stands at the plate with n crouch.
He hits to all fields, but particularly to
right field.
Left-handed pitchers never bother
Brazill He says he has just as much
success against them as against right
handlers. Truly wonderful young
player Is BRAZIL, who has batted his
way to Mack's first team.
There are untold possibilities in him,
and more than one expert ventures to
opine that BRAZIL is destined to be one
OF the great batsmen of the day, taking
de place Of "Ty" Cobb in the Ameri-
can League.
Connie Mack praised Brazill's work
today. His words were significant, for
be virtually announced that BRAZIL
would become first baseman Of the
regular team. He said: BRAZIL Is
too great a hitter to be on the bench.
will have to make room for him.
1t may be that Mack will not play
BRAZIL on the first team at once, but
make the switch later. But sooner or
later there Is only one ending. 1t will
put BRAZIL on the first team.
McCann Hits Hard
Emmitt McCann, the young Phila-
delphian, who is playing fine ball for
Connie Mack, had three hits yesterday
and felded his position we'll. In the
first inning Pitcher Jones; of Indi-
annapolis, hit McCann squarely on the
head with a pitched ball.
Instead of falling to the ground un-
conscious, Mccall, with laugh,
rubbed his head and ran to first base,
Just as II being hit in the head was
daily occurrence with him. The hardy
McCann shows he can take his knocks
without going to the hospital on every
occasion.
In spite Of the valor of BRAZIL, Nc
Cam and Styles. Indianapolis beat
Mack's second team yesterday IL to =.
Heinach, tho Camden southpnw, did
well enough on the mound, but Jack
Slappey, the skinny portsider, was VIVA
and ineffective, and Indianapolis hitters
punished him severely.
Two former Phillies are with the In
dians. They are Third Baseman Doug
las Baird and Second Baseman Ed Sick
ing. Baird did not play yesterday, anu
all that Lutzke. his substitute, did WAS
to make four hits out Of four times at
bat and bring four runs home.
Jack Hendricks, the competent In
dian skipper, has quite ball club.
HIS men are hustlers and out to give h
good account OF themselves in the Amer
Il A. -.