Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-04-21
Sisler Says 1921 Pennant Winners
VIII Have to Beat Cleveland Indians

and Larry Gardner at third, the in
field is one to be feared all of the
time.
With the incompatible iris him
self in center, the outfield of the In
dams is one of the best in either
/ league-of that there can be little
or no question. Elmer Smith is al
ways dangerous, witness his home
run in the ninth in the opening game
with the Browns last Wednesday, also
recall his home run with three on
bases in the worlds series. And
Smith is likely to do that very thing
at any moment. There are Jameson,
Evans and Graney as well as reserves
on Speakers list, all of whom must
constantly be accounted as danger
Gus and liable at any moment to
| break up a ball game.
The pitching staff of the Indians
| is a splendid one and its catchers are
among the best in the league. Thus,
taken individually, or as whole, the
team presents always formidable,
much to be feared attack. What /
like most of all about the Indians is
! the fact that it is a team which is
never beaten. In the opening game
| this season the Browns were leading
A to at the opening of the ninth.
/ Not one whit discouraged, the In
dams piled up 2. home run and three
/ singles in that inning, scoring two
runs, and but for a brilliant play
i by Walter Gerber, shortstop for the
Browns, they might easily have tied
the score. 1t is that fighting spirit
which has given iris Speaker a ma
chine able to NOW down ruthlessly
many of the opposing teams and
which makes the machine one chose
approach is rather more or less to be
dreaded by other teams.
Just a paragraph here as to the
Browns, the team of which l chance
to be member. 1t is my honest be-
lief that the Browns are this year a
really formidable aggregation and /
shall be greatly disappointed, as
know Manager Lee Foil will be, if
the team fails to finish in the first
three. We have one, perhaps two,
weak spot or spots which now appear
to be not quite as strong as the re-
mainder of the team, but I have
confidence that the men filling these
places will either round to or that
capable men will be found to take
their places. The pitching staff of
the Browns is by all odds the best we
have ever started a season with. Allan
Sothron's comeback, as Hyinced in the
city series with the Cardinals, has
greatly encouraged all Of us. Shock
er and Davis are always dependable.
This gives the Browns a nucleus
around which championship pitch
! ing staff can be built. And / be-
lieve that several of our other pitch
ers are due for a great season. Billy
| Bayne, Of whose ability / have pre-
viously remarked, seems to me to be
/ ready for a season in which he will
1 win many more games than he loses.
Palmero has shown evidences of max
/ ing the grade nicely in a major league
uniform, and if these five conc
| through, it is going to be a hard mat
/ ter to defeat the Browns at any time.
The outfield of the Browns is one
of the best in the majors. With ia
cobson, Williams, Tobin, Wetzel and
Smith ready to take their places in
the outer gardens, there need be no
fear on the part of the manager or
the fans as to this department And
best of all, they are heavy hitting
combination.
At present Dudley Lee, a young
ster, is playing third and Lee is de-
veloping fast. Should he by any
chance not to come to the grade de-
manded, Manager Foil has Lamb and
McManus waiting to step in and
try their hands. 1t must always bel
remembered when one is considering
the chances of the Browns that this
is a team which batted 1903 last year
and, given reliable pitching, such a
team as that is always a pennant pos
sibility.
Some one has asked me whether, or
not consider the club rules and
maxims advisable. By this / presume
they mean the set of rules laid down
by one or two major league clubs |
under which the players, presumed |
apparently to be children incapable |
of using their own minds, are asked |
to observe such set rules as being in |
bed by IL o'clock, asked not to play
cards or to smoke, or do divers other |
+hings v'nich are supposed to work |
havoc with the morale of ball team.
My answer to this question is now
as it always has been, that believe
no rules should ever be put into eff
feet calculated to affect an entire
team. do not believe it is humanity
possible to formulate a set of rules
applicable to a score or more of men,
men who are Of major league age,
which means that in the average they
are from 25 to 80 years of age.
There may be many instances where
an individual player needs to be gov
erned by rules. have seen instances