South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-10
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Sport NeuS
BROWNS PITCHING
STAFF IS LEAST
SNOWY OF LEAGUE
Recruit Hurlers Give Little
Evidence of BOlstering
1922 Lineup.
BY DAVIS j. WALSH.
- = Snorts Editor

The hour was early, the track near
by and the last race well within the
negotiation Of any ball player who
had his mind on the matter at hand.
Wherefore. the St Louis Browns
were giving tongue TO a yammering
refrain that could have been trans
planted bodily into the mob scene
Of a comic opera. 1t was their idea
of showing what is accidentally
known as little life.
They were In the midst of one OF
those spring exhibition things at
Mobile, Ala, that come and go like
a plague in every training camp. and
they were hustled through IL as they
never hustled on an American
League ball field. Conversation just
welled right out OF the larynx and
rolled off the lips.
Thought il all sat silent Lee Foil,
sphinx of baseball. Mr.. Foil has
little 20 say and seldom says it. The
pdesent juncture was not one of his
moments. although all around him
rose the terrific din.
Therefore, we were somewhat un-
prepared TO become an adequate
audience when he turned upon lis
rather suddenly and pointed a dra-
matte finger out toward center field.
Best Looking Prospect"
"Se that boy out there? ?" he asked.
lone of the best looking outfeld
prospects I have even seen"
He seemed inclined to drop the
subject as suddenly as he had start
ed il. But we continued with a
polite who IS hep" and discovered
that he referred TO one Cedric burst.
outfelder up from the Beaumont
Club, of the TeXac League.
Foil knows ball player when he
sees one. He thinks he is seeing one
now. SO II IS just as well 20 take
him at his word, particularly since
ne is one of the most Unenthusiastic
souls that ever sat on a major league
bench.
burst did nothing in that nine
inning exhibition game TO attract the
wandern g eye, just as Speaker or
Cobb or Ruth might escape notice If
allowed TO appear incognito He is
however. the talk of the camp, and
were it not that the Browns are I'M
usually well heeled with outfelders
ne might get in there every day.
As il IS he is bound TO stick.
OF course, we watched burst
rather closely on all subsequent PLAYS
and liked not only his position and
easy swing at the plate but his ability
10 roam at large over the outfield.
He made no running catches, but II
was noted that hits seemingly des-
tined for extra bases were held to
singles by his ability 10 place him
self in front of them and get the
ball away from him quickly.
Workout Was Impressive.
The workout, on the whole was
rather impressive The infeld seems
TO have eliminated some Of the
rough spots. what with McManus
having mastered the art of throwing
from more than one position. Nc
Manus. a reformed first baseman.
was a bit crude in this respect last
season, but appears to have over
come some of his delinquencies
around second base.
Thu rest OF the outfit IS potentially
a championship club, with the ex-
cepuon of the pitching They must
come up with a left handler to work
with Shocker, Davis and Van Glider
and, Of course no one can convince
them that Davis Danforth, purchas-
ed from Columbus at an exorbitant
price. is not the gentleman in ques-
ton.
Danforth did not perform for our
edifiCation today. We saw Vain
wright from Louisville; Roy Davis.
a 81. Louis semi-pro. and Culp. with
the club last year, among others,
and were impressed by none VAIN
wright has good stuff and fair con-
troll. but ne is one of those derelicts
known as an arm pitcher That
is. he doesn't get his body into the
motion This kind seldom lasts long
Culp is the same type with a throw
almost like an infelder's. Davis is
more promising. but at least a year
away from big time.
There are other recruits who were
withheld from our gaze. among them
Pruet. a left handler. and Meme a
right handler. both from the Texas
League. However. If those we saw
were a fair sample Of the recruit
pitchers in this comp, the Browns
face the unpleasant prospect of get
ting along with what they had last
year. plus Danforth. Much Of the
teams success or lack thereof rests
with Dandy Dave.