The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-28
BroDns Uncouer TWo Promising Phenoms in Spring Training;
.Fiue Recruit Pitchers Impress Manager Foil and May Stick

By NEA Service
MOBILE. Ala. March 2S-Two
new baseball phenoms have boon
entered hy the ~. Louis Browns
There mas be more. for one can
never tell Just how for a young
rookie II going TO jump
In the 1929 edition OF Lee Foil +
pcnnant entry prepping nj Mobile.
Alabama. there are "a pitchers. two
catchcrs. two .afieldcrs and M
outfloldcr making their debut into
major league society.
The two who already have at
tractcd attention are lnfielder t.u-
gene Robertson and Outfieldcr
Cedric burst.
Robertson originally g. a grad
ua'e 81 the corner lots OF 81 Louis
lie made the enormous leap from
municipal baseball to the browns
In the spring 81 1919.
lie fnrricd the entire season an
der Jimmy Burke for his experience
courfq and then had two SEASONS
of minor league hall
burst l. having his rcc1ud season
IN professional hail. Born nt AUS
tin. Texas. Aug 20. 1870, he played
In tho home Town semi-rro circuit
pe n VIA and then hluseomed forth
= with beaumont In the Texas lcngur
-, Ia ro1 aln.
There they urc-Uobcr'son md
burst. the selections for tho
phonou clas with tho nrowns
H~uiertron be- H shortstuppor ly
TRADE BE rs % sh-orts'opnor along
no lines Of Everett Scot. 81 tho
Nanfe"s ana Charley Hollochcr of
The cubs.
\ loft handed hitter h. has "a
powerful swat o. the hall fnr %
chap who stands hut 5 feet \ inches.
weighing 1855 pounds
with Gerber sottled Tor Tho
- owns shortHtop position Man
ogcr Foil is grooming Robertson
for tho general utility Unfold post
ion. by urartiring him M second
base and third base
HIf genfral knowledge - hu."-
hal IL what imurosses Foil Ito
waits ont the pitcher TO the limit
lie IL q skiilfui huutcr.
In fielding Robhy gees a running
start on the ball the minute It
starts on its ourse OF M bat. lie
whips the ball ucross the diamond
with an undcrhHnd throw und plays
be slow rollers in back of the
pitcher with ease. In plain words
robertson is nawlcss as a ball
player.
burst is a remarkable hitter FOR
trst-ycur-Hau. He may Doe
paired along the lines OF Bobby
'ohch-thnt slugging cft-handod
iypc.
In center field he has not come
20 with "a single weakness 40
aces Ia the direction Of the fences
With the % Iris speaker.
he plays the low liners as Jimmy
heCkHrd did during his pulmy days
IND he has an arm which. while
rot possessing the power OF Tillio
walker BY one OF exceptional
ftrenEth.
WIN pur-t IL f. simply a ucs
ion Of polishing the rough spots.
or Il ls known that a youncstcr
Ia.irR hnd but n year In pro-
esslonai baseball ~ not equipped
With the complete knowledge Of
major league training
Anyway Foil Us positive that h.
its two for the phenum class N
robertson and burst
The Browns took ~ young
| pitchers south proving that Man
ser Fahl h. not sur"r-tiiip's
These pitchers are Of ali sizoa
md ages Five uf them have Inn
resHed the veteran brownies and
Manager Foil.
Here is the dope on tho Young
tcrs who have re chance 90 stick
There i= Roy Davis Of the somi-
lro folds ~ Herriu III. "a right
lander who has Impressed Man
ger Foil lie leads tho class ~
'itchcrs us n prospect hecuuso ho
Ias been az tho game for about h1lf
dozen years and possesses tho
.cn'ral knowledge ~ pitching
Another prospect marked for IN
IRE delivery IL Hubert Trueti. ~
he University % Missouri. a LETT
audo.
The first day George Nisler hattcd
snlnft prurtt tho Michigan Mar
el said that the young snuthplw
ad more speed and a better curve
han he did when he was the sen
alton AT Michigan. Ana Tructt
an be considered q aandlot pitcher
Next d. Henry pclen. q C-foot-i
Eht-hsndcT who has never boon
way from MS home town %
'recfc. III.
pcicn runs along the Hines 90
ryan Harris of the Athletics. q