San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
Has a Sunny Smile as a
Substitute for Old Sol,
Which Is Frequently Alb
sent From Mobile, and
His Eyesight Seems to Be
Almost as Good as Ever.
By JOHN r. FOSTER.

Copyright by. The San Antonio Light.
Mobile, Ala, March 15.-Over in
the corner of the hotel lobby at which
the st. Louis Browns are stopping
the players have preempted bench on
which they hold sessions of parlia-
ment-their kind of parliament which
is very interesting.
They swap everything from man
ayers to owners at those sessions and
never swap themselves, especially in
the spring time when all the baseball
world is full of promise, and that's
about all.
There are also some chairs as well
as the bench. On one of the chairs
sat young man in n gray suit, with
a brown hat over his black hair. He
held a publication in his hand and
every now and then he glanced from
it to some player who came along
with joke. Players do love to have
their jokes at the spring camps.
"Be merry while you may because
tomorrow the axe may fall" is the
motto of the young fellow who comes
down from home to find himself sur
rounded by big and strong young
men who have big and healthy ideas.
The young man with the gray suit
seemed TO have no trouble in reading
his publication.
This Is George Sisler.
He must have enjoyed some parts
OF it because he grinned at what he
was reading. When the players told
him funny things he grmned more.
He is the fielding boss and the execu-
tive boss and pretty much all of the
boss of the st. Louis Browns this
year and his name is George Sisler.
He has n smile that would win the
hearts of his fellow countrymen and
probably those of his fellow country
women if he were public speaker
and when he smiles there are two rows
of even white teeth and so much
gracious courtesy about it all that
the man who doesn't know George
Sisler goes away firmly convinced
that he is one of the finest fellows
in baseball and the man who does
know him is convinced about six-fold
over the good things he ever thought
about him.
Last year Sisler couldn't read, a
newspaper. That is why he did not
play baseball. He was even obliged
to give up driving an automobile and
he carried himself as a man might
carry himself who is blind of one
eye and weak in the other.
Looks As Good As New.
Late in the forenoon the sun cleared
away and the st. Louis boys went
10 the park to practice. Sisler went
| TO first base-the same man who
rorldn't see last year. They threw
the ball TO him in the dirt, in the
ayr, 10 his right side and to his left
side and he got it. He played with
his right hand as nimbly as he always
did. His physical condition is high
type, smashing good and his arm
like a whip.
Now and then he failed to catch
| the ball but any man will fail to
catch the ball now and then. But
he could see the ball. There was no
question about that. He could sec
! third base because he shot the bali
across the diamond with speed and
force. The ball went straight to its
target and on the return throw from
| first base to home plate he speeded
the leather ho;ln as il he had been
busy ball player all last year, in
stead of sitting in the shadow of the
stand and wondering what nature was
going to do to him.
Grounders back Of first base, that
Skinned over the ground like flat
stones over smooth-surfaced pond.
nestled into his big glove.
Changed As a Batter. t..
And batting? There was no game
Of bat because about the time there
| might have been one there came an