New Britain herald., 1925-02-05
BOSTON TEAM IS
 OFF NN FER. 2O7H
l6 Pitchers and CatCherS Going
 With Squad
By The Associated Press.


 Boston, Feb. 5.-With a roster of likely looking recruits and with his regulars reporting themselves now in fine condition and free from the injuries and ailments that last year decimated the team, Manager Dave Bancroft of the Boston Braves will take the advance guard of his base ball squad, 16 pitchers and catchers, to St. Petersburg, Fla, on February 20 for the opening of the spring training season. The remainder of the squad will report on March 5. Christy Mathew son, president of the club, and Emil Fuchs, e-president, are expected to visit the team there.
 Most promising of the new players is Jimmy Welsh, outtielder, secured from Seattle in the Pacific Coast league for players and cash said to amount to S50,000. Welsh, a big, fast youngster, hit for .342 in 164 games last season. Other rookie outfelders are Erwin Sperber, let out to Shreveport, La. last year and recalled at the end of the season: Herbert Thomas, purchased from Daytona in the Florida league, who reported in the fall and showed promise as Iead-off man; Francis Wilson, star of the Boston college outtield last year, who joined the team after the Holy Cross game in June and worked his way into the regular lineup by the end of the season.
 ! Davis Harris, from Greensboro. S. C., also will be given tryout. Bill Cunningham and Casey Stengel, se- cured in the trade last year that sent Billy Southworth to the Giants; Les lie Mann, traded from Cincinnati; August Felix and Ray Powell, are the men looked to for regular out field service.
 Among the new pitchers, William Narcus, q former southpaw member of the Boston college team, is con- siderod by Dick Rudolph. pitching coach, as one of the teams best prospects Joseph Ogrodowski, sent to the Braves bsthe same man who recommended Joe Genewich, was q semi-pro star in Elmira, N. Y, last season. Ignatius Mulch, a six-foot- CT. weighing 1So pounds, showed promise in the few games he finish cd after reporting late in the sea- son from DovelT Del, in the Eastern Shore league.
 Edwin Van Brunt, a semi-pro from East Orange, N. J., and George Hartsgrove, who pitched in Maine last summer, will be given tryouts. , The regulars on the pitching stan are Jesse Barnes, Larry Benton, Jos- eph Gcnewich, Timothy McNamara, John Cooney, and Rube Marouard. who has entirely recovered from an operation that forced him to leave the team last May. Kyle Graham Fred Lucas, and Ike Kemp saw some servre last season. Joseph Batch elder, southpaw, who finished the season with Worcester in the Eastern league after recovering from an op- eratlon for appendicitis that cost him place on the Braves staff last spring, will go south again.
 The Braves will depend on the regulars, George O'Neil and Frank Gibson, for most of the catching Edward Phillips, Boston college catcher in 1923; Edward Cousineau, recalledsfrom Worcester; Fred schil- Ter, from Hutchinson, Kas.. and Os- car siemer, will be given tryouts. Among the new inield prospects are Morris Burrus, hard hitting first baseman from Atlanta, Ca; Hunter Lane, shortstop. recalled from Pittsfieid in the Eastern league; i Harry Snyder. from the Rocky l Mountain league. and William Mar riott, who starred for Mobile last season.
 Of the regular infleld of last year, McInns will be on first. Manager Bancroft at shortstop with Ernest Padgett and Bob Smith, alternating at third, Bancroft is again well after serious operation, made nec- essary by an early season injury, that kept him out of the game for the greater part of the year
 Jim Tierney veteran second sack er. has been traded 10 Brooklyn for Outfelder Bernie Heis. leaving a new gap.t to fill at the keystone post.