Evening star., 1926-03-26

Old boy must have been Robertson
for he then shouted: ''Thas the old
pep"' and relapsed into a silence that
gave the folks in the next county
the lockjaw.
Not even Jimmy Austin with years
of experience. can get this team
verbally excited. and when Jimmy
can't excite anything 1t is impervious
to excitement.
The Browns are spirited enough.
but they are much like their little
brothers of Philadelphia. in that they
are not sufficiently loquacious.
Sisier Is I'ndemOnstrative.
George Sisler Is the least demon.
strative "f any ma ior league man
ager. though he Is a charming fellow
to meet. 'If Sisler could get his team
tn liven up he would have hetter
chance to win the American League
pennant. and perhaps If they get a
good start this year they may be-
come lively by sheer excitement.
Like all other teams which are
reckoned upon as making moro or
less trouble in the American League,
the matter Of pitchers enters into
the calculations of the pathfinders for
the Browns.
There Is better pitching STAFF than
there was in 1925. but II Is not so
much superior to some other pitch.
ing STATS in the American League,
which also have been improved. The
Browns have more Of an element of
doubt in their pitching makeup than
Chicago. for instance, or Phila delphia.
Veterans All Look Good.
The old fellows who were with the
1or
although it would be much TO the
advantage of the nine IL they looked
better than they did in 1925.
Davis probably is coming on as well
AS any of them. Van Glider is
little hack. but he will be trained
down to some regularity by the time
he gets out of Florida. CASTOR is
good. The New York hoy may have
a season this year that will lift ST.
Louis higher in the race.
OF the newcomers there is Tom
Zachary who was traded over from
Washington because he came an
awful cropper after his good year and
his success in the world series. Griff.
perhaps. figured that Zachary had
worn out his possibilities with a
championship team. Yet If Zachary
should pitch his way into champion
ship team this season it would not
surprise anybody. as the Browns
have a better than ordinary hope.
Sisler took on the Giant. Jonnard.
for exactly the same purpose he was
used for in New York. to fill out
games that other pitchers cannot
carry to successful completion,
Ballou Shapes Up Well.
He took Ballou from Washington
a nd got the better of the deal because
Ballou is better looking young ptch-
er than any Washington has. The
champions have their veterans. but
thev are not overstocked with promis-
ing. kids.
Don't overlook Wingard. II that
eminent southpaw gets off on his
right foot this wear they will never
fiop him over to his left. Giard is
another dangerous left hand PROPOSE
ton. Collectively. II is such left
hand bunch In many ways as the
Athletics have.
The development of the left-hand
pitchers craze is something fierce
and Sisler has still another In Bolen
of Tulsa. who. he thinks, is the best
Young player he hooked out of the
pond. He has a yearning. too. for
burst, that promising kid of whom
Lee Fohl tried. to make first base
man. but failed because burst
couldn't stand up against the criti
cism that was heaped upon his
young shoulders. burst is older and