Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-16
BROWN POUNDS
1927 HURLERS'
lntimates Boys Get
ting Lazy AS Game
Grows Older
Ry NORMAN E. BROWN

Iy NOhAAN r. bkOMN
The Cleveland ball club has sug-
gested to Walter Brown, rookie hurl-
er, that he have his tonsils removed
as a possible cure for the ~wildness in
the pitchers box that handicapped
him last season.
The move was made after doctors
suggested that the wildness of his
arm might be caused by the wild ton
sis roaming around his adams apple.
Which opens up an interesting
field Of research.
Carried further, this idea might be
tried BY worried wives on wild hus-
bands. Perhaps a set of irrespon-
sible tonsils rather than the prevail
ence Of dimpled knees is the cause
Of his having 50 many bushes con-
f~erences at night.
Ii might even explain the DISPOSE
ton Of the March hare.
Health Poor?
Many a pitcher, havina suffered a
poor year in his leagIS-based on
final standings in the won and lost
column-breaks out with the excuse
that his poor showing was due partly
because OF the instance Of the man
ager that the hurler work when he
(the hurler) was mot IN good shape"
Which raises the question as TO
who shall be the judge.
There has been an ever growing
tendancy on the part Of pitchers Of
recent years to shirk their work. Or
at least TO adopt prima donna ideas.
The ever decreasing number Of
hurlers who win 20 or more games a
year IS an indication Of this ten
dcncy.
No manager is going to permit a
first-class hurler TO sit on the bench
five DAYS out Of six (as Is frequently
the easel IL he can convince the
hurler that he should and could
work oftener. ,.
Managers, however, have a right
to complain when the only possible
reason for a hurler's indisposition 70
pitch II lack Of sleep the night be-
fore. the absence Of a crowd, or the
selection Of the opposing manager.
One Of the pitchers recently re-
leased by the Cleveland club COM
plains that he was asked to work
during the 1927 campaign when
was moi in shape.
There was just provocaton>
such "A request, if il were madSoac
McCallister, then manager, ~1ouno
that. Miller, Shaute, Uhle and Lev
sen. who had turned in a total OF
some 60 victories in 1876, were little
more than worthless. he was IN q
bad way. Ii was a time when any
pitcher who would swing his arm
should have been willing TO DO ms
best-and most.
n has reached the point where
many hnrleEs teeDaIw s u three
davs of idieness-and the loss OF
their services to the team.
Shades OF Old Hoss Radbourne, "
Young. Walter Johnson and others
of their class.
Catching Problem.
Unless Manager McGraw puts over
another deal which brings a fourth
receiver of experience into hls CRUZ
house. three men viii fight 1t out on
a catch-as~catch-can basis for the
honor Of being the clubs first-string
catcher for the coming campaign.
Zach TAYLOR carried much of the
burden last season, after joining the
team in June, via the trade route.
Bill Cummings, youngster, was given
nlenty Of opportunity 10 show his
stuff. And Francis Hogan, 1irst-
wear man with the Braves, joints the
two through the celebrated Hornsby
trade.
Belgian Boxer
Pierre Charles, the Belgian heavy
weight, who has added his name 70
the list of European visitors and
hopefuls. has met with little more
success in the American ring TO date
than his predecessors have enjoyed.
His first appearance was IN New
York. against Jack De Nave. The
battle went 10 rounds and ended in a
draw.
De Nave Is not a good, first-class
heavyweight. Charles work was I'M
pressive, however, in some respects.
He showed a pretty left lab and a
general knowledge OF the science OF
boxing that few OF the present
heavies enjoy. He lacks the punch
as vet. This is interesting. in view
Of the fact that he carries 2lO
pounds Of weight and is well built.
Proper coaching ought 70 produce
the wallop. He is officially the Bel
sian heavyweight champion. Jack
Humbeck also q Belgian. and who
was licksc BY Jack Delaney recently.
elaine thz title, but Charles received
the official o. k. of European boxing
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