New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
PIRATES ID HAVE
 STRONGER LINEUP
Team Is Estimated to Be Better
 Than That Of Last Year

San Francisco. March T. OP2-The Pittsburgh Pirates winners in the National league p"nnant chase last year, will enter the 1928 baseball race with q stronger team than the one which captured the flag in 1927.
 The Pirates left their spring training camp at Paso Eobles, Cal, a team estimated 10 ho 20 per cent stronger than the 1927 aggregation. Barney Dreyius, owner of the team, has expended a considerable sum Of money for new players as reserve strength.
 Strong pitching may be expected to keep Pittsburgh in the front ranks of the National league. Ray kremer, and th. two bespectacled hurlers Carmen Hill and Lee Mea- dows. the most effective twirlers in tine majors last year, will be on the mound
 Manager Doaie Bush said he be- lieyed kremer ripe for another son- sational year like 1926, when he won 94 victories and lost six games,
 Meadows, in the big leagues since 1914. still showed his old cunning at the spring training camp. He and Jill proved largely instrumental in winning important games last year, and they are expected to repeat.
 Burleish Grimes appears set for . good season on the mound. Dawson and Milius, who came 70 the team In the middle Of 1927 sea son, are now counted as regulars. New pitchers include Fred Fus- sell, from Wichita Falls in the Texas league. and Erwin Brame from Jersey City in the 1nterna- tional league. Russell southpaw, i showed a world of stuff and perfect control in training.
 ! The catching roster Of the Pirates is the same as last year with the ! exception of Roy Spencer, who is from the American association. ! Earl Smith and Johnny Gooch, who formed the working end Of the staff last year. will again do most Of the backstoppins. Smith and Gooch, i although aging. are dependable catchers. good hitters and have plenty of experience. Claude Linton of Columbia. s. C.. and Eals'or 1 Hems!ey. who played in the Blu' : Ridge league last year. will get tneii 1 chances to perform behind the plate Pete Scott. who came to the Pirates as part payment in the deal tha' sent Hagen Cuyler to the Chicago Cubs, has done some catching anl may do relief work.
 The Pirates seem certain of hay ing one of the youngest and ables outfeld trios in baseball. The two Wancr brothers-Paul and Lloyd showed mid-season form at thu spring training camp and are eX pccted to star again in the pennan dash. Adam Comorsky. who cam to Pittsburgh near the end of las season, hit and tielded sensationall! in training. and may take the lei field job away from the Veteran Clyde Barnhart. who had great dit ficulty taking off excess poundage. The acquisition of+arl "sparky Adams from Chicago has bolsiere' the Pirates considerably. Glel Wright, shortstop, and Adams ap pear to form a perfect playing com bination Adams is an expert bun
 ter and fast on the bases.
 Pie" Traynor, star third bas"
 men is in good shape and Is eX
 pectod 10 be an outstanding asse to the Pirates.
 Granthanl will be enabled to re
 turn to his original position at frS
 base. because of Adams presence O
 the squad. Gcantham is expected |
 show improvement as he IS mur
 more at home at first base. IL hT
 pears that tn. other clubs i'll tn" Ma
 tional league will have to make
 real fight to keep the Pirates out ( . [ first place.