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hit at $40 clip and fielded brilliantly
for the latter outfit.
With the Browns also will be Earl
McNcely and Dick Coffman, who out
fielded and pitched respectively. for the
Nationals before being sent to st. Louis
in exchange for Milt CASTOR. McNeely
is playing regularly In the garden for
the Howleyites. and another man new
to their outfield Is Heine Manush, pro.
cured last Winter from the Tigers.
They also have couple of new first
Sackcrs. Lu Blue, the Washington
product, OF course. is remembered as a
Tiger, but Guy Sturdy, who breaks into
the lineup frequently, is a 2s-year-oid
bought from Tulsa. He SocSed the
apple for .3T4 rating last year.
Eastcrling Stars for Tigers.
In Paul Easterling the Tigers appear
to have one of the finds OF the cam
paign. This 22-year-old Georgian. In
addition TO putting up good game IN
the outfield, has been putting ms l60
pounds OF heft into his batting with
telling effect. Already he is looked upon
as one of the best right-hand hitterS in
the circuit EaSterling upon quitting
high school, joined the Army ana was
stationed at Camp Lewis, near Seattle
JJpon The completion of his term OF en-
listment In 1925 he signed with the
Seattle Club and was optioned TO
Bloomington Of the Three-Eye League.
The Tigers bought Easterling from
Seattle last Winter.
Manager Moriarty also has new first
sacker on the lob. When Johnny Neun
went out of commission william Joseph
Sweeney was sent to the initial station
and ne has been getting along very well
there. Sweeney, who is nearly six feet
tall and weighs ITS pounds. bats ana
throws right-handed. He is 23 years
old and acquired early fame as mem-
ber of a Cleveland Semi-pro team that
won the National Base Ball Fedora
tion championship in 1924. He has
PLAYED with Wichita, Springfield Of the
Three Eve League and Fort worm.
1t was from the Fort Worth club, Tor
which he bated .342 last year, that the
Tigers purchased him.
A league veteran, but new TO a Tiger
uniform, is Harry Rice. now patrollng
one of the gardens for Manager Mo-
riarty. He came from st. Louis In
trade last Winter. Our old RED har~
grave, who used TO catch for the Ma
~.
They yanked him from Toronto.
Chisox Have Si2S,OOo Player.
Probably no new player was more
ballyhooed prior to the start OF the
season than Chalmer w. Cissen, short
fielder Of the White Sox. When the
Chicago club bought him from Port
land of the Pacific Coast League in
the Winter for $4,000 in cash and
plavers representing value of an
additional S4S 900, making the total cost
Of Sl23,000 long yarns concerning him
were written by all the Windy City
base ball scribes.
His has been q picturesque career at
that. Born at Perryville, Mo. Janu.
arv 3. 1904. he played high school
and semi-pro base ball there, then went
to st. Louis to become a candy-maker
Cissell )oined the United States
Cavalry instead and became an expert
In breaking, training and riding fracu-
ous steedS.
He was stationed at Fort Des Moines
when Shano Collins, then manager OF
the Des Moines club. saw him pley
and purchased his release from Uncle
Sam for SB5 That was In 1925. That
Fall Des Moines sold him 10 Port
land for $4,000 and Portland turned
him over to the White Sox for plenty
more.
CtsseIl batted .345 for Des Moines and
1913 for Portland And with the White
Sox this year he has been putting
up a good game in the shortfield.
Lind Big Help TO Tribe.
Henry Carl Lind. who holds q degree
in pharmaceutical chemistry from
Tulane University, has been quite a
help to the Indians since he went to
second base for them. An injury to
Lew Fonseca In the opening engagement
of the season gave Lind chance, and
he has played sensationally well ever
since. In addition TO hitting above 800.
Lind. who Is 6 feet tall and weighs
about 1856 pounds, was born In New
Orleans on September 10, 1908 lie
p,ayed a great deal OF base ball around
New Orleans az a youngster, and after
graduating from Tulane he hooked up
With the Peoria team of the Three-Eyc
circuit, lie Joined the Cleveland club
late in 1929 and was sent TO Newark.
Toledo and Denver last year. After
one-Rame trial in Newark and three
games in Toledo, he made the grade al
Denver
There are some other new players
with the Western clubs that have not
beeA mentioned above, and quite llkely
washington will get 10 see them all
The managers Of the clubs OF the West
ern sector OF the circuit make fun use
OF their material--at least, they nave
been doing so this season--so all hands
generally break into play during
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