New Britain herald., 1929-02-02
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New York. Feb. (UP)-From manager to mascot. the Boston Braves have been completely over- hauled.
 With a former New York city magistrate who never played profes- sional baseball as new manager and two heroes of the 1914 miracle team as assistants, the Boston club is the most uncertain looking outfit in the National League. Judge Emil Fuchs and his lieutenants, Johnny Evers and Hank Gowdy. have a squad of 37 players. sixteen of whom are newcomers.
 Of the Braves sixteen new play CTS. six of them are major league veterans and two of the seven out standing recruits are 33 years old.
 Tho ranks of the Braves will be made up of strange mixture of youngsters and veterans. Only three of last years regulars. excluding the pitchers. are certain of place on the 1929 team. George Sisler at first base. Lance RichbourE in the out field, and Zach Taylor behind the bat may be reasonable certain Of their places but tho other positions are doubtful.
 Three newcomers are expected to fill out the infield. Freddy Mcguire obtained from the Cubs in the Hornsby deal is slated for second base, but may get quite battle from R. B. James, a 2c-year-old in- fielder who batted 1928 for Omaha. James hit 16 home runs and stole 30 bases last season. Rabbit Maran- vile. who was 8 member of the world championship Braves with Evers and Gowdy 15 years ago, has been obtained from the Cardinals for shortstop. Joe Dugan. veteran third basemen of the New York Yankees, is slated for third base if Lester Bell is traded to the Cubs as expected.
 George Harper, who came to the Braves from the Cards with Maran- vile. will be tried in one outfield berth, Earl Clark, who battcd .373 for Providence, and Al Moore. who hatted .326 for Buffalo. have been touted as real finds. Clark Is on,y Fl and appeared in few games tor the Braves last season. They may break into the outfield.
 Among the Braves six net pitch- CTS are three promising recruits. They are Harry Seibold. who lead the International league pitchers last year with 22 victories and 6 defeats: Bruce Cunningham, who won IT games and lost F for Los Angeles; and G. V. Leaverett, who won 19 games and lost 12 for Indi- annapolis. Seibold and Leaverett are each 33, but Cunningham is only 23. Seibold. who played with Reading last season and who had a tryou: with the Athletics at shortstop in 1916. came to the Braves along with Percy Jones. Mcguire and Louis Leggett a promising young catcher, in the Hornsby trade. Jones, veter- an southpaw who won 10 games and lost for the Cubs last season. is expected to win a regular berth on the pitching staff.
 Another young pitching prospect is George Peery. southpaw. who won 21 games and lost 1 for Wich- ita last season. He is only 23.
 Pat Collins. veteran catcher from the Yankees. will probably divide the catching assignment unless Leg gett or Richard Smith from Mon- treal make good in sensational fash ion. Leggett batted .346 for Reading last season and Smith batted .292. The Braves tentative lineup fol- lows:
 atchers-Taylor. Collins. Leg gctt.
 Pitchers Brandt, CantwIll, Clarkson. Cunningham. Delaney. Greenfield. Jones. Leaverett. SeibolI S. Smith.
 lnfield-Sisler at first, Mcguire at second. Maranville at short. Du- gan at third. Farrell, Gautreau and James, reserves.
 Outfield-Clark. Harper, Rich