Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-21
WORKING HARD
FOR new BOSS
Absence of Great Shires
Causes No Worry To
Clicking Club
BY GAYLE TALBOT, Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer

SAN ANTONIO, March 2l-R1-
Somebody should take DOME Bush
and his Chicago White Sox around
behind the grandstand and put them
right about their status IN the APP
preaching American League mara
thon.
The Sox wound up just one jump
out Of the cellar last fall, and al
they have now that they didn't have
then Is a new manager and a very
choice crop % rockies. The natural
supposition would be that they are
not quite ready TO win a pennant.
But the Sox, apparently, never
heard Of such reasoning.
They are whooDing 1t up for
DOME Bush. There is a spirit, a
spark in camp you can't miss. Even
the continued absence Of Art Shires,
who it appears might be permanent
w absent. has failed to diminish
their enthusiasm. The players, TO
a man. believe they are headed for
the first division.
Lively Youngsters
We've got a fine looking bunch
OF youngsters said DOME, who
has caught the spirit. Its too early
to do any tall predicting. but I
believe the boys are going to play
some great baseball for me-"
Partly responsible for the fine
morale of the hose is the manner
in which they have cuffed the
Giants In their exhibition series.
Excellent pitching by veterans and
rockies alike and hard hitting gave
the Bushmen three victories before
the New Workers ever took a YER
dict. A young team. the Sox round
ed into shape early and are about
ready to 90 now.
Except at first, where the veteran
Bud Clancy has filled in for Shires
during the Great Ones correspon-
dence with headquarters, the team
looks at least as strong in every
department IS last year, and its
pitching and hitting should show
an improvement. Although a great
spring batter, Clancy neither can
field as skillfully nor hit along with
Shires for q full season, but he
can hold things down in very good
style until a better nan shows up.
Solves Problem
In shifting Chalmers Cissell from
short TO second. Bush has solved his
keystone problem. The expensive
boy from the coast looks like a
natural on the right side of the
diamond ana is hitting the ball
hard. His change Of scenery. how
ever, left a large vacancy at short
stop. and that is where the real
battle has ragged.
Irwin Jeffries. from Dallas. and
Ernie Smith, up from Birmingham,
are scrapping it out with Bill Hun
nefield, holdover. with no decision
yet in sight. Both Jeffries and
Smith hit over 800 with champion
ship clubs last year. and one OF
them likely will get the nod, with
Hunnefield again booked for the
utility role. Willie Kanm at third
completes the infield. John Kerr,
who held down second last year,
finds himself in a precarious posi-
ton.
Smead Jolly, slugger from San
Francisco, who has hit around 400
regularly for several years. Is the
prize addition to the outfield. He
reported late and has yet TO prove
he can do pig league pitching that
way. but Bush expects him to break
up a flock CT ball games. Between
him and a regular trick in the
pasture patrol are the fleet Carl
Reynolds, John Watwood and Alex
Metzler, regulars last year, and
Jimmy Moore, George BLACKBERRY
and Dave Harris, three hard hitting
newcomers. Moore, who batted at
a 1854 clip for Dallas last year.
appears the most promising Of the
latter trio.
Two youngsters from lesser
leagues are being counted upon TO
bolster a somewhat wobbly mound
staff. They are Vic Frasier. right
handler whose pitching featured
Dallas drive to the 1929 Texas
League flag, and Pat Caraway
southpaw who compiled a remark
able record with Topeka Of the
Western league. Forming the back
bone OF the staff are the ageing
Urban Fabe., Alphonse Thomas and
Ted Lyons. Other holdovers are
Grady Adkins. Harold McKain, ed
Walsh. Jr., Ted Blankenship. Bob
weiland and George Connally.
The catching will be in very cap
able hands, with Morris Berg, Mar
tin Autry and Johnny Riddle ready
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