Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-31
PUNCH ADDED
TO LINEUP
Team Fields Well, Has Good
Hurlers; Jolley Is
Big Aid
By WILLIAM BRAUCHER
Nea Service Shorts Editor


SAN ANTONIO, March 31-Kid
Gleason used 10 have a ball team
in Chicago that was hard TO beat.
But IN the years that have passed
since Gandil and ReiSberg and
Felsch and Jackson and the others
conspired to deceive, the Chicago
White Sox have fallen into decay.
Today, I watched a team here
IL the rebuilding. A new team,
full Of new tire and life. The Chi
cago White Sox we're battling the
Giants In spring training camp,
hut for all the ardor Of their
playing, this might have been the
world series.
The spirit" DOME Bush told
me, is the best that I eve saw
on any ball clubl
This team finished next to last
last year. They batted seventh
and fielded fourth But we have
made some very important changes
We have added power and pitching.
Give us the game defense we had
last year, on a little better, and we're
on the way up"
Smack EN- Smead in Left
Bush. to begin with. has added
an important slugger. a natural
hitter. in Smead Jolley, bought
from the coast league. Jolley will
start In left, with Reynolds IN
center and Watwood IN right. Jol-
ley batted 1877 last year; Reynolds
hit SIT and Watwood .202. Besides,
there is Jim Moore. q young man
from Dallas who pounded Texas
League pitching for ar average OF
1854 last season. Dave Harris, who
hit .348 for Providence and 1866
for Portland last year. Is another
outfield candidate. Alex Metzler,
whose hitting fell off last year, IS
the holdover.
In the infield, at first base.
where We should properly begin
lust to be formal, is c. Arthur
Shires, Of whom you may have
heard something before now.
Arthur bats in the American
League better than he did in the
cauliflower league. as his marx Oh
.312 for last year reveals. John
Clancy is the understudy.
Cissell Improved at Second
Bush has decided to start Cis-
sell az second, believing his play
ing will be improved there. The
expensive young mar from Port
land showed improvement last
year over his first year, and looks
even better yet this season.
A fight is On for the shortstop
fob. Hunnnefield may start. But
Bush IS fond OF Ernie Smith. the
boy from Birmingham, who smack
ed Southern League pitchers for
a mark OF .3O2 last year. ! think
that eventually Irving Jefferies,
Dallas. will be the regular short
stop Of the White Sox. He played
At both third and short last year.
had a good fielding mark, and
batted .305.
AT third is another expensive
vcung man, Willie Kamm, VINO
cost 500, 600 seven years ago. There
a no indication that Willie will be
disulaced this year. He hasn't earn
ed that 500 600 worth just yet.
and DOME wants to give MN every
opportunity TO do So.
The pitching Of Faber, Tnomas,
LYONS. Young Ed Walsh n Hal
McKain is finding competition
among as nice a set Of young
nitnhers as seen In any Of the big
league camps. A big long drink
Of a southpaw. Cecil Pat
caravan. looks promising. Another
who seems sure to stick Is VIC
Frasier from Dallas, a rieht-hander
\ who injured his hip n practice tne
other day, bat Is showing signs q
recovery. -. No.
Autry and Johnny Riddle; ron
Indianapolis. the team technically
lnoks as though 1t should do better
than seventh in the American
League.