Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
BOSSES VIEW
THEM CLOSELY
Steers Play Full 8 innings;
Easterly Features
Buff Camp
(By The Associated Pressl

LG
The melancholy days have come,
the saddest Of the year for yanni-
gans seeking berths in the Texas
league; for the pruning season Is at
hand. and reports from Shreveport
on the south to Wichita Falls on
the north indicate the axe will not
he spared.
Manager Pratt at Beaumont has
not started yet. but expects to WELD
the knife in a big way before the
week passes. Skipper Carl Williams
Of the Wichita Falls Spudders has
been casting a doleful eye over his
flock Of recru..s ever since his ar
rival last week. and the youngsters
live in continual fear of their necks.
Seven rockies bit the dust ut Fort
Worth. after the first practice game,
and four Houston Buff aspirantS
packed UP their buds.
Merry Play
Despite these tales Of woe. bats
cracked merrily throughout the cir
chit, with nearly every team having
played or preparing TO play 2 prac-
tice game.
The Shreveport Sports planned
their third practice round today be-
tween the whites and the grcys,
with veterans trying out their wings
for both teams. The gray team,
which has the largest roster OF reg
ulars. hope to wipe out the sting OF
two previous defeats at the Ia" :
Of the whites.
The wichita Falls team spent
Yesterday lazily, blaming their /
ness on a high wind, but skipper
williams hoped to have his mlnia-
ture army pass in review touay. =
new name ON the Spudder role Vas
lack Kloza. outfielder from dohh
Alabama way.
Bow?
How to turn an almost-ma1or
league hitter into an almoSt-malor
iea9rle FIELDER was the problem De-
citing Skipper Pratt az waco AZ
10 contemplated large Ed kallina n
hating record and his ilelonls
mark. Pratt's problem. Specltlcauy,
is fitting Kallina in at first baSe. OF
in fine outfield, when he already mas
three perfectly good outiieloets an
a first sacker. Kallina may vino Up
a. a utility man and pinch hltter.
The Alamo city Indians held tlelI
first workout with seventeen mell
in uniform. many Of whom lave
several DAVIS training behind them.
Harvey Ballew. turned back from
the New York Giants, Manager
George Burns. Pitchers Dick Mouoy
and George Darrow and Catcher
| Frank Meyers were among nose
with the winters stiffness partia4ly
conquered.
Full Game
Sly Dallas Steer pitchers did their
| three-inning bit in the Steers first
vannipan-rezular tilt, with the
principal attraction of the day re
presence Of Art Shires. sometimes
called The Great, who startled the
bows by letting 1t be known that
without regard to salary he would
play with the Chicago White SoH
this year because he loves baseball
The regulars took a 6-3 decision,
and because IL was a perfect day.
| Manager jake Atz let his hirelings
90 the limit.
The flowery Houston Bluffs chose
I'D and played g few innings, With
the Hollyhocks, otherwise uniden-
titled, taking the long end OF a
OF score from the Gerniums. The
Beaumont Exporters also had o
practice session, featured princi-
pally by the walloping OF Pound
'em Paul Easterltng. who parked
twelve separate balls across the
fence. New arrivals at the Expor-
ter camp at Orange were Henie
Soluble, Tom Holly and two rock
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