Evening star., 1933-04-04
YOUTH, EXPERIENCE
MIXED WITH GINGER
All Regular Jobs Allotted
at Start of Training.
Scharein Big Help.
BY Star Correspondent OF The Star.
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winning spirit make up
the mixture the st. Louis Browns
have concocted to dish out 20
American League fans this season.
The team has been so thoroughly
shaken up since the close of the 1882
race. that Of the "a men in training
down here under the Browns standard,
10 Of them have been rounded up dur
ing the past Fall and Winter, five of
them from other American League
clubs, five from the minors.
Despite that wholesale revamping, the
Browns were one of the few teams In
base ball with regulars at all the posi-
tions when Spring training got under
way.
Jack Burns was listed at first base.
Oscar Melillo at second, Jim Levey at
short, Arthur Scharein at third, Carl
Reynolds in left field, Sam West In
center, Bruce Campbell in right and
Rick Ferrell as the first string catcher.
MANAGER KILLEFER also is well
III fortified with reserve men. He has
the veteran backstops, Benny
Bengough and Muddy Ruel, and the
less experienced but good hitting Jack
Crouch from Milwaukee. Ruel was
signed by the Browns after Detroit re-
leased him.
The Browns present infield worked
together for many weeks last season,
Scharein having been brought up from
Longview Of the Texas League to play
third base when three other Brownie
third basemen all suffered ankle in
| juries within 10 days.
Scharein had not played third before
coming to the Browns. He alternated
at second and short in the minors, but
1t was soon evident that he was
natural at third base. He played the
| bag better than any third Sacker the
Browns had had In years, his perform
ance being such that he handled more
chances on an average per game than
any other third baseman in last years
majors.
Burns, Melillo and Levey were reg
| ularS at their respective positions all
last year. They are good defensive
men and when Scharein added his
sparkling ability. Manager Killefer was
not boasting when he stated he had
one of the fastest working defensive
infields in base ball.
TWO of the outfielders, Reynolds and
i West. came to the Browns in the
| six-player swap with Washington
during the Winter. The Browns gave
up Goslin, Schultz and Southpaw Stew
art IN that exchange, and received in
] return. besides Reynolds and West, the
left-hand hurler, Lloyd Brown.
The Browns other regular meadow
man, in addition to the former Washing
ton players, is Campbell, obtained early
last season from Chicago In the trade
| fer Ralph Krc-s. Campbell who has
been in professional base ball for only
three years, Is not as good a fielder as
he is hitter, but with Sam West as
the middle man between Campbell and
REYNOLDS, the Browns outfield defense
satisfies Killefer.
West placed all big league outfelders
last year IN total chances handled.
Reynolds was sixth among the American
League outfielders in percentage, and
both West and Campbell were among
the first five in assists, indicating
strong, accurate arms
For reserve outfielders, the Browns
have Ted Gullic and DebS Garms. The
former, after tryout with the Browns
several years ago, has been seasoning
at Milwaukee. He earned another
chance in the big show by hitting
American Association pitching at a
.354 clip in 1892 CAIRNS, coming up
from the Texas League last Summer,
hit 284 In "a games with the Browns.
CULLIC also had experience at first
NJ base in the association, and is to
be used at that position with the
Browns in the event Burns Is incapaci-
tated. The Browns other utility in
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