Show I NATIONAL CLUBS I MUST LOOK OUT OUTI FOR THE BRAVES I Confident Fighting Boston Tea Team Possesses a Baseball Base Base- ball Potentiality i t AMONG IONG THE TI-IE PRESENT IF NOT CONTENDER Acquisition of Wilson Tilson and Herzog Fills Holes Caused by Enlistments I NEW V 1 YORK Feb 19 The The L the h ready Braves rou ready lough-anil-ready cocky ock confident Braves will remain reman remaina a factor in National la league ue baseball battles battles- until Gor George c Stallings steps clear out of the 1 way The trail of bleeding hearts and ani broken hopes they left in the path of or their brilliant lash flash to a n worlds world s 's championship in In 1914 is something that cannot be forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- gotten in baseball No o matter how weak the lie Braves cs may look at the start of tlC any season always alwa's something will wilt have ha to be said of ot this clubs club's potentiality The Braves will not start this tills season with vilh a bad baseball club Wise swapping swap- swap pin pins ping of oC ball players and careful application application application cation of oC Improved cd Stallings methods methode to lo young youn ball players makes this club among those present It not considered as a pennant winner Two Tiro In War nr Service The Braves were left eft sadly battered when Hank Gowdy and Walter Maran- Maran I yule Joined the nations nation's colors color And when young Schreiber followed in their footsteps it looked d an even deeper hue for or he Jie was one of or the be best t youngsters stes In the minors Gowdy's place has been heen admirably filled ailed b by the acquisition of oC Art rt Wilson from the lie Cubs Wilson Tilson Is lt fully Cully as good gooda a catcher as the famous Camous hero of oC the 1011 1911 I worlds world's series He is not so good gooda a hitter as of oC yore but he still stUl IRca Is IR ca capable ble of ot compiling better better than a n average The trade that sent ent Chari Charley Chancy e Herzog Henos- to the Braves completely tal takes es care are of oC the hole left b by I departure Herzog is much the same sames s tort sort of a ball player er a as the departed star but he lie will give more weight to the Bra es Infield simply through his experience He lie may hit for an n average aa as large as Maranville's and he may not For the tho rest of or his infield Stallings will have ha Ed I Konetchy Rawlings and nd ned Smith Konetchy and Smith alethe are arc the hitters of or the Inner works The Infield in infield infield In- In 1 field Is well balanced lI Ibe e Outfield In Strong The outfield this year re r is a better one than the trio with which Stallings finished finished fin fin- ish d last fall R Ren Powell Kell Kelly Wickland Massey lase and Bailey Balle is a good I 1 hunch to pick from Indications arc are I Powell Ken Kelly and will willbe willbe 1 be the regulars I Stallings weakened his pitching staff some ome In trading to bolster the rest reMt of ot the machine but he still has Intact a I Ireat great reat hurling corps Hughes Nehf and Rudolph would look good attached to toan an any r National lea league ue staff In addition he has R Hagan Ragan an and Allen as experienced reserves and Crum and Scott as the youthful members The team lines up stronger strong than last summer Thero There is more compactness a alook alook alook look of ot harmonious ball playing plaInS The team should finish better than It did last fall |