Show Connies Connie's Kids May Quit Cellar Take Opener Y I. I p I c o 4 I t kV S 4 I tJ LOOk AT A Y Y t a 1 Ill j II ii ill II k J JA JAk O I By Norman E. E Bro Brown wit witA A over o tile tHe roster of ot Connie Connie Con Con- A tI nie ale Macks Mack's this wouldn't give gl tho the average fan the tho impression that thal the Athletics were a major league outfit With Ith tho exception ot or the names of Amos Strunk Clarence Walker and George Burns perhaps there Isn isn't t a n. moniker In the list that you'll recognize offhand as a big leaguer Take a n look For or pitchers Mack has Perry Perr Naylor alor Eckert Gibson Hast Hasty Harris Keefe Rommel Hommel Grovell Kine Martin Martin Mar olar tin Un Pierson lilt catchers are Perkins Styles M att and J J. J Walker Ills His infielders are Griffin Burrus Dugan DUlan Galloway Dykes Thomas and nd McCann His Ills outfielders are art Strunk Clarence Walker WalkerS Burns Burn Witt IU Wingo Ingo Welsh High and Jcl Jcl- Ho how v man many do you ou know But Dut the work vork of some somo of these lads with Connie last year ear the success of others In the thc minors last season C and tho the general of or the in training training- this spring indicates that Connie Con Con- nb nie Is la about ad ready to give Ive at least tho the second division teams a battle The time Is propitious too The Red lied Sox are wrecked The White Sox are tIe tIc moralized The Browns are arc little stringer than last year Connie ought to bo be blo a-blo to give c at least these teams b a a. battle and make tIm tho th s second cond division lon rac a 1 free for with to n t fine fino chance of let letting linG somebody else finish a poor last Connie's Connies infield probably will read something like Griffin lb ib Dugan DUlan ib b I Galloway Gallowa sa 59 ss Brazill All 11 four Cour arc are classy cla y young youn Infielders and In particular is a heavy hitter Connie also has McCann another year old lad who looks like a comer corner at short Griffin batted 9 last Jast season In the few ew games ames In which ho he PlaYed J and fielded well vell Dugan DUlan didn't rank vcr very high In fielding at short In close to games last season but ho he's hes a a. peppery lad and Connie figures second suits him better Galloway made but three hoots boots in sc games at short Brazill batted d 3 for Hartford in the tho Eastern Eastern East East- em ern league last year and starred as a a. afi fi fielder eld c r. r Scott Perry Perr of Connie's Connies pitching staff 1st is well known knon primarily because o of th the court fight which grew out of or his acquisition acquisition acquisition ac ac- ac- ac b by Connie Perry's Perrys head be became became became be- be came Inflated by the tho notoriety however how how- hOW I ever eYer as last season ho he was bucking the traces lie He says s however that he means to make good for Connie this year ear He lie Hewon Hewon won four and lost seventeen games lImes for Mack In 1915 1919 Naylor was Connies Connie's best hurler last season His won and lost Jost record Indicates Indi cates little however as Connie Connies team wasn't winning often orten enough h to bother about l last t. t year Kinney looked good last year ear and he lie Is a slugger Jer too He would have o gone one hi big last year with a winning winning- team and anti ought to star this Year vear Of Ot the other hurler Harris comes up with a n record of or twenty-one twenty victories last season for Cor Houston Pierson Pier Pier- son eon was with the Atlantic City club chub In inha tho ha Virginia league uc last year ear lies He's a abit abit abit bit wild but a n. hard worker worl er and a keen thinker Homm Rommel l won two twenty games James for Newark last year tar broke about even last season with l ITO e Seattle club which wound up in last place Martin I International league bird Is said sahl to be a n. cunning lunger er with a a. mean wing Behind the plate nack has Perkins whoso whose work worl last season dr draw w from Steve c ONeill O'Neill of the Indians the trib t c cor e c of or being one of or tho the best catchers Inthe in inthe inthe the game Walker Is a a- anew new man from Dos Des MoineS with a reputation of b hoing a n ho bo boy with a good arm and a u n il Styles Is one of or Connies Connie's college ds Myatt 1 Is a Houston bo boy Connie has given op all of or these boys bos Acl a cl chancy this spring and the scribes are unanimous In saying that out of the batch Connie Connio will pick a team that will play nearer major league ball than tItan an any outfit he has had since the grand blow- blow off On the tho fa face e of things s it looks looka as though Connie Connio was about set now to mold another winning winnin team lIe Ho ou ought ht to at least give the tho fans fan J an interesting exhibition this year car and nata nat nat-a laugh I |