Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-03-10 | Page 13 | Browns Muster More Hitting Power St. Louis Should Finish in Money

Browns Muster More Hitting Power I hi c t t t Texas Recruits to Help Killefer er Clan t t St St. Louis Should Finish in Money i n By Wm Bill Dill Killefer Manager Manas-cr St. St Louis Browns This concludes the tho series of or Articles written b by major league leacue club managers manners I I Copyright 1931 NEA Service Inc Greater Grea r hitting strength doesn't I necessarily mean that the Browns this his year car will win the tile American league pennant jut but I believe we l' l will wUl have a stronger strong strong- er r round all team han the thc one that finished u firth fifth in in 1930 and we weh we s h o 0 u 1 d make n better showing 1 tV Perhaps pe rh a p s the theft t V V 7 first thing Ill I'll have 3 I to o do this season seasons t Is s to make the l j acquaintance of oC a 1 lot ot of new net players V After that there V lot of will be 00 a R. ex ex- V What V VV V w VI v c e accomplish during the season BILL KILLEFER naturally will wUl de depend depend depend de- de pend on the results we WO get in the spring training period Im I'm positive I brou brought ht up four fine Ine young oung ball players from the Wichita Falls FaILS club of oC the Texas league I had the pleasure of scoutIng scouting scout- scout in Ing them for a week last summer with Vice President McEvoy oy of or our I club They really are fine prospects We wound up the season last year ear with these three kid Infielders in the game same They were Irving Burns Bums on first Lin on second and Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jim Jim- my Levey Levoy at short Incidentally here's heres an infield combination for you you Burns Burns is a Boston Irishman is 18 a California Italian and jC cy is a n Jewish kid from Pitts Flits burgh FAST FIELDERS Those lads fairly burned up Texas with their fielding last year and if I they hey dont don't help us a lot Im I'm going to tobe tobe toe be e badly mistaken Bums Burns and I hit nt well veil over while Levey bated batted batted bat bat- ted ed 89 But heres here's the thing that Impressed d me inc Burns Burns worked in double plays in acting as pivot ot l in 83 of them and ard Levey got in n on double plays Burns and Levey also figured in ill one V triple pla play lay We have two additions to our catching staff Rick Ferrell Ferreli of or course figures as our regular re receiver re- re but hell he'll not want for as assistance assistance as- as while Russ Young and Jack Crouch are arc around Young I comes to us from the Milwaukee Brewers where he has been a good I catcher for several 3 years ears Crouch Is the fourth lad we picked up on that scouting trip to Wichita Falls FalIs COUNTS ON VETS We may not be overloaded with h. h pitchers I fear but something might turn up that will wUl mean another for us before the season gets under way Im I'm counting on Blacholder Stewart Gray and Coffman Coffman Coffman Coff- Coff man to form forai the backbone of or the staff while Kimsey and Stiles with witha a years year's experience may have Improved improved im Jm- Im- Im proved sufficiently to become startIng starting starting start- start Ing pitchers Stewart is one of or the thc best in the game and never really has been given gl credit for Cor his skill Larry Bettencourt the all Amer lican lean ican center from St. St Marys Mary's in 1927 comes back this year as an outfielder outfielder out out- fielder We tried him on third in 1928 but since then he has been showing to better advantage in the outfield Bettencourt and some rome of the other newcomers probably will fight It out with and Badgro for one outfield spot but Goslin and Schulte should not have ha any difficulty difficulty dUli- dUli culty retaining their positions as regulars