Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-03-08 | Page 6 | Show Class in St. Louis Brown Camp

SHOW CLASS IN IN ST. ST LOUIS BROWN CAlVIR CAMP t S Manager Dan Howley Expects to to Develop Club Slowly vly Has Title Hopes Within ext Three ear T. SPRINGS Fla 8 6 Dan AP-Dan Howley manager o othe or orthe the St. St Louis Browns Brown Is not super super- so he has thirteen n pitchers In his training camp From this number lie he hopes to get ten to pitch the Browns into a place In the American league sun He expects tile the pitchers to get some valuable assistance In In their efforts from added talent However some of the new Browns are recruits In name i only Howley piloted the Maple raple Leafs of Toronto to an league pennant last season and he brought several of his players with him when lie he came to the Browns to succeed George who will devote all his time Ume this summer to to pla playing ing first base for the Browns Brownsand and and takIng what Howle believes will be a powerful part In the Clubs Club's offensive I St Steve ve ONeill O'Neill w has seen many manya i I a a. big league game won an and lost Is i back to give Waily Vally a hand with the catching after atter having a sensational yea ear r with Toronto Billy Mullen ullen who vho was with Toronto Toronto To- To as as' the property of ot Detroit will st start rt the season at third base Valter Stewart a capable left left- handed pitcher Is another To ox-To- athlete who will toll for Cor the Browns PREDICTS BIG YEAR Manager lanager Howley believes that relieved ot of George man man- worries wIll have his best besty y year ar and that Fred Schulte a young oung outfielder purchased from M kee for will step Immediately Immediately Immedi- Immedi Into a major league berths berth Schulte a big bo boy has shown Impressive Im- Im form Corm In the sprIng trainIng trainIng train train- Ing camp and will start the season with Rice and either Jen Williams or or Bing Miller Herschel Bennett wll again be utility The veteran Walter Valter Gerber and yo younger nger Oscar will play short and second with and Mullen completing the Infield I formerly of Detroit will also pia play many times during th the season Guy Sturdy who hit fort fort fort- nine home runs for Tulsa last yea yeat ha only one obstacle George SI SIler ler ir In his path J may he be W. keP-W. as a second first baseman One of ef i the youngest infielders In the majors Is making his presence feltIn felt In the person of Paul Richards I who Is not yet et 19 years eats old Corning Corn Como ing 11 up p from in the East East- em ern Shore league he has shown tel such advantage that he will some promotion I 14 not a maj major league place at th this s time Seven members of last reas pitching staff are in a mood for far reappointment They rhe at Toni Tom Zachary Zachar Elam Ernie Wingard Milton Gaston Ballots Ballou Chester Falk Palk and Ern Nevers Th y have been joined by Sam Jones procured from the New ew York Yankees and certain of ofa a place as a regular With Stewart reg regarded as another nominee It If ill lI lIthe the regulars stick four former Tulsa pitches will have to fight t It ou t the other opening The family ro root will be staged by b- Blaeholder Beok Beck and Austin right right-handers and Bolen a southpaw Blaeholder was leading on the face of earl early and Incomplete incomplete In- In complete returns Tony Rego another ot of the he Tulsa contingent but out of the pitching competition n because lie he liea I Ia a catcher has been hitting the ba hard In practice Leo Dixon ot of last years ears catching staff is again In th th array ot of talent 5 We will have fine spirit In th thu club Howley said The players player all know that I will go to the bat bat for them and even if any ot of them would like to run me off which jo j not the case the they couldn't do It L contract 1 I Iam for I have a year three i am not building for this year only but for the We Ve are going along slowly but I think k very surel surely and we are g going ing to have a good ball bail club Not a great one perhaps now but it will keep getting get get- ting better I have made a bet with myself on that