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Show wits ' Released Releosed by Western Newspaper Union UnionALMOST UnionALMOST A ALMOST agoi ALMOST LMOST a year and a halt half ago i x agoJmes agoJimes Jimes J\mes J mes " \ Luther SeweU Sewell amazcd amazed amazcdlus amazedhis amazedtas lus his bus business mess associates and ac acquamtances acquaintances acquaintances quamtances quaintances b } ) resign ng as coach coachfor coachfor coachtor for the Cleveland Ind ans aDS to man manage manage manage age the more or less hopeless Sl SlLoUIs SLLouis SLLouis LoUIs Bro vnsThe vns vnsThe The Bro Browns " ns " ncrc "ere ere Isere threa threatening temng to tokId toskid to.kid tokid -kId kId skid - " . into mto la last t plicc ph'e phe phee ( ' in the Ihe Amencan American Amencanleague Americanleague AmericanIcas-ue AmericanIcas ue league - a spot not wholly n " holly unfamlh unfamili unfamlhIr unfamilitrto Ir it Irto itto to them They hadn t fiu fin fun shed inthe In Inthe inhe the ( first firt _ division dlvlMon since "IDce IDce " 199 19'9 ? ' ' ' whenthey when whenthey whenthey eloriousf eloriousfurth glonoulofourth gloriousfourth they battled their way nay to a glonoulo glorious , fourth urth placeIn place placeIn In 1341 1941 the Bro vns fi shed in a asIXth asixth asixth sIXth place tie with the Wash W sh ngton nglonSenalors ngtonSenators Senators goodthat Although tar far from good goodas goodthat goodthatas ' that \as as sos \ as as h gh as the thei they ) had timshea finishea finisheaany finishedany II timsheaII IIany any season s nee nce 1831 1931 Over Ov"r Ovr " a perl pert perlod pertod period od of ot 11 it years five very smart op- op up- up oper'ltors upertors op-eritors op eritors - - - er'ltors erltors ertors ' , had tried tned to bu Id ld the theBro theBro theBro Bro ' vns 'ins ins into mto a first d vision club The ThelIst Thelist Thelist lIst included mcluded B 11 ! 1 1 ! illefer Rogers RogersHornsby RogersHornsby RogersHornsby Hornsby Sunny Jim Bottomley BottomleyGabby BottomleyGabby BottomleyGabby Gabby Street and Fred Hancy Haney Theyd They d putit dn do t meet howling hoylmg , success to put it gently The Browns Drowns under Luke Scwell Sewcl Sewclhave Scwellhave Scwdlhave have snapped out of their thclr letharg lethargy lethargyFor lethargyFor } For tl tI U e a frst lime tIme in } icars ears they the > ) are arenot arenot arenot not batti batu bath ne ng to stay < ; tay out of seventh oreigblh or orelgbth oreighth elgbth eighth ; place % While nhlle Shde they baven haven ha Ten t tbe'n tbeen tbeen be'n ben been ( ' a pennant pennaut threat during durmg tl tI e epast epast epast past seison se.son seson season ' ! . they have been tough toughcompehhon toughcompetition toughcompetition compehhon competition tor for such clubs as Cleve- Cleve Cleveland Cleveland CleTe-land CleTe land - - - land and Dctro Detro t tWhen t tWhen When Luke took over the clublacked club clublacked clublacked lacked players and money to buy buythem buythem buythem them Prospects . were .ere ere anyth ng but butheartenmg butheartening butheartening heartenmg heartening but Se veil had the con confideuce confidence confldence fideuce fidence born of ab abaty abil ty and dnd expel expeu expeii expeuence expeiience ience ienceStudious enceStudious ence Studious CatcherLuke Catcher CatcherLuke Luke came up from the Univers Unlvers ty ty10f tyof tyof 10f of Alabama to Jom loin ] 0in the Ind ans III in in19'l in19 191 19'l 19l ? ' ' > 1 19'lTI 1Tl Tl TI e a managers under whom wbom he hesened hesecs hesened sened secs ed as a player taught h m a lot lot'of lotof lotof 'of of ' of baseball They Thcy included 'Ins Ins Tris 'InsSpeaker TrisSpeaker ' TnsSpeaker Speaker Jack l\le-\lhster l le lhster Mc4lhster \ RIc - \ llister Oscar Vllt Vitt Vlltand Vittand Vittand and Roger Pecklnpaugh Peckinpaugh at Clee Ctesc Ctescland Cleeland Clevcland , land Joe Cronin CronlD Cronm at Washington Washmgton and andJimmy andJimmy andJimmy Jimmy Dikes Dykes Dkes ) at ChicagoLuke Chicago Cblcago ChicagoLuke Luke was shrewd enough to ab absorb absorb absorb sorb the most valuable lessons each eachM : N N6wT1c 6wT1c y , W Wea ea + l ' be bet q qr qop t r M ! / " op opt i ' t . t\ t \ tSys . Sys " " Mi ! " Aj " t _ _ . _ J . / fc f ' _ . j LUKE SEWELLman SEWELL SEWELLman man had to offer He discardedthose discarded discardedthose discardedthose those tactics tacbcs wh ch d do dn t meet w th thh thh thi h s approval subst tutmg tutlng tuting others of ofb ofh ofh b h s own That he has been success successfuJ successful successul fuJ ful ; is evidenced by his team s stand standmg standmg standme standmeWhen mg mgWhen When he first took over he be wasn ttoo t ttoo ttoo too pleased with the att tude adopted adoptedby adoptedby adoptedy by ? some of the team s vet"rans vetrans veterans vet"ransThey veteransThey vet'ransThey vetransThey ' " They took defea defeat t tor for granted Luke Luketold Luketold Luketold told t them iem em plainly plamly he expected them themto themto themto to fight for every game regardleslo regardless regardlessof regardlesloof of the scoreRookie score scoreRookie Rookie ROOhle of the Year YearLuke YearLuke Luke could-but could but could - - but docsn doesn t-claim t claim t-elaim elaim tclaimcred telaimcred t - claimcred cred t tor for the transtormat transformat on of Out Outfielder Outfielder Outfielder fielder Chet Laabs Chet who for formerly formerly tormerly merly had a hard time taking takmg base baseball baseball baseaall ball ser ously turned into mto one of themost the themost themost most dangerous sluggers m in the theleague theleague theleague theleagueVernon league leagueVernon Vernon Stephens Stepbens of the Browns IS ISSewell isSewell isiewell Sewell sown s own wn nominee nommee tor for Rookie of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Tear Year If U you see Stephens ev every every evcry ery day you ve ye got t to * give him theI the ther.o theAo r.o ro Ao . o 1 spot amone among the new Dew players playersLuke playersLuke playersLuke Luke claims clauns He won t & concede so sovery sovery sovery very much to t * Pesky in the tbe field and andnben andwhen andwhen nben when it comes to driTinc driving in lD runs he be 5 s 5right sright sright right op up there with Joe DI'bgglo DIbgglo Dillagglo DI'bggloCbarlie DillaggloCharlie Ditl-aggiCharlie Ditl aggiCharlie ' - * Cbarlie Charlie Kcller Keller and Bob Docrr Doerr Chasing chas chasIDg chasng IDg ing [ behind behlDd Ted Williams WilliamsIt It was back to in March that Jack JackDoyle JackDoyle JackDoyle Doyle Broadway price maker makerplaced makerplaced makerplaced placed the Browns in the first dIVI drvt drvtsoon dIVIslon dmsion slon soon Sentiment didn dido t guide him hlID In Inmakmg inmaking inmaking makmg making this decision . . . He figured figuredthe figuredthe figuredthe the presence of Seell Sewell Sew Se\\ Se \ . ell would do domuch domuch domuch much to improve lffiprove the St Louis Lows Louts club 8 s 8league sleague xleague league standing Good catchers catchersotten catchersoften catchersoften otten often make good managers Doyle Doylewho Doylewho Doylewho who overlooks very few points p01l1ts probably probably prob probbly ably bly was thinking thinkmg of that when he heannounced heannounced heannounced announced early this thJs year that theBrowns the theBrowns theBrowns Browns would be the surprise surpnse club clubof clubof clubof of the yearThe yearThe year yearThe The Browns best season was that thatof thatof thatof of 1922 m In which they won 93 games gamesand gamesand gamesand and lost the pennant to the Yankees Yankeesin In the ttretch stretch ttretchGeorge stretchGeorge stretchGeorge George S sler bit hit 420 for tor Ule the UleBrowns theBrowns theBrowns Browns that year-the year the year - the best season seasonaverage seasonaverage seasonaverage average he ever accumulatedKen accumulatedKen accumulated accumulatedKen Ken Williams WillJams led In homers w th tha tha tha a total of 39 and * nd in runs driven dnven 10 in 10With inwith inwith With a total of 155SucceMI 155Success 155 155Success Success SucceMI is 15 a matter of * f comparisonThe comparisonThe comparison comparisonTh The Th 1912 Browns fudged judged b bv by . lie liestandards tl tI estandards e etandards tandards standards of oP * r the tbe past decade are an no noless noless nolc less than a a . miracle teamBuy teamBuy team -Buy Buy - BUT War Bonds- Bonds Bonds - - |