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Show BROWNS CAUSE WORRY Fielder Jones Expects His Team to Bother Contenders. Statement Is Made In Other Camps: "The Team That Wins the Flag Must Beat the Browns" Pitch-ing Pitch-ing Staff Uncertain. Fielder Jones' St. Louis Browns will make all the other clubs in the American Ameri-can league travel some this season. Not so strong on paper as the White Sox, lacking the fire and pep of the Detroit team and the crabbed tightness of the Boston Red Sox, the Browns have a mixture of all and have something some-thing more one of the greatest managers mana-gers in baseball. Fans who remember how Jones won Ihe world championship with the White Sox in 100G, after winning the American Ameri-can league flag from teams stronger in almost every department,' can realize why Jones- has the other American league managers worried. And they are worried you hear In' the other camps the statement: "The team that wins the flag must beat the Browns." The pitching staff is not what It might be. Koob is a youngster of great possibilities, although his record last year with ' the Browns was not prepossessing. Plank is pretty old and as usual a mystery. You can't guess on Plank. Weilman is consistent and should produce. Earl Hamilton kept himself in shape by playing winter ball in Cuba. From the Southern association Jones has two finds Kerr of Memphis and Rogers of Nashville, each of whom won 24 and lost 12 games. Both are considered consid-ered iron men. Other 'recruits of the hurling staff are Sothoron of Portland, who won 30 aud lost 17 games; .Pennington of Nashville and Park. The catching staff is led by-Sever-oid with Hartley second fchoice, then Hale from Rochester and White from MeAllester. The 1016 infield is intact Slsler, Pratt, Lavan and Austin, with Ken-worthy, Ken-worthy, who led Ping Bodle in batting bat-ting in 200 games on the coast last year ; Paulette, from Memphis, and Bigler of Gettysburg college trying out. |
