Show I Is U s I L Q 5 i ca 4 Q A 5 I Tunney V W Gives Harry y Greb Severe Lacing h 1 COONEY GETS GETSI I PRAISE fRAISE FROM 1 i SPORT WRITER RTE Bancroft Optimistic Over Chances of His 1 I Team I ll Iv Ih BILLY E EST E S EiA AS A'S T PETERSBURG March larch 28 ST S Th The Boston Dra Brakes Braes es appear to toha ha hae e the tho will to get ret ome somewhere here in hi hit inthe Inthe t the he National Ic I lace aCe but they simply haen ha hay en t tho the way l ay TIe Tte Braves like the th don t appear ot Ct be ho going gains an hero heroIn In Iii particular After July 1 there is certain to bo be a hectic struggle lis len bet these two tao teams to old a the cellar Ther e is one pia player er on the tho th Brazes Bra who stands out Johnny Cooney It If the tir young oung manas man as aS with the New York Glands he hc would be one of the most talked talked- talked about about athletes In the tho National league Cooney Is primarily a pitcher He did some omo mighty might tine CIne inc SOuth SOuth- south southpaw paw pass me ing In the thin 1 league la last t season However he Is a 8 man mali of oC oCI many man parts One of ot his greatest I assets assels Is his ability to hit the bill b billAs billAs As a result he ho Is used considerably In the outfield and is also the I club s champion pinch hitter hiller POOR poon CLUB DIMS EFFORTS The Thc fact that so BO great a as Coone Is with nith ith the 10 Iy Braes Bra keeps him from being rated one of oC the stars of the game came The work of the club dims his indi individual vidual efforts Cooney comes by hi his Ius baseball ability honestly He i is the son of oC the Cooney who played with Ith ith Pop Anson Ansons s Chicago Colts Coils many ears back His brother Jack Is star star- star Ing at shortstop for tor the tho St Louis Cardinals The Erases es pitchIng staff taff Isn't to be sniffed at the outfield ii h very vry fair but the the th Infield is one of the odd oddest t combinations that er c r graced traced a big bir league diamond Manager Manai-er Bancroft one of the greatest shortstops the tho game cam ha has er eer seen seln Is the tir only member of the Infield who at present could be classed as a sure enough big leaguer Around him is a makeshift aggregation At first base Is Burrus dug due up b Connie Ma Mack Mack k five or six years ago from a southern college collece and after aCter being being- carried for tl two tao 0 years turned loose Connie expressed I the thought that ho would never make the tir grade crade Burrus after several ear In various arlous minors Is hack back to supplant the thi Stuffy McInnis who Is a hold hold- holdout holdout out At second bae a n most ant ant position the Dra es have haveLu Lu Lucs u s who ho only a icar ear back was wasa wasa wasa a pitcher pilcher I dont don't believe any pitcher can be bo made Into a n bl big bif league Infielder In so BO short a time The Tho only bright spot In the Braves infield to ni m mi way say oy of thInkIng outside of Bancroft of course is Bill Marriott Harriott at third base List Last season he h was IlS as with Mobile In the Southern league LOOKS PART 01 Or Marriott looks the part vart ot of a 11 ball er He goes to his right or left with equal ease case Strangely round ground balls hit directly at him seem to bother him most Ire Ire- I re- re regard re-fc-ard re gard Marriott as a ha haIng Ing a great chance to mae good He la is easily easily easily ily the best infield prospect Of the rookie pitchers Ike Kemp Kamp who had a n big bit ear car Ith Pittsfield In the Eastern league has promise In that organIzation Kamp was sas as pretty close lo to being the shutout king blankIng his op- op opponents opponents op opponents being a fa favorite diver diver- diversion diversion diversion sion Vb While lie within wishing Manager Ban Ban- Bancroft Ban Bancroft croft nil all II the luck In the orld orld t et after aCter his ball club for two day days I am positive that he has a rough vo age ahead bet een now and the tho close of the season It If Bancroft can work ork up any great enthusiasm over the club he heIs heis heis Is entitled to the rating of cham champion pion optimIst op 00 |