Show GEORGE WORRIED OVER ST LOUIS NINE Fear ear Defeat Will Drive Him From Man Man- Manager Manager fan fan- ager Job By Ily n GEORGE GEORGE GEORGE CHADWICK Special Corre Correspondent I On of ot Standard Standard- Examiner Copyright lo 1326 z 6 by Consolidated Iress Association AUGUSTA Oa Ga April George 3 3 Staler may worry himself out of chance chance to win the American league player playeta pennant Major league ball bali play play- eta er who are ara heading homeward from their their training camps In the tho south are all talking tal about the manager ot of the St Louis Lonis Browns Brownsand Brownsand Brownsand and the distress ho has hu been dis- dis displayIng displaying dis displaying playing over the condition of ot his hi team say players of other teams teama who have come In contact with the Browns Browna Is worrying himself Into a state of extreme nervous nervous- nervousness nervousness nervousness ness because of ot the Inability of hlo hin team learn to pull together as he had hoped His Ills state of ot mind also Is being reflected In his own playing It If Siler fati falls to win the he pennant this year these ball players think he will quit managing Between his Illness Ulness of ot tw tw years ago a o when he was sorely afflicted with eye trouble and the tho worry that the managerial job had given him the players think he Is pretty badly up upset set eeL NO KO PRAISE National league men roan who have played against the Browns do not rate them then as highly as the are Inclined to place them They think has made a II mistake In not naming a regular Infield He Ha has haa played McManus at third Ins instead toad ot of regularly at nt second and at second at times Ho He has baa also alBo used Gerber at short and La- La Lamotte motte La-motte molts motte at short explaining that he be wanted to make tho the players earn the right to be regulars Sitters Sitter's National league critics say he has made a mistake In n tak- tak takIng tak taking ing log McManus away from second 1 base because they think he Is the best second baseman In the league did not sign his con con- contract con contract tract In 1 1925 S 2 until alter atter the team had returned home from the training camp This year In spite of the tho fact tact that he has signed a contract McManus has not riot been playing regularly at second base lt It Is possible that Is not en- en entirely entirely en entirely satisfied with the work of Robertson at third as the latter has not played his hla best beet in the south THIRD SACKER S But DUt 11 It Robertson Is nut not assured that he will vIll be the tho regular third baseman the baseball men who have been looking the Browns Drowns over Insist that the uncertainty which exists In Robert cons mind as to t whether he will wilt bo be the regular third baseman bueman has hili not helped his work All winter the New York Tork Yanks were after McManus They could have made any kind of ot a trade wIthin reason to get him but they wouldn't give ghe up Walte Waite Hoyt In exchange ex exchange change tor him The N National league men In the south who have watched the Drowns Browns with uncommon Interest because they are reputed to be the th big dark darl horse of the league say sa they will never win the champion champlon- championship championship ship It if the players cannot be brought together so they will show more team work In an exhibition game against the Boston Nationals ran from second base basI to third on an outfield fly with only one out Ait easy enay double play resulted The Nn- Nn N leaguers called attention to the lapse as s showing that Staler Is so 0 badly worried over the situa situa- situation situation tion lion that he be Is losing out on his own game ame There Thero were mental lapses by other St Louis Luls players In that ome I which Induced the National league men to predict that would have a a mighty hard job not to start poorly In 1926 and It was Will the poor start In 1925 which the Browns Drowns out of ot the race HEART TIE SZ SET The Browns Drowns did not do very well against Brooklyn except In one game ame and there 13 la no flO major league manager ho will concede that Brooklyn will be a a pennant factor even If It It Is a ml mighty bothersome club to some Borne of ot the other contend contend- contenders ers era It Is la said that Staler Sieler has set ael his hi heart eart on making a II fine tine showing with the Browns Drowns this thle year and that he wishes to win the pennant above all else elsa That Is natural enough but in addition to that It la Is reported ed on an among tho the ball bail players that it If itlie lie he falls fails to win the pennant this year rear hn h wll wIl ll give up managing and nd devote himself strictly to ball play play- playIng playing Ing The Browns In their spring games have ha shown shon lack ot of o team teamwork teamwork work lean work and the players seem to be beat beat bat at loggerheads as aa to what they should do on the bases The St StLouis LouIs players have been criticised because ot of their lIfelessness and they have not been making any kind of a showing to give the Na- Na National Na National National league leas cl clubs any tear fear of ol them It 1 I is admitted that they are I fast In practice and that they have hav shown as ill much uch speed In their workouts as ns any team team- but the trou trou- trouble blo ble has lias been In their exhibition ames games where they have been out out- outgeneraled out outgeneraled outgeneraled almost invariably |