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Show : . Phillies, Pirates and Browns Are ' interesting Clubs $ Not Contenders -i By NORMAN" E. BROWX. The Phillies. The Pirates. I The Browns. What of them this year? Well, the future's brighter, than usual for two of them tho Pltt3burg and Quaker City teams and a shift on tho Browns may furnish considerable consider-able interest. But none of theso cluns hns a chance at the world's scries nipney unless the baseball world turns topsy-turvy. George Gibson, veteran catcher who made a name for himself as a minor leaguo pilot In Toronto, is trying his hand with the sunken Pirates, and reports from the training camp indi- cat'o he has already done good work in readjusting tho club to strengthen it. He has broken Charley Grimm or the Little Rock club Into the first ba? job. He has moved Whittod from the outfield to third and, with Cutshawj at second and Walter Barbarc or Zcbj Terry at short, has a smooth working infield. The shift of Whittod. if per- mancnt, will not weaken the outfield, j Southworih, Carey and Blgbco giving: him a good trio. I He has acquired no new pitching material. Tie will depend on Cooper, Adams, Hamilton and Carlson. Phillies Are Strengthened. Cactus Cravath, who took up the reins over tho Phils last year when President Baker canned Jack Coombs In preference to spending a nickel for players, is off on his first complete (season. He has strengthened the club and can be' counted on to keep it a battling outfit. First Of all he has signed Jesse Tannehlll to coach his: pitchers. Jesse can do that Cecil! Causey, a youngster acquired from the Braves at the waiver price, looked I good last year. He was waived be- cause lie couldn't agree with Stal lings on salary. He may become a regular) and a real star for .Gavvy. Mackj Wheat and Tragessor are a good pair I behind the plate. j Ijiidcrus Has tho Call. t Gene Paulotte, ex-Card, is contest-1 I ing with the old reliable Luderus for the first base job. but Luderus has the call bocauso of his hitting. Paulette' can play any position on tho team ca-i pably, so will bo a good second defense de-fense man. Dot Miller at second, Bancroft Ban-croft at short and Russell Wrightstonoi I or Ralph Miller at third will complete the Infield to start with. AVrightstone played with the famous Klein team. Miller comes from. Fort Wayne. Mei;-sel. Mei;-sel. Stengel and Williams give Gavvy a good outfield. Lack of grand opera temperament on his team will help Cravath. As for tho Browns, scribes are say- i tfr;V1','V '' . Jimmy Austin, Brown vet, is scooping one -tap; George Gibson, new Pirate boss, is warming up his hurlers and, below, Gavvy Cravath is looking his crew over. ing that tho season will mark tho j)..rfjing of Jimmy Austin, peppery' third sacker, as a regular. They say Jim's race Is about run and that It's high time Manager Burke propped a successor. Burke doesn't discuss tho matter, but ho says he'll carry Mullen, Schepner and Thompson, thrc nev boys, all season to give them a chance to learn the big league style of plangl the hot corner Wish 1 had the dope on tho trio to fhoo to you. j The Browns have graduated from the joke clruss, as every one knows. A glance at the batting averages laxi season shows the team a slugging one. Slsler batted .352, Tobln .327. Jacob-son Jacob-son .323 and Ken Williams .300. Thirty-third degree fans will watch these ciubs this year for signs of improvement im-provement and to keep track of tho changes in their lineups, but no one-looks one-looks for them to surprise the league leaders |