Show football players find baseball pastime hard release of larry bettencourt by the st louis browns to milwaukee of the american association removes another great football player at least temporarily from the major league bettencourt has had difficulty in determining ter what position he be should play he came up to the majors as a catcher but the ball players said he be was a boxer a term applied to catchers who fight the ball then he tried third base and later had a fling at the outfield the st marys star started out hitting at a terrific clip but fell away to a final average of with milwaukee he be may find himself and with steady play at one position will have a chance to again try for the top football players have not had a great deal of luck in baseball ernie nevers was sent to the pacific coast league after a trial with the bro browns ans and bruce caldwell the great yale tale back was a dismal failure with cleveland the case of jim thorpe stands out the sturdy indian generally accepted cepter as the greatest football player of all time was waa always on the verge of making good in baseball it if the curve ball had not been invented the sac and fox star probably would have found his problem easier |