Show illy M UCH to the surprise and shock of several american league managers plus their supporters the long ong time lowly browns have re fused to crack they have kept coyly away from the oie soapy chute under the smart direction of my old titus ala friend james luther sewell lukes main instructions have been to keep them ar rolling and the browns have kept rolling for about the second time in over forty years dating back to the days of george grantland dalce rice no one will stand up and say that the browns have any shining set of stars they but they have a set ol of steady going ballplayers including vernon stephens george mcquinn I 1 chester laabs and at al zarilla plus at least a good mid war pitching staff they claim no outstanding stars but their average certainly matches matche anything else in the american league in luke sewell they have a smart and well balanced manager who has earned their I 1 liking and their respect luke ought to know his share ol of baseball he began catching for foi cleveland back in 1921 a matter mattei of 23 years ago luke stuck with cleveland for 12 years before he h moved on to washington and later to chicago he was only a hitter but he always knew how to han dle die that big glove and direct hia pitching staff when he drew the job ot of managing the browns it was something like being sentenced to siberia what difference did it make mahe chii might be managing the browns I 1 talked with luke early this thi spring and his only comment was we have just as good a chance as any team in the league just at this spot there are at least five teams that are evenly matched its it the sort of race where it might be b important to get the jump what we are shooting for the team that gets the jump will have a big advantage with so many other clubs lulling killing off any single challenger how it worked out it has worked out just as sewell predicted the browns got the jump just back of them were the red sox yankees indians etc there was little difference luke sewell had called the turn as far back as april showers get the jump 11 the yankees and red sox indians tigers and white sox all began clawing each other or one a another n once in a while some brown challenger would win four or five in a row then drop the next four the red sox and the yankees both kept making threatening moves then the indians cut in but bui when the dust had settled on various fields and the smoke had bad blown away there were the browns still out in front along and stul still winning their share and protecting that early jump that luke sewell worked for it is a much tougher proposition for a leading club to have only one fast moving pursuer on his heels when you have three or four they keep taking care of the chasers and dragging them back the charge has been made that st louis supported either club cardinals or browns that st louis is not a two club major entry this is all true st louis for one reason or another is only a one club entry in the major leagues and not any too hot as a one club spot there are any number of cities including los angeles that W would be a big league gold mine in comparison but this has nothing to do with the ballplayers composing the double lineups line ups of cardinals and browns but the facts are that the tha ballplayers working for st louis fans lave have dominated both leagues so sa far the cardinals were a romp before the first ball was thrown bach in april the cardinals would be an even bet against a team picked from the other 15 clubs in both leagues but one might have thought that the uprising of the browns would till have churned up the old town in in lilis missouri in place pace of f tha that t the doag in last place in the national I 1 league eague have been out drawing the th leading browns this has soured the baseball crowd in gener general alt taken from the map at large against the browns it has been my belief that the two best oa baseball cities in the country are brooklyn and detroit when you con lider their p population opu lation the main point in early august a that the browns were su supposed 0 o crack some time back and they lavent cracked yet and these brown bali ballplayers players c can an idill use the coming world series noney as well as any other club ven iven if their home town any oo co keen about baseball |