IfBoston Nationals
Constant Threat To Leaders
BRAVES LACKING
ONLYATTHF.BAT
?ith Little More Power
^iere Team on Whieh
BurruH Plav* First Be in
Ffchl for First Division
Hy JOHN B KOSTKIt
(ownpt im m
8t. Petersburg, Fit.. April I.?
The Boaton Nationals who ghai^d
St. PrteraburK an a traininc
ground with the N?w York Am
? ricana fttvo an impi-ssiun of
Kivftt power, to which iH slow'y
being ttdded speed ami ooheaive- -
nmm.
The Hram arc th?- p?rsonfica
tiou of ?wruy. Davy Bancroft
that for them. H. has been
a dynamo to a team that can hard
ly be reckoned upon as being a
pennant winner, but what it will
do until after the ninth Inning <?t
4Sfcrh#ll game is completed will
J some high class seer to fore
i accurately.
If there were to he a aeries of
"^Ba right now. a presumably
serlea of a seasqn in which [
'championship waiT to b?* dc
n* a"d the Bostons, not be
pro ha ble pennant winner* i
(mselves, were one of the clubs
that aeries, the team playing
llnst Boston might lone a cham
"?ip against this tireless
Braves don't know when to'
when they get going and
keep right on digging "in
??r the gnme is breaking ,
Ir way or not. That's why no;
can tell what the outcome of i
content is likely to be when i
are one of the parties.
| mighty good lieutenant to
ft Is Cautreau, the Holy
^^^^_#0?ond baseman, who Is a
dlsclpli- of the school of Jack Bar- 1
ryi Pretty much all of the good ;
baseball that Gautreau knows,)
outside of the young man's natur
al ability, he acquired through
coaching of Barry, who has1
out some mighty good col
I lege baseball players .n Worcs
mBjbUiachUHetts. It is the only
"tor town in the I'niied States. ?
V the playing of college base
keeps the professionals from)
anywhere. Professional !
went begging there while
|__rTj~?oHege games drew as many ?
as 20,000 spectators.
, Gautreau in addition to his,
~ mual work in the game iu one
|the soundest kids in the busi- 1
" In backing up and in playing ,
ball to the right spot. Take]
pft and Gautreau on a day
both are going well and I
Is little chance for anything]
!get through second base, un
LJaap It has a torpedo behind it for I
? propelling power.
W Burrus at first hi?<! such a good
"jir; last .season that it put liimj
In line for this year and at third ?
it is pretty sure that Hlcouda will'
bf elected to play. It Isn't new
for Riconds to get into the ma
jors. It is probable this time that
he will stick. He is heavier and
la. batting better, and It was his
weakness with the bat that kept ]
him out in other years.
When the Braves were down
hem last season they played many
nes and won most of them and
have .been repeating that lit- |
' ^rformance this . year with j
success But there is a dlf
between this year and
In 192&. each manager after
licked went away and said
raves were the worst look
te?m he ever saw. This yea*
[?the Braves won the msnsg
aay anything about the '
being had. They talk
the briskness of the team
i rapid ftre work on the
and suggest ... thai, K. the
had a little more power
their, haU they would h-?
for first division in the
I^BCrliaRes, cut Jlnwer* and pot
^ plinfH fot Master delivery. Call
rtoday. Jtyuir i ??-, , ii.r
Remember "Her'
This Day
O* Easter show your
?ffertion toward moth
er, wife or sweetheart
by prmentinf[ her with ?
; l>ox of Candy.
Nunally'* Candy, be
cause of it* known hijrh
?oality, will carry that
aesRBtre of yours effec
Iveljr.
; THK AI.BKMAHI.F
I'll A lf\l At >
Main ikmI RmuV Ht?.
HOPE TO WIN FIRST FLAG THIS SEASON
Bancroft
These niue baseball pilots are
I Keeking their first major league
flag- Some are hopeful Oil* will
i be their year; other**, less optimis
tic. are content to wail another
season or mo whily they hullil up
their clubs.
Cobb, Fohl, Staler and Collins
represent the American League
and Hendricks, Fletcher. Ban
croft, llornaby and McCarthy the
National naturally.
Cobb. Staler. Collins. Bancroft
are player-pilot sT All are infield
era but Cobb. McCarthy- is ih?
baby member of ihe group iu
point of service. having been
named manager of the Culm dur
ing the winter. Last year he led
Louisville to the gonfalon lu the
'American Association.
National this year. although fight ,
ing for first division in 1 !? 2 <i
won't bo tlu* easy task lhat it was
in 1925.
Drown lins addrd. a barrel oi
strength to (he Itosion out iM'iii
even If lie can't throw. 'the Ui.ivc-,
had no one to go back for l<-n
flies last year although tlulr fl?id
has all the room ill the^cnh . .
for a centerflelder. '1 Iiii: >?*.?? r
Hrown can go bade us !:?<?
as any ball that Is batted his wa\
and be will make tin- lln.-Min
pitchers look a lot h. 1 1 ? r.
There arl* Welsh am' .Mann
play the other outilr-ld :n?nt
and between them .ami Brown r;:
lira ve*t can hold any team b iter
ttiM|? the Brave* held them ;i yi-ar
ago. ?
I Benton, Genewieh, Cooney. t
I Smith, Ryan, all pitchers of Inat
'season, an- better than they wire,
and (ieorge Mogrldge. with his old
left arm in likely to help the
Brave* when th* weather heats i
up.
With Jimmy Johnston and High
to fill In for the infield and with
a .ot of youngsters who look prot- |
ty good for inlleldei-M some day, "t 1
is no wonder that the minor
league owners hang around Bos
ton to try to get some of the ma
Dissolution Sale
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Wlt|f?. Sox rhi^flnm :? year afio,
whlh* H.i nor oft. ami lien
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Rupture Expert^
Here
Nch Invention of Grew,
Merit (vivrri C.omfort and
Kclicf to I'IiouhuimIh
Suffering From
Itiiptiire.
The Collins Jtupture Expert will
Ik* ut th? Southern Hotel. El Isa
bel l> r 1 1 ?, . N. c.. Monday. April
I : v . i \ inpiui-ed person, whether
ntnn. \?0hiaii or child, r.hould ar
? rar.uf 10 call on one of the above
i mention' *! date and get a free
demonstration of a new Invention ,
ror difficult. or aggravated caaea
of rupture no matter when? lo- :
[ oat <*d.
Thousands of persona who for- :
merly autre ted th<* tortures of old
fuHhloned steel and spring truaaea
ur" -now rejoicing lu their free- i
doin from i i?*> danger and dlacoin- ;
lori of ruptyre. If you who read
ihiH not lee are interested lu cur
Jni. yours* If completely, then
don't full to viMftl the Colling# Bx
peti for an absolutely free dem
onstration and 'trial of the moat
PiwnrkfiM" System for rupture
that has ' vet beeu Invented. TheWB
ji; nothing like It anywhere, and
host h of men and women are
aina'/ed at the ease with which ,
th' lr ruptures are controlled.
Why wear trusses the rest oW
your ilfeV What you want la to J
!>?? eured or your rupture so you
fun throw your truss away. You
ur" Riven an opportunity to And j
out how you can do this by mc- i
icoptlng onr free trial plan, ab*o?
lutely without a. penny in ?d~
vance. We want ? chance to |
prove to you that the Colling* |
System for rupture Is a real, gen- j
; u Iti'- means or relief, from goug*
Ing.' cutting, chafing spring truea-l
??M. We want you to try this tre?t^|
nient at our expense and send our
representative to personally apply j
it to you r parllcular case of rap- !
t nre. UeniemlH i it costs you no
money to Klve this Syatem a trial
and you should he anxlotia to know |
it it holds out greater possibilities |
lit :i ( lire than what you ure BO# ,
I rising.
The ? Xpert who la coming ^
vou i rltv l< thoroughly ?'xperlj
ni,(.d In the C olllnus System aid
),<? will h? glad to glv you
IwneAt of his experience In
1 1 eatment o / rupture, without
ctfjirge whatever. No matter wh*
you have tried or how many tint
you have failed, you can't aflo
to mlKS this Opportunity. This <
p. m will explain about th- rami
rapt. CoMngs System of treaty
rupture the S\ "in ift.H thOl|
mda report have healed them
their own hows, lie will shtl
you plainly why Ihla Method
atiiiK rupture has been
rkahly suecptaful.
No ruptured person, can
to suffer the danger and
ve|,l< nre. of I'llptUr" when A L,
of relief I" hrou ghl to your
door Don I let the little
grow up handicapped with
til re. I'ind out the rollings ,
tern of recovery without operfttf
II will be well worth aty.fr
mi "I persons' Hum to see tnM|
l? I- not often that anfUL
opporl unity comes and OHM
doea. It is foolish to n' gl? et J
Call at I he Southern Hotel, J
time Monday. April I. Hour*
I I it .a , ~ to r, p m.. 7 to r*
ln?, and bring thla notlea
vou.
('.apt. W. A. f lolling*,
W Aft Kit TOW .1, H
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