Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1919 — CONNIE MACK BOOSTS BURRUS [ARTICLE]

CONNIE MACK BOOSTS BURRUS

Player Bought Mainly to Take Place of Burns Is Best Youngster He Has Seen in Years. Connie Mack declares he has picked up the most promising looking ball player that has broken into the American league since George Sisler arrived. Burrus, the first baseman he bought at Columbians. C., is thb'man he boasts of. On Ids way ba<'k to Philadelphia -fronr-ColujnhtarCoiTnTe" stopped off in Washingtom and the Indians extolled the abilities of his new initial sacker. “He can do any thing any ball player can do,” said the long manager. “He can hit, run the bases and field. He has a few small faults, but all of them can be eliminated easily by experience. And he is smart. He graduated this year ffom North Caroling A. and M. university, and from what I hear has none of the ’ eccentricities with which most of the left handers are afflicted. That Connie should go looking for a first baseman when he had George Burns, whose batting was -such a sem" sation last year, on his team, may be a great surprise to many, but Burns Is emphatic evidence that a ball player can have a sudden reversal of form. Burrus was bought especially to displace the former Detroit player.