Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1922, Page 28

28 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON Acquisition of Peck Might “Make” Nationals : Deal of Burns for Groh Seems an Even Affair > 7 ‘ROG’ WOULD HAVE TONIC Poker Portraits———Paving Material for a Certain Tropical Region.—By WEBSTER. PLAYERS ABOUT ON A P AR =~ EFFECT ON THE GRIFFMEN Shortstop Could Make Star of Harris and Improve Worth of Shanks, Supplying Link Needed to Give Capital Real Flag Contender. HOULD Roger Peckinpaugh be obtained irom Boston by Clark Gri fith, as now seems probable, it may be one of those changes which S produce the best results when least expected by the fans. Once upon a time Bill Dahlen was secured by the Giants from Brooklyn. Every one knew that Dahlen was a good shortstop, and there was growling in Brooklyn when he was permitted to get away, but not every one knew that the Brooklyn club inadvertently was helping its most bitter rival to the championship of the National League. L OREES T0 OPEN SEASON ‘The Giants had been shy of even a fair shortstop, and the moment that Dah- len got back with a team that seemed D. Y'C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1922. ¥ L[4 SPORTS- <ome who seemed to overlook & few slips that were made in the werld series. New York has played it safe, be-. cause if worse comes to the worst and something befalls Groh there still is the old combination of Frisch and Rawlings for the infield, although there is no Burns for the outfield. Moran has lost a very fine thir baseman, who is to be supplemented by an experiment that will have to be surrounded with some po ul stage lights to make third base look the same. In the outfield Moran has gained much strength, which he will need if the Cincinnati management Rdheres to its purpose to permit Roush to sweat if he will not sign a contract at a reasonable figure. (Copyright, 1922.) IN BATTING FOR CAREERS Equally Good As Pinch Hitters, While George Is Bet- ter Run Scorer and Tops Heine by Big Mar- gin As Base Runner. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, January 6.—Ostensibly Heinie Groh has been a member of the New York Nationals and George Burns a member of the Cincinnati Reds ever since two managers put their heads together at Buffalo and New York, got last chance to chip in after Chicago and Pittsburgh, or was it Brooklyn and St. Louis, had gone their limit. The actual election to membership on the part of Groh did not take place until he had signed a contract with New York, which he has done, and B’urnstixs still ‘to affix his chaste Spencerian to an agreement with Cin- cinnati. Now that Groh has actually signed it is in order to look over just what has happened. From the time that Wonder What Mertz Will Say Toda; At the Sign of the Moon way. Groh never could slide well and doesn’t like to slide. In motion he is no speedier than Burns, and on the to have awhot for the pennant bull’s- eve, he was another Bill and another ball player. He had been a good short- stop for Chicago, one of the most promising of his days, but in Brook- 1yn a mediocre team took the pep out of Bill Shifted over to New York, he quick 1y came back to form and he was a great shortstop for the Giants when they won the championship in 1904. John ‘T. Brush wouldn't play Boston in a world series that year because his manager was dead set against it, and in 1905 when they did play the world series, Bill Dahien was one of the knowledged star inflelders in the his- HERE WITH THE YANKS Washington will open the 19 pionship season of fhe American League at home. for the second tim- in succession, on Wednesday. April 12. Althoush not oflicially anounced as this is assured by the opamm.:l dates for the National League, listed below. Boston-will be the scene of the other eastern opening game, and in the ordinary course of events will have Philadelphia as its opponent, as Burns began to play base ball with a minor league team, which was in 1909, he has had a batéing average of .284. Since Groh began his career at Osh- K in 1908 he has had an-average of .286. Close, isn't it? So close that neither team’ can be said to have sained much over the other on that exchange. Burns will hit in _as many runners in a pinch as will Groh. The latter's Strong point as a batsmun has been ability to hit behind the runner. That {means that he is a good secondary @{part of the so-called hit-and-run play, jWhich should really be the run-and. hit play. Burns Best Base Runner. Burns will fun rings around Groh o bases moves with much caution. Burns has stolen 405 bases to 236 for Groh, and that is just about the difference between them. Burns has scored over 1,000 runs in his time and Groh just goes over 800. There is a years' difference in ages. the Burns chap being the older, both over thirty. Both of them were born in New York state, Burns at Utica and Groh at Rochester. Burns has played ball all of his life in New York state and Groh was anchored in Ohio by the Giants in 1913. It was not the New York club that sent Groh to Ohio, but Joe Tinker, then marzger of the Cincinnati club, who insisted on having him there. Groh was no part of the first propo- sition by which the Giarts endeavored Entablished 1503 DAYS of Wonderful Value Giving tory of base ball. the Red Sox appeared here in the first | Peck Has Right Temperament. | o Roger Peckinpaugh has tempera- ‘. ment something like that of Dahlen. i It is true that he has just won a tion at nue when the 1 is pried off the cam- paign-——the best possible attraction, pite the fact that Babe Ruth proa- bly will be warming the bench, due to the edict of Judge Lan National League Opening Dates. CHICAGO, Januar: —The National | 21 championship. or helped to do so. for t h one team, but the fact th would be put with a team like Washington which has possibilities, might be just the thing that would start Peck on a rampage, to put New York out of it shington club can Eib i the Leasue base ball schedule for 19 to come it is one team in _the will “open on Wednesday, April . O with the following games, it was an- e nounced by President John A. battle because it always gives Yanks a fight as it is Anotner fact to be taken into sideration is that Peckinpaugh i | Heydler here toda ! go at Cincinnat type of inflielder who will balance an hicamod \C infleld like that at Washington. Putj pitlsburh at St Louis o by the side of Harris. a shortstop. who ('4'luln‘;'nl close on Sunday, will bring out even more than Harris | V¢! R e produced last year—ard a good short- | (The S stop will do that—and Washin; fans will begin to find that Harr better ball player than they imagined. There are only two or three inflelders in the American League who can cov- er ground better. Would Help Shanks, Too. Peck will help Shanks a lot, n leagues were drawn up | during a conference which ended last night at French Lick Spr dent Hevdler an represented the | President B. F tional League aud 1son represented President He rrived in Chi-! * valer too.| cago this morning for a conference | SENEN MEN WHO ON TANUARY FIRST SWORE THEY \WERE THROUGH WITH THE GAME FOREVER. — 5 - Ao s with President Veeck of the Chicago While he may not win the champion-| Cybs today. Tomorrow Mr. Heydler ship. as Bill Dahlen did for the| il confer with . Commissioner Copright 1922 .7, Webaar Giants, because he supplied the mi: i Landis. ing link, Peck will make the Wash- ington infield a bunker for the op- posing batters and stranger things have happened than that Washing- ton might develop championship form with an encouraging infleld. Tt this trade is to be based on the transfer of Dugan to Boston it iS pos- sible that Dugan can plaw shortstop for Boston as well as he played third base for the Athletics and if he uld the Boston club would ho g 5ood a shortstop as any club i the league. But Dugan would not do for Washington w Peck might do for that team. because Pecks' tempera- ment seems of a type more suitable for Washington. While the major league meetings were on it suggested that Grif- fith might get into the David Harum business again by weaning away a good shortstop from some club. He i a trader with a pretty good reputa- tion for helping his team and if he can get a little assurance and ag- gressiveness into that Washington outfit it can make a lot of trouble in M’TIGUE WILL REPLACE BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, January 6.—Here is a tip that all you brother fans c: | N paste in your hats: The flivvered Wilson- placed by a fight between Harry Greb and Mike McTigue. Gr is willing. Greb is willing to meet any fighter from Jack Dempsey Johnny Buff. And McTigue, claiming that he already has beaten t is ready to knock Harry down again. bird, he says. But speaking ights, when vou middle- to it, try to demonstrate his right. T means not only his right hand, 1 strictly of come down WILSON AS GREB’S FOE reb bout will be re- Pittsburgher, knocking him down for a nine count in a no-decision bout, | He is not one bit afraid of lhhi underweight, anemic, pale, worried and irritable. All of which, no doubt, will send Cook into the ring in a fine balmy mood of over-confidence, which will be dissipated all too soon by that lightning right of Carp’s. They say Johnny Wilson has drop- ped a lot of coin plaving Wall stree Johnny is not the first fighter to d cover that the wallop old Battling W an fa) >y right-hook feel like the sweet, soft caressing hand of a three- year-old child. (Copyright, 1922.) eb to he Start his ut 1923, wiat better elaimant s there for the |his right to meet Ji : title than McTigue. At Jersey City on|Fred's opponent wi Indians Need Shaking Up. Labor day he made the supposedly in- [ Madde Bartley isn't the best James Dunn. who owns the Cleve- | (incibie Panama Joe Gans turn white |heavyweight in the world.. but he land club. winter and summer, Savs | with dism: He has a four-round |doesn’t flop the minute he is hit hard Larry Gardner can play third base for | ockout record over George Robinson, [and he can hand them out hot him- Cleveland as long as—well, he didn't [ (ReeKOUE FEars, over Georke RoOIEY |Self. - The same night in. the same make it definite. 1t was the testi-|, "ng has been chasing Mike Gibbons | Fing there will be a title bout, Gene ! monial of an owner to a deserving [& AN his Deen chashug Mike ( Tunney and Battling Lavinsky, in a player. T g Rickard has been sore on Mike | battle ~for the light-heavyweight No doubt Mr. Dunn is just as sin. se of the slow bout he put up the | championship of America. The :pcni cere as he can be, but the Cleveland | aigat he beat Jeft Smith in the Garden. | must meet the 175-pound limit, weigh- 5 . infeld will get some shaklng SPime|But Uit wasnt Mikes:fault i 1 s|nf [ntat 2’ okclock thelday ‘ot ithe It's going to be 4933, more thatk 16 Oas e it hard to get the public interested in a | ASHL Cleveland base ball team will not e win the pennant from the combina- tion of McNally, Scott, Ward and Pion for New York. @ fast lot of young men to handle and to assist in makigg more expert some pitchers who have only to live up to reputation to suc- ceed. bout in which the slow-moving, stalling | Jeft participates. Now, apparently, Tex has been made 0 see this and his idea now is to eam up Greb and McTigue and let them pound each other to their heart's content. The winner is likely to be Cook, the Australian. They say he 1f all that comes from London con- cerning Carpentier is true, Gorgeous Georges will haye to be helped into the ring the night he meets George money. is hailed as middleweight champion, for the reason that the way things now are going there won't be a place where Wilson can do battle. Wilson's man- ager, by the way, is coming to New 22 SPRING GAMES LISTED FOR NEW YORK YANKEES W YORK, January 6.—Twenty-two fifteen of taem with the Broo: vn Nationals, are on the spring training | schedule of the New York Americans just announced. | Manager Huggins also announced that | the battery men and some of the older CORD TIRES | Size 30x3Y%; Inches York to demand a hearing for his fighter by the New York athletic commission. He says that all ae will have to tell will be_ plenty. , Big doings at the Garden on Jan- Fred Fulton is going to uary 13. 4(h St.. 4 Doors North of H $9.89 You never bought a better value CHAS. E. 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