Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1923, Page 24

PORTS. THE 'EVENING STAR, ' WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1923. SPORTS. Tygers Chesty Over Prospects in Race : Southpaws to Hurl for Griffs Today WEAK HOLES ARE FILLED; HAVE DOZEN .300 HITTERS Addition of Pratt Rounds Out Best Infild They Have Had in Years—Cobb Confident Pitching Staff BY HARRY BULLION. Sporting Editor, Detroit Free Press. S approaching race, but he won't cou cquipped to win as the Tygers are Ever since the Georgian assum. threw aside in the spring of 1921 pitching staff of sufficient merit to balance the power of the Tygers x)nf“vm attack, and he is contented w ‘he will start his third season as a Derrill tU's infusion in the first line of defense at second base, that Was a wes POt ever since the col- lapse of “Pep” Young. rounds out the best .infleld the Tygers ever have had—at least, it is the best that wore the garb of the Hengals since the pennant-winning days of the Jungle clan back in the early part of Jen- nings' regime. Last rall, when the Yankees quali- fied for the second time to participate in the world series and the Browns chased them to the last day of the luce ere they were counted out, the Ty@lers, resurrected from a seventh club, slid safely into third Pitching in Then Cobb had staff. a green you in Rigney at shortstop and a vete f twelve Years in the majors, George Cutshaw, | ng his Pest on brittle legs, at sec- ond base. To land where they even- tually did the Tygers were compelled v overcome three s ous reverses that plunged them each time to the depths of the standing It is contended by some of the fore- most crit in base 1 that the mi: fortune which overtook the team wu the factor that beat it out of the pen nant. Yet the chagrin each reverse caused was eliminated by positive | Proof that the Tygers are a game lub, To Shaky. shaky pitching this asset added what he cent additional strength. and it cen- ters principally in the pitching staff, that embraces nine men whose status is determined by concrete proof of their ability when exposed to the drum fire of the circuit's hitters of established merit Pillette Main Reliance. Herman Pillette, the league's re- cruit sensation last year, ought to be bette for his experienc With a wobbly « him, the young Manager reiterates Cobb ha is 20 per t behind pitcher, who came to the Tygers from Portland, in the Pacific Coast League, as a gift in the sale of Sylvester Johnson, won nineteen games, and was second in the rating of mound: men in earned runs per each nine in- nings. Johnson, ries that kept him out for nearly the whole lshed a record of seven games won against t ~ lost. With Plllette and Johnson ucleus, Manager Cobb will . Arthur Olsen; Rip Collins, \ trade from Boston for Howard Ehmke; Ray Francis, who came to the Tygers in the deal that sen Chick non to hington: Kenneth Holloway, pur- 1 from the Augus club of the uth Atlantic League st summer; Roy Moore and Bert Cole. Franci Moore and Cole are left-handers. In the statistical tables of the American League records for 1922 the run-scoring achievements of the clubs offer evidence of the power In the Tygers' offensive. Participating in 155 games, the club hit 828 runs over plate, for an average of 5% runs €ach nine innings. Have Dozen Granting that the Tygers, equipped 8s they are with great hitters, will do as well in the coming race, pitch- who can hold rival clubs to an wrage of four runs per game ought to be consistent winners for Man- ager Cobh. That pitching staff ought to win with frequency exasperating to rival ¢lubs, too. Inventory of the roster Bhows twelve men who hit last year for averages of .300 or better, Rec- ords do not reveal a parallel in the history of base ball. Eleven of them wore the garb of the Bengals during the season of 1922; the other, Pratt, brought his slugging proclivities with him from the Boston Red Sox. Manager Cobb, who is officlally credited with .401, tops the list, of course. Following in the order of their averages come Heilmann, .356; Haney. .332; Woodall, .344; Veach, .327; Bassler, .323; Fothergill, .322; Flagstead, .30 Moore, .308; Pratt, -302; Blue, .300, and Rigney, .300. In this regard Manager Cobb can place a complete batting order of nine .300 hitters in their regular po- sitions. Blue, leading off, would be followed by Haney, Cobb, Veach, Hellmann, Pratt, Rigney, Bassler and Moore. Moore's status isn't sufi- clently established to warrant Cobb's | starting him. Haney, though, is apt o be seen at third base frequently if the rival managers insist upon pitch- ing left-handers against the Tygers with the abandon they have been wont to in the past. Three Rookies Make Good. Out of the maze of recruits that Manager Cobb picked up for trials three have Leen extracted for utility duty—Ranush, a youthful outfielder, from the Omaha club of the West. ern League: Johnny Kerr, shortstop, from Denver, in the samé loop, and Roy Spencer, catcher, who played with Manush last season. Johnny Neun, unpolished as al flelder, but a good hitter, would be retained, too, but Cobb's decision to carry nine pitchers, eight infielders, three catchers and five outposts pre- cludes the slightest chance for Neun to stay up this season. He came from the Birmingham club of the Southern ‘Association and probably will go back there. Bowie Races April 2d to 14th Specisl Trains Leave on W., B, & A. Eldotrio Line: 18:30, 12:48, Admission (o Grandstand.... Government Tax Total though he suffered inju- of the game season, estab- obtained 100 Hitters. i First Race, 2:15 P.M. Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS $4.65 Save the price of an entire mew suit. All colors. —3es, pat- terns. EISEMAN'’S Has Ben Strengthened. TRONGER defensively in two departments where there was glaring weakness last year, and as robust, if not more so, on attack than the campaign of 1922 proved them ta be, the Tygers fear no team in the American League, and Manager Cobb shares their views. Cobb has reframmed from predicting a pennant for his club in the ith the corps of moundsmen with which icede that there a team so well ed the reins that Hughic Jennings it has been his aim to develop a| manager. Manager Cobb practically has se- lected his team. The nine pitchers embrace Pillette, | Johnson, Dauss. Olsen, Collins. Hollo- way, Francis, Moore and Cole Inflelders—Blue, Pratt, Cutshaw, Brady, Rigney, Kerr, Jones and Haney. Outfielders—Cobb. Heilmann, Veach, Fothergill and Manush. Catchers—Bassler, Woodall, Spencer or Manion. HAAS CHOSEN AT YALE. NEW HAVEN, April 10.—John H. Haas, '24, of Kansas City, Mo, has | been elected captain of the Yale basket ball team. W. M. Bernardin, also of Kansas Clty. is the new man- ager. while R. B. Tibbs, Milwaukee, is assistant. Wallage Kieselhorst, St. Louis. Mo, is f | eshman manager. Butler ROUSH MAY GET IN LINE AFTER POWWOW TODAY CINCINNATI, April 10.—Whether Eddle Roush would be a member of the Cincinnati National League base bafl team this year wan ex- pected to be known definitely to- dny. The hold-out outfielder called on President August Herrmann yesterday and stated he had n new proposition to make, whereupon Mr. Herrmann called a meeting ot the board for 11 o’clock this morn- ing to confer with Roush. Roush declined to discuss his differences with the club, snying the matter would come up today, and that he hoped all difficulties would be adjuxted, und he could wxign his contract. All members of the board have signified thelr fn- tention of being prexent at the meeting. 'REAL SCRAPS PROMISED INSHOW AT FORT MYER Soldier leather pushe: will engage in five fights tomorrow night at Fort Myer, promise exhibitions that eclipse any previous perform ances staged in the riding hall An elght-round frair between Ward of Fort Myer and Merritt of Fort Howard, who is champion of the 3d Army Corps, in the 160-pound class, is the topliner Ward is considered one of the best ring performers in this vicinity Four other bouts a rounds each, as follows 115.POUND _CLASS — Carbon. Myer (champlon of distriot of Washington). va. Ba gen, Camp Meade (champion of 34 Corps area), 145.POUND COLASS — O’Connell, Fort Myer (ohampion of district of Washington), vs. Mo- zier. naval air station. Fort Myer. 16th 140-POUND CLASS—Ball, Field Artillery. vs. Di Carlo, Fort Myer, 3d v, Caval 125.POUND_CLASS—Jones, Fort Mye: Rogers, Fort Howard, Dominfcan Lyceums. on atenders for the Distriet nship last yvear, is after fast teams in the unlimited Communicate with Ja M. 7 G street southwest who e listed for six Fort of the o chat P ames with class, JACKSON ADMITS GETTING $5,000 FROM GAMBLERS AVANNAH., April 10—In a depc S Chicago American League base the White Sox 1919 team, admitted h large amount alleged to hav. of the team for Hudnall, White Sox attorney. who nection with his $119.000 suit against Ch bsition made here yesterday in con- rles Comiskey, owner of the ball club, Joe Jackson. outficlder on e received $3.000 as his share of the have been paid by gamblers to certain members hrowing” the world series, r according to George B participated in the hearing. Mrs Jackson, according to the attorney, corroborated Jackson's statement. Jackson is suing the White Sox owners for $17,500 for alleged breach of contract, claiming that this amount is due on his contract, which had two more vears to run: £100,000 for slan- der, and $1,500, alleged to be addi- tional amount due him on his share of the 1917 world series. He claims that he was promised $5,000, and paid $3,500 Jackson admitted he was paid $5.000 by Claude “Lefty” Williams, another of the discharged players, according to Mr. Hudnall, who said this was cor- roborated by his wife, who stated that she was present when the money was paid over to her hushand by Williams. Jackson further according to Hudnall, that Wil received $10.000, Cicotte $10,000, balance of the $100,000 having heen divided up among the other players. Hudnall asserts Jackson stated that he placed the money in a traveling bag and carried it around with him for three months, while in her testi- mony Mrs. Jackson stated that Jack- How to Score son handed few minutes Williams livered it to him, and brought it on_to this city According té Hudnall, Mrs said that when Harry Grabi here in the spring of 1920 with a cor tract for three years for her husband to sign Jackson executed the doe- ument in one of the rooms whe they were residing here, while Jack sow’s testimony is to the effect th he signed the contract while sitting in an automobile parked outside of his residence Jackson said he was unable to read or write, and could not read the con- tract, but Harry Grabiner states that Jackson's personal signature appears on the back of all the salary checks paid to him by the club, and that he also signed the contract without any auestions, as he appeared to be weil pleased with the increase in salary which the owners of the Whit were offering him. a Ball Game 000 over to her a had de- that she Jackson i BY JOHN B. FOSTER Article 3—LONG-DISTANCE HITS. T is a great puzzle to some scor long-distance hits. They are error and the batter a two-bagger. never certain as to should give the batter a two-bagger or the fielder an batter a base hit, or give the batter a three-bagger and should do on whether they error and the the fielder an Some times they are disturbed as ers as to what they to whether they should give the batter a home run or the fielder an error and the batter a three-bagger. Some are quite the other way. They | are for giving the batter all that he | gets whether the flelder handles the | ball well or not. 1If the batter should hit for three bases and the fielder | should palpably mishandle the ball they woud give the batter a home run. There i3 only one thing to do with the long-distance hit. Use the best | possible judgment. That seems llkel tame adyice, but it is the best that can be given. However, in using per- | sonal judgment on hits of this char- | acter do not forget to keep in mind that which has been said before in reference to giving the batter the benefit of the doubt. If there is any uncertainty as to whether the fielder could have handled the ball better than he did let the batter have the | benefit of it and add the base to his hit. There is a good reason for this. The outfield on almost all grounds is by no means in as good condition | as the Infleld. Tt is the extremely rare exception to find an outfleld on | which the ball bounds perfectly and | rolls in a straight line and with uni- | formity. The ball will start well and strike some small obstruction which will throw it to one side, and in the long run which the outfielder has to make for the ball he is often thrown S0 far to one side that there is no possible way for him to get up to it. Yet there are scorers who are in- clined to record this as an error be- cause the outfielder was “too slow.” It is not good scoring. The scorer is not in a position to know what peed the outflelder was using and he almost certainly cannot estimate well at what speed the ball was traveling. That is fully as impor- tant as the other consideration, Be sure that when a flelder Is charged with fumbling the ball he Siarmed with fumbling the ball he SEMI-SOFT COLLARS ‘Will not wile, crease, curl or fray: Appesr stiff, are soft. Launder easily. 35¢ each, 3 for $1 Madebythemakersof ArrowCollars 605-607 7th St. N.W. actually fumbles it. When a fielder is going on a dead run and reaches down and to one side to try to stop a ground hit that is just making time after it has been driven on a line by a hard batter, the flelder is not to be charged with an error be- cause he fails to get the ball. Not a bit of it Give him credit for going after it. Some fielders would not take the trouble to bend over to try to_grasp the ball. There 13 a rule about giving extra ' hits to batters when the winning run is on the bases. If the winning run is on second and the batter makes a long-distance hit he is given a two- bagger. If the winning run is on first the batter gets a three-bagger, and if the winning run is on third he a single. If the winning run is on third and the batter hits the ball over the fence the latter is to be given a home run, but be sure that he goes around the bases. He cannot have his home run unless he doe. Try to figure out by the best use estimating ability whether a fielder could have made a play even if he had fielded the ball perfectly instead of missing it. sential which enters into high-class scoring. I satisfied that he could not have made the play, no error is to be charged. (Copyright, 1923.) of | That is another es- | MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTERS WASHINGTON. Bats Throws Played with in 1022 Cairo (Kitty) ‘Washington Tampa (Fla. State) Minneapolis (A. A.) ‘Wanshington Shreveport (Texas) ‘Washington Red Sox Little Rock (So. A.) ‘Washington Pitchers Beach, Henry K Brillheart, James B Hankins, Donald W Hollingxworth, John B. Johnwon, Walter P.... MeGrew, Walter H.... Mogridge, George..... Ruxwell, Allen ‘Warmoth, Wallace W. . Zachary, Jonathan T.. Catchers Gharrity, Ed Hargrave. William M. . Lapan, Peter N,.... Ruel, Harold... Inflelders exe, Oxwald L. h, Owen nroy, William F. . xnon, Harold D.. Harrix, Stanley. Judge, Joseph 1 LaMotte, Robert. ... Peckinpaugh, Roger ' Outhelders FRaaaad - z [ 17 15 Batg. Fldg. 256 981 .az1 ‘Washington New Haven (Eastern) Little Rock (So. A.) Red Sox RBRERER CrENEIEars Zyo ESEEBARESZ 0 Washington Washington Minneapolis (A. A.) Rochexter (Internat'l) Washington ‘Wanshington Washington Washington N 147 Indians St. Joneph (Western) Washington Semi-pro Washington 154 295 Minneapolix (A. A.) 165 311 Griffith, president. wen Bush, mannger. B. Eynon, jr., secretary. Tampa, Fla., training camp. Ick Altrock nnd George Gibaon, conchex. mex played nt American League Park. Capacity, 23,000, (Copyright. 1 75 109 101 324 No record ieorge A Leon.... MeNamarn, dgar C. (Sam). Wade, Richard F... b BY JACR BRITTOA - = HERO OF 500 FIGHTS = VERY time a champion goes into the ring for a decision fight he takes a chance that is worth a lot of money to him. That is one of the reasons why champions and first-class contenders ask such big percentages for boxing under the decision law in New Ydrk. do not mean to create the impression that there is anything off- shade in the work of judges and referees in New York or other big boxing centers. On the contrary, | am sure that some of the queer decisions such as took the titles away from Harry Greb and Pancho Villa were sincere opinions of the officials that they had lost, but that their judgment was founded on n|i~mk1_n ideas about the value of points. _The L 13 4 Kid 17, 1 have s due to faulty th boxers will admit that th points truth in heat of a position to own work Anyway, 1 1 stands on the books. Battling Levinsky fore my bout with he was needed in before s of my champion always thought, wa ure very few who chaps there fs some ‘tion is not in a in Davton. Ohio, in ient, aithough I admit ¥ lost @ decision on slim the opinion that a boxer in the glve an accurate judgment of his I lost o twenty-round decision and the title to Lewis and it wus scheduled to fight in the east several days be- Lewis was to be held, and Dan Morgan, figuring that a «evinsky's corner, did not go out to Ohlo until the day the fight 1 Took Local Man nx Iteferee. sinnati with my brother-in-law, Harold W r~ thought 1 went 1o ( my training, an Interest in here wax the usual con- for Walter Kelly, but 1 Bauman, a Cincinnati man, ion ax an official. of the ar; tx nnd agreed to I wax highly r ded in that xec training was to get my legs strong and m{ wind to do much boxing. as [ knew enough about Lewis to uld beat him if 1 was strong enough to keep going fast My only purpose good. 1 didn'e hay feel sure that 1 ¢ for twenty round Just before the hout started on the night of the fight Morgan told me keep him off with my left hand and try to wear him down, as I never trouble in reuching him with a right up in the twentieth round if it goes that far. Lots of deci &0 on the last round, resardless of what is done before,” he said, [ to had Lewis Boxes in Cautious Manner. when it got under way wasn't particularly exciting tious and I didn’t get many openings. I felt that I was scor- Ing all the points. Between rounds I would ask Dan how it looked, and he w 't one of those “yessers” who would hand yYou the “soft soap.” “You're going along easy. You're way out ahead. Wateh your punches and don't get any way 1id several times. We were always careful about “foul d all along that I was winning by a mile. I rested up about every other round and when the nineteenth finished 1 was perfectly fresh, The wis very ut there now and go to it and laxt round. I zave Lewin everything 1 had and put him down with a lef: hook to the jaw for the count of nine. He got up and held on xo I could et another xhot at hix jaw. He was wenk in the knees when the round ended and he weaved over to hix corner. ¥ Dan sald as the gong rang for the celing positively sure that there was no question about the verdict, T 1 back to my corner. For no particular reason I turned around toward the referee as I was getting into my robe and saw him point to Lewis as the winner. The dec across the after me. “You can kill a hundred and it won't get your title back. If vou lost a pile of dough on a race it wouldn't get the jack back if yvou slugged the sion stunnde me for a moment and then I lost my head. ring, but Morgan jumped through the ropes and chased I ran over horse, would it?" Morgan argued, and I finally cooled off and felt ashamed ' that I had looked like a poor loser. Campaign to Regain the Title. * Minus the title, there was only one thing ahead of us, and that was getting it back. When we returned to New York we tried to get Lewis to talk business, but all we could get out of Jimmy Johnston was a laugh “We are now in the no-decision business with you. The Kiddo will not give the old man another crack. Look elsewhere, gentlemen,” Johnston would say every time we put the subject up to him. It did no good to point out that I had given Lewis four decision fights when I held the title. Nothing could move Johnston from his stand. He finally conxented, perhaps becnuse he could get no other good cards, to give us three no-decision houts. In ench one Lewis might just as well have come in the ring on a motor cycle, as I couldn't get near him. As long as Johnston was handling Lewis we could not get any kind of a decision fight plea across in him, but finally they broke and Charley Har- vey took over Lewis. Harvey then took the initlative and came around asking Dan if he knew a good place for a bout. “Decision?" Dan asked. No-decision.” Harvey replied. 1 thought Dan would try some of the arguments that he wasted on Johnston, but he surprised me. “Yes, 1 know a good place, Charley—Canton, Ohio.” The match was made. I thought it was peculiar that Dan had accepted the bout much affability and I was surprised that he had selected Canton. with 80 He had gets | worked up a plan for a little strategy. however, and T will relate the plan and how it worked in regaining the title for me in the next and last chaper. (Copyright, 1023. U. 8. and Canada, by North American Newspaper Alliance.) ! Dupont A. C. trounced Vernon A. C. WHITE AND WILLIAMS | yesterday, 10 to 7. Hits by Hickey and BOX TEN TAME ROUNDS}K"M featured. For games with the wlnn:rx sca“ Mnnnx’{er §0§ K:'GD North 5395, v ‘cloc GHICAGO, April, 10—Jobnny Wil- North 8395, between 7 and 8 o'clac liams of New York and Charlie White of Chicago, lightweights, fought ten tame rounds last night. Some newspaper men called it a draw and some gave White a slight shade. THE WELL DRESSED MEN AROUND TOWN TODAY WEAR Wilner Clothes because they are custom-tai- lored to order from 100 per cent all-wool fabrics and cost 335 only Wilner garments are made » remises by skilled union tailors and designers. JOS. A. WILNER & CO. Custom Tailors y Corner 8th and G Streets NW. , on the High-grade Shoes. 1 noticeable development toward a higher standard of perfection. sents such styles which only serve to add to their popularity. You are assured satisfaction in Priced from $6.50 up. Hess Shoes. 931 Pa. Ave. N.W. Lewis ! I | \ | | QUALITY SHOES —For Over 50 Years OR over 50 years we have been making only 50 Years of Good Shoemaking ! catcher. AB. B, E -] JACK GOES THE F.OUTE > = 20. A, T 2l owannronnmn: P ol onocon: BOSTON, Powell, of. Bmith,’ ss. "y ° Bowmm Bogwell, Ford, b Watson, P. {Cruise S Genewich, p...... L] [PROITRITRIRIIE - 1] [SHREARARN ol conmoncssont ul sooossssonsl ol coonononnoollal cossonmonne Bl coneoscsns slasesacssasallsloesassossns! 8l corunsi Totals *Wade batted for Hollingswort) tCruise batted for Watson in sixi 00100000 01 13000000 x4 s hit—Southworth. Three-base hit— Bacrifiors—Bmith. Gol Double lays—Ford to Smith to Mclnais, Lamotte to Ruel, Gorlin to Judge, Left on basehWashe ington, 10; Boston. Watson, 3; off Hollingsworth, 3: off G 3. Hiti—Off Watson. 6 in 6 innings: lingsworth, 6 in 8 indings; off Genewioh. none in 3 innings. Hit by pi {Peckinpuugh). 4; by Losing ‘ypitoher—Hollingsworth, Messrs. ran and Ormsby. —1 hour and 40 minutes, EXHIBITION GAMES At Oklahoma City, Okla.— New York (A). Brooklyn (N).... ey Batteries—Jones, Hoyt end Reuther and Deberry, Hungli & o &5 8 g 2 t) R. H E 178 4 9 2 chang; Vance, At Huntsville, Als.— 8t. Louis (N) Detroit (A)... Batteries—Doak, Sel and Bassler, Woodall, 1 5 3 Dauss co s oreeAl il and Clemons; At Chattanoor: foge (i S orkc () : 510 2 Butteries—Faber, Connally and Schalk; J. Burnes, Jonnard and Snyder. e 201 At Wichita Falls, Tox— Cliicago (M) Wichita Falis (Texas).l. 3 5 2 Batteries—Dumovich, Bteuland_and Hart. rett. O'Farrell; Mokan, Fincher, Flaherty and Bischof. At Memphis, Tenn.— Pittsburgh _(N) Memphis (8).... . e Batteries—Cooper, _ Morrison and Mattox: Patterson, Wills and Tate. 9 14 2 1316 0 16 2 Gooch, | At Indianapolis— Indianapolis (AS) Cincinnati (N).. 28 Al Batteries—Burwell, Fitzsimmons and Krue- ger: Roberts, Rixey and Hargrave. TRIO OF SCHOOL NINES PLAYING GAMIES TODAY! 411 Three high school coaches will trive to smooth out rough spots in their nines today. when Western | visits Episcopal, Tech goes to Gonzaga | and Central faces the Georgetown freshmen at the Hilltop. Of the three school teams, Western appears the most backward. That was demonstrated in yesterday's game with St. John's College, when the Georgetown lads gave a weird exhibition. Medioere playing was | exhibited by both teams. In the seventh inning. when the game was! called, Western was in the lead, 22 to 13. Tommy Lake, heralded as one of Coach Green's mainstays, was in poor shape, his wild heaves and lack of speed forcing his retirement in the | second inning. His support also was ragged. When Knaebel rellieved him | the team rallled somewhat | Morris starred for the loosers, he twice making circuit clouts, one off Lake and other off Knaebel. Hageage | of Western also hit a homer. The teams lined up as follows: Western—Stevens, first bas. Fough, second base; David, shortsto; Mitch- ell. Hunty. Hanegan, third: Dulin, left field; Hageage, center field; Un- verzagt, right field, and Humty, | | | John's—Werle, shortstop: Jo- : center;: Booner, second base; Morris, third base and pitcher; Min- inhan. first base: Loftus, catcher and Hutchinson, left fleld; Greenwell, right field; Werss, Ozula.'left flald. In the game today with Episcopal, Western probably will use Hannegan in the box. Gonzaga is unlikely to offer Technical little opposition while Central expects the George- town freshmen to provide one of the hardest games of its schedule. St. seph, SISLER’S FAULTY VISION MAY REQUIRE OPERATION | NEW ORLEANS, April 10— Manager Lee Fohl of the St. Louix American League club declined here today to dixcuss reports thit George Sisler, the Browns' first sacker, was out of the gnme for good, becnuse of eve trouble. Fohl sald, however, that he did not ex- pect Sixler to be in condition to begin the season and that he did not know how long it would be before he could report. Sisler is mow in St. it Is mald it may be necessary for him to undergo an operation in order to correct an impairment of his vision. Each year has seen a Each season pre- | tour to Wa | hot days came along. CHARY AND WARMOTH WILL FACE THE BRAVES Raw Weather May Retard Bushmen on Trip Home- ward—Hollingsworth Hurls Well After Bad Start Yesterday, But Loses, 4-1. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HARLESTON, S. C,, April 10.—Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary and Wal- lace Westinghouse Warmoth, lefthand flingers, were expected to do the pitching for the Nationals today in their fifth game of the season with the Boston National Leaguers, but unless the clan of Grif- fith improves a bit in its batting, the Braves are likely to make their record for the series four wins against one defeat. The Boston crew registered its third victory yesterday at Savannah in a 4-to-1 contest. _ Johnkeer Baskerville Hollingsworth, right-hander, acquired from Minneapolis, went the route for the Nationals for the first time this sea son, and, after a streak of wildness at the start, performed excellently But his teammates were unable to solve the deliveries of Mule Watson and Joe Genevich, Boston recruit. Much weather not altogether to the Liking of the ball players after their | delightful sojourn at Tampa is likely to be encountered on the stopover hington if that of yester- day at Savannah was any criterion. | Sunday at Tampa was warm enough to be & midsummer day in Washing- ton, but the Savannah brand of weather was more like a late October day in the National Capital. A chill wind was blowing in from the nearby Atlantic coast and overcast skigs were decidedly unpleasant. A day or so such as yvesterday dur- ing the homeward journey may not bother the players to any extent, but if the coolness and moisture prevails all the way to the home town of the Nationals, some of the athletes prob- ably will lose a bit of the condition gained on the west coast of Florida It would be harmful, especially to th pitchers, who need all the warm days they can get from now until the American League season gets under way ZA ance against the Braves' Yanigans. eeing O'Neill now one would never believe that he was go desperately ill after the 1920 season, his first with He is up to his nor mal speed anld strenkil have returned and he is not in the least lacking in stamina. Billy Smith scout of the Nationals, who was man ager of the Shreveport team when Jimmy was playing such & great gam« for it before coming to Washington declares the infielder is in better con dition at present than he ever was in his Texas League days. La Motte Does Well at Short. Motte demonstrated that he y at shortstop yesterday in fill that position for four innings. He did not have much to do. but neither did the other Nationals, for there wa little to the affair after the third ning. Bobby gave the home Ly handling cleanly hi but he failed to conne Sately in In his first trip, however, {barely missed registering a Southworth grabbing the re after a hard run There was little hitting done any of the onals. Six clouts, all | singles, w credited to them and all came off Watson, who hurled the first six Innings. Joe Judge and Bill Conroy aceounted for two each, with the others going to anley Harris and Joey Genevich let three batters get to first base in three nnings, passing two and hitting another The Nation, the third which the After Rice he hit flying Conroy Likes Cool Weather. Bill Conroy is one member of the clan of Grifith who prefers cool weather, however. He hails from Chi- cago, where the breezes frequently blow in from Lake Michigan, and they generally have considerable ter weather. While with Minneapolis Conroy was stricken with a peculiar illness that threatened to put him out of the game for all time, and the player insists that he never was bothered by the affection until the He was under | for some time after the sed, and recovered during by a treatment season the winter But much weather reduce Is got their lone run in on, the only one could cluster smash had been retired. Harr strolled and went to third when Judge singled past second base Gosiins out to Powell in center tal lied Harris, a Evans' single moved | Judge to third, but Conroy ended tin inning by rolling to Ford Prior to this, Hollingsworth had been slammed for five safeties that I h his wildness, netted the Braves four runs. In the first ir ning Powell walked and got 1 when Southworth singled after Smith had fanned. Boeckel h to Tight for one scoring Powe and putting outiiworth third MclInnis lofted to shoit left, Motte making the catch and doubling Southworth at the plate. Bagwell opened the Braves inning with a triple to left Ford had fou 1 to Ruel cal when O'Neill singled to cente | son and Powell were walked, filling the bas Smith's fly to Rice | O'Neill count and Southworth’s double sent Watson in Boeckel ended the inning by popping to the pitcher. Thereafter Hollingsworth hurled in good style. permitting only five Braves to reach first. Two of them were walked, two arrived at the ini- tial station through fielders’ choices aund another singled. The was marked by good ms. This was the ground was poor. ¢ the distance of the park from the city. more than 4,000 fans saw the match, the best attendance of the Mationals' exhibition series. Joe Jackson a Spectator. of this idea that warm his effectiveness on the ball field may be mere fancy with Conroy. He certainly did not seem to be impaired physically at the Tam pa camp. His fielding, both at firs and third bas as expecially good, his throwing speedy and accurate and his batting of high order. In the last ten games at Tampa, Bill poungded all kinds of pitching, and went with- out a safe hit in only one of the en- gagements. If he works poorly in warm weather, he would make a whale of a player in the arctic league Conroy seems assured of his job at third base when the championship season starts, but there will he others ready to take his place should his antipathy to hot weather reduce his effectiveness. Within a week or two Bobby La Motte should be thoroughly rid of his charleyhorse and prepared to step over to the hot cor t moment's notice. Ossie Blu can take care of the third base nosi- »n right well, although he is no- where near so good there as at short- »p. Ossie belongs in the first flight of the big league shortfielders, There likely will be a third substi- tute infielder with the squad who can in_a pinch fill in at third. Jimmy ('N8ill probably will be retained by the Nationals instead of being farmed to one of the lower-cluss circuits. The transfer of O'Neill tq a minor league was considered for # time, but his recent work has been so impres sive that he practically is assured a place with the squad. O'Neill is. of course, best around the keystone sack, either at short or sec- ond, but Is versatile enough to be used . - at third. 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