The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16

Cliff Blankenship and Charley Jones.
sthose useful but unfortunate young
heroes Of the Washington baseball club,
turned up in our beautiful city this
morning. Clymcr started from Detroit
with them. but stopped In Pittsburg.
Jones has a sore side Blankenships
broken forednger on his throwing hand
us still sore. and what is more. in heal
ing it seems to have lost its grip. for he
was complaining that il was almost i'm
q. possible Tor MIN to close his digits prop
erly on the ball. AS the fo-efnger IL
quite a useful member in heaving
Blankcnship will probably have to wait
until it IS entirely healed. and then
round it into shape by violent massage,
electrical treatment and such like.
l3lankenship IS enthusiastic about
johnson, the young twirlcr he dug up in
The Idaho State League. Guoth he:
his johnson person looks like the
candy To ne. he has none o. your
=. foolish trick deliveries Ike SchmutZ. the
Seattle High School phe1oT OF whom
you Were speaking, and who attracted
so much attention here last week. He
"a IS a ndtuTal-bOrn pitcher man. with q
delivery as free and natural as Cy
b. Young, and six feet Of Drawn and mus
Gle give weight to his efforts. 1t was
The fact that he had a side-arm move
ment and did not have to depend upon
~ any One-sedsCn shoots which caught ny
80 fancy and made me put the .. X. tag on
,- him. Mixed uD with his other little
pecUliarities is a cross fire from nine
different corners Of the box, all Of which
IS quite deceptive in large as well as
small cities
"Out IN Idaho their funny little league
plays once a week, maybe, and at other
times they play occasionally. perhaps.
: never saw Johnson pitch a game. bat
& watched him carefully In practice and
- he had the earmarks OF the real thing.
y My personal observation was supported
by the dope figures Holding teams
Seventy-five innings without a run is
quite a 'passeI o. pitching.' as tbev saw
. In my dear old Georgia home, whether
the opposition is major league or class
( q.
& ALSO. keep an eye on Shipke He
d may not set the world aflre this season,
but he handles himself like "A ball play
Ter and the other men are confident he
Will bat better in the American League
than he did In the West, which some
times happens. Milan, the Wichita
4 outfielder is another bonny youth who
ehould be comfort to the Washington
fans. He is speedy, hits hard, and
fields we'll"
Mig Perrine has gone back TO the
minors and Is TO play in Minneapolis.
This is by no means startling I'M
expected. Not for minute from the
time Perrine Joined Washington in Cal
weston this spring did he look like a
man to help the club out of last place
in the American League. The first mis-
take was IN trying to make a short
stop OF him He couldn't field the posi-
ton well enough for his company. and
was entirely unreliable as a throwcr.
AS a batter he was shy many many
! points Of major league standing. In the
r carly part Of the season his good for
tune in pOkinG out Texas leaguers was
phenomenal and became almost pro-
b verbal. but even the baseball sharks
d of the Idaho State League would have
p known that this was nothing but luck
and could not continue. After awhile
E the tickle goddess became awcary OF
sending so many smiles IN one direction.
and Mig fell TO his proper place in The
batting averages. and also the estim1-
ton Of the fans.
His one speciality was pivot throwing
10 either first or third from second. and
at that he was the goods
He has many we'll wishers In Wash
inEtcn who hope he will hit his stride
in Minneapolis. He was a great sue
cess in the American Association. and
should be good for that company fOI
long time to come.
The National Commission, IL is an
rnounced this morning as " IL were news
has decided that Mike Kelley is a free
agent as far as the St Louis American
League club is concerned. but that Bar
Johnson has entered dissenting opinion
and can bar him from the American
League. which Johnson did This is ap.
parently a merely belated official an.
81 nouncement Of what all the newspaper.
published in full some weeks ago. and