The Washington herald., 1912-12-24
CHASE PRAISES
JOHNNY PRIEST
Star First Stacker Of Yankees
Says Local Boy VIII
Make Good.
OTHER LOCAL COMMENT
Farmer to Coach Business High 1913
EleVen-Barton and Munich
in Shape.
OTHER LOCAL COMMENT
RxC W SWAN

Johnny Priest, the local boy who will
go South with the New York Yankees
next spring, is assured Of one thing, and
that is a good chance to make good at
third base for the American League
club.
HartzeI and Midkiff are the men
Johnny will have to beat out for the
position. and from his work while with
the Albany club. in the New York State
League, 4hat will not be a hard job. Last
summer Johnny hit the ball at a 800
clip and felded with the best in the cir
cult. His work at the hot corner was
the sensation OF the circuit, and more
than one big league club had scouts
look him over. but as he was the prop
erty of the Highlanders, there was no
chance OF getting him.
In a recent interview. published in a
New York paper. regarding the Yankees
OF 1913 Hal Chase is credited with hav-
ing the following to say about Johnny
Priest:
Priest will make a mighty good man
for third base. have watched him take
the fast ones at third for two years
and 1 am sure that he will hold his
own with the best in the league. In 1911
had Priest for a short time, but he
did not hit up TO expectations, and
had to farm him out, but with the ex-
perience he has gained l feel confident
I that he will make good"
This, coming from one of the greatest
ball players OF the day, shows that our
local lad has a lighting chance TO land
real Job IN the big show.
Buck Barton and Dutch Munich, the two
local boys who will 90 South with the
Nationals next spring, are taking the best
of care Of themselves. as both are anx-
ious TO make good. Barton has been
pitching for the Indoor team at the Ar
cade while Munich has been doing the
backstoppiDG
Barton, although a youngster, has great
control and that. more than anything
else, secured him chance to hurl the pill
i- the big league. Munich caught FOR the
Champion Pepco nine last summer In the
independence League, and while his hit
ting did not look any too good until the
close of the season. he pegged TO the
bases IN good style. Both the boys have
many loyal friends IN the District who
will be pulling for them all the time.
"Cuppy'' Farmer will coach the BusI
ness High School football team next fall.
This announcement was made yesterday
by one Of the highest officials in the ath-
letic world of Business High, and one
who knows WneTeOI ne SDtthS.
There was some little talk, after the
close Of the scholastic gridlron season.
that Farmer would not have charge of
the Stenographers next season, and had
this happened, the former Tech star
would have been done a grave injustice.
Farmer won. or. virtually won. two games
with d Business team, something no one
else has ever been able TO do in football,
and this is enough to warrant giving him
arother chance.
Farmer took charge OF a bunch Of boys
whom he had never seen, boys who knew
little football, and he turned out a ra,
thing good aggregation. Harry Harris,
who VIII captain the team next season,
is strong for "Cuppy," and stated yestcr-
Gay that, with Farmer in charge, a cham
p!onshlp team at Business was a posi-
bility.
Eastern and Business Will reopen the
Inter-scholastic Basketball League jan
uary , at the Y. NJ. C. \. Gymnasium,
and a good game should result Eastern
made a sorry showing against the Stenog-
raphers last week, but II is understood
that several real basketball players will
start the Business game January 3. and
different story should be told after the
contest
Eastern has the material for a corking
good basketball team. but the best men
have not been playing; Smith, Fisher,
and Cohin are all fairly capable goal
shooters, and why they have not been
playing is a mystery. II is safe to say
that those in charge of the basketball
team at Eastern will have this trio out
for the next game. or the team Will again
be treated to a nice defeat