The Washington herald., 1912-07-19
Manager Of the Browns Will
Look to the Future is
in Full Charge
OTHER SPORTING COMMENT
ny WILLIAM PEET.

Of affairs does not exist at present. when
I took the reins." Stovall said, II made
II plain that unless money was spent for
young players l could do nothing. and
would not attempt the job. Hedges
promised to spend the necessary coin for
talent and also to back me up in every
move / made. and not TO interfere. In
other words. was to be left entirely in
charge. and thus far the owner Of the
club has kept his word"
Stovall has already gathered around
him the nucleus for a mighty good ball
club. He has no Walter johnson, Hal
Chase, Ty Cobb. or Joe jackson enrolled.
but his men are all hustling hard, and
since the club has been East they have
given every opponent q sim argument.
Next season, with Stovall at the helm.
there may be a big surprise party In store
for some of the other American League
clubs.
Rain put the ball yard on the blink yes
terday afternoon, and the game had to
be called on. Two games will be played
this afternoon, the first starting promptly
at o'clock. Bob Groom will probably
work the first game and Carl Cashion
the second for the Nationals. Hamilton
and Charley Brown will probably be the
men selected by Stovall.
Tommy Rice, ahe former Washington
baseball writer. now doing time on the
Brooklyn Eagle, hands Bob Groom the
following compliment: How can you size
up pitcher with any certainty? The
logged persistency with which John ].
McGraw stuck to Rube' Marquard while
the Rube was considered the biggest gold
brick in the league has become histori-
cal. Another case Of the same sprt is
~ A. re-
Groom had never done anything in par
ticular for Washington until this season.
yet every manager who saw him said
that he had the makings of a sure
enough winner. They declared he had
side-arm delivery that was a wonder and
could not understand why he did not at
tain greater SUCCESS Such comment
caused the club to hold onto him and
this season he is delivering the goods.
Bill Kimball threatens to go West with
the Nationals on their next trip.
There's a red light on the track" &c.
With the lively ball IT seems as If the
turn of the modern game sets as strongly
toward batting out as II does 10 sacrifice
when the other side is two runs ahead.
The law of chances this season thus far
has been with the hit and run play as op-
posed to the sacrifice. With dead ball
the reverse would probably be the case.
England calls us potential profess
sionaIs." because here or there some ath-
lete may eventually take advantage or
his athletic education to become a coach:
but for one sthat eventuates thus there
are thousands who never dream or turn
ing professional
Great Britain is, as usual. jealous OF
the Americans. They have failed be-
cause they lack system in everything
that concerns their sports. For that
reason they are decrying the very things
that make for success: Application and
attention to detail.
Says a Philadelphia exchange: Bob
Groom, the Washington Senators tooth
pick mound artist, who is pitching the
best game of his career SO far this sea-
son, is a regular Chinese puzzle to the
heaviest swatters-
Every time the Senators play the De-
troit Tigers and Groom Is slated to pitch
Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford twist their
faces into about twenty-seven different
varieties.
Long Bob has undoubtedly the widest
break to his splitter OF any pitcher in
either league, and Cobb and Crawford
fall oftener for this sort Of ball than any
other. As a result, this pair generally
foul out or strike out
Our own Eddie Collins does not like
Groom's twirling very much. either.
When Bob gets them working right ne
generally has the left hand hitters pull
ing away, no matter how good they are.
So after sneaking one or two over, the
Washington lad mixes them with slow
one, and generally the mighty slugger
iof, chance etfhar
swinging too soon or catching the phi
down near the handle for an easy out.
Ping Bodie, the famous Italian fence
breaker of the White sox. is also a soft
one for Bob.
The following is from the pen Of Hugh
Fullerton, the well-known Chicago base
ball writer:
ossIFICATIoN
he could Geld like sheckard and bat like Cobb;
His speed made Joe Jackson appear like 4 slob;
He could throw. he could hit, he could field, he
a. had the Job cipched er. til. season b.sun-
But nov he's back in the bushes
He could block Ike Wagner and slide Ike Doyle;
No fader splitter his hitting could spoil;
He there with the whip; he was there at the bat
He was great in all b7nches-ave under his hat
30 now he's back In the bushes
The fate Of the boueheads the sddest Of all;
The higher we boost them, the harder they fall
A baseball fan slips over the following:
The Browns are favorites for the SUBJ
terranean pentathlon and the cellar de-
cathlon.
Sporting Editor Herald: Please pub
lish the record for circling the bases.
JACK d.
Answer-Lobert, Of Cincinnati, circied
the bases in Cincinnati. October Il. 1910,
In Is rs seconds.
Hank Robinson is some rescue pitcher.
He has Jumped in and won two games on