The Washington herald., 1913-12-05
WHY RED SOX
BOUGHT MUNDAY
Jim McAleer Says Farrell's In
dOrsement Enough Because
the Duke Lauded Morgan.
JACK RYAN is BIG HELP
Grif Sure to Retain Veteran Catcher
to Help Develop Young
Twirlers-Gossip.
JACK RYAN is BIG HELP
By WILLIAM PEET.

Dy WILLIAM PEET.
Now that Jim McAleer is no longer
connected in any official capacity with
the Boston Red Sox. it will be interest
ing to note what will happen to a num-
ber of youngsters tried out by the Sox
during the fag end of last season.
Duke Farrell, the old catcher. who did
a little scouting for the Red Sox dur
ing the 1913 season, was down to look
over the Virginia League clubs in search
of pitching talent. with which to bolster
up the wobbIing Boston staff.
F::r-"l returned with a first baseman
named Nunday, whom he landed in New
port News or Portsmouth, and informed
McAleer that the only pitchers in the
Virginia League worth a continental darn
were sObbled up by the Washington
club.
Munday was quickly put to work in
Boston, and about all he could do that
was impressive was tc peg left handed
and catch balls thrown right at him. He
was weak hitter, slow on his feet,
and low-thrown balls got away from him.
Baseball experts in Boston, and 9TH
ers, decided at once that Munday was a
piece of cheese" and recommended that
he be sent back to the business, but Nc
Aleer refused to permit it.
Charley Farrell he said. dug up
Washington, and everybody in Wash
ingtOn said Morgan was too light and
would not do. l kept Morgan just the
same because Farrell told me that the
kid would come through, which he GER
tainly did.
This fellow Munday may not look
good right now. but l am going to hold
tight to him for a while anyway, and
accept Farrelrs Judgment
The foregoing statement was made by
McAleer to the writer when the Ma
tionals were in Boston for the final
1913 series against the Red Sox, but now
that MCAleer's reign is over, Manager
Carrigan and the new owners may de-
eide that Monday needs more seasoning.
and farm him out.
That Ban johnson is absolutely the
Czar of the American League was shown
just recently when he came East and
put through the deal which left Jim
McAleer and Rob McRoy on the outside
looking in far as running the Boston
Red SoX was concerned.
McAleer aroused Johnson's wrath
when he fired Jake Stahl in midseason,
and Big Ban kept his own councils at
the time, but soon started on the war
path. and the Ousting of McAleer is the
result. President johnson refused to sit
idly by and see Stahl publicly humili-
ated.
All of which must be sweet revenge
for Same Old Jake.
That Jack Ryan. the veteran catcher.
will again be retained by Clark Griffith
to coach and help develop the Nationals
young pitchers, is virtually assured.
Nick AItrock has been given the credit
of developing BOehling and helping
smooth off the rough corners of Jack
I,,,T
deserves the major amount of praise is
none other than Jack Ryan, who con-
verted himself into a human target all
last summer for these wild young men
to shoot at.
Ryan has way of encOurag ging the
youngsters that usually brings about the
desired results. Jack will have his hands
fun this spring with all those young big
husky pitchers Griff will turn loose in
Charlottesville.
Speaking of young pitchers, both Griff
and Ryan will be forced to work over
time when the boys spring train in order
to teach Slim Love how to throw an
effective curve.
Loves curve ball at present bends
about as much as a decrepit fish hook.
and unless the human slat'' can develop
a curve, his time of service in the Ameri-
can League will be short and sweet
Control and fair change of pace. with
good speed, is all that Love has at this
writing to recommend him, but he is
willing and anxious to learn.tso Griff is
hoping that he will come through next
spring.
Umpire Charles Rigler, who sold
Pitcher Eppa RiXey TO the Phillies two
years ago, and who formerly attended
the University of Virginia Law School
and incidently coached the baseball
nine, is at present in Cuba, acting as
ground keeper when he is not umpiring
RigIer evidently intends to make good
the saying of many National League
ball players that 'tas an umpire he is the
best ground keeper known to science"
Down in Charlottesville. Rigler is
Just about as welcome as a poIecat at
lawn party. The Rixey deal did not
leave good taste in the mouths of many
of the students. Big Eppa would have
been on the Nationals pay roll too, but
for Rigler.
Over in Baltimore where lives Fritz
Maisel, the young infielder Frank Chance
obtained for his Yankees from the
Orioles. the baseball writers are pre-
dieting a brilliant season for the kid.
who by the way is a native Of the
Monumental City and first played the
game on the sand-lots of that town.
Star Matthews, the Baltimore Sun ex-
pert, told the writer last fall that Maisel
was o.e of the most natural ball play
ers ever saw in his life, and offered
to be I new hat when the 1914 season
b. closed Maisel would not only be found
hitting close to the 300 mark, but that
he would be right on the heels Of Danny
MoeIler and Clyde Milan. the Nationals
great base stealers.
American League pitching averages |
published in these columns last week
certainly bore out the statement Of the |
writer and others that Connie Mack's |
Athletics were weak in the pitching |
department OF the first thirteen pitch |
ers onl" one was a member of the world |
champ rs. This was Render who rank |
ed eighth, Shawkey ranks fourteenth, |
Plank twentieth, Carol Brown twenty
sixth. Joe Bush forty-fifth, Houch fifty
third and Wyckoff fifty-fourth.'
Iaincolns Want Games.
The Lincoln basketball team would