The Washington times., 1915-07-12
Second and Connouoy at Third Makes Happy Combination r
LINEUP WITHOUT "
MORGAN SEEMS TO
BE AN IDEAL ONE
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

ss;. CHICAGO, July 12-That Ray Morgan
sv0 In no condition to play ball is shown
1seby his having to lay Off yesterday, his
re injured leg bothering him. Whether or
% not Morgan will draw salary while thus
o.. incapscitated Is not known. Manager
re Griffith insisted when he suspended
I'd Morgan that he would draw no money
c,- Until able to play. The second baseman
!. : played Saturday for FIVE innings, till
No the rain came, but had to quit yester-
N, day. This suspension stun Is becoming
- "a touchy subject with the Old Fox. and
5; he vouchsafes little information con-
j earning It
Dddts Foster Il making q fine second
- baseman and Connolly holds his own
s., At thipd Indeed. this lineup seems to
az. be ideal combination for the Griffmen.
nothough the Old Fox refuses to believe
~ It. Connollys hit In the first game was
sIsof the afternoon he was driving rollers
norat Eddie Collins. Connolly seems to
81 have changed his style at bat. He is
~ not getting his old college swing into
tho hcave of the bat, but is trying TO
~ follow instructions as to hitting big
not as quick as Foster on slow bunts in
s-s front OF him, but he has a good arm
rsf ness. At second Foster covers twice as
sb much ground to his right as Ray Nor
SoN ooSc dhu ne uOcS IL WIN less
10. bother and excitement. How ever, Man
"a, aser Griffith intends sending Foster
e. back to third as soon as Morgan IL
aele to play again.
jb. Morgan is somewhat worried over
4. his reception in Washington on the
=, return Of the team. He is a gamester
e!- and will not quit in the face of the
~ will be hurled at him are sure to in
- terfere with his playing and may
1s .neeessitate his being benched again
-. Joe Boehling expects to pitch the
", opening game in St. Louis tomorrow.
-, His injuEed finger has almost conf
%tb and he Woed out
Boehling's return to the lineup will
give Griff four pitchers to work in
-~ turn. but those two doubl leheaders
will force all the extra men to get
5 Unto action. II Boehling can show
: ~his real form he should prove of
: sgreat assistance to the team. for none
s.work good enough to suit the man
s.ager. Walter Johnson has not been
s~himeclf since he left Washington.
.sGallia is the steadiest Of the whole
ss.ally than all the others.
4 = Shattering that losing streak has
Ssflled the sriffmen' with confidence
:. forward to winning at least four OF
:. the six games from the Browns:
: They have now won three games. tied
p one. and lost eleven. Inst no" they
y reason out that they should win a
!. majority from the Browns cannot he
socn except by baseball player In
similar circumstances. But that's
what they are doing now. Manager
Griffith himself IS responsible for
this dope. as he can show by the rule
Of three just how It will he done.
The team leaves tonight for st.
Louis. Sixteen games remain to be
played after today. Six are with the
Browns. six with the Indians and
four with the Tigers. At the present
rate the Griffmen will win about
three. making six for the entire tour
Of the circuit. However they will
probably do better than that. They
should win at least ten games on this
trip out OF thirty-one played. This