The Washington times., 1915-06-07

New York has a two-game lead on the
Griffs. with the Tigers one to the good.
played. The Grtnmen have ' a twoesams
margin over the Athletics, and have
broken even with the remaining clubs.
Chicago. St. Louis. and Cleveland.
Bill Donovan. former Detroit idol.
drew 1928 fans to see him pitch against
his old team yesterday In the city or
Straits. Walter Johnson still holds the
troit He boosted this some 5000
couple of years ago when he won
l-to-0 game from Carl Zamloch. who
has since drifted back to the bushes.
In digging into the records, Bill
Hanna. the New York baseball expert,
ranks around the top, and his latest
collection OF figures shows that as an
offensive infield the old Boston Ma
tionals of 1897 were there with bells on
An infield batting for a combined total
of 1923 was some infield. Fred Tenney
had 1925; Lowe. ga: Long. :s27; ana
men. each one hitting for, more than
300
Hanna shows that the Baltimore in
neld of 1897. composed Of Doyle. Reitz,
average of .ss1. but Reitz was below
the 800 mark. with $50 Jennings, with
1853, and Doyle, with 1866. swung the
average above that OF the Boston quar-
-. OF the two big league teams he has
seen this season-and that's all but Chi
cago. st. Louis and Clevela Hanna
ranks the Braves infield the best de-
fensive quartet of the lot. with the
Griffmen second. and Detroit third It
is doubtful II the White Sox. Indians,
or Brownies will cause him to change
his mind any. either.
Francis Carroll, Fordham's star third
baseman. has signed with the Giants
instead Of the Athletics and Connie
Mack has been outgeneralded by Johnny
McGraw. It was supposed all along
that Carroll was going to the Philadel.
phia club, but McGraw hoped in and
signed the collegian right under Con-
The assm s
and had any number OF big league
scouts watching him.
Eddie Gegnier. the shortstop tried out
by Clark Griffith here In 1912, has been
released by the Brookfeds to the Spring
field club Of the Colonial league. the
Feds farm Gagnier has been out OF
The hospital only for few days. having
been struck in the head by pitched
ball, Gagner's light hitting caused his
drop back.
A little story with a smile is running
around concerning Hughey jennings
reason for signing Red" Mckee. his
catcher: According to the story, the
baseball writer's with the team came
10 the united conclusion that Mckee
was too light, couldn't hit or field and
was slow on his feet. When one OF
them asked Jennings which of the re-
scruits he would keep. Jennings replied
S'Well, of course. I'll keep Mckee"
mckee," gasped the questioner
why, he hasn't got a thing.
Hes got red hair" SNAPPED Hughey
S'and that's enough for me"
And Mckee is still with the Tigers
and playing good bail.
That the Griffmen will have no soft
time Of II this week should be taker
for granted. The Cleveland Indiana
have demonstrated their latent power
In all four games played with Griff'i
team this spring. They. are. al%ay.
looking for the opportunity Of comint
Up from behind, and. with Jackson
Chapman, Turner and Graney goine
good with the bat. carry the necessar,
artillery to raise ructions.
Though the Brownies are in seventh
place, they cannot be lightly passed
over No matter how they do It, the,
are continually causing trouble for al
opponents. Branch Hickey has an in
and-out aggregation. but II Is generally
''in' when facing the Griffmen. II Il
more than likely that Washington FAM
Sin have a chance OF seeing Grover
-Loudermilk in one OF the three contests
billed here. Loudermilk IL tall strue