The Washington times., 1915-09-12
RICKEY is NOW EXPERIMENTING.

Louis Brownies here Thursday to open
a four-day stop in the Capital. has al
ready begun experimenting. lie u's-
posed of Grover Lowdcrniik 10 the
Tigers because the tall pitcher did not
take to the Hickey system of playing
ball. But nc has several coming twlrl-
ers in his squad. and they VIII be seen
in action here. hickey plans to usc
this final month as training trip for
his new players. lie is makins even
mere radical changes in his lineup than
is Connie Mack, which is going some
Billy Lee, the little out1lelder prougnt
here by Jack Ryan a couple OF years
ago and released without much OF
trial, is with the Brownies after a fine
can play the irfield AS we'll as the out
ileld. but he is more likely to be in
the saroen when the Brownies show
up in the Capital.
Jim Parks. right handed finger
from Lexington. Chic, is II likel, look
ing lad. He won his first game in
the big show. deissatins he Indians, ms
mound against the Griffmen.
John Tillman. from the New Bedford,
Colonial League team. is with the
Brownies, eager for trial.
Eugenc Pauletsc, who once had a
trial with the Giants. is back again
in the big show, coming to the Brown-
les from Nashville in the Southern
L
man and hit for 800 with Nashville.
Four other twirlers to be tried out by
Hickey are Tim McCahe, from Decatur.
in the Three-Eye League; Clarence
Sims, of Charleston. in the Ohio state
circuit; Allen Sothern. from WICHITA. In
the Western League, and Jim Phillips.
from Wilkesbarre. in the New York
State League.
Washington has yet to see Chester
Hof, a young southpaw from Roches-
ter. in the International League. He
may work in one of the games here
Carl Sawyer-the fans have already
decided to call him Tom, after their
boyhood's hero-has made his debut and
fills the eye exactly. The Old Fox sent
The kid from Des Moines to second base
Indians. and he delivered. II he can hit
in this league he will surely become a
popular hero for Washington bugs. for
they took to his rapid-fire style Of play
ing the bag and didn't hesitate about
letting him know 1t.
Sawyer drilled up to the platter four
times. On his first trip ne smashed
clean bingle to left. later scoring on
next time a high bounce to Evans re-
tired him at first base. A long fly to
Jack Graney was his offering In the
sixth. The last time he. famed. The
youngster showed good pose at the
plate and seemed to pick out the good
ones.
In the field Sawyer made his biggest
easd ppfa to oe se GeSeo esS In the he
Catamount by the manner in which he
took throws and blocked off runners.
He used his thinktank, too, and was
never caught asleep.
Not till the fourth inning did Sawyer
give an exhibition of hs secondbase
play. Then Kirke crashed to center
with Graney on third and Smith on
first Graney scored and Smith. like
romped down about fifteen feet while
Milan was throwing to Foster. Quick
as a fash Sawyer saw his opportunity
and cut in behind Smith. He took the
a veteran. That played called for ap-
plause.
n the seyepn he dsyeTsa the gs9ds
ing. Smith was on third and Kirke on
first with one gone. Evans greeted
Ayers with tiny bunt that was pop
ball and got Smith at the plate
Steve o'Neill had a sort of idea that
Henry ' handed the 'G BAH IA BIT ene high fsh"'" to
Sawyer, but the kid wasn't feazed a
bit. He brought the pill down neatly
and rode the Indian backstop into the
bag.
Turner, Barber was started in left
field by Manager Griffith, playing seven
innings IN lhe garden. He was yanked
N the eighth by the cautious leader
for fear he might make a serious error.
The score was then to t. and the
Old Fox did not relish taking chances
But while he was in the lineup Barber
displayed some hitting strength that
was welcome relief for the fans who
have rooted for the light hitting Griff-
men. He started the game with a hot
one that Collamore was unable to field
and in the second frame 1t was his
drive to midfeld that scored Sawyer.
On his third essay he bounced a high
one to Collamore and was thrown out
While long fiy to right was his fourth
bit Of work.
Sam Rice. the Virginia League recruit
pitcher. started his first home game for
the Griffmcn. and while he was hit
hard in spots. wavering support had
something 10 do with his exit in the
sixth after the Indians had tied the
tally Rice is bit green for this l=ssuo,
but he is coming ahead fast, and the
next time ont he will look better. He
has a lot to learn about holding run
ners on the bases and covering up his
stuff. but that will come with expert
ence. Rice is a good prospect for the
mound duties at Georgia avenue.
The Grifmen coppcd the victory in
the opening game with the Indians in
the eighth iDnin- chasn rur