The Washington herald., 1915-07-24
|GRIFFITH TARDY
| SHIPPING E|VGEL
Joe S Dad Says Pitcher Should
Have Been Sent to Minors
Two Years Ago.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
Nationals Still in the First Division,
Thanks to White sox Victory
Over New Yorks.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
BY WILLIAM PEET.

That Joe Engel, Grinrs Young
pitcher. should have been sent to the
minors two years ago is the opinion
OF none other than the young mans
latner' who unburdened himself to the
writer as follows:
was making a mistake in carving Toe
with the Washington ball club. where
Joe's best services were spent warm
ing the bench. "
Had Griff sent Joe to some good
minor league club two years ago and
Kept string on him, l believe tina,
the boy would be taking his regular
turn in the box today.
Il did not care to mako this sr.
gestion to Mr.. Griffith, for I realized
that he knew more about training hail
players than I. but l felt that Joe
should have been given a lot of work
IN order to gain control-and eyery-
BODY knows he was not getting IL on
the bench with the Nationals.
1t was good news to me when r
learned last Tuesday that Joe had
been sold to Minneapolis" Mr.. Engel
senior vouchsafed. for under CantiI-
lon the boy will get just what he
needs-plenty of work"
Joe Engel never really got a fair
show in the Capital. probably because
he is the only native Washingtonian
on the club
Whenever Joe has been slated To
start a game here. and his starts have
been few and far between. he declares
that he has yet to hear the name Of
the catcher announced through z mega
phone
Battery for Washington. Eneel |
and" -(cries of take him out-wafls of |
Let's go home), came the !
mighty roar from the stands COM
pletely drowning out the name of the |
II Engel should finish the season |
with Minneapolis and win a lot of
games. he can come back to the Can't
tai late in the fall and be hailed as a |
wonder. but that old adage. "A prophet
IS without honor in his own country"
obtains in Engers case
Thanks again to the Chicago White
Sox. the Grinmen this morning are still
N the first division. for the palIid hosed
gang trimmed the New Yorks again,
making it three in a row.
In the Federal League President
OF the Chicago Federals I
las had Manager Tinker on the carpet
because his team has not been winning.
NeeGhman threatens to get a winning
cam at any price. and he is talking of
anding "Stuffy" McInnes or Vic Safer.
Neeghman has been in baseball for a
ear and a half. but he has learned
nat pennants cannot be bought like
me OF the ham sandwiches that he sells
t his lunch counter.
Al Ortiz, the umpiring person. seems to
,e unduly worried about Grover Alexan-
ier the pitching wonder of the Phillies.
Alexander throws such a speedy ball
hat eventually it will hurt his arm"
ays Ortiz NO pitcher can last very
all the way that Alexander does"
However. Alexander seems to be shoot
ng Orth's argument to pieces right now.
alexander busted into big league baseball |,
ute few spells ago. Ever since then
Re has been throwing a bullet ball. If !.
UGH a delivery is to hurt the Alexander
wing. it would seem that Alexis wing I
'ould have started backward about !
hree years ago.
Instead of starting backward. however,
Ilexander's arm seems better and strong
r this year than ever before. The speed !.
the Phillie phenom never was so great .
s 1t Is now, and his arm is in such l
hape that he could pitch every third i
ay and not feel the strain. :
Christy Mathewson says il he is to !
ianage New York Federal League
sam. as reported in the papers which o
uote Mr.. Sinclair to that effect, they
ave neglected to notify him of the ar
lngements. At present he has a con-
act with the Giants that has some time
run.
II we remember Alright it was reported
few weeks ago that Judge Lands was
Ding to hand down that decision. This
me. according to the Chicago writer's,
lere was to be no kidding about It:
Somehow. we can't get it out of our
lads that the judge has quite a sense
humor.