The Washington herald., 1915-08-18
Griffmen In Bad Way
For Catchers, Right Now
Henry Only Dependable Receiver with Club Ainsmith
Hobbling Around Capital with Cane Morgan
May Soon Rejoin His Teammates.

| need a spy glass to see what is going
on in the diamond.
The Griffmen this afternoon open a
three-game series against the Cleve-
| land Indians. Joe Boehling will more
than likely be called upon 20 pitch.
and it is probable that Guy Morton
will oppose the souhpaw.
Here's a puff for Eppa Rixey. for
mer Virginia hurler. at present with
the Philadelphia Nationals. The Even
| ing Ledger's baseball writer hands out
the following: Seldom has Eppa
Rixey pitched better ball than he did
in the final game of the Braves Sc
as nearly helpless before his south
paw shoots as il is possible for a
, team to be, and they had but one real
! chance to score. That was in the
sixth inning, when Magee was pur-
posely passed. filling the bases. to al
| low Rixey to get at Schmidt. Tns
| wisdom of this move was apparent as
Rixey famed Schmidt. the big first
| bascman.
Lack of confidence was a serious
handicap to Rixey until the present
season was well under way. but yes
terday he appeared to be absolutely
certain of the result throughout.
There is no reason why Rixey should
not speedily develop into the best
left -hander in the game. now that he
has gained this confidence. There is
not a pitcher in either league with
more natural ability. and Rixey adds
to this the best control of any south
paw, barring Eddie Plank.
After experimenting with more play
ers so far this season than most man.
ayers would try out in two years.
Connie" Mack still is far from sat-
isfied with those he retains on his pay
roll and in an effort to get more ma
terial from which to try to pick play
ers for a pennant contender in 1916
has taken entire charge of the team
and has sent his captain. Harry Davis,
and his chief scout. Ira Thomas. on
another hunt through the tall grass"
Tom Seaton is said to be slipping.
When Seaton jumped the Phillies.
and went with the F'ederals he threw
down a team that gave him a chance
to be a star. The $500 the Feds
hung out as halt was more than Seaton
could refuse. Now all the Federal
teams are soaking the singing of Sea-
ton all over the lot. and it is said
that he may find that his Iron clad"
is not so powerful as he thought at
the time he signed it.
Tommy Mccarthy. scout for the Red
Sox, is a lucky fellow. Tommy's luck
lies in the fact that he always has
been with a champion. At one time
he did scouting for the Braves.
"Of course there is a chance of the
Red Sox being beaten" says Scout
Mccarthy. But that's about all you
could call it-just a chance. Person
ally / think they will walk in. Bos-
ton can certainly beat Detroit and
that's the only club they have to fear"
George Mogridge. the pitcher recent
~ secured from the Des Moines team
in the Central League. is in this way
getting his third major league trial
Mogridge was tried out in 1911 and
again in 1912 by the White SoX-but
he was found wanting. and the SoX
sent him back the last time without
string attached.
MoEridge seems to have corrected
his greatest fault this year-lack of
control-and he's been the sensation
of the Western circuit. He looks good
enough now to stand the major league
gaff.