Evening star., 1916-08-12
GRIFFITH PLANS TO REBUILD
NATIONALS BEFORE NEXT YEAR
New Material Being Sought to Take Place
Of Several Not Up to Requirements
Open at Boston Today.

released by the Federal League club.
| Detroit wants this pitcher and may get
him il it is willing to turn over young
inf1elder that the Tigers have farmed out
| and also comes through with the money
which Ehmke has cost the Washington
club. Good judges insist that Ehmke is
not yet ripe for major league company.
but that he stands n great chance OF
developing into star in due time
There has been such stupidity displayed
by certain members of the Nationals in
the matter of inside base ball during the
recent trip west that Griffith is satisfied
he Will have to resort to the ant1quated
system of directing every move of his
players with code OF signals Some of
the things which some of the players have
pulled absolutely makes it unsafe to allow
them to use their judgment.
There are only four or five players
on the team who can think when it
sense. So-cal1ed. though it is one of
the rarest things in base ball. and its
prevalence by no means justifies the
use of the word common.
Harry Harper will, in all probability,
be the pitcher to face the Red Sox in
today's game. He has been successful
against the present leaders in the race,
and if he gets the right kind of often
sive support it may be that he will
be able to bring about the unusual ex-
perience of a victory. Shore and Foster
having pitched in the Chicago series
recently, it is a pretty safe guess that
either Ruth or Leonard will be pitted
against the Griffmen.
There is no more unpopular team in
the league than the one Carrigan pre-
sides over, for the reason that it re-
sorts to the practice of intimidating
rival batsmen by the use of the bean
ball. This caused the row in st. Louis
recently which brought about the in
definite suspension of Catcher Thomas
and Jimmy Austin. The chances are
for ten days, for their offense occurred
on Sunday and undoubtedly proved a
detriment to the game.
Bobby Wallace, who was thought to
be through as a ball player two years
ago, when he was groomed for an UNI
pire's job, played really remarkable ball
in the games he took part in against
the Nationals. He hit better than he
used to and he fielded as well as ever.
Wallace's base ball days are by no
means over and Fielde& Jones figures
on carrying him for many years as the
Browns utility man.
That George Sisler has developed into
one of the best players in either major
league must be conceded. The young
ster is a most dangerous hitter and be-
sides being fast on his feet is decided
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anywhere on the team He is not an
ordinary pitcher, can play anywhere in
the infleld or outfield, and has acquired
a lot of knowledge of inside base ball
since he has been under. Jones guild
ance.
The Browns. like all other teams get
ting into a winning streak, have had
the breaks with them. Whenever some
thing extraordinary has to be accom-
plished even the. mediocre members OF
the team couVe through with some sort
of a sensa tional stunt and make vic
tory possible. In the game Thursday
for instance, Rice hit liner to right
center, with the bases full and none
out, and Marsans slid toward the ball
while il was on it's downward course
and he was fortunate enough to have 1t
fall into his outstretched hand and stick
there. Ordinarily a player who did not
try to play a line drive safe and hold 1t
down'to a single would have made a
mess of the play. and in this instance
it would have resulted in home run
and a victory for the Grinmen. for the
bail would have gone to the fence. az
neither of the other fielders was close
enough to back him up