The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-27
Failure Of Frenchman to Deliver
at Bat and AtUd Causes
Il Stock to Drop.
BARBER TO GET HIS CHANCE
lanky 0utfieIder viii Be Used at
Once to See II He Is Big
Z League Stuff.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

NEW YORK, June 27.-Henri Ron
deau's future as a big Lacquer hangs
In the balance today. II Manager Grif-
nth acts upon impulse. RondeAu will
be returned to Minneapolis within q day
or so. The Frenchman's poor showing.
both In the field and at the bat. against
the Yankees. has Just about determined
the Old Fox that he will not do.
When slim" Love relieved Ray Fish
q yesterday. Rondeau was put into the
game because he Is q right-hand hit
ter, He famed with Williams on SEQ
ond. waiting to score. Then. to make
matters worse. Rondeau manhandlsd
everything sent his way In the garden.
That Griffith was peeved at Rom
deau's showing was indicated by his
sending Turney Barber to left field In
the fifth inning. Barber has been shin
Ing the bench with his uniform for
. month. He has not handled q bat in
for him to get In some practice before
taking a place in the lineup. However.
the Old Fox could not wait. He der
ricked Rondeau and sent Barber.
The trouble with my. club 10 that
seid the, Old Fox bitterly last night.
They look like champions today and
IKE hams tomorrow. I'm going to lot
Barber take a whack at playing more
o. less regularly"
Barber is delighted with his oppor-
tunity. He had been worrying over his
long inaction. and would have welcomed
= release 80 that he might have played
every day with some minor league club.
Now 1t looks as II he might get q real
chance to show II that 800 average Of
his last season was a Joke or not.
Ray Morgan. now in Washington
caring for his sprained ankle. 10 ex-
pected to get into the game before the
week is out. A wire from the clubs
physician says that an x-ray picture
shows no break. merely a sprain.
With Morgan back at second base,
shanks will be available for an outfisld
berth against southpaw pitchers.
Tonight the Griffmen leave for home.
and they are all glad Of II. This trip
familiar scenes in the Capital with
% many women and children in the
party. two cars will be required to
transport the club to Washington.
Tomorrow at Georgia avenue the
worlds champion Boston Rex Sox, Just
now going at full lspeed. VIII lopen
by the Yankees and then ali the West
ern clubs. the home stay ending on
-
Here 10 the complete record of this
trip. most disappointing showing for a
team that looked like a winner in May:
Washington. Q; Boston, 4.
Washington. 0: Detroit. g.
Washington, I; Cleveland. O.
Washington. I: Chicago, 4.
Washington, 8; ST. Louis o.
Washington. 2; Philadelphia, 1.
washington. ]; New York, 4,
Today the winning percentage ID ex-
notly 1888, eight victories having been
won ana sixteen defeats sustained.
: New York baseball writer's are gem
orally OF an opinion that the Griffmen
have blown in their chase for the
nag. Or course, these writer's here have
being constantly defeated, the GrifYs
played fighting game all through the
west, finally coming out on the long
end In st. Louis. e
Returning East, they began To shake
under the strain. In philadelphia they
9idnt look as good as they had in ST. |
Louis. Here they have PLAYED pcor
pail: The reliables are hitting at bad
pals and making boobies in the feId.
Maybe the team will regain its spirit |
when y gets home again, but the Old
FOX VIII have to invest in many pounds
OF pepper. II he wants to swing his
team back into the pennant hunt Right
ball club. o"