The Washington times., 1920-01-26

league.
The Baltimore Orioles won an even
hund drei victories last season and col
Jared the bunt ng. Jack Dunn has
every one OF his p'aye 8 Bder con-
tract fr the coming season. and un-
. less the sun falls to shine the
heavens or he 10 es his cunning he
win pilot ther p"nnant winner
acrS'ss the line next fan.
The Orioles in winning their 1919
pennant won 13 games rom the sec
ond place TorontN Leafs 10 FROM Buff
falo, ~ from Bin~h mton. 10 fr m
Newark, l8 FROM r chester. ~ Z ON
Jersey City and an even 20 from
Reading. An cd 'ity In the rHce was
the fact that J"rs"y City. finishing
seventh, won 10 ga es from Ba IL
more-rnore than any other club
cogld take.
Gs'a- UiI Lamar Is Hfsh.
gin Lamar. the Rockville. Nd. boy
had soft time of 1t during his short
stay with the Rochester club. he go
into fOrty-four games With Arthur
Irwln's OUTFIT and smashed the appl
20 the tune OF .36s Then ibe Red So
discovered he had merits and yank'
him back to complete the campaign
Lamar, who Is wintering In ROCK
vino, will get a thorough trial wiz
the.,Boston Red Sox this spring. and
II any manager let's him get out OF
the American Leagu, on waivers h
should be hanged, drawn and quar-
tered Any young man In these days
who can sting the pill for 1863 In the
International League can hit.
Washin gtor fans will BE- Interested
n Jack Bcntley's career as mem
ber OF the ORIOLES. for Jack made his
start at Georgia avenue. though n"
didn't get far. He came to the Wash
ington club as a southD2w pikche'
IFS. first game was a two-hit anair
pitched on the morning of either july
4 or Labor Day, we don't now recall
which, We remember those two hit'
Cor we kept the Official score on 1
3ut Jack lacked steam on his Ia
one to hold his own in fast compan
and nobody ever thought OF playint
him at first base with Chick Gandil
2ooling around that corner.
& Made Good with Dunn.
II was only after Joining Jack
Dunn's Baltimore club that Bentley
n,ade> good. He began as a pitcher
end had some luck. He was far from
Icing a star, though, and so Dunn
played him in the outfield and finally
at first base. He came into his own
as a first sacker, shining especially
with the stick.
WIN the call to arms was heard.
BENTLEY went to Camp Meade and GOT
down to the more serious business or
learning to be a soldier. He soon be-
came a top sergeant, and, later. a
lieutenant He was decorated Tor
bravery in action against the Ger
mans and returned to find himself
cal hero with the Baltimore fans. II
responded by hitting the ball to the
tune Of 1924.
"Tm glad to be with Baltimore"
Jack told us one day last summer
I'm getting more money than the
Washington club ever offered me and
Dunn treats me white
Bentley spends the winter on his
tarm at Sandy Springs Md. frequent.
~ visiting Washington and calling on
his friends. During the season. when
ever the Orioles have an oT-day
Jacks generally to be found on the
Washington bench. for he was Away
a prime favorite with Clark Grifith's
lads.
EHerbe Hit for .1s6.
Frank Ellerbe's official average
with the Binghamton club. with
which he played third base until re-
porting to the Griffmen and replacing
Hank Shanks at short, was .2S6. IN
rs games Ellerbe grabbed l20 hits,
.,bout one hit q game, twenty of them
being doubles, twelve triples, and
seven good for the circuit
Ellerbe has signed with the Grin
men for 1890. and President Griffith
believes he will become q regular
though ne won't say just where. The
youngster showed certain weaknesses
At the bat last fall. and in some OF the
-eQuired details OF fielding at short
ne looked bad. especially on coming
IN for slow hit boundcrs. However
Ne may be used at third base or sec
ond, where his slow wind-up for
throwing may not Interfere with his
success
Zoe shannon. whose brother, Mau-
-ioe, Is now q member OF the Grfns.
was sent to Binghamton along with
i1lIerbe He played in tha outheld
and hit for .27s In 40 games. How
ever. he has not been recalled.
schultz Hits for Its.
wild Fire" Frank Schultz, who
pIayed right field for the Washington
club In 1918, hit for .24S In 1872 games
last season He began a. manager
ot the Binghamton club. but had such
rotten luck that he threw up the Job.
ana was about to quilt when the To-
ronto club signed him. He finished
che season with the Leafs and may be
cound with them again this spring
There 10 still considerable baseball
IN Che onc-time member of Frank
Chances Chicago Cub outneld.
Another former washington player.
Ray Morgan. has his name in these
averages released today. Morgan
started off with the Baltimore club.
desiring to be near his place of bust
mesa" lie got into forty-three games
with the orioles before getting into q
first fight on the bench one day In
Baltimore That ended his BaltL
more career. as Jack Dunn didn't care
TO have . second basrmsn who stag
gered around and bothered the out