Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20


The Ianks are in the thick OF BE-
SoN and Indians. They are none
cannot hope 10 remain in the race
ordinary run of events Mays would
be held out of the game for a Jew
10 action has been taken to make
a short time until higgins pltchln
use. Then there will be showdown
Whether the visiting players will
carry out their threat to refuse TO
play against him. or. if the athletes
backSwater and stand for his presence
in the lineup. whether Mays efec-
tiveness Will be impaired from being
unnerved as result of the fatallty
are matters of conjecture, as Is also
the attitude of the spectators toward
the pitcher.
As to Frank Brewer.
Frank Brewer the first-sacker. who
is being trained with a view to de-
veloping him into a third baseman.
has made a favorable impression on
Washington fans since entering the
lineup of the Nationals a week ago.
Brewer is not a fychaser by trade,
but has had some experience in the
garden, and has handled Bobby Roth s
position in capable manner. He goes
after a ball with nonchalance in
dicative of assurance in his ability.
Brewer has a strong arm, but one
trained for short throws across the
diamond rather than long pegs re-
quired Of an outfielder. He effectively
stand him in good stead in coming in
for Founders at the far corner.
To date Brewer has given little evil
dence of the home-run hitting prowess
he displayed with Reading. which
caused him to be dubbed the Babe
Ruth of the Minors" In his five games
here he has made only four hits in
nineteen times at bat for the meager
and being hit by a pitched ball once.
His only extra base bingle was the
double he manufactured off Shocker
Wednesday.
Brewer stands at the extreme rear
of the batter's box. He digs in for a
toe hold and does not pull away from
the ball. He does not use the methods
OF typical sluggers, such as Ruth and
jackson. who get the full weight of a
body swing into their drives, but is d
slap hitter on the order of Sam Rice
He grasps his bat at the extreme end
and wields it with. his arms held close
TO his body. Although he has yet to
get off a long drive on the local grounds
the two dozen or so home runs he has
made in the-luternational League this
season are proof positive of his ability to
clout the ball to far reaches of the field
The distance he attains largely is ac-
counted for by the muscular develop
ment of his forearms and wrists, which
moment of impact with the ball that is
such an important factor in the driving
of long-ball golfers. Brewer uses an
exceedingly heavy bat, and this fact
coupled with the speed of the pitchers
he now is being called on to face is ex-
rected to handicap him for time He
is looking at more smoke now than he
was accustomed to seeing in the Inter-
national.
Although unusually tall for an in
iS hill oil
supple lines and is quite fast for
player of his proportions. Griff has high
hopes of developing him into a third
baseman of merit
Rfce's Slump Due to Injury.
Sam Rice's slump in hitting. which
has caused his average to drop twen-
ty-three points in three weeks. is ac-
counted for by an injury incurred
early in the recent trip through the
west A bone bruise or torn ligament
in the heel of his left hand received
by scraping along the ground in slid
ing to a base prevents him from prop
erly gripping a bat and the pain oc-
casioned has been such that at times
1t is doubtful whether he could have
played without the tight tape bandage
he wears.
On August 4 Rice had sticking
average of .372 and stood a good
chance of forging ahead of one, or
more of the four players who boosted
better averages-Speaker. Sisler,
Jackson and Ruth. Under the handi-
cap of a wounded paw Rice's mark
has shrunk to .349. and it also has
affected his work in the one depart
ment where he stands out head and
shoulders above any rivel-base steal
ing-the recent infrequency of his
hits and consequent lessening of the
number of times he has gotten on the
base lines having limited his oppor-
tunities for putting his purloining
proclivities into practice. The theft
he engineered in the tenth inning of
the wind-up battle of Tuesdays dou-
bIeheader with the Browns is the first
bit of thievery Sam has pulled since
August 3.
Games Shifted to st. Louis.
Postponement of the double-head
listed for today with the Browns, who
depart this evening for Philadelphia
to return no more this season, means
that the Nationals will have to play
two double-headerS with the Burke
men next month when they make
their final visit of the year to ST.
Louis. In former years games not
disposed of in the city where they
were scheduled went unplayed, but
under the rules as revised last win
ter such contests are transferred to
the home grounds of the visiting
club.
The White Sox will be the attrac-
ton at Georgia avenue tomorrow.
CalvO Not "Sold. to Tampa.
In a dispatch from Tampa announc-
ing that Basil Workman, southpaw
pitcher sent by the Nationals to
Rochester. has been turned back to
Tampa because of illness, it is set
forth that Jack Calvo has been sold
by Washington to the Tampa club.
After the Little Rock club dismissed
Calvo and Carlson with the announce
that fnr
Brottem had been called off" Calvo
and Carlson set forth their case in
letter to the national commission.
and were informed by the tribunal
that their salary rights would be pro-
tected and that for the remainder of
the season they could May where
they willed. Calvo has accepted an
offer from Tampa. but not through
a sale by Griffith, who maintains the
Cuban is the property of Little Rock.
Carlson is at his home. in James
town. n. Y. and as far as is known
is not playing ball now