The Washington times., 1920-08-04


finger in the troupe. 90. &C.. B
ono position has been greatly
strensthened in the Washington line
up since, coming here: That a.
the THIRD base. Freddie Thomas per.
formed for two days In wonderfui
fashion, Thomas will set no oceans
abIaze with his hitting, but ms
neidlns Is better than anything
Washington third sacker has shown
this year.
Thomas is a natural third base
man He is fast on his feet, mas
nne. throwing arm and knows wnat
TO DO with. the ball when he gets 1t.
He has made good already IN MS
two games with the Grinmen.
II lie expected that with Judge
regularly in the lineup Hank Shahs
will go over to third, Thomas TO
shortstop and Dllerbe to the bench
But II is possible that Shanks may
be given a rest, leaving Thomas ana
ElIerbe where they are. Eilerpe's
strong hitting is in his favor; 1t Kept
him Yesterday at the expense OF
Thomas. for Shanks was used at third
base.
O'NEILL IN SHAPE.
Further cumming the cards comes
the dope from DR.. Martin that Jimmy
O'NeilI will soon be in shape to play
ball. In that case the speediest In
field quartet would have Thomas on
third and O'Neill at short. They
cover considerable more ground than
do Shanks and Ellerbe, and -O'Neiii,
can hit quite well as either
Shanks or Ellerbe. Therefore, II
could appear that Judge, Harris,
O'Nein and Thomas will get the call
for flrst string performances when
they are all in condition to play.
All Cleveland is banking on enter
tanning the 1920 worlds sesies. Cleve-
land club officials are even now per-
fecting their plans for handling the
p big crowds sure to flock to league
park. When the Indians depart on
their hnai tour through the East the
present press box will vanish, new
one being erected on the roof large
enough to accommodate the hundreds
of correspondence and telegraph oper-
ators attending the series.
SO far as the fans are concerned.
the bugs here are sure of a pennant
victory and are already fling appli-
cations for seats at the worlds series.
The Cleveland park will not be- half
who would see the series and many,
more places will be left among those
failing to set tickets .
YANks ARE COMING.
The coming series here with the
New York Yankees is taking on some
of the aspects of a. worlds series.
Tickets are now on sale for the re-
served seats, and most of them have
already been sold.
Many fans have timed their vaca-
tions to allow them to see Babe Ruth
assasinate the Tribes twirlers In all
four games. While the Indians real
ctr nth of
they fear the White SoX more. The
Yankees must finish their campaign
on the road but the White Sow, like
the Indians, will be at home, and they
are well nigh invincible on the South
Side. &The champions play steadier
ball, too, than do the slugging Yanks.
"wa are doing the best we can
from day to day" says Iris Speaker.
''trying to win as many as we can.
We don't figure we have the pennant
won In August In the Anal rush for
the pennant much will depend on
pitching, and feel sure that Coveles-
kie, Bagby, Morton and Caldwell will
deliver. II they do, we should have
something to say about the worlds,
series.''
WILL MAKE FIGHT. ......
"Atith same time accidents may
happen. We are fairly we'll of for
the infeld and Graney and Evans in
the oritfield. Nunamaker and Thomas
can Glitch any day IL O'Neill Is out.
Nevertheless, having regulars out
bothefs team play, and we are pulling
to have the old jinx stay away. II
IL does-well, we are going to make
game 'fight for the flag"
The feeling around the league
amonsl the players is friendly toward
the Indians, and hostile toward the
White.tSo At the same time most
players think the champions will re-
peat.
They bank on the greater expert
ence and aggressiveness of the White
Sox. No favors are being given to
either contender. though. Victories
must be earned. There will be no
scandal attached to the pennant tri.
umph., "'
The Indians won a sloppy game
from the Griffs yesterday, 10 to 8.
Until Bagby appeared in the sixth, the
pitching on both sides was wretched.
The Cleveland veteran retired the
last twelve Griffs in order and looked
all nc is known to be. 49," '' '.'
Jezebet Tecumseh Zachary had no
speed and the home boys climbed all
over him. His support was none too
GOOD either, Shanks and ElIerbe
Being stationary inhelders and Roth
showing no ability to play the In
dfans' terrific wallops of the screen
behind him. vs.4 N.. Z. 81 -
lose iAcosts, the Cuban toy, pitcher.
demonstrated his utter worthlessress.
Al Schacht is due back today. He with
replsce Acosta as a relief hurler. Six
hits were obtained of Acosta, one
single, four doubles and triple in
three and two-third innings. II
scanned cruelty for the Indians to be
batting against him.
Ray Caldwell was also soundly