The Washington herald., 1920-06-21
by GEORGE L. MoRELAND.

When club In four games is out
batted and scores less runs than
their opponents, they cannot expect
to win many games. That is what
happened to the Nationals last
week, as the table printed will show.
The players all at once got into
a strike-out habit and twenty three
Of them hit the air in the four
games they played. while their op-
ponents were only made to strike
out nine times. Then the boys all
Of them took a promenade. This is
one department that the Washing
ton batters are strong in, but last
week they were fooled and instead
OF getting bad ones they had strikes
called on them.
The Nationals played one less
game than any other team and this
had something to do with them
scoring less runs and making less
hits than any other team in the
league.
Browns Going Strong
st. Louis on the other hand, had
a great week at the bat. cracking
out eighty-one hits and crossing the
plate fifty-four times. This helped
greatly to cause the winning Of all
the games they played last week
seven. The poor Athletics are al
most helpless again, as the record
they made last week would indicate.
II they do not soon get out OF the
slump, Connie will have to begin to
unload some of his players.
IL President Griffith could induce
Manager Mack to part with a couple
of his kids, Dugan and Dykes, what
a help they would be to the locals.
Money will buy anything, as they
say, and 1t would not be a bad idea
to try it. It won't cost anything,
and IL successful. the two lads
would make all the difference In
the world to the Nationals.
With Judge, Harris, Dugan and
Dykes on the infield, what a COM
bination it would make, and as
Vice President Richardson Is a close
friend of the tall manager. maybe
he could help to talk Connie into
this idea.
Consider MuIIigan.
Another man that could be pur-
chased is a young fellow out West.
Eddie Mulligan is his name, ana ne
began his baseball career with the
Chicago Cubs a few years ago. what
he is doing with the stick and on
the field at Salt Lake is caution
He is a natural ball player and one
that would help the team greatly
IL secured, and as stated above
money can get any player from the
minors.
The club batting averages this
week shows that the locals are hit
the list, with St Louis, by thelr
clouting last week, in the LEAD.
1t is in the fielding department as
well as the pitchers that the Ma
tionals have proven weak. Cntil
both are strengthened they Will not
win the games that their loyai
friends would wish.
SisIer Tops League.
George SisIer, the Browns nrst
baseman, is leading the American
League at a rather dizzy pace. he
is now batting way over the .4VV
mark and it is going to take all the
ability of Speaker and Jackson to
keen the pace that will be necessary
to head-off that clever batter.
1t looks very much like Cobb is
about through, for he does not ap-
pear to be able to get started as in
the days Of old.
Babe Ruth still keeps up that
merry clubbing of his. With his
nineteen home runs, just ten less
than his record for last year one
would be safe to gamble that the
baltimore kid would hammer out
at least fifty this season. The way
he is going. especially on his own
grounds, this is not impossible. HIS
grand batting average for the sea-
SON is .S55, truly remarkable per-
formance. He is not only slugsins
,he ball, but to the surprise OF many
he is right up there with the leaa-
crs in crossing the platter, for he
has scored ffty-one times in ffty-
two games.
The records for all departments OF
the game. including those played
last Saturday. follow: