The Washington times., 1921-05-10

fielder or so- remains to be seen.
( used, Of course, to advantage, but
nth 10 understood to have gazed upon
. rising second fielder not far from
Warrington. He gazed but that Is
all He was not deeply impressed
Now the Chief Boy Scout Is under
stood to have his eyes peeled In q
brand new shortstop who can hit like
Elierbe. field like Lamotte and run
and hight like O'Rourke.
II he fnds that young man, he could
do worse than give Ellerbe, LAmottc
I and oRourke in exchange for him.
That marvel will be worth to the
Griffs the combined salaries of the
three lads mentioned here. He will
leave but one more infieid place to be
strengthened. third base.
TWO PLACES WEAK.
Right now both third and short
are clogging UP the works. The Boy
Scout hopes to obtain all the needed
B athletes, but they are not In High
land. Meanwhile, the Griffs must play
sixteen games out on this edge OF
the league.
Just how long President Griffith
viii stay with the team is not known.
! II they hit q winning streak, he may
! forget his scouting but change all OF
them around. but IL they lose He'll
tear his hair, gnash his teeth and
hike to the bushes.
The Indians make IL no secret that
four straight victories Is what they
expect in their scraps with the Grfffs.
They claim four pitchers in great
shape, Coveleskie. Bagby, Mails and
Uhle, and cannot see how the Griffs
can do much with such clever fling
ers.
G t..
suffering from poor pitching and that
the White Sox resembles minor
league team. but that Ty Cobb has
his Tigers ripping things wide open
and 10 the principle ripper himself.
And the poor Griffs have eight games
! with the champions and the Tigers
~ q starter. Great stun. isn't it?
WILL RAISE BANNER.
Tomorrow there will be large time
at Dunn Field. The worlds cham
pionship banner will be raised in the
presence of Gov Hairy l.. Davis and
all those with the price. The COVER
nor will address the mob, the band
will play, Nick Altrock will cut few
capers and the Griffs will fly at the
Indiana All in all it should be an in
teresting proceeding to a Washing
tonian whose experience with cham
pionships is a bit small, II any. The
Indians, lesding the race with some
thing to spare. are in great shape. To
i make everything better. Bill Wamby
and Harry Lunte will soon be ready
to play ball. Wamby may not sup
plant young Stephenson. but will be
available with Lunte for relief duty.
Saw Young Stephenson Yesterday.
Shook hands with him. He stands
about five feet ten and looks to weigh
about 10 pounds of bone and plenty
of muscle. He sazes at you just as
Bill Hart-does at a brother bad man
In the pictures. Indeed, Young Mr..
Stephenson looks like a lad well able
to take care of shimself any where.
BOTH WILL STICK.
Fans here say that both Sewell and
Stephenson are in the lineup to stay.
The youngsters have speed and pep
to an extreme and are very popular.
II they do succeed, 1t might be well
for Chief Boy Scout Griffith to look
over college infielders as well as
pitchers.
Frank Frisch, Joe Sewell and Riggs
Stephenson are the only infielders to
leap from dear old alma mater to
I tough old malus pater in several
years. 1t Is reasonable to suppose
that Alabama and Fordham have no
corner on the supply of good varsity
inielders. yet no others have re-
ported. Can 1t be that. because
pitchers are SO much in demand. the
scouts watch only the varsity twirl-
ers? Wed like to know.
Manager Mcbride has no radical
changes to announce on the eve of
facing the champions of the world.
His infeld will remain as it is. Milan
will stay in left field and Brewer will
alternate with Bing Miller in right.
TIE pitching selections will continue
undetermined till the last moment
each day, the genial leader probably
not wishing to discourage the rest of
the lineup any sooner than neces-
sary.
HIT HAY VERY EARLY.
Everybody hit the hay early last
night, as the ride from Washington
was q rough one. The engineer must
have been cowpuncher in his youth
or q Cossack cavalryman, judging
from the banging and humping he
gave the gang. Certainly he could