The Washington times., 1921-12-11
JIM SHAW WORKS.
WITH OSTEOPATHl
TO LOOSEN HIS
MOUND MUSCLES

MOOND 4MOOOLE6s
Pittsburgh Wild Man, Far From
Quitting in the Face. Of Al q
versity, Spending Off, Season
Getting Into Shape to Stage
a Comeback. 'S'sTa, g Si,i,
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER. on Of
TN SHAW, far from lying down
in the face Of adversity. ID mAkr
ing an honest endeavor to, jrs-.d
port at Tampa in February in physi-u
cal condition to make a hot fishtw
for regular Job. The big WASH
Iington pitcher is having an 0seeol~
path work on him this winter and
he says that already he nStscea ~
difference. Continued improvement :
may mean that j. Gruntling aShsvio
will be formidable competitorlfo /.
a regular job among the huslers3o (
next year. 3eti2sinuts "
from a bad shoulder. tweak Id III
groin and a stiff knee. An osteupa6hli
happened to notice his difficulties On
4 the rubber. He spoke to 6haws and
| asked that he be allowed to try hf6i
luck Ever since the canApafgnt
| ended the big pitcher hasos been
taking doses Of osteopathy In fegd52
| lar fashion. z ~ a.
Shaw now says that he- has a.
| freer action IN his shoulder, his lWAee
IL much stronger and that no sn0A
tees considerable Improvement IN hfs
groin. At the same rate OF bfn6iG
| provement. by March next the hiyd
pitcher shoald be ready to begfn hardJ
work. @ s1sasnoo
Shaw q Veteran. rotanada
Shaw is a veteran with the washn
| ington club. He has been Of snaaI
use to the team for the past etWo
seasons and last year, just before
the cool weather set in, he sta b@ck.
| to New Haven. He was merely eiutrs
terins up the bench at Georsis gaveg
| nue.. II. 10 is1s
The big Pittsburgher is no quits 3
ter, however. He went to work man
fully for the New Haven, club aaad,
| while not always a winner aipah. s
aged to do fairly we'll Hel cstneo
back with the, close Of the Kastesn-r
| Association season and finished qtfs n
big league campaign with the 0rtfssIT
He is now living in Cherrydales VAN
| President Griffith will be plsassd0
Immensely II Shaw works hlinselfo
into condition to pitch. When eoineis
at his best. the big fellow has brindink
speed During the days when hesused1i
the shine ball. he was never nit hardsd
Only since he began having tr0t141e 3
with his shoulder and his groin thalpi
Shaw been hit hard. He claimeds sls6sh
stride off the rubber and that. eferens
fore. he could not put all his epeed
| on the delivery. It now seems RSb0f "a
sibility that he may be In ndftionI0
to show at his best next spring. 1ssy
He Suggests . Deal. ,ssa.aa
! Harry H. Frazee. president ofIth<H
Boston Red sox. suggests to B6stoh
sports writer's that he may arranKe,H ,H !.
trade with the Gritfs. This 10 kaydS
to dope out. for Frazee would haftnvH
consider trading Scott. McInnis, Jdn@T
or Bush and that quartet Il about M ,
the club has. ,,,,Ss
Trades between the majors and tAa q
minors are coming hard for the r6asfo
4 son that there are so few good playsu
ers In the big leagues. The New York
Yankees, for instance. have killed oH61
Washington deal by refusing to let d
pitcher leave the league. That pitcher
has been a notorious in-and-outer ever
since he came In. but Higgins think
he might use him 1901
On the other hand. trades within thS =
league cannot be stopped. They re.,,
quire no waivers. II the Boston club !,
offers President Griffith what he be- = /.
lieves viii put the Washinstou duh In ,
me pennant rce. such q trade = ., :
other deals. He does nothing nat. !,
~ far an he can $50, win strengthen
his rivals at his own expsnaA 30,
President Griffith admits that he
kas couple Of things on the fre.
He hopes they may be done to . r3ch I.
brown. giving him ths players he 1,
thinks viii put his club in first plaoe I.
next season. He In going to New i
York with tho intention Of closinr
these deals. but he will add no cray -
hairs to his present supply. II he
fails. y.
What Club Requires. b.
The Washington club requires most
of all a third baseman. . capable
shortstop az Blackie o-Rourke faiis {.
to come through and several steady
hard-wofk'na 1rchers. throughout >
the 1924 season, neither Fresident'
Griffith nor Manager Mcbride would
admit the necessity for getting 4 third
baseman. Mcbride frequently told me
that Hank Shanks was maldng good!
! Washington fans. just the same,
while all pulling for Hank because OF
bis willingness and his manliness ever
since coming TO the Capital, were
convinced that he was a great outfield.
er playing third base. We ourselves
Rave told this same thing to Hank,
knowing him and liking him r<nFri
IF Teacher tells me to pitch I'll
pitch" Hank once said. That just
about explains the situation. Shanks
will do his level best to make good.
no matter what position they tell him
! TO fill Ataa
But the ugly fact remains that the
Washington club needs third base 4
man. .. asa
This weeks baseball meetings will