Evening star., 1922-01-06

Yet, that is exactly what it did.
shortstop. and the moment that Dah-
len got back with a team that seemed
to have aShot for the pennant Bulls
eye, he was another Bill and another
ball player. He had been good short
stop for Chicago, one of the most
promising of his days. but in Brook
lyn a mediocre team took the pep out
of Bill
Shifted over to New York. he quick
1y came back to form and he was a
great shortstop for the Giants when
they won the championship in 1904.
John T. Brush wouldn't play Boston
in a world series that year because his
manager was dead set against 1t. ana
in 1905 when they did play the world
SERIES Bill Dahien was one of the ac-
knowledged star inf1elders in the his
tory of base ball.
Peck Has Right Temperament.
Roger Peckinpaugh has tempera-
ment something like that of Dahlen.
1t is true that he has just won a
championship. or helped to do so. for
one team. but the fact that he would
be put with a team like Washington
which has possibilities. might be just
the thing that would start Peck on a
rampage, to put New York out of il
in 1929. If the Washington club can
pick up a little strength in the season
to come it is one team in the Ameri-
can League that can give New York a
battle because it always gives the
Yanks fight as it is.
Another fact to be taken into con-
sideration is that Peckinpaugh is the
type of infiielder who will balance an
inf1eld like that at Washington. Put
by the side of Harris. shortStop. who
will bring out even more than Harris
produced last year-ard good short
stop will do that-and Washington
fans will begin to find that Harris is Il
better ball player than they imagined.
There are only two or three infieiders
in the American League who can COW
er ground better.
Would Help Shanks. Too.
Peck will help Shanks lot. too.
While he may not win the champion
ship. as Bill Dahlen did for the
Giants. because he supplied the miss
ing link. Peck will make the Wash
fngton infield a bunker for the op-
posing batters and stranger things
have happened than that Washing
ton might develop championship form
with an encouraging inf1eld.
If this trade is to be based on the
transfer of Dugan to Boston it is pos
SlOle Indt DuSdn can play
for Boston as we'll as he played third
base for the Athletics and if he
should the Boston club would ha>R as
good Shortstop as any club in the
league. But Dugan would not do for
Washington what Peck might do for
that team. because Pecks' tempera-
ment seems of type more suitable
for Washington.
While the major league meetings
were on it was suggested that Grif-
fifth might get into the David Harum
business again by weaving away a
good shortstop from some club. He is
trader with pretty good reputa-
tion for helping his team and If he
can get a little assurance and ag-
gressiveness into that Washington
outfit it can make a lot of trouble in
1922.
Indians Need Shaking Up.
land club. winter and summer, says
Larry Gardner can play third base for
Cleveland as long as-wcll. he didn't
make it definite. 1t was the testi-
monial of an owner to deserving
player.
No doubt Mr.. Dunn is just as sin
cere S ha can be. but the Cleveland
inield will get some shaking up IN
1922, more than it has received, or the
Cleveland base ball team will not
win the pennant from the combina-
ton of McNally Scott. Ward and PlDD
for New York a fast lot of young men
TO handle and to assist in making
more expert some pitchers who have
only to live up to reputation to sue
ceed.