The Washington times., 1922-10-15
WARD SLATED
FOR RELEASE
BY COLI LONELS
Huston Paints Word Picture Of
= Yankees ii 1923 II They Do
Right Thing.
BIZ SID MERCER.

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series came to an Official
| stIose Col. T. u. Huston, vice-presi.
dent Of the Yankee club, uttered
nsoms significant remarks in the
presence Of two Of his players.
"Boys,v said the colonel, have
YOU ever stopped to think Of what
Il will mean to be q Yankee next
season? Do you realize what 1t
may mean for the Yankees to get
hugs q world series next year IN
:. arF new ball park, which will seat
4 sseAsly, $4,000 persons? II you
s.Sdu.tt, then it's time you did. II
~ .cnrnpsre IA group pictures OF
SoursGiyes ard the champions Of
y ie2I. Twelve faces in the 1871 pic
: t.Srs are naissing this year. How
s1rnany Of the 1872 group VIII be
missing next yearr
va sWiu IL be worth while hustlfng
bao stick with the Yankees next sea-
o0on7 Suppose a. team Of hustlers
wins q pennant and world series
r1t should be worth from 10000 TO
K tl6, 900 for each man with the seat
: ing capacity we will have at tbs
new park. I tell you. It VIII mean
seomething + to be /. 2 Yankee then.
~ =. =
Colonel Huston probably will re-
Speat this talk next spring when
the Yankees once more assemble to
prepare for the season. The chances
/. are that several faces In this years
8 group picture OF the American
: League champions viii be missing
by that time, and as the season
progresses thsre may be others
gone.
sa,a Series Was . Lesson.
30 The world series taught a lesson
10 the Yankee colonels. 1t was a
rsreat disappointment to them to
yiose to the Giants this fall, because
they had their hearts set on open
ninE their new stadium with world
championship team next spring.
The colonels have been long on
n stforebearance. The world series
i opened their eyes to the fact that
! they had q team OF synthetic cham
! pdons-not q championship team; In
,fact, Just q collection of good, bad
and indifferent ball players.
It was not the defeat, but the
ornanner OF It that CALLED Yankee
3 fAns. The owners feel the same
way about II. Through their mana
Q xer they intend to declare them
selves next spring. The tip is out
that several players VIII be sold or
traded and others will be required
10 show more keenness in their play
.aor be shipped to other clubs.
30 Strangely enough. the one resu-
slar against whom the trade winds
tare blowing strongly was one Of the
most consistent Yankee performers
0dn the world series.
- II is said, however, that Aaron
Ward had been marked with ship
ment long before the end Of the
regular season.
Ward was the only Yankee to
make q home run in the series. He
hit two into the left field bleachers
@and fielded his position much bet
Ter than he did. In the series Of 1921.
yet the Yahks could not win a game.
sgEWard incurred the displeasure Of
his employers last spring and he
akated on thin ice all summer. His
Sbatting was good at times, but he
made many costly errors at second
base. These may have been due
70 natural causes. Ward is not
the greatest handler Of ground balls
In the league.
60 The rap" comes, however, on
Wards alleged failure to keep the
hours observed by sensible baseball
players. Several members Of the
team were said to have been well
known along the gay trails In and
out Of Broadway, and they were
checked up at various times. The
reports on Ward are said to have
marked him for trade this winter.
Pitchers Involved.
.ssA trade involving two and per-
maps three pitchers Is also contem-
plated. There were two star pitchers
who were unable to win consistently
this season. One was merely un-
fcftunate in many Of his defeats. the
,j,thsr seemed 10 have lost his stuff"
For those reasons II would not be
n surprise IL Carl Mays and Sam
Jones do not wear New York uni.
forms next year.
80. Both are honest, conscientious
.Norkmen who keep In excellent con.
adifion. Jones, II is said, Is willing
to go. He thinks he can't pitch
bNinnip-l ball In New York. That
SseI3e II make II unanimous.
4, Behirt the bat there probably will
he char les. Toward the end of the
ssason ivaily Schang fell off badly
IN his hitting. Schang's greatest
asset j. his hitting. There IRE
,I,lspy better mechanical catchers.
New Catcher.
q Bengough. newcomer from the
Auffalo ciub, is said to be q hitter.
y1Ie NAV get his chance along with
Fred iIofmann, who has been with
the club three years. Hofmann is
asgressivc and at times a good hit.
tsg. Devormer probably win be dis.
posed OF during the winter.
e Though Dave Bancroft showed UP
Everett Scott In the world series,
mo youngster Is likely to displace
( Scott next season. SCOTS legs are
beginning 10 so back on him. II was
Noticeable In the series that he did
not equal Bancroft as q ranger. How.
ever, little Scotty Is still the daddy
" all shortstops In his league. He
may 60 suddenly, however. and Il
rbehooves the club to groom a capable
understudy, now that Johnny
Mitchell has departed.
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