The Washington times., 1922-04-26

sheer bull luck in coping those
Davis j. Walsh. who writes pieces
for the International News Service
TO be printed far and wide, digs the
following out on his typewriter TO-
day;
Here is an interesting tidbii or so
on the baseball situation. Everybody
grants the Washington Senators.
given any kind of pitching, are as
dangerous as dandrulf We think we
see some pitching coming the good
Mr.. Griffit's way right now.
Yesterday young Tom Phillips
held the hard hitting Boston Red SoN
10 four hits and shut them out. Last
week. the same Tom would have
blaukei the Yankees except for IA
wild throw by I.amotte.
"It would appear as soon as mild
weather begins TO look kindly upon
Walter Johnson. George Mogridge
md others, the Washington pitching
may not be so careworn at that.
-. Put n pin right here. too, that
). fhc Griffs have suddenly come to
life behind good pitching and
q. have done 50 despite the fact that
,c their regular tliirdsaekcf has
Of the daily lineups have been
far below 300 in batting. In
deed. Pat Charity is hittni. Tor
a mere .lS2.
Like many another good bali
club i'm the history of the diamond,
the Griffs have got off on the
wrong foot. It's much like a rookie
. II T.
'Jie has terrible time getting into
ystep. Ever notice IT? But he docs
get into step, if he has any idea
OF cadence whatever. and there.
after he is not having a parad" of
his own.
Just so with ball club. Let
II get off on the wrong foot and
1t founders around every which
way. Finally it begins playing
ball up to its expected standard,
and 10, the fans suddenly rally
around 1t and all is lovely as II
Summer day on the lower reaches
of the grand old Potomac.
Here are some reasons for the
failure Of the Griffs over the first
Two weeks:
Roger Peckinpaugh, like all vet
Grams, is making slow start, es-
pecially at bat.
- Hank Shanks, for years a spring
hitter, has broken his own record
of ten years. doing almost nothing.
2. Pat Charity, usually killing the
ball, is below the 200 mark.
Earl Smith and Bucky Harris.
playing in every game since the
. campaign opened, are below the
= 300 mark, though both have be-
: gun to slam the pill, especially I'm
the pinches.
Goose" Goslin, instead of show
Ing himself a clouter, has been
bust, failing to hit for 200.
Zeb Milan, relieving Goslin, has
been handicapped by stomach trou-
BILE, and has barely reached the 200
mark.
OF course, there was poor pitch
Ing. Until these last two victories
over the Boston Red SoX, the Griffs
had not earned a single win. The
Yankees awful outfielding decided
the first game of the year. The vic
tory over the Mackmen was one of
"those things" bringing small credit
to the winners.
Even now only three Washington
pitchers have shown the form ex-
pected of them, Tom Phillips, Joe
Gleason and Jezebel Tecumseh
Zachary. Mogridge apparently needs
warmer weather before delivering
the goods of his 1921 brand. Walter
Johnson merely needs more training
and then he should be able to go the
route.
The Griffmen were blessed with
perfect weather in Florida. Their
first experience with bitter blasts
came in New York last week. There
fore, they have some alibt for their
poor work. The other three East
ern clubs trained under inclement
weather conditions and have been
more prepared for them since.
This is not an excuse. 1t is mere
ly statement Of fact. 1t begins
to look as though the regulars would
be hitting just about when the
pitchers begin pitching and that
combination will make the Griffs
what they should be, contender
for the 1922 pennant.
Trinity is Here.