The Washington times., 1922-05-06

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A double-header is scheduled
means that the Griffs will have
II. on their arrival from st. Louis
quick jump to Washington fo- a
on Sunday. August 13.
All clouds have silver tips ana
II must be admitted that Zeb Milan
ts far from being downcast over the
short loafinC period here. lie fig''~es
that the rest is fortunate. as II hap
pens at time when several OF ms
players are i'll or injured.
"The rest won't hurt any Of us
and II will greatly help Judge and
Charity" rea sons the little mana.
ger. "Tf they were running around
at the park, even il they were not
In the game, they could not I'M
prove so fast as they must now.
They are active, always trying
to do their best, and so far as they
are concerned this rest will do
them a world Of good"
Judge has a spiked foot and lame
back. Charity has strained the ten
dons in his left thigh. Judge has TO
have his foot bandaged carernliN
every day before marching out for
practice. His rest here has done
him lot of good, the same goes Tor
Charity who has been unable TO
move around.
with one or two exceptions, the
Griffmen are glad TO run into this
brief stormy season. IL is general
ly admitted that the Red SOx are
going at top speed now and the
Griffs are not. The promise -
held out that. when the double
headers come along later in the
season, the Red SOx may have
found their level and the Griffs be
much stronger than they are now.
'"Doubleheaders are not pleasa nj
things to face" says Manager
Milan, "but the next time we land
in Boston we'll have Johnson TAX
ing his turn and our pitchers will
be generally better than they are
now. 1t might be much worse
than II is"
A strange report has arrived
here to the effect that because
Of poor health Manager Milan
would resign. The manager has
He has lost weight largely be-
cause OF a poor appetite, but he
IA as far from resigning his berth
now as he WAS last March.
The breathing spell given the
team here has done Milan almost
as much good as it has his players.
Not being Obliged to watch the
antics of his wildmen of the mound
Milan has rested and obtained much
benefit from II. He is already
showing a lot of Improvement.
Resignation is not in Milan's make
up. He is sticking to his job, and
Furthermore. is inclined to be cheer
full at the outlook.
IT know that the fans at home
must be disappointed at our poor
start" says Milan, but they
haven't a thing on me. I'm dis
appointed. too, but l am not the
least bit downhearted.
you can't tell me that any
club in the league has a stronger
infield than ours. either individ.
ually or collectively. Our outfield
shapes up strong enough for most
purposes, though I do suppose st.
Louis and New York might be said
TO have an edge on us.
"Our troubles have largely
been because Of bad pitching.
Now and then pitcher will go
through whole game in fine
style and everybody admits then
that Washington has good ball
team. The very next day, on the
other hand, some of their pitchers.
.,tt taI,
sloppy game and the fans can't
see us, even though II Is the same
team i'm there i'm both games.
THIS convinccs me that. with our
pitchers working in turn and hold
ing their own, wei win our share
OF games; Furthermore. n pitcher
does not have to pitch shut-out ball
every day to he winner. All he has
to do is to keep the other team from
running away with things. IL our
pitchers will only do that much, the
team behind them is good enough to
get some runs, quite likely enough
to win"
Undoubtedly the return of Walter
johnson to pitching form will have
an excellent effect upon the morale
of the team, especially the pitching
staff. There is n lot of comfort for
the team to know that at least one
game in every series will have the
big fellow on the hill, thus giving
the Griffs an even break, no mat
ter how strong the opposition.
johnson, Phillips. Gleason. Zach.
ary and Mogridge will be expected
10 carry the main pitching burden,
with Brillheart and Francis hover
ing around for nibbles here and
there. The rest Of the pitching
staff seems unreliable to an eX-
treme and except for Nat Turk.
may eventually be eased out into
the tall grass country. Turk is
youngster with plenty Of promise
and IL would he foolish TO part
with him until II Is believed def
nitely that he cannot make the
grade. That time is yet To come.
Hughey Duffy, who was exceed
inRlv down I'm the mouth when ir
Washington last, is riding high nov
on the small wave of success AZ
tanned by his Red Soy Already h,
is looking for first division hertl
for his hail club. hasing his claim
on the slugginE qualities ~ his regu
t ta~s aud tho pppd pif<SfnG no Vi1