The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-20

opCCu, Dut IfSy uO tiOt tahh VIII
Sox will need all the hits they cal
footed runners around the sacks.
Boston writers. utterly through
with the Red Sox ownership are
wasting little space this winte- With
discussions of the teams outlook,
One and all admit that there is no
hope. They all expect to see the
Red Sox battling with the Mack
men for cellar honors.
The action of President Frazee
in handing over Scott. Jones and
Bush to the Yankees has settled
his hash in the Hub. The fans are
writing pieces to the newspapers,
each promising to remain away
from the ball park Just so long as
Frazee owns the club. No baseball
club anywhere can Withstand boy
cotting on the part of press and
public.
Tt is, possible for the press to
ruin the reputation of a ball club,
turning the fans against it. This
task is rendered much easier. how
ever, when those fans are already
enraged at the club. The Boston
newspapermen are all fighting shy
of even going to Hot SPRINGS. Ark.
for the training trip. Each is try
ing to wish the job on somebody
else They all want to be with the
Braves in Florida so that their
stuff will be followed from day to
day by the fans. They know their
best efforts will be tossed over
board if they happen to be writing
from Hot Springs.
IHATTERING from his New
York office. Harry Frazec
~ says that his club has been
strengthened and will surely be IN
the hunt from the opening Of the
1922 pennant race. Just how he
reasons that doesn't make much pf
hit with Boston fans. One an
all swing the hammer daily right
upon his handsome head.
If signs don't fail. visiting clubs
at Fenway Park are going to lose
a lot of money next season. espe :.
cially in the spring. A howl will
be heard all over the circuit as one
club after another visits Boston and
experiences the boycott. Whether
this howl will have any results
cannot be said now. 1t may: then
again it may not. There was q
time when ball clubs howled about
the small crowds at Georgia ave-
nue., but Ban johnson put the uui-
etus on any shifting of the fran
chise. He had faith in Clark Crit
fith's upbuilding of the ball team,
and last seasons records went to
smash for attendance here.
TT is true that the fans love and
follow a winner, even though
= the owner be anathema, but
there seems small hope for the Red
Sox to be a winner. Herb Pennock
pitches well against many teams,
though seldom against the Griffmen.
Bill Piercy may get away from the
mark in good fashion. He has in
the past, but he never has continued
once the warm weather arrived. Rip
Collins is another Jim Shaw. ,.
Allan Russell is about done in this
company. Herb Thormahlen seems
to have done his best work for the
Yankees, and has never begun to
approach that class since going to
Boston. Nick Altrock is about as
good as Jack Quinn right now. Ben
ny Karr is pinch-hitter rather than
a pitcher.
1t avails gang Of hitters nothing
to break all records with the bat If
their pitchers can't hold down the
other fellows. Burns and his pals
may shatter the fences in the Hub,
but if the other fellows are doing
the same thing, speed will decide the
victories against the Red Sox. Few
slow teams do much against the
speed boys, as the Red Sox will
shortly prove.
"HE recent trade has created
few ripples in Philadelphia.
- The fans Of the Quaker City
expect nothing, and will be sur
prised if Bing Miller makes good.
They are used to taking punishment
from both clubs, and have become
gluttons. Six years of the same
thing has ruined Philadelphia as a
major league city. Now Frazee has