The Washington times., 1922-12-22

was absolutely last i among the
regular. shortstoppers.
Rigney and Galloway. Connie
Mack's brilliant young infielder.
played I6s games apiece. 4, Galloway
had 821 putouts, 493 aaststse and
u errors for an average of .sS1.
Tho youthful Tiger. in the, same
number of games, had 262 putouts,
<93 assists and so errors for an
average Of .sS8. Galloway had
fifty more fielding chances. than
Rgney. S55 to Sos. ~ 80
Much Of Rigney's poor fielding
was caused by nervousness In the
spring. He probably felt htmself
ON trial and, on that account. was
unsteady on ground balls hit right
at him. He blew q game right
here on an ordinary slow bah
coming at him.
Rigney's real weakness % q
fielder h on fly balls son eitl,er
side behind him. He has plenty
Of speed, but he = not'sa sure
catch, nor does .-lhey evince nucl, 2
brafnwork in careoring out into !.
the garden for those teasing short
files. Roger Pccldnpaugh, with
less speed, makes kigney look
tho busher On such Pop files.
The former Texas Lacquer has
Q lot Of speed and q. fine throwing
arm. He can go to either side
equally well and gets those, long
throws away from deep short about
as well a. any other shortstop, in
the league. It IL possible that he
viii overcome his fielding weak.
nesses: the longer he performs in
fast company. but he is putting his
future In jeopsrdy now by making
a fuss about receiving . stars
salary before he has earned It by
his deeds on the diamond. -..ssg-. :
hgney. by the way. was given
tract last winter, which may have
something to do with his present
demand Tor more money, Minus a
bonus this winter, his 1923 salary
probably looks smaller than It
really is. H. ~
Rigney first came to the Tigers
In 1919. He was green an grass
and was sent back to the Texas
league for seasoning. He played
there for two years, now with one
club and now with another. Finally,
examining the case in all its varied
details, Judge Landis ruled that
Rigney-was no longer the property
Of the Detroit club nor Of any
Texas League outfit.
When the Tigers tried to sign
him to a 1922 contract, Rigney de-
manded and received bonus of
$500 for putting his name on the
official papers. The Tigers had let
90 Of DOME Bush and Herman Mer-
ritt was too green for the Job: The
Tigers were rather in . bit Of q
jamb. So Rigney got his bonus and
proceeded to earn It.
Today, instead OF being . FREQ
agent, Rigney II the property Of
the Detroit club. He win sign
his contract or else- ~
Cobb 10 losing no sleep over his
holdout. knowing that tho young
cover before tho training ssassn
begins. e, 70 =,
Bert Walker. . Detroit baseball
writer. seems to think ;Dohie Bush
win be success as manager OF
the Griffmsn and has this to cay
about It:
"Detroit fans who watched
Donie Bush perform for about q
dozen years in Tiger uniform
win be certain Of one tiiing-the
pcppery little shortstop win put
more pep In the Washington
team than It has had for q long
time. In. succeeding Clyde Milan
as pilot OF the Senators ~he will
doubtless adopt new methods and
Improvement IL likely to be
SD SDoubtles. pouis' 7xin max.
mistakes. Anybody ss .impulsive
AZ the little infeider n bound to
90 off at halftcock sometimes,
Sbut he win insist upon speed. :,
Bush IL not as fast as he used =
to be. but from the shoulders up.
he Is as speedy as ever. And he j
sure does know baseball.
"It often happens that ball
team resents the appointment of
y a manager whom they are con-
vinced knows mo- more about the
game than does the rank and !
file OF the team. But smart
players can yield TO D6nfe In the
matter Of knowledge of the
pdStime WltnOut ~OlSpdrARement
to themselves. They can respect
DOME not alone for his knowi.;
edge, but also for the years he !,
has been In harness. |N1
Bush is shrewd and the years
he spent In the game were. not
wasted. He knows. the strength a
and weakness of every batter
and should be great help to.
his pitchers" Il ,SrssM,
1t seems generally understood
that Bush knows enough inside
baseball to be managerial sue
cess and that he possesses enough
aggressiveness to make his play.
ers, stars or not stars, play the
kind Of hall he wants, played or
get off the team. ,t.
Pep Young, who played second.
base In 120 games for Connie
Mack's Athletics last year, has
been given permission BY his
Toss to arrange y deal for his
services and the errntic socond..
sacker may he found with o Pa.
; ciflc Coast league club next sum-