The Washington times., 1922-05-21

Maranville, who Is the greatest close
to-the-body thrower we have ever
seen. Maranville gets the ball away
when the occasion requires, by a
short arm overland throw in which
the elbow is kept close to the body
as the arm is drown back, and the
elbow is not raised more than half
way to the shoulder. We saw Cave
ney pull that a couple of times in
one inning on chances requiring
him to come in on the diamond.
Cincinnati Fans Convinced.
Unless all signs fail, there can be
no question but what Caveney has
come through as a fielder. In that
we are supported by Bill Phelan,
Jack Ryder. Tom Swope, Bob New
hall. Jack Starck and other Cincin-
natl critics. Above all, Caveney has
gained the support of the Cincinnati
fans for his defensive efforts. The
fans. as we'll as the writers, were
waiting to be shown when a minor
Lacquer undertook to fill the defen-
sive shoes Of Crane and Kopf. 1t
was natural that every time the new
conner fell down remarks should be
heard to the effect that Crane or
kopf would have accepted the
chance. On the other hand. when
he made spectacular plays, writer's
and fans remarked with great vigor
that Kopf and Crane were not half
the fielders that Caveney was,
Nowadays the writer's and the can.
tious fans are with Caveney, and II
he hits reasonably well his Job will be
safe for years.
PineIH Q Great Success.
Vt has been said about Caveney
as ards filling the berth to salts
faction in fielding. and making a hit
with the writer's and fans for his de-
ensive work, applies equally to Ralph
CBabe'O Pinelli. That young third
baseman had the extraordinary diff
ficult assignment Of making fans and
writer's forget Heinie Groh, for whom
the Giants paid a mint Of money, TO
say nothing Of giving such a brilliant
performer as Outfielder George
Burns.
Pinell is all the third baseman
anybody could demand, and he hit
.S19 in his first 26 games. Groh hit
1893 for the Giants in % games. Mil.
ton Stock, of the st. Louis Cardinals,
hit 800 in 20 games. Jimmy Johns.
ton hit 1853 for Brooklyn in % games.
Arnolt Statz, the Pacific coast out.
fielder for whom the Chicago Cubs
gave half a dozen players and also
money, batted a paltry .239 in his
first % games.
Covers Much Ground.
Pinclli is holding up his end with
the bat, and no made some PLAYS
against the Superhas on hlows IN
deep third which were wonders. IIe
went back Of third on Saturday last,
grabbed a bounder from Bert Grif-
fifth that was on foul ground after
1t passed the bag. and threw out
Griffith in a manner that no third
baseman coud surpass.
In only one respect is Pfnelli shy
Of Groh's class, as we saw him in the
games against the Superbas. That
was in smothering hard hit balls
close to third base. Groh Is u past
master OF that particular stunt and
some of his performances in smother.
ing bone breaking drives over third
and coming up with the ball, either
to throw out the runner or to cut
triple 20 a single, We have never seen
equalled. Because Pinelli, and no
other third baseman in the majors.
for that matter, can compete with
Groh In that speciality is no reflec-
ton on the Reds rookie.
Barring the weakness of Caveney
at bat, which may be remedied. the
daring experiment OF the Red owners
in assigning the jobs Of two infield
stars to two bushers has been thor
oughly justified.