The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-15
MATS TO PRESENT
LINEUP OF EIGHT
STEADY SLUGCERS
Lead OFF and Clean Up
Jobs Open as Boston
Series Approaches.
By RAY HELGEsEN.

Ting order throughout the coming
lseason will be one of Manager
clyde Milan's biggest problems.
zeb admitted after this mornings
practice that no definite line-up
had been reached as yet. but that
he hopes to have decided upon his
regular batting order before the in
ter-league series with the Braves
begins next Saturday.
With eight men in the lineup
who are consistent hitters Milan
has for the first time in the
Grifrs history the possibility of a
batting order which will class with
any in either big league. vieing
even with the numbering Yanks.
There are three angles to Milan's
present problem and each of them
Is as hard to solve as the other.
Whom to put in the lead-or POSI-
tion, whom in the sacrifice or move
up hole, and which slugger to place
in the cleanup hole are the three
questions which Zeb must decide in
order to get the most beneft out
of what appears on paper to be the
heaviest slugging crew the Ma
tionals have had since Clark Grit
nth FIRST took the reins in 1912.
Judge Leading on.
Milan has already decided the
question by sending the regulars to
the plate in a certain batting order
during the. morning workouts.
= However, ne says this is merely a
trial and that it will probably be
shifted before next Saturday. Judge
has been leading OF with Peckin-
paugh in the sacrifice position.
Then comes Rice, Milan In the
cleanup role with Goslin, Harris.
Shanks and Charity following in
that order. Judge. OF course, is
one of the best lead-off men in the
league and coupled with Peck he
should produce a considerable num-
her of runs during a season Judge
appears to be in for one OF his big
Gest seasons while PeckinpauEh
has always been one of the best ad-
vanoers in the league.
Up to this point Milan's problem.
though not yet solved to his entire
satisfaction. nevertheless appears
20 be-easier than are the two other
angles.
Skipping Sam Rice. who is the
logical man for third role. we get
to the cleanup position. Here MI
Ian may find his biggest trouble as
there are at least three men who
are qualified for this important as
siEnment and to make matters
more embarrassing. he Is one of
the three. Goslin, Milan and Char
rity are the players. one OF whom
will be assigned to the cleanup
role and another to fifth position.
Milan's ability in this particular
r spot is too well known to require
comment
Goslin is a kid who Is coming fast.
He takes one OF the most powerful
swings in baseball and when he
meets the,balI squarely it's hard to
field even IL he drives il squarely at
a fielder His drives during the lat
ter part of last season were respon-
sible for breaking up three or four
games and his work this spring has
been one Of the bright spots OF the
Griff's camp.
Charity In Condition.
As for Charity his main claim
To either fourth or fifth position Gin
the batting order is the fact that
neither Milan nor Griffith wishes to
waste a hitter of his caliber in
eighth position just ahead of the
pitcher. Pat has had only two days
Of training this season but is al
ready beginning to drive the ball on
a line. He had two weeks at Hot
Springs which evidently did him al
most as much good as the same
amount of time spent here. In fact.
Charity is FIVE pounds underweight.
Zeb has not yet decided definitely
who will be seen in fourth and fifth
position despite the fact that he and
Goslin respectively are filling those
holes now.
With Harris at sixth and Shanks
at.seventh position the batting or.
de- right now is as well balanced as
any in the league. Shanks viii
. likely stay in his present position.
but Harris may be shifted to second
or even third position before the
trip home begins.
In case young Eddie Goebel is
used in the Outfield against left
handlers. shifting with Goslin. this
will further complicate matters.
Goebel may be put in Harris place
and the rest of the batting order
moved up o. he may get chance
in the cleanup position, with Milan
taking Goslin's place.
Every Pitcher Works
Every pitcher. including Ralph
Miller. whose ailing, wing is slowly
responding to Mike Martins treat
ment. got a chance in the box this
morning The four regular pitchers
hurled against the rookie batsmen,
while the recruit hurlers and Harry
Courtney served them up for the
regulars.
Courtney gives every evidence
that he Will be one of Milans reg
ular boxmen this summer. The lean
fork handler is almost in shape to
hurl five innings. He has been
days and his arm is in better condi-
ton eight now than it has ever been
before
There never was any question of
r Courtney's ability to put plenty of
stuff on the ball. His trouble Mas
been a lack of control. Right now
he appears to have as much con-
troll as any left-hander on the
squad except Mogridge. It's mere
" a question as to whether or not
he can continue to handle his large
assortment of stuff in a real game
This question Will be solved to a
certain extent Thursday when he
will work four or Ave Innings
against the Phillies in Leesburg.
II he can convince Milan that he
has at last mastered this trouble
s. there Is little doubt but that he will
be considered a regular before the
season Is many weeks gone.
Bleuge is still showing consider
able class around the short field
and what Is more important seems
to have found his batting eye. At
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