The Washington times., 1922-08-05

Manager McGraw is q pilot not
given TO idle praise. and he had thG
following to say of SINNERS soon
after the season got under way:
"Just as soon as SINNERS plays
around the circuit and learns the
different fields, I look for him to be-
come a fine player. He already has
shown much with the bat and as
fielder. Getting wise to grounds is
a great help to q player, and when
SINNERS does. he'll be a crack man.
Newspaper men following the
team wrote many articles about
SINNERS, who came up from In
dianapolis, In the American Asso-
citation, for . reported purchase
said that the Giants were In great
luck In having such q player.
The departure of George Burns to
the Reds plus much cash for Heinie
Groh left a gap In the outfield that
was the medium for much dubious
speculation In the off-season until
SINNERS flashed brilliantly In the
He also sparkled in the regular
season, and vindicated McGraw's
confidence in putting him in center
field. although having Bill Cunning.
ham, who did well in 1921 In a mum.
Der Of games he played. and also
Casey Stengel, the veteran.
All seemed nice and serene until
SINNERS was hit on the head by
fast ball delivered by George Smith,
Of the Phillies, in q game at Phila-
delphia in June.
SINNERS gamely stuck in the
game until q severe headache made
him retire. He got back the next
day, however, and all seemed well.
The incident was considered closed.
On the disastrous Western trip
Of the Giants which occurred soon
after SINNERS seemed off on sew
eral fly balls, which, ordinarily
he would have snuggled easily.
This was particularly obvious In
Cincinnati and in Pittsburgh,
where his errors cost the Giants
q game, and soon after he was
bcnched.
Cunningham got q chance again.
and did well. Then Casey Stengel,
long in the dugout, emerged and
promptly began betting the ball
htther and thither. The old vet
eran continued to perform In fine
style and SINNERS stayed on the
bench.
That he would be released was
not considered likely in view OF
what he had shown, but something
must have been wrong with him
He was let go and Lee King.
traded by the Giants to the Philliss
last year and let go by them to
Toledo some weeks ago, was
bought back by the Giatns In his
place.
II would seem that the blow on
the head Is the reason from the
dropping out Of the spotlight Of a
player who seemed destined to be a
star. It is tough luck for him. He
now will have to start all over
again, show that he has recovered
from fear of pitching or affecting
OF eyesight or whatever ails him
and thus attract Manager McGraw
to exercise the option.
SINNERS case has something in
common, though II was far less seri!
GUS, to that Of "Chick" Fewster,
lately traded by the Yankees to Bos-
ton. Fewster, too, was rated very
high by Manager Huggins and stu.
dents Of the game. until he was
nearly killed by pitched ball Of
Jeff Pfeffer, then a Brooklyn hurler,
in a spring series with the Yanks.
Fewster was in the hospital for
weeks, for a time near death, and
bones had to be taken out of his
skull. He courageously came back
to the game and did fairly well. The
point is. though, that he never rose
to the old heights. Otherwise
waivers would not have been asked
on him and he would not have been
let 60 to the Red Sox. He was q
valuable utility man for the Yankees
infield and outfield. until the acci.
dent.