The Washington times., 1922-07-05

of his rough edges and discovered
First he tried Eddie, not big
thin-legged, anemic-looking fello
covered no ground, booted the /
throwing to first that he was mo
Send that kid back to prep
school" said a veteran sharp Of that
day to Mack.
. No; I'm to keep that young tcl-
. low" replied Mack. for some day he
Ia going to become a great ball
player"
"Never-not In a million years."
answered the sharp.
, Everybody knows who was right,
but only man Of Mack's discerning
eye. trust and patience would have
q botching player three years before
he commenced to earn his salary.
.s Eddie was flop at short, a flop
In right field and not until the
spring of 1909, when Mack moved
him to second base, did he find the
place where he belonged. Then
Eddie fairly leaped into stardom.
History Is just now repeating It.
self. In the fall OF 1919 among a
bunch of players coming TO Phila-
delphia from Atlanta WAS Short.
stop Clarence Galloway. He Joined
the team at the end Of the Southern
Association race and played In
about fifteen games. He looked SO
good that fafl that Mack slated
him for shortstOp in 1920. He had
no other player In mind.
To put it briefly, Galloway failed
Mack in 1920 He was very unre-
liable on ground balls and almost
a cipher at the bat. Mack gave him
another chance in 1921. but he start
ed the season so poorly that Connie
was advised to let him out.
NO, won't do that" responded
ball player who hasn't found his
stride. He isn't fielding as he should
and he isn't hitting because his
erratic defense is worrying him. In
time he will both hit and field"
Mack last season, however. was
compelled to switch Galloway. Late
in the race he bought Frank Gala
way, a Tennessee collegian with an
almost similar name. and put him at
short. Then he switched Galloway
to third in place Of Dugan, who was
again suffering with compound frac-
ture Of the temperament.
In his new role Galloway was a
decided improvement. He covered
third base commercially and started
TO hit.
During the winter part Of
Mack's infield plans was to keep
Galloway at third and use Galloway
or Bill Barrett at short. He was
shocked down at Eagle Pass, Tex,
training base when both Barrett
and Galloway made II plain that
neither was ready to man the
shortsto top post permanently. Bar-
ret was released outright and Cal
laway retained as reservist.
Therefore, Mack's plans were
smashed to fine bits. Almost on the
eve Of the baseball opening Mack
found that he had to put a new in
held together. He worked fast As
luck would have it, Detroit waived
on Pep Young.
The AS Immediately claimed him.
and Pep hurried from the Detroit
team and reached Boston In time
for the opening game. Mack placed
Young at second, switched Jimmy
Dykes, his regular second sacker, to
third, and then replaced Galloway at
short. These were daring moves.
and the fans looked askance at the
return of Chick to position in
which he had failed lamentably for
two seasons.
Mack.never had lost confidence in
Galloway. The day before he left
Philadelphia to open the season in
Boston he said:
Maybe the turn of events is a
an II rpiVaS
Galloway another chance to make
good at short. I've tad a long talk
with him, and really think he is
going 10 be a changed player this
season"
Mack was right. Galloway did
change. The once erratic. skittish. -.
bungling shoTtstopper finally found
himself, and this season no man at
the post in the American League has
played any better ball.
Chick seems 10 he able to push
himself further with every game.
His plays over the keystone are
marvellous. lie absorbs all sorts Of
bad bounding balls. He can 20 to
either side. lie now possesses the
assurance and poise Of Maranviile
or Bancroft He makes few errors.
Then the matter OF hitting. 1t is
only necessary TO give definite title
to his value In batting by citing his
grand batting average for 1919, 1920
and 1921. That represents his entire
big league career. excepting this sea.
eon.
In these three seasons his grand
percentage was only .232, which
placed him among the pitchers. and
weak ones at that.
The wise Mr.. Mack made another
good guess when he said that Gal.
loway would hit once he found him
self in fielding.
This once weak and value!ess MEM
Der of the batting order improved so
much in attack that today only Bing
Miller, one of the mightiest hitters
IN America, has outstripped him on
the team In hitting.
Chicks batting average is far above
The 800 mark and rising higher all
the time.
Galloway has made II plain that he
has been worth all the pains and pa.