The Washington herald., 1922-01-22
GRFF RECEIVES CHARRITYS
SIGNATURE ON DOTTED LINE"
Husky Receiver Gets Increase Over l9zl-Ex.
pected to Hit Top Form This Year-Court-
ney Says He'll Be a Regular" Hurler.

with most OF the players. and for
that reason, among Others. he 10
convinced that he will not have the
trouble that Connie Mack 10 now
experiencing In the City Of Sleep.
GrfH Treats n. sHs.4se-eIy.s
The fact that Charity has al
ready signed puts certain amount
OF additional weight behind Grtf-
hth's statement that ne has trested
the boys literally or. in the psr-
lance OF a baseball magnste. hand
some1y." Charity. "a had been ru-
mored. stated early last fall that n.
would not sign unless he was
granted a substsntisi increase. The
big catcher pointed TO his record
last season, as the reason for the
demand" Thus the fact that he
has already taken his pen in hand"
would naturally lead one 20 be-
lieye that he has been given a con-
siderable increase over the sum
which he drew last year
Grifith was noncommittsi when
asked the amount stipulated in
Gharrity's contract However. he
did say that the figures were larger
than last years
When Gharrity's 1891 record IS
taken into account il is not surpris-
ing that the ''Old Fox" raised the
figures considerably. pat" wa.
fifth In the list OF catchers' fielding
averages for the past season with
a mark Of .s77 for lis games. d.
the regular catchers in the younesr
league only two. Schalk OF the
White sox. and Steve o-Neill. Of the
Cleveland Indians. had higher
marks.
In hittins Charity again w,s
third in the list Of regulars
catchers. SEVERED. of St. Louis. led
with a mark Of .524 and Stew.
o'Neill was next. points lower
Charity followed these two with
a mark Of $40. Two other cstchers
lead all three OF these receivers in
hitting but they took part in such
limited number Of games that =
real line on their ability will hard
ly come until this season.
uIse.s Sets Pat Back.
Had Charity not suffered an at
tack Of blood poison during the carly
part Of last sesson-JUly. to be eN-
act-it Is quite possible that he would
have ended the season topping the
receiving list in both hitting aud
fielding records.
Just prior to his illness. Charity
was siuggins the ball at af.35O clip
and was fielding around .sSS The
attack of blood poisoning. however.
seemed to take much OF hts pep from
him. This fact. OF course. MAJ bo
laid TO the fact that pat" insisted
on returning to the game before he
hada entirely recovered Naturally. h..
was unable 20 perform as well a.
he had before the blood poisoning at
tack. However. he insisted on don
ming his working apparel. and as
Picinich was not doing any too well
in the undsrstudy role. Grif and Nc
Bride finally consented.
II was some time before Pat
found his esrly-season stride. and
when he cid. il was too late 70 bring
his averages back to where they were
before he was forced to relinouish
his job behind the plate
Griffith. however. IS fully satisfied
that Charity will hit the TOP Of his
form this season. In which case. the
Old For svers he'll have the hes;
receiver in the American League.
Many experts. by the way. con-
sioer Charity the best catcher VIII,
performed in either big league last
season. These same experts claim
that IL Pat" will put a brake on
his temper. Il won't be more tha,
couple OF years before he j. head
and shoulders above the present crop
Of receivers
Harry Courtney again bustS int"
print with the announcement rhsr
he win be one OF Mister Grim.h'.
and Clyde Milsn's regular hurl,-,
this season. Harry iaa- have nu,,.-
erous faults. but modest IN reEa-I
10 his hurting ability isn't on. NJ
them. This is not one Of the
writer's opinions but IS a sta;srlcn.
OF fact dropped from ihe cupid-bns
lips Of none other shan "IIandsoIna
Harry" himself
About month ago Grmin so-
in touch with Harry. who T. spend
ing the on season in Washington.
and politely informed the portsidc-
that he must be in condition 10 60
to work when the squad arrived in
Tampa. Grin made il plain than
there would be no conditioning FOR
Harry in the. Southern city whca
Harry gets there he must be ready
to pitch and spend the trainiac
period in an attempt to gain con-
troll over his stock OF elusive
twisters.
Harry received Grin's uItimatum
with his W. K. smile-and proceeded
TO get To work
For the last three weeks th.
Terror of Broadway has been worl-
ing out in the Y. NJ. c. \. gym anH
unless all signs fail. Handsome
Harry will he in the provcrhia'
pink when the first romp through
] Tampa'S Peacock AIleN- starts