The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-07
DODGERS NOW
REGARDED AS
THREAT CLUB
Changes in Infield and Continued
Fine Work Of Reuther Gives
Finish to Team.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER


Copyright, 1922, by The Argus.)
New York, June T. Baseball
wise men are taking the Brooklyn
club far more seriously than they
were. There are two reasons. One
of them is because the big sachem
of the team, Uncle Robbie, has
shifted his infeld to more normal
situations, and the other is the un-
questionably good showing of Reu-
Their, Brooklyn's erratic but gifted
southpaw.
High now plays third base. That
is where he should have been. To
try to make a shortstop or a sec
ond baseman out Of him was against
the grain. He helped to win a
championship at Memphis because
he played third base we'll Back on
that job he is making a much bet
ter showing with Brooklyn.
Another move that has brought
far better results than the first
RobinsOnian plan is trying Jimmy
Johnston at second base. He play
ed third well enough once to help
the BrOOklynS win a pennant and
he has eaSed over second as if he
had been in the second base bust
ness lifetime. Olson was tried
there, but didn't take to second
bit. In the position again of short
stop he plays normally. At short
stop he has been an anomaly He
can fall down on the easiest of
chances and the next day accept 10
to 10 with perfect art, fer he is
an accomplished ground coverer
despite his ludicrous errors at
times.
Robbie has his outfit going
smoothly. Before he had it arrang-
ed as now the Brooklyn infield was
like a sieve. Reuther has won ten
games and lost one this season and
for the moment is the "starriest" of
all the presumable star pitchers in
the majors. If he can keep up his
average of victories and another
pitcher can range along with a .667
percentage Of successes, the Brook
lyns are more than a threat. Bert
Griffith possibly has supplanted
Tom Griffith in right field and for
the moment he is playing cham
pionship baseball. He was the sec
ond best outfelder in the South
ern association in 1921 and he is
just as likely to prove a big factor
for success as any player in the
major leagues.
The advent of the American
league clubs Into the west brought
forth a logical result. The Yam
KEGS defeated the White Sox be-
cause Waite Hoyt pitched a bust
ness-like game.
Washington won from Cleveland
in tight game because Washing
ton just recently has been PLAYING
better ball than Cleveland. The
Respondent feature of the game
was the fine pitching of Erickson
Of Washington, who held Cleveland
to four hits, one of those exhibit
tons which he is prone to give the
third or fourth day after all of the
fans have demanded his release.
St Louis defeated Boston and
Detroit buried Philadelphia under
the hay. which is not a sensational
occurrence for Philadelphia. Pi
lette added to the victories which
are accommodating quite readily in
his behalf.
All the games of the National
league fell through except that at
Boston because of the rainfall The
Cards also fell. They have been
tumbling, tumble by tumble. for
some time. Boston thrashed them
again, making six consecutive times
that Boston has won from the
Cards. ST. Louis has vet to win.
Some day the Cardinals will re-
alize just where life is tending for
them and then they will change
their habits, but the impression is
gaining ground that they will
change just a week or two too late
as they have been doing since the
Missouri found its way into the
Mississippi.
While it is true that there is
time for st. Louis to win the Ma
tional championship, it is also true
that the moods of the players seem
not to have altered one little shade
from what they have been for wears
The team has done its best, win
ming where there was no longer
nope that il could gather unto