Evening star., 1922-07-25


Right now the Griffmen are four
games back of the first division. Chi
cago. Detroit and Cleveland being
practically on even terms in the
battle for third place With these
teams keeping up to their present
pace, the Nationals would have to
take fifteen out of the next twenty
games to break in among the select
four. and 1t is dollars to douGhnutS
that this will not be accomplished.
Four games will be played here.
! Ave are booked for Cleveland, the
double bill being due Saturday. and
a quartet will be staged in both
Ing met in the order named. Boston
will be engaged August IL and Il.
with a double header on the latter
date. and in these games Washing
tons chances will be hurt by the long,
bard jump from ST. Louis to Bean
town.
All things considered. an even
break would not he so bad They
will try. but will they get it?
Zach VIII Pitch Today.
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary has been
picked by Manager Milan to face the
Tigers today. Zachary is getting the
call over johnson to obviate the neces-
eity for sending left-handers to the slab
in row and in this connection a cheer
Ing piece of information is available
although another morsel just the oppo-
Site in tenor also must be recorded.
The good news is that Zaahary's arm
has entirely. completely and wholly re-
covered its efficiency. Zach himself
says so. Jezebel AYERS he felt none of
the old familiar pains after his most
recent game and is confident that the
kink in his elbow has disappeared But
where the Griffs gain ieft-handed
pitcher they lose perfectly good hitting
outtielder. Frank Brewer is the latest
to go on the hospital list. but he prob
ably will be out of the lineup for only
u few days.
Turkey is suffering from sprained
thumb on his left hand. acquired slid
Eng into second base in Sundays game
with the Athletics at Washington. 1t
seems this season that one or more of
'Mllan'S gang must be in the repair shop
all Of the time. Until the Nationals
leading hitter is able to return to serv-
ice Earl Smith and Hank Shanks will
alternate in his station in right field,
according TO the brand of pitching dis
tinue to hold forth in left
The accident to Brewer. who can
III be spared by a team which lacks
batting most of all, emphasizes the
need for a ban on his method of slid
ing head first into bases. Both Brewer
and Goslin resort to this practice, and
while some players. notably Heinie
Groh, formerly Cincinnati star, now
with the Giants, gets away with it in
great shape, most athletes eventually
meet the fate that has oyertaken
Brewer to the detriment of his team
Milan Scores Big Trade.
That latest trade" between the
Yankees and their supply base Bos-
ton, is a leading topic of conversation
among the Washington players, as it
probably is with those of every other
big league club. Manager Milan is of
the opinion that while, owing to the
needs of the clubs involved, both
probably will benefit by the dicker.
1t is a bad thing for base ball to
have such a transaction pulled at this
stage of the race when the staggering
Yanks probably would be done for as
pennant contenders without the boil
stering just acquired.
Zeb believes that no exchanges Of
players should be permitted after the
time that the clubs are required to