The Washington times., 1923-09-22

These repeated accidents naturally.
have slowed uD Eroh, both IN the
field and on the bases. There WAS
time IN Heiness career when ne
was perhaps the best man IN either
league In coming IN Tor bunts or
slow choppers alcng the tnlrd-1ase
lire. But recently opposing N1e
fiona4 Lean,te mana GERS. taking ad-
vantage ok Heiness poor und6rplnz
ning, have directed their attacks g
Joe Durau, on the other hand. -
atm at the 1ery top Of his game Ia
fert. I believe his fielding this year
han been more sensational than any
Ihine he has shown during his entire
career. Fired by the prospects e
being on & second American l'ee9ue
championship team dumping JQes
has literally eaten up everythtne q
come within his reach. He e either
fearing in Tor bunts. picking up nQk
bounders one handed Or diving acrosg
& third base for hot liners
q One must go hack to the days g
Jimmy Collins. Bill Bradley and Art
S DepIin 60 recall any third base play
comDarabIe with DuganB efforts q
!. 1898. Dukan even has covered Up
/. scott and Is making q lot ok plsys
tD hiS-rigIat, which the Scott Of three
years ago used % snap slp.
Dnkan also llas ben remark
absy accurate u hls ael1.llg, -
s - has been el,a1.gee with e.asy
seven errors and his ael0.ng
average IS .ge2 With all his
bum1p9 e muGt b sid 20 the
credit of Groh fIIat he y slipping
& uD On few cI1anec1 - he only
has eight elrors - $50 chances
: Cor 3 fielding average 0f SIS.
q Croh is outhitting Duaan " q
mRrkin of .2e9 to .z74 Dugaaa
hitting has not kept pace with his
fielding. e his present hating
sewerage 81 the poorest since 1913.
Joe was expected 10 pick gp IA his
stick work after getting II such
AcUmpany as Ruth Meueel and
Pipp. but he hit much better with
the taflsend Athletics than With
the championship Yankees.
However. don't get the idea that
Joe IS batting Weakling. - he
ntings the ball hard when be COM
necte, his extra base hits includ-
Ing tWenty-seven doubles, seven
triples and five home runs.
Groll still has the happy faculty
Of dumping little flies over the
heads OF the infleldera for hits.
though his collection Of extra base
hits include nineteen doubles, five
triples ana four honers. Neither
Dugan OF Groh have done any.
baee-stealing this year. jos han
stolen four bases and Heine, with
his punctured tires. only two.
Gfoh's work also was of last
year. as he finished the 1922 sSa-
son with o batting average Of
.ze6. drop OF 6e points from 1871.
But Yankee r0otere, VINO expected
Heine to b soft picking for Hug.
gins pitchers In the 1897 worlds
series, had their eyes opened. Groil
was the batting fool Of the 1872
series. and the YanlE Fingers could
no more stop hiB hitting than tire
Athletics could stop Hank GoWdy
On 1914.
Grgh eIaaFmea the ya1ares pikeIn
fIeldsd l.O9o. n 1915. 49, tsFeh
lalt SO IN the Nataonal League.
b hi only .l7B agni1iGt the yViIits
S0x pitching tn the W0rld3e sexlee
el tour ye1D ag0. Hefn0 dleaded
.eSl tD that series.
Dugan did not tan down a badly
3 bat a6 some OF the other Yanlxees
last fsll ~ be hit $50. Like Groh
he fielded his position perfectly.
In the event that Pittsburgh
should represent the National
League in the Worlds Series, the
Pirates have one Of the greatest
young players IN the game &c third
base IN Harold Travnor. He ie one
Of the new stars OF the wanao. =
dangerous .3l7 cleanup hitter and 8
Aashing fielder with q renarkaf,le
pair OF hands. He has been Pitts.
burgh's latest asset this season.
Babe" Pinelli, OF the Reds. n
another fine young player, through
not as brilliant as be was IN 1872.
He II hitting asa ana fielding 80.
fceDgEight. 1919. ~ Al 1Ennro Euas.l