The Washington times., 1923-03-17

was cheaper In the long run to o
proposition to Holland. 1t was
Fisher. But he had to buy the st.
4. Hardly had Griffith ended his dl
Fisher landed on one Of Dangero'
sailed that ball out over Dick Wa
BY the time Wade got the ball
back into the infield Fisher was
roosting on third base, from where
he easily tailed when Joey Evans
4 gplashed a single to center. That
run was the only one Of the day,
giving the cocky Yannigans their
second successive 1-to-O triumph
over the Regulars.
Fisher came to me the other
night rambled on the Washington
magnate, land told me he thought
he was confident of his fielding.
That is his weakness, you know.
and I had talked with him about
It, telling him to get in all practice
he could while here because there
wouldn't be so much chance after
the start Of the season.
II like the kid and especially
do / like his spirit. He has vol
unteeEed to work in the field just
rs long as Gibson will hit out to
him. Gibby gives him instructions
every day and says the lad is inn
proving fast. iii he can field he
ought to be q regular. There's
no doubt about his hitting. He
can hit all kinds Of pitching and
southpaws don't worry him much,
either
Today Fisher will be tested
against real major league pitching.
In the two scrub games here he
has faced rather mediocre hurting.
but today he must tackle Miller,
Watson and RUDE Marquard, two
clever right handlers and one the
veteran southpaw. If he hits them,
1t will be because he is a good
hitter and Clark Griffith has not
been fooled in buying him.
:. The first OF ten games with the
Braves is booked for today, the
National Leaguers coming over
Al Lang. president OF the Florida
State League, and q large crowd Of
rOoters. There will be a hard con-
cert before the game and Mayor
Brown, Of Tampa, will toss out the
first hall.
Jonkheer Hollingsworth, the hui.
man pinwheel from Minneapolis.
injected himself into the Plant Field
scenery for three innings yesterday.
The regulars touched him UP for four
hits. including a two-bagger by
Rice. but some snappy fielding by
Japan and LaMotte saved him
from trouble in the fourth, and he
was IN control of things in the
other two frames.
Hollingsworth is a real overland
hurler, something not seen often
these days. At times yesterday he
used beautiful fast ball, mixed
with two-foot curve almost hitting
the plate, and slow ball that had
the batters breaking their backs.
He is not quite ready to show at
mis- best, but the outlook is for
some effective flinging as soon
as ne strikes his true form. To
show his all-around ability, HOI-
nngsWorth pummeled BrilIheart
Tor triple to center I'm the fifth.
AZ would have rolled almost to
the fence in Washington.
From a thunderous slugger and
q fielding loafer on Wednesday,
Goose Goslins became fielding fool
and a batting sluggard on Friday.
Goslin had two chances in the
garden and each was a beauty.
robbing batsmen of real hits. He
had three trials at bat and failed
70 get the ball out of the infield.
Chick Gagnon led off for the
1annigans in the fourth with a
dropping fly close to the line in
snort left. 1t did not look as II
Gosin had change to reach 1t.
But he did.
Coming In like a wild man he
grabbed that ball with his out.
stretched gloved hand. After Evans
had brought Fisher across with his
single to center, George McNamara
tried to pole one out between Cos
lin and Wade.
The ball was on its way toward
Georgia and South Carolina when
GOslin, who had Streaked rapidly
across country, went up with his
gloved hand and pulled down that
drive. Both catches would have
been worth headlines i'm the regu-
Lar season.
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time. With Rice on third and tive
out in the first frame, Zachary
pulled one of his slow curves OF
the slugger who watched it go b.
Tor a third strike. In the third HI
bounced one toward second base
put Gagnon nipped it for an assist
IN the fifth noticeably bothered b.
Hoilingsworth's delivery, he rolleC
one back TO the box, leaving Ric,
stranded on second. For reveng,
he promises to murder the Braves
pitchers today
While Goslin's fielding was espe
cially noteworthy there were som,
other choice bits. Harris went II,
into the air and came down with :
backhanded catch of a liner from
McNamara's bat in the second. N,
use talking, Mcnamara had an I'm
lucky day with the fail, but h
handled four fielding chances /,
neat fashion.
Chick Gagnon was robbed of a hi
by Goslin in the first half OF tn,
third and so he returned the com
pliment in the last half dancin,
over almost to the bag, grabbinI
Goslin's bounder and cutting off tn
runner with yards to spare. Tina
was pretty fielding.
Bobby LamOtte, besides beating
out q clever hunt along the third.