The Washington times., 1923-03-19

make name Tor hlmSelf.
Eyes, SIR said Foster, that was
q wonderful hit of Ruth's that day.
The Giants came over from Gaines
vile, their 1919 training camp, for
one Saturday game with the Red
{ Sox Somewhere along the middle
] OF the game. with two on, Ruth
2 got hold Of one and away it went.
Joe Judge got a home run in
the same direction last Saturday
against the Braves, but his wal
Top rolled on the ground across the
race track. He could have walked
around Imagine, then. the effect
upon the Giants Of Ruth's drive,
which not only cleared the race
track on the fly, but also sailed on
cover those buildings out of sight.
'aTIlere wasn't q man ON our
team who wasn't on his feet
watching that drive. They had
{ never seen anything like it.
think tia longer drive than any
he has made i'm New York.
'.It might be injected here that
the same drive, il made in the
present Washington baseball park,
would clear the wall about where
the scoreboard is and sail on
over Bohrer street and possibly
drop in Florida avenue.
well do you know. that hit set
McGraw thinking, continued Foster
e''I really believe that right then
4 McGraw began to devise scheme
to. stop Ruth. He practiced his
system whenever he had a chance
after that and finally he found a
way to make Ruth look bad. With
control. McGraw's pitchers can al.
ways beat Ruth; at least, they can
atop his long hitting.
- 1.-THE first ball offered to Ruth
IS, high and on the outside. He in
variably tries for it. Using the
quick return, the pitcher comes
right back with fast one over the
plate. This catches Ruth unpre-
pared and he usually takes it. He
then has two strikes on him and
the third is slow curve down at
his feet and inside. He'll break his
hack on that one every time.
'.He'H miss the first one be-
cause Il is too far out. Being
Z iInprepared he will never get a
good hold Of the second one, prob
ably rolling to the infield or
pushing up weak fly. If he
seldom be more than weak fly.
There you have in a nut shell
McGraw's method of stopping Babe
Ruth's smuggling. IL he we're in
the National League, he wouldn't
hit better than 100 in season
against the Giants, and he would
get all his hits in the spring be-
fore the pitchers had settled down.
sMcGraw has the greatest memory
In baseball today. He remembers
whatever any player hits and he
always knows how to have his
pitchers work against good or bad
hitters.
Rogers Hornsby, the National
League champion, reached the 400
mark last year. but he got. few
hits off the Giants. especially in
New York. He was talking about
this one day last season with Nc
Graw and laughingly said, That is
right, Mac, how is it?'
We've got something on you,
that's ALL was McGraw's reply
and it is true.
"McGraw is the man who cuts
down Hornsby's average whenever
he hits against the Giants. Nc
Graw is the man who stopped Babe
series and the beginning was right
here in Tampa in the spring of
1919"
What the Washington pitchers
can do with HOr1sby will be seen
this week. The Griffs 60 to Bra
dentOWn Friday and the Cardinals
come here for a return sl1irmish
ON Saturday. HOrnsby is being
billed around Tampa as the $780,
600 beauty, and, naturally, the
fans look to see him slaughter the
ball.
Today, over at Clearwater, DOME
Bush will send his team against
Wilbert Robinson's Brooklyn Rob-
1ns. Hollingsworth, Warmoth and
Zachary went over with the squad
TO tackle the National Leaguers.
Clark Griffith will take dose Of
arsenic tonight IL his team receives
such a beating as it took last Sat
urday.
"Hollingsworth ought to be able
TO beat Brooklyn by himself" said
Manager Bush this morning, land if
he feels strong, ] may let him stay
in longer than three innings. But
I'm planning to use three pitchers
and come back with a victory. That
Saturday licking we got should do
-lls lot of good"
Sunday was the usual sleepy day
for the boys. A few took the sail
over to ST. Petersburg. Sam Rice
and Buclsy Harris played golf, re-
ceiving permission to tramp the
links on Sundays down here, but
not after the season starts. A few,
mostly rockies, loafed around the
hotel and greeted some of the Car
alinals who came on a short visit
from Bradentown.
This promises to be a busy
week for the Athletes and the.
scarcity Of pitchers will count
heavily.
Johnson, Mogridge, Brillheart
and Beach are unavailable, though
FMogridge may see some service
being almost ready. But the bulk
Of the work will fall upon the other
six singers, with McGrew not yet
strong enough to show at his best
Today comes the clash with
Brooklyn at Clearwater. Tomor.