The Washington times., 1923-05-29

E Seeing that the GrlfrS merely
iIexhibited themselves over at the
a;Naval Academy yesterday before
nlesuming their series here with the
New York Yankees, let's talk about
Roger Peckinpaugh and nssie
Bluege, both of whom are playing
Singh class baseball each and every
day.
5 On the recent swing around the
a5circuit Peck hung up a batting aver
a2age of .377 in fourteen games,
awhile Ossie Bluege hit for 1903 In
the same number Of contests.
At bat fifty-three times, Peck
scored nine runs himself, batted in
seven and got twenty safe hits Tor
a total of twenty-five bases.
Bluege went to bat fifty-slx
El times, scored nine runs, batted in
sss eight and got seventeen safe swats
for a total of twenty-one bases.
Bluege has cinched for himself
regular berth at third base
and. unless he slumps feafully,
is likely to remain the teams
leadOff man. He is setting
high average for getting on the
bases, which is a requirement. IN
O good IeadOff man.
Bluege is in better health this
wear than was his fate last. 49, 49, 7.
sSiIe has gained some weight vH"H
/; S aids him in his hitting. no 20
had enough experience to make
him valuable and he seems certain
of making a. good record for him.
rDelf. 4
40 Much the same is to be said OF
,ISRoger Peckinpaugh. The veteran
". work this spring is 100 per cent
1ssbetter than that he showed a year
as ago. He is today the great Roger
49, Peckinpaugh Of his classiest work
and the Griffmen are benefitting
accordingly.
tas This week promises much excite
sssment at the old ball yard for no
a4eooner do the champion Yankees
tosdepart than those near-champions,
10 the Philadelphia Athletics, come
,s1along to replace them. The Yankees ,,
-eplay here today and tomorrow.
- There will be morning and after |
: noon games tomorrow.
-. Thursday the Mackmen will ap-
pear to play off postponed game
and will remain through next Sun
day Thus the Griffs will have to
oppose the two strongest teams in
: the league in six straight games, |
: with the Yankees coming back next
,SsMonday for a farewell swat at
S<them.
The Western clubs come to
- Washington next week. the De-
81 trOit Tigers leading the van.
B. They will play four games dur
=. ing Shrine Week and rubber
/; fences will be in order at the ball
!: park. The Tigers have ever been
b good drawing cards here and, with
4 so many visitors i'm town, they
y will be even more popular.
Il, With a months play at home
4 DOME Bush expects his pitchers to
II find themselves. Jezebel Zachary
= pitched a fine game at Boston last
n week and may be about to hit his
u stride. Mogridge lacked much of
]. his stuff, but managed to reach
q the ninth inning in Boston before
y giving way to Rubber-Arm Russell
q Walter Johnson got into the eighth
3 inning before getting his.
+ Unusually warm weather was ex-
Il perienced in the Hub and, with the
Il same kind on tap here. there is
reason behind Manager Bush's con-
u tention that his twirlers will
Il shortly begin to show their real
y class.
4 The Griff's infield has been play.
IS ing Wellnigh perfectly for several
s weeks and. unless injuries come
y along. should continue. The outfield.
!, when the regulars are in there, is
!. good enough. The catchers, es.
/ pecially Ruel, have been delivering
the goods. Only the hurlers have
been causing trouble and