Evening star., 1923-03-23

.l@Zebel Tecumseh Zachary and
Johnkeer BaSk SkerVille HoIlTnes worth
Wer. selected by DOME Bush. gen
cral manager of the Grifiithian ath-
I"tlc establishment, 10 do the fling
ing today. Zach. on past perform
ahcee. is about ready To show some
Of the stun that put him ahead Of
IN" other American league south
paw last year. and Bush thinks
much of IIollmgsw gsworth just now. hut
all the m"undCraft Of this pair VIII
mean nothing If they are accorded
the aboninable support given bad
HanhliS ana Alien Russell in the
D"dIsr faSco.
outside Of the hurting talent. tho
team facing tho Cards this after
noon was expected To be the sam" aS
C"tchcrS Pete Lapan and William
NaddiHgtrn IarErave. did their
work well enough. as did the cuth"ld
continuation thai included Goose
Sam Rice. bul what a sorry daE it
was f"r the guardians If the inner
sward,
Gagnon'~ WORK Is Poor.
chick Gdgn"r. - short. tossed en-
! high aud "a id. ana once tried to
! hide the ball about n foot under
! ground Hucky Harris mauhandled
! lHn score total to increase. while
.ioev Evans found the hot corner
, Just aS warm as it, name and broke
! into the error column.
'iaEnou'S peTformau"c was cspr-
| cjally below par. The former Holy
cross star never played anywhere
/ near the fielding standing he set
/ during his college career He gath
! cred IL the ball we'll enough. tut
checked his throws by getting sat
! for the effort. ON the TWO occa asi"us
! ne had 10 get the sphere a"r"ss Tho
diamond speedily he cut loose to"
! laie and heaVrd wildly.
| Had it not heen for som" stellar
I Ieapiug by BIZ ConT"y thes. hectic
! heaves might hay" proved NOR" diS-
astrous AS it was. the recruit pinch
I pla wing a. first base for the injured
/ Joe ,Iudg" g-rab bbeG The throws and
kept the runners at IN" initial sack.
Conroy. by the way. * making
sacker and probably is stated for that
job in emergencies should he be r.
tanned by the club. Right now there
is every Indication that he VIII be.
Evans Having Tough Time.
Evans is finding the job Of third
sacking quite difficult after long
spell of outer gardening. He is on
CCuntering more than average diff
Guilty handling slams to his right and
ais" thos" driven directly at hum.
! Twice yesterday hits were credited
/, To Brooklyn PLAYERS on taps that
would have hetn pretty 0lckingS for
many big league third hasemen.
Evans is trying faithfully TO regain
/ his Unfolding skill. hgt he viii need
a deal NOR" of drilling before he
uvcrComcS his present weaknesses.
OF course. his job at that station
may he said to be temporary. for ii
is dollars 10 doughnutS that Bill con-
roy Will he shaking a mean pair of
heels around that neighhorhood when
Judge * able to return to the line
up. ConrOy, in III" drills at Plant
Field. has shown himself to be among
the hest of infield recruit squad at
III" fielding end Of the business and
its leader with the fail. He takes q
vicious cut at the ball and knocks
EN- frequently and far.
Hankins Does Fairly Well
Hankins and Russell deserved a
better fate yesterday. although the
former was partially responsible for,
the early Brooklyn scoring through
his Wildness. Outside OF his poor in
ming. the third the Florida boy gave
an impressive performance. He was
nicked for a hit by Stuffy Stewart.
the first man to face him. and was
walloped for successive &afetieS by
Bill Mullen and Gene Bailey in the
second inning, yet he worked cody
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