Evening star., 1924-05-01

another ScttO at Fenw2E Bari the
last day of the month and single
games with the Mackmen here and
al Philadelphia June l and ,. respec-
lively, are listed before the Griffs
hike for their first trip through the
west, which opens at Detroit June 3.
To date, the accomplishments of
Bucky Harris athletes have been dis
appointing to their followers 1t may
be said that the highly touted pitch
ing staff generally has delivered up
TO expectations, falling down badly in
only couple of games. notably that
of Tuesday. here. when half = dozen
OF the local chuckers contributed no
ess than fifteen bases on balls TO
the most rwhelming defeat yet
suffered by the Nationals.
Principal Trouble Is AfeId.
Their principal trouble has been
atield. and for no we'll defined reason.
as the most dependable veterans as
well as the newcomers have share d
alike in costly errors of both Va
rieties-CommiSSion and omission.
great majority OF these hobbies. how
ever. have been mechanical and as
most of the pc rpetrators have estab-
IShed regulations for skill on defense,
lHiS HOle III lne dTHlOT DL the tiub
may be expected TO close automat-
ically.
Another important essential in
which the Griffmen have been Woe
FULLY lacking is in attack. Goslin.
Harris and Ruel alone of the regulars
having delivered in the measure ex-
pected of them 1t was this fact
which undoubtedly Influenced Harris
to swing the deal that sent George
Fisher. who was clubbing at .1S9
70 in Istv for
Carl East. q player with an euviahl,
reputation for slugging in the minors
In this connection a little dope on
East, who reported to the Nationals
Yesterday and accompanied them to
New York, should not go aniSS.
East an Idol in Minneapolis.
When Rcb Russell graduated to tie
Pittsburgh Pirates in July, 1922. Min
neapoliS fandom rlourned his de-
parture, for the husky veteran had
won his way into the hearts OF almost
every follower of Joe Cantillon's Mil
lers But before the 1923 campaign
was far advanced Minneapolis fans
had almost forgotten the great Rebel
in exulting over the deeds OF East.
the fiychaser obtained at the start of
last season from the Wichita club of
the Western League.
Final records for 1923 reveal that
East led the American Association in
home runs, cracking out 81 circuit
drives to % for Bunny Brief OF Kan
sas City, his closest rival In addi
tion, East stood fourth in batting.
with 223 hits in 595 trips to the pan
for an average of .S75. Included in
that array of hingles were 43 dou-
bles and - triples. giving him total
of 38S bases and 118 runs.
Il Sixfocter. Weighing 100.
East, who stands an even six feet,
weighs 1870 pounds. bats left-handed
and throws right, was born at Mari
eta, Ca. on August %, 1899. After
seeing service with the Rome, Ga,
club of the Southeastern League in
1912. Montgomery of the Southern
Association in 1912-14, Little Rock of
the same loop and the St Louis Amer
leans in 1915, Lincoln of the West
ern League in 1861 and Sioux City
Of the same circuit in 1917 he went
to Wichita, where he remained from
1919 through 1922.
The last year of East's stay in the
Western League found him perched
at the top of the batting list. He per
formed in 109 games, was at bat $50
times scored 157 runs and made 270
hits, including 81 doubles. triples,
80 home runs and Is sacrifice hits for
a .391 percentage. He also stole 15
bases and wound up the schedule
with fielding average of .937.
EaSts most notable batting feats