The Washington times., 1924-03-29

: Fisher who bats left handed, IT,
the same hard hitter he was q year
ago. Though playing only few
innings, he SENS to have improved
considerably in his fielding.
Whether or not he will be retained
depends largely upon the fielding
end OF his game. He was lament.
ably weak there last season and
for that reason was sent to New
Haven.
At least until the Major League
campaign opens, Smith and Fisher
will alternate in right field, the
former facing southpaws and Fisher
going in against the orthodox
hurlers. It u good bet. though.
that Leibold will be in the lineup
against the Machmen on April Is,
provided neither, youngster begins
knocking down the fences on the
way home in the series with the
braves.
Smith played three innings
against Milwaukee yesterday,
pounding out . salty on his one
attempt. Fisher caine In against
the righthAnded Shauer md it
was his bingle In the ninth with
Ing the Griffs the victory, 4 to 3.
Dave Keene, former Mackman,
was twirling for Milwaukee then.
He was trying to slow ball Fisher
out failed. The youngster timed
the ball perfectly and slapped a
clean single over second base.
In the eighth frame Fisher cut
OF runner at the plate with an
excellent peg to Hargrave. John.
son singled, advancing on Griffin's
tnfield out. He went to third on
Cooney's rap to right and scored
on Mellilos' sacrifice fly to Fisher.
The outfielder's peg to the plate
was high and wild and 50, when
Mccarthy singled to right, Cooney
attempted to score. This time
Fisher had the range, cutting down
Cooney with room to spare. All in
all the two kids enjoyed their after
noon.
Slow and uninteresting was
the game despite its close score
and last inning rally. No par
ticularly good fielding was seen,
and the hitting was not impress
siVe. Peck's single scoring
Pr0tl1rO, put the Grfffs ahead IN
the fourth, but Milwaukee tied IL
up In the fifth and got two more
off MC0rew, who lacked effective
ness.
Sam Rice gave the Brewers their
first run. Zachary had passed
Shinault with one out. and he had
reached second on the pitchers
death. Matthews raised an easy
ny for Rice who obligingly dropped
Il letting Shinault score.
In the sixth Cooney singled and
stole. scoring on McCarthy's single.
up on an infield out and tailed
on Cooney's third safe hit.
With two gone in the eighth
Prothro singled and so did Peck
Matthews error let Prothro reach
third. Hargrave brought him over
with a solid smite to left.
Judge opened the ninth with a
walk, reaching third on the next
two outs. A wild pitch scored
him. GOSlin took q walk, reaching
second when the fourth ball was
q wild pitch. FISHERS single to
center scored him, with the win.
ming run.
Fred Marberry Is confined to his
shed with Q cold. Trainer Martin
says the big fellow will b. running
around next week as we'll as ever
Manager Harris admits the truth of
run1ors that Ben Egan. former big
league and Baltimore catcher, will
assist in coaching the pitchers, get.
ting on the job when the team
reaches Washington. He says Ches-
bro wiz be retained, merely dividing
the coaching with Egan.
The Griffs have refused to waive
claim to Third Baseman Simons,
Of the st. Louis Browns. Manager
Harris wants to take q look at him,
anyway. even though the Brownie