Evening star., 1924-08-09


to don uniform and swing into act
The deal for McNeely called up
mento S5,000 in cash and three play
immediately. Following McNeely's
nounced that Wild Matthews, who f,
sat1onal squirt in June, was to go to ii
But Matthews, sorely disappointed
ny mis- second failure to esta abIish
himself as a big Lacquer, will not
pIeak any speed laws In reporting to
ms new owner, and President Griff1th
may be called upon to hand Sacra
mento $4,000 in lieu of the player.
The negotiations for the deal left it
OPTIONAL with Sacramento to take
s?:ooo tor any of the three players it
dld not care to accept or could not
arrange terms with, and there is a
strong possibility that Sacramento
Wild. -
Looks to Next Season.
The cagey little fellow knows
everything Is settled SO far as this
season is concerned, for if Sacra-
mento does not accept his Washing
ton contract, Washington will have
TO, but Wild is looking forward to
next year. He wants to assure him
self of good salary, and the figure
he will ask may not sound so sweet
to the ears of the Sacramento mag
mates
And Matthews is in no position to
hustle to the Pacific Coast circuit He
is married man and has home affairs
That means visits of several days
each to Metropolis. Ill. his home
town, and Washington, where Wild
and Mrs. Matthews maintain an.
is quite a chance that Sacramento
will register a strenuous kick and
ask for the cash, leaving Matthews
with the Bucks.
Would Come In Handy.
At that the Bucks would do very
with McNeely they now have but four
pasture men. Earl McNeely, who uses
only the, second part of his front
name usually is a pleasant-spoken.
general build of Bucky Harris. While
he has been three years in profes-,
sional ball, this season has been his
first as regular, and he really has
had little experience at the game.
Earl who is 25 years old, played
around the Sacramento sand lots until
1922. when he signed with the home
town club of the coast league He
got into number of tilts that year.
but mostly as a pinch runner. his
speed making him very valuable in
that role. Last year he: was getting
along nicely until an appendicitis at
sion for six weeks.
This season he played regularly
with Sacramento and was rapidly de-
veloping into one of the best right
handed hitting and throwing out
fieIders in the coast circuit according
to reports when the Bucks acquired
him. Latest statistics give him a
batting mark of .33S this year.
Tenth Outfle1der on List.
McNeely is the tenth outfielder on
the Bucks roster this year and
Matthews is the sixth to go from the
Richbourg, nor Carr Smith was
sapable of lettering the outfield. Carl
East, in the short time he was with
the Bucks certainly was not impress
sive and Bert Griffith was too far out
of condition physically to give any
kind of an account of himself.
OF all the lot that joined the Bucks
during the first three months of the
season. Matthews was by far the
best Brought to the club from Mill
uSaukee in exchange for aRichbourg
early in June, Wild imme ediately be-
came an important cog In the ma
chine. He broke into the lineup in De-
troit during the first Western trip and
enthusiasm of the other players that
the Bucks began climbing. Wild
banged the ball at great rate.
fielded sensationally and seemingly
kGpL Ills t6dfIlIudltS hGytu " d 6lE IL
pitch. The Bucks performed so efusaslv
that within four weeks they jtHDed
from sixth to first place.
Then the little fellow began to fall
ter and with him the team faltered-
Finally Wild lost his batting eye alto
gether, and was replaced in center
field by Leibold during the series
with the Indians at home last month.
But during his nearly two months
term as regular Matthews put :
deal Of kick into the club, and when
displaced he never lost his wonderful
spirit He was on the coaching line
every day, cheering his mates with
his shrill voice, and ever ready to
step In as a substitute.
Pinch-Hits Successfully.
Recently, Wild was called upon often
as pinch-batter. and frequently re-
through one of the games of the
series in St Louis this week, per
forming brilliantly in center field and
at bat, getting three hits in four efforts. ,
His last appearance in the the Bucks, s... hne- ne
George Mogridge in the ninth frame.
got a double off Ernie wingard, and
scored when Leibold followed with
hit 1t was splendid major league
finish for a fine-spirited. persevering
fellow who is a credit to the game.
Perhaps finish" should not be used
Matthews has too much quality to be
kept out Of the big show.
Warren Ogden, slated for mound
work yesterday. was expected to toll
for the Bucks in one Of the games
this afternoon. Either Jez Zachary,
who is poison to the White Sox usu-
ally. or Paul Zahniser may get into
action in the other. There is
chance that the Bucks will be, called
upon to face the slants OF Mike Cven-
grps in one of the engagements. The
double attraction was to get unoer
way at 1880 o'clock, Washington time.
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