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be lucky to win one of them.
George Sisler still has Dixie Davis
and Joe Bush to use against
Bucky Harris and his champions.
The Browns are a great home
team, winning most of their games
at Sportsman's Park and losing
most on the road. Therefore, the
Griffmen will be fortunate to win
one of the remaining games be-
fore hopping up to Chicago for
their final series in the West for
the 1925 campaign.
Jeanes Gets Try.Out
Tex" Jeanes is with the Wash
ington club for trial in the gar
den. The Birmingham outfielder
was awaiting the champions on
their arrival from Detroit and
Bucky Harris wasted no time in
taking look at him in action.
Jeanes went to center field in the
sixth inning. He had one put out,
coming in fast for Sisters short
fly in the seventh and went to
bat once He rolled to LaMotte
and, though thrown out, showed a
fast pair of heels going down the
line.
Bucky Harris intends using the
newest Griffman against all left
hand pitchers, with Bob Veach en-
tering the lineup against the right
handlers Veach is suffering from
wounded knee. He stopped a
line drive with his right kneecap
with the usual result. He limps
around like a cripple.
Looks Good to Bucky
"Jeanes handles himself like a
real ballplayer," said Manager Efar-
ris after watching his recruit in
action. "Joe Engel says he is the
goods. Well, I'm willing to lie
shown. He looked all right to me
today"
nounces his name as though spelled
Jaynes, IL that means anything to
e. Lawrence Phillips and the boys
in the back room.
Walter Johnson is in Coffeevllle,
Ken. today trying to sell his prop
eItv there. Five years ago, when
tines were good in Kansas. JOHN
son refused offers of as high as
S3I. 600 for his farm. Today ne
cannot get more than $4,000 for it..
Iohnson has invested much of his
Iifn's earnings IN that farm and
does not care to give it away for
q song. The veteran finger is
definitely out of this series but
will probably open the series in
Chicago against the White Sox on
Friday.
CoveIeskie To Pitch.
Stanley Coveleskie is carded to
twirl today's game against the
Browns, with either Davis or Bush
opposing him. probably Davis.
That will bring up Ruether for
the final game tomorrow.
Bucky intends handling his pitch.
ers so that Johnson and Coveleskie
will oppose the Mackmen in Wash.
ington next Tuesday. and Wednes.
day. shooting them back again on
Labor Day. Now that Alex Fer.
cuson is likely to deliver the
goods any time he works, he Will
also appear in one of the games
in Philadelphia. Ruether will share
the mound duties1 In that series,
being the one Washington south.
paw generally effective against
the AS.
The champions have now won
five out OF eight games since
leaving home. AS the Mackmen
dropped a game yesterday to the
Indians at Cleveland. the cham.
pions remain on top of the heap
by the margin of single game.
This is not much of a lead, but
the Griffs seem content to hang
on. winning when the AS win
and losing when they lose.
A winning squirt just now would
give the champions a fancy lead.
but they are not hitting and such
a squirt would be, indeed, u sur
prise.
Joe Engel. Washington's scout,
is here to make his report to
President Griffith, who is accom-
panying the team ON its final squirt
through the West. Engel knows
a whole lot about many young
players and his judgment will he
followed when the Washington
club puts in its claims for players
in the annual draft.