The Washington times., 1925-07-20
JONES DUE
7 D JOIN
GR|FFS
Cowboy Will Leave Mobile
Next Month for Last
Western Swing
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

BY LUIS "A. DOOUhGR'
CLEVELAND, July 20.-"Cow-
boy" Jones, the young outfielder
purchased from the Mobile club
of the Southern Association, will
report to the world champions
next month and will make the
final western trip with the club
in the capacity of pinch hitter
and extra outfielder.
Jones got away to slow start
this season with Kid Elberfeld's
Mobile bunch, but is now going
great guns. His latest batting
average shows him clouting the
ball at a rate of 1926 for eighty
six games. Going to bat 1913
times, he has scored fifty-four
runs on los hits. He has stolen
eight bases.
Indicating the fast clip Jones is
setting for himself these days in
his desire to make a favorable Inn
preston upon Bucky Harris, in four
games last week the youngster
went to bat sixteen times and ham,
mered out ten safe hits for a total
Of seventeen bases. This is hitting
to the tune of .625.
Jones got his opportunity to i'm
press Clark Griffith last spring dur
ing an exhibition game against the
champions at Mobile. He made the
most OF it, and Griffith left Mobile
convinced that Jones had the max
ings Of a fine batsman.
Attempting to talk business with
discovered that the Red SOx had
team. That brought some bicker-
ing between the Red SOx and the
Griffs, the latter acquiring the
player because it offered more
money than Boston care to spend.
The arrangement was for Jones
TO stay with Mobile this season, re-
porting to the Griffmen late in
September. That has now been
changed, Jones coming to Washing
ton a month ahead Of time to get
his first peek at major league
bah yard.
ct wouldn't say right now that
Jones can hit 300 in this league"
Is Joe Engel's description of the
Mobile outfielder, ''but he has a
chance. He is a tall fellow who
should fill out more in a couple of
years. He takes a vicious cut at
the bali and, when he lands on it,
that ball usually travels.
HE is not a finished outfielder
by any means, but experience will
fix that. It made Goslin, for in
stance, one of the best outfielders
In the league. Jones has the same
chance. When I last saw Jones
he wasn't hitting much and I told
him he'd have to begin soon. if he
wanted that chance in the big
show.
HE came right back with a
promise to burn up the league as
soon as he hit his stride. Since
then he has been killing all kinds
Of pitching and Mobile fans swear
by him. In the other cities .he
fans swear at him, which is a diff
ference"
Bucky Harris will hardly nse
Jones in any games, except as u
pinch hitter now and then, but he
win have opportunities of studying
his style at bat and Of aiding him
In acquiring the art of fielding in
the big league parks.
NO WOEI0 CHdIIlpIOIlS Close their
second Western tour here today.
Tomorrow they play an exhibition
game against the Jersey City In.
ternationals at Utica, n. Y, NOV
ing on to the metropolis imme
diately afterward. Wednesday will
find the team idling in New York
before tackling the broken-spirited
Yankees,
Walter Johnson. Dutch Ruether,
Stanley Coveleskie and Jezebel
Zachary have been excused from
going to Utica. They leave for
New York direct this evening, az
irving tomorrow morning.
The New York series consists of
three games on Thursday, Saturday
and Sunday. Every effort will be
made to have the champions home
In Washington by midnight next
Sunday night. The final invasion
Of the Capital by Western clubs
opens a week from tomorrow, the
Chicago White Sox leading off with
double-header. The Griffmen
Will be home three weeks before
coming out here for their last
swing around the Western fringe