Evening star., 1925-09-24


Manager Harris now is sure his
wound will be thoroughly healed be-
fore October Z. when the struggle with
the Pirates will start, but hurts such
as his are tricky. The new tissue
that closes such a wound as that suS-
tanned by the National pilot is apt to
leave the finger quite sensitive for
some while so it will. be we'll for the
American League champions to have
in readiness a capable understudy for
the regular second Sacker.
Adams Clever Afield.
Fielding around the middle station.
the Oakland draftee has been particu-
larly good at all times since joining
the Nationals. He is fast, can get
after drive to either side in splendid
style, goes back to the outfield for
near-TeXaS Leaguers in clever man.
ner and has snappy whip. Re
Gently Adams has been diagnosing
attack with remarkable accuracy. He
has been placing himself for batters
we'll enough to cut off a number of
drives that seemed ticketed hits when
they left the bat.
Adams batting figures as a Ma
tional are not so impressive. He has
made hits in &c times at bat for
rating of .269. But these figures do
not reveal the substitutes real value
extensively. In batting drills the
portside swinger hits a hard ball and
he has banged vigorously in competi
ton, too. Most of Adams fruitless
efforts at the plate were spread
through the first four months of the
season. Since he has been getting
into the lineup more frequently he
has shown considerable strength with
the mace.
Spence was to go to the middle sta
ton today in the two games slated
to be played with the Indians, and
more than likely will take care of that
job most of the time in the eleven
games remaining on the Champs
schedule. Stuffy Stewart, second base
man bought from Birmingham, will
not be overlooked altogether, but
Adams will set the real pointing for
emergency use in the world series.
Finish With Tribe Today.
Today's encounters were to be the
last this year with the Indians, who
nave been vanquished in all but of
their 20 starts against the Nationals
Alex Ferguson and Dutch Ruether
were to toe the slab against the Tribe
in this afternoon double header
Tomorrow the Browns will be here for
their last visit Of the year. They are
to play three games in this final Sc
r1es. Jez Zachary, southpaw, who
has beaten them twice and lost to
them three times this season, may
open fire for the Champs in the first
encounter.
Walter Johnson and Roger Peckin-
paugh, who have been nursing minor
injuries, are rapidly rounding into
good physical trim. In fact, it would
not be surprising should Peck resume
his regular job at shortstop today.
His strained instep was not bothering
him much yesterday. Johnson's
charleyhorse is disappearing, and the
big fellow may toe the slab in one of
the battles with the Browns.
Like college foot ball teams, major
league champions often send a scout
to games played by a club to be met
in the world series. Everett Scott
has been assigned to this task and
will go to Pittsburgh within a day
or two. The principal task of such
a scout is to observe the mannerisns
while in action of the rival teams
pitchers. Batting tendencies and
weaknesses of the players and the
rival clubs style of attack do not
have to be looked for by the scout.
Will Observe Buc HurIers.
No player is in base ball any great
time before his batting idiosyncracies
are known to all other players in
both big leagues, and newspaper re-
ports of games give all the charac
teristics of offensive play that a po-
tential world series opponent would
care to learn.
But it is helpful to know the style
of pitching employed by opposing
hurlers. A manager wants to know
how clever a hurler may be in hold
ing men to bases, how deceiving is
his pitching motion. These traits
are better learned from observation
than from hearsay. And that is what
Scott is expected to discover during
his sojourn in the Smoky City before
the big games get under way.