The Washington times., 1926-04-24
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~. almost impossible to. pick the
hast outfield IN the American
+ .eaeue. on paper the Yankee trio
Ruth. MeuseI and Combs-aooks
like q world heater, lS1t somehoW or
other this gang Of stars doesn't
aeen to s'click." Bob Meusel gives
the impression Of an apathetic. letn-
argic Individual who doesn't hustle
over much or bother to, run out MS
hits. Those highfalutin adJecttves
are fancy words meaning
Robert would play q different Drah0
Of ball for McGraw.
combs. q hard worker. Is destined
to be one OF the games flaming
stars. The status OF the Yankee
trio depends, therefore, upon Babe
Rutf's return to his 1924 form. +
the Babe comes back" IL Meusel
histIes-- then the Yanks should
have the American Leagues premier
outfield. Cullop and PaschAl are
good enough to mako most any out.
field in the country. That's Q tip
off on the potential strength Of the
Yankee trio. Few fans realize what
a fine ground coverer Babe Ruth -.
There are not so many IFS. about
Washington's great Out1ield- Rice,
Goslin and either Tobin or Joe Har.
ris. Perhaps this II q SAFER com.
bination to string with, since It,
form is more OF q known quantity.
Sam Rice has never received
the credit his talents emtitle him
to. In him the qualities Of IT
tack and defense ara nicely
blended.
Goose" Goslin, q temperamenta1
Hslugger Of the Joe Jackson type.
gives the Senator trio q cleanup
punch. II Tobin were the player
he was three years ago. We would
rate Washington at the peak. jos
Harris, with his eyesight improved
by an operation, may crowd the
sprightlier veteran out OF the. pic.
ture.
Connie Mack cannot be blamed
for believing that In Lamar. French
and Simmons he has the niftiest
Maybe he has. AL Simmons set the
circuit on fire last year. while
"Tilly" Lamar found himself after
years of futility. Any guy named
Lamar ought to cut capers In the
realm of sport.
If You worship at the shrine Of
swat, as who does not, ron viii
probabl rate Cobb, HeiInarn.
Wingo. Manush and FothergilT at
che top OF the heap. Somehow or
other the Tigers always could pick
up outfielders who can evefidst-
ingly pickle the pill
Ty Cobb Is slipping like the
clutch on . ROlIs-ROyce. He ap-
pears to improve with age. Harry
n aSH a.
the league last wear. says he VIII
do that little thing again.
s What's that raucous cry ecl1o-
ing from the direction Of the Mound
City? Why, bless our soul, We had
almost forgotten to mention ''Ken'
Williams, jacobson and Rice. ThDso
St. Louis Brownies can hit. with
any trio In the game. Williams,
fully recovered from the head In
jury which almost ended his career
last year, plans to give Babe Ruth
a race for home run hon0rs. Rfc0
first in the St. Louis Untaieid,
blowing Johnny Tobin all the way
to Washington.
Cleveland must be reck0nea
with. too, when estimating out
field strength. for Speaker. Jamic-
son and McNulty form . power
full combination. Spoke still
drives 'em on q line through the
box, much to the so1FOw Of pitch
erS who aren't adept at ducling.
Jameson, who had spunk enough
TO tell Speaker to stop poaching on
bis preserves, has slowed mp q bit,
hut, he could slow up more and
still cover left field better than the
average.