The Washington times., 1926-03-06


ris, ito have US lose some valuab
the exhibition season. At the $
Braves anything for nothing.
Manager Harris has been reading
lot Of, stuff being turned out BY
touring syndicate experts and
he admits they sure do give him
q laugh.
appetite or something like that,
can get a big laugh merely from
reading what some of those birds
say about the Washington club.
says Bucky. Then. once get .
laugh, things begin to brighten
around me and I'm all set to face
anything or anybody.
Zone bird said the other day that
Covey, Johnson and Peck would
have to have their legs and arms
glued on. I'll say he was originas,
anyway. But he was q million
miles away from the fact, and ]
don't believe he looked at any of
them. Indeed, Peck was at Hot
Springs, while Walter and Coveg
were merely playing In the pepper
game.
"Just as 1 fold you up IN Wash.
ington before the schedule meet.
Ing, it's going to take lot Of
luck for any team i4 this league
e. beat us out Of our third
straight pennant. OF course, some
club may get that winning stride
and nut it over us. but we have
that stride right now, don't for.
get that.
GAS / look at things. We have
added to our. strength just where
we needed It most. I don't see
where any of the other clubs. ex.
ceDting Cleveland and Boston, have
done much of anything in that d.
rectior The Indians and Red SIX
are still experiments, hardly coz
tenders
II don't want to go on record as
claiming the pennant. that would
be going too far. But sure do
believe that we'll be In there. close
enough to have our experience
count for something. Experience,
that's where we shine.
Look at Johnny Tobin, There's
our right fielder, make no mistake,
itist as long as he can make the
time. He'e a fine leadoff batter,
800 or better hitter, q clever
fielder and when anybody tells you
his arm fs gone. tell him different.
Right there we have made our
cutfield.
Joe Bush il in better shape
than I've seen him since came
into the league. In addition, he's
contented with his job. which means
q whole lot, as every baseball man
knows. He should win by himself
Just as many games as Zachary
and Ballou did for US last year.
That's about Is. Til be greatly
disappointed II Joe doesn't do at
least as well as that with this club
behind him.
Wondering why we took Arch:
deacon In the draftf Well, I
like players with the old fight.
Ing spirit, and he's got It. TIM
not figuring on him for regular
duty, but I do expect to get
lot of work out Of him.
Baseball games these days are
won frequently by a sudden Ehift
somewhere during the contest. 1t
will be fine to have q fast runner
like Archdeacon, for instance re.
placing Joe Harris or Hank Sew.
ereid after either of them has hit
safely. The run he scores may
be the run to give us q victory.
If you look into his record.
Archdeacon has always hit for 800.
He has been a fine leadon man,
being hard to pitch to. That's the
right kind Of a man to have on
the bench. ready for all emergen.
cies.''
NArS.gr rnar.1ar. - th;. loo .,,a
have been quoted az picking teams
which, in their opinions, are in the
race or not in the race. Bucky
Harris is original. He says he
unjust defeat seven clubs"
"A defeat is a defeat, isn't IT.,
whether the Red Sox give 1t to yoI
or the Indians" SAYS BBcky.
That's the way l look at baseball
pennant races. The winner is the
team losing the fewest games. I'm
out to have our team lose fewer
games than any OF the other teams
in the flag chase.
Most everybody believes that
the AS and the Browns will be
our toughest rivals. don't
fights of their own, remember.
Cleveland might help us a whole
lot, for example, by knocking off
the AS or the Browns at .
critical time.
"Chicago, IL Collins lands 4
capable shortstop. may prove quite
as troublesome in this race as
either the AS or the Browns. They
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