Evening star., 1926-07-05


and 1925, will not have to get mu
put on the field his prospective Xxi
With the exceptions of Joe Jr
and outheld regulars OF today are
the clubs roster as 81 years old.
age of the intield is POE years and
The combined ages af Muddy RI
TO the roster, would be 5S years.
Marberry, the young pitchers of tn,
average OF 2o2a for this hurling trio
AT present it appears quite likely
that the men considered in the
groups above mentioned will be car
ried along for the start of the 1927
campaign. And if the efforts of the
Nationals prexy and Scout Joe En-
gel during the remaining months of
this season are successful. there will
he a host of youngsters added to
these groups. Griff was to join his
ivory hunter in the South this week
for an expedition through the minor
league jungles.
Must Hit and Throw.
The president has intimated that
he is on the lookout for Il youthful
catcher a flock of young pitchers of
both orthordoX and southpaw per-
suasion. understudies for Judge and
OsSie Bluege of quite tender years
and Il couple of outfielderS with good
batting eyes and strong throwing
arms. and who have not been in the
game very long. Whether these out
fielders are polished gardeners will
not especially concern the preNy.
They can learn TO field" he says.
but they must he able to hit and
throw before we take EN-
It's Il man sized job Grif and
Engel are about to start, probably
job big enough for two men, the way
the preXy calculates. Reports from
the bushes 50 far this year of pro
spective big league talent have been
none too glowing. And whenever
some youngster has earned mention
strong enough to cause inquiries 1t
generally has been learned that he
Is indentured to some major outfit.
But Griff will leave town with
high hopes. There are SO many
young fellows playing ball in the
minors that there must be some good
ones among them. And the scouts
of the other clubs do not pick any
more good ones than we do. Grin
believes. already we have lines on
some fine prospects, and we VIII
bring these players here as fast as
we can get them out of the minors.
Some are with clubs that still are
in pennant fights and we cannot
get them so early. But there are
others who so far must have been
overlooked by the scouts. They Will
not be overlooked by us, you can bet.
We are going through the smaller
x-itl, fina-fOOth comb
Young clubs seem to be having their
innings this year in the American
League The leading Yankees with
their regular intield and outfield at
work do not average high IN age.
The present infield quartet totals In
wears 96, giving 1t an average, age
per man 212 years less than the
Nationals inner Gordon. Win bane
Ruth and Bob Meusel on the job. the
outfield averages % years to a man.
against % 1-3 for the Nationals.
The White SoX are young IN the
infield except for Eddie Collins. Frank
O'Rourke is the oldest man in the
Tveer inner quartet. Excepting Jimmy
DYKES the Athletics have plenty or
youth in the infield, and but for George
Burns the Indian quartet would not
average high. There's q, little age to
the Red Sox, and George Sisler tops
the Browns inner works in years.
Outfields are more aged, with the
Red SoX heading. Ira Flagstead ana
Babvdoll Jacobson bring the average
up. Iris Speaker and Charley jamie
son. when the latter is in the game,
boost the Indians average. The Ath-
letics are comparatively young ana so
are the White SoX. The Browns are
not so old, nor are the Tigers, eX-
cent when Ty Cobb crashes into the
outfield lineup.
II so happened that the batting OF
the Younger sets of both CLUBS inquired
prominently yesterday when Nation
ais and Yankees battled to "A
draw, rain halting proceedings aIter
six innings had been played. stan
Coveleskie and Urban Shocker. both
spitballers, were mound rivals. Inc
Yanks made more use OF thelr SIX
hits than the Griffs did OF ~.
Covey was damaged right off the reel,
then. after the Nationals had forged
ahead, he was nicked for couple OF
safeties and a run in the t1nal frame
that kept victory away from the Ma
tionals.
Errors Back Safeties.
Three hits mixed with a poor chuck
bv Bluege and Myers tumble netted
the Yanks three runs in the first
frame II was young Roy Carlyle
hit that sent the first pair of tallies
across. But Myers triple paved the
way to a National marker in the lat
ter half of the round, and RueIs dou-
bile sent Judge to the plate in the sec
Ond session.
The Nationals got a flock of hits in
the fourth but only two tallies, and
an error helped in one. With one out,
Bluege singled and counted when
Harris doubled KoeniS's poor relay
to the plate of Bucky's smash let the
pilot score. Covey famed following
Ruel's single. then a couple of hits
crowded the sacks, but Taylor rolled
the ball to Shocker.
The Yanks tied in the sixth when
Carlyle's bounder went over Judges
dome for q double. Lazzeris two
bagger against the right-tield wall
pushed Roy over the counting block.
The Nationals sixth meant only the
third hit Of the afternoon for Myer.