The Washington times., 1927-04-21

During the past winter, however,
Carrigan yielded to the blandish.
ments of his Boston friends and
signed contract to manage the
Red Sox for two years. Admitting
he had seen but three games or so
In ten years. he said he would look
over his material before coming TO
any conclusions. It is now wills.
pered that he is about to come to
CERTAIN conclusions.
Bill Carrigan's Boston club won
two, world series, those Of 1915 and
1916. That was a ball club! Joe
Wood, Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore.
Goose Egg" Foster, Carl Mays,
Dutch Leonard formed one of the
best pitching staffs in the history
OF the league. Thomas and Cady
were the day.in-and-day-out receiv-
ers who could hit as well as catch.
HoblftzelI, Gamer, Jack Barry,
Hal Janvrin, Larry Gardner
and Everett Scott played in the
infieId. while out In the garden
were Duffy Lewis, Harry
Hooper. Carrigan himself
caught many games during
those years and was generally
credited with developing Ruth,
Mays, Shore and Leonard.
Under his driving power the
Red SOx became veritable ter.
rOrs to all rivals.
Today Carrigan's material falls
far short Of that OF 1915 when It
comes to ability, or even to promise
Of ability. The three outfielders are
all over 30 years of age. There can
be no promise there. Hartley is 38
and Fred Hofmann is SO, forming
the oldest catching staff in the
league.
Topper Rigney is 80 and Fred
Haney 20. Bill Regain is q and Phil
Todt 26 years of age. The first pair
are nearly. at the end Of the road.
Wanninger, %; Rothrock, %; Roll.
ings, 20. They are the hope Of the
infield.
1t is among the pitchers that
Manager Carrigan's hand will first
appear. Slim Harriss is 20 and Fred
Wingfield 26, but most of the others
are mere kids, who should be plastic
in the hands of the veteran manager.
Even here Carrigan has succeeded in
teaching Harriss how to cover first
base and act like something besides
q statue in the infield. That is q
gain right there.
Danny MacFayden is 20, Jack Rus.
sell 81, Bradley %, Charlie Ruffing
%. Johnny Wilson 20 and Harold
Wiltse 90 years old, a half dozen can
6idates promising much for the
future under the wise tutelage OF
Bill Carrigan.
But that is all in the future. To.
day the Red Sox don't appear any
more formidable than they did in
1926. Wanninger has perked UP the
infield and Holman and Hartley
should provide more brains benin l
the bat. But the entire lineup lacks
the skill to do more than win occa-
sional games whenever the other fell
low happens to be going bad.
In the old days Of Red Sox
supremacy the park would be
jammed to the guards today, but
10 years of dire, dour disap.
pointment has all but killed the
fans fervOr and $4,000 will be
large thrOng now. leaving 10000
yawning seats.
Washington fans would hardly
brave the chill April air found here
but Bostonians are akin to the Polar
/ bear and the reindeer, and 50
bundled up in heavy wraps. they are
prepared to sit through the after.
noon. hoping against hope that the
Sox may rise in newly.dlscovered
might and pound the daylights out
of the brash Griffmen, who are hers
for three days and three victories n
their mad anxiety to get on the trail
once more of the leaders.
The washington squad arrived
this morning, and most Of the lads