The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-17

| mas another story to tell.
ITS not the best club that ever
was organized" he said. ut has
its little weaknesses here and there.
which I don't care to elaborate
upon. All I want to say is that
have a smarter. faster club than
last year, with more punch and a
sounder defense, and I think it is
| good enough to win.
The other contenders? Well.
you must figure the Cardinals,
Pirates and Reds, for one thing,
and the Cubs win be dangerous. In
fact, they may turn out to be the
team we viii have to beat. Any.
way I'll say that the club that wins
the pennant will have to beat US. -
McGraw declined to comment in
any way on Roush's absence from
the camp, but his intimates made
no secret, Of the fact that John has
taken great unbrage over the mat.
ter, as has inded the team In gen.
eral. Rousch, they say, has been
! offered $4,000 for the season as
compared with the $4,000 he
wanted from the Reds; yet, he has
igSored both the offer and the man
who made it.
OF course, like q drug clerk
who hasn't what you want, the
ball club doesn't live that does
not have something Just as
good" with which to forget an
absent star. The something In
this case is in Melvin OFT, the
17-year-oId catcher Of last year
who is the 18-year-old center
fielder this year.
They say that OFT will be in the
| June. Roush or no Roush.
The Giants have plenty Of out.
| fielders in camp but not all OF
them are good. In fact, the writer
would venture TO say that it is an
as strong as 1t was last year.
It has been weakened, beyond all
doubt, at first base, where Terry
Kelly. It Is stronger at second
| placed by Rogers Hornsby, who
looks slower to me, although he Is
hitting well and obviously Is saving
himself.
However, the loss OF Ross
Young i'm right field would hurt
any club, and the Giants are no
exception. Further than that q
club with three untried catchers
making up the entire staff Of
receivers Is not exactly any
mans certainty.
/
Except for Burleigh Grimes, the
human salivary gland, the pitchers
! will be the same as last year. Kent
Greenfield, always q slow starter,
viii be pitching good baseball by
the first OF June; Hugh McQuillan
always q rapid starter, Is being
prevailed upon to do nothing al
this stage and he likes It; Fred
Fitzsimmons started well but
stopped when he hurt his hand by
carelessly leaving It under the
rocker OF a chair; Virgil Barnes was
a good pitcher last year and still
is: Jack Bentley is back again
without his convolutions, but no
body has noticed the difference, and
Dutch Henry, the southpaw who
was tried and found guilty before
is up again from Indianapolis and
this time he win stay.
The rising young men include Bill
Clarkson, the Raleigh, N. c., speci
men. who returns from Toledo q
reconditioned buy, and they say q
permanent one; Fay Thomas, Uni
versity Of Southern California man
who also is touted to stay, and
Louis Armada, an 1S-year-old Mexi
can left-hander, who probably will
go away and come back. Howard
Holland, University OF Virginia pro,
duct, also is around but nobody
knows how long.
The three untried eatchers include
Al De Vormer, the lad who dive6
into Lake Michigan, fully clothed
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