The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-04-03

snecinen in 1925, still is about the
nren,ises but he will have to hit
or take the consequences. Roscoe
Holm. storm Lake, Ia, and Danny
Clark. Meridian, Miss, extra men
last wear, are also in there giving
the thing the old college try again.
Homer Peel, of Syracuse ana Fort
Sullivan. Texas, likewise Is giving
the situation a rally but to no par
ticular effect to date.
There is certain to be g lot q
outfield jugglery on the Cardinals
unless Hafey is ready to go, pronto,
and until Blades RECEIVERS, II ever,
and Douthit starts to hit, II at all.
One naturally expects Thevenow
to laugh off his broken leg in time
but Immediately to the right OF
him il Lester Bell at third base and
that Young man didn't do alto.
gether right by our Nellie in 1927.
Maybe he will come back with q
rush; maybe he won't. 1t simply 10
one of those things but, with
Thevenow's none too early recovery,
It makes for infield uncertainty.
They can't 20 wrong on the
opposite side Of the infield, how
ever. with Frank FriseIl at
second base and Jim BOttOnley,
Of Nokomis, ILL.,, at first.
They constitute just so per cent
of a great infield, provided the
other two men are right. II they
aren't, F'risch and B0ttomley con-
stitute just so per cent OF nothing.
Heine Soluble. fighting kid from
Houston, who came up from Dam
vile last year to replace the in
trying. He may have studied in
the meantime, but no one is betting
any American money that way.
That's very sound infield-pr
vided Thevenow Is ready to start
the season.
There is little the matter with
the catching. even il O'FarleIl does
fail to deliver 100 per cent. and
nothing at all the matter with tLhe
pitching. Grover Alexander is
aged, in truth, but the youth
doesn't live who wouldn't trade
the years to be Alex. He is good
for at least another year at top
speed. Shotton says Bill Sherdei,
McSherrystoWn, Pa, left.hander, is
good for five more.
In addition, Jess Haines, Phillips
burg, Ohio, II right at the top OF
his form and the word Is that
Flint Rhem has decided IN favor
OF bearing down and against kid
ding around. Rhem is pretty
fair pitcher, even when he doesn't
want to be.
Fred FrankhOuse, the HOus-
49, - II
at the close Of last season. conf
Art Reinhart. Waco, Is back
again for relief roles but Me.
Kechnie isn't thinking about
Art these days. He IS all keyed
Iip about John Berry. Spartan
burg. s. c., righthander, who
would have shut the Red SOx
out with one hit i'm five innings
the other day except for q bad
bounding ball.
Carlisle LittlejOhn. of Irene, Tex,
also has caught McKechnie's vag-
rant eye and he thinks pretty well,
too, of Harold smith, of Creston,
Ia. and Houston. Sylvester John
son. back again, this time from
Syracuse; Harold Haid, of Syracuse
and Altoona, and Allyn Stout, of
Syracuse and Webster, Mo-, simply
are doing the best they can, as I
gather it. AS for Ed Dyer, with
the club before, he has shown moth
ing to date except sore arm.
O'Farrell's assistants or O'Far-
rells successors, according to the
way matters eventuate, will be
Frank Gibson, obtained from Bos-
ton this winter. and Manusco, up
from Syracuse. II a fourth catcher
is carried, he will be Virgil Davis,
of Buffalo and Birmingham.
L know this to be true because
there are only four catchers with
the outfit. Manusco. so far. has
taken the play away from every
body. He is hitting and throwing
very well.
The cards areTcertain contenders.
regardless of what happens. And
IL they can produce 100 per cent
of their strength, they might do no
worse than first, as the saying
goes.