The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-13

He thinks injuries beat his team
out Of the flag last season and he
likes his clubs chances of winning
the 1929 bunting. He believes the
Chicago. Cubs will be the team he
win have to beat to win the pen
nant He said the New York Giants
and the Pittsburgh Pirates are sure
to be dangerous contenders but he
does not think so much of st.
Louis, last years pennant winners.
4 i am still experimenting" said
Hendricks, ''but ] expect TO line my
, anfield up in this manner: Val
Picinich will do the bulk of catch
ing; George Kelly viii play first
base, Hughey Critz second, Horace
Ford shortstop and Chuck Dresser
third base.
IL like my infieId. That sec
ond base combination Is great.
We made the record Of 1914
double plays last year.
my outfield Is question. /
probably will start Curt Walker in
right, Ethan Allen in center and
Everett Purdy in left. / have
other good outfield material in
Shaner. Callaghan, zitzmann, Crab
tree, Hill and Swanson. Any one
Of these youngsters may come
through In a big way. Swanson and
Crabtree look very good.
Hendricks said that Dresser.
whom he is banking on for third
base. Is a holdout. If, however,
Dresser fails to sign up, Jack de-
clared he has a first-class man to
fill that post in Walter Lutzke.
who played that position for five
years with the Cleveland Indians.
II always seem to have a great
: land / think ] will have a grand
array of Fingers this year.. My
big four will be Luque, Lucas,
koip and Rixey. And il Donohus
Is right, and think he will be.
will have five great pitchers.
Donohue suffered a severe attack
of flu last year and wasn't himself.
II Donohua comes through we will
make it awfully tough for every
club in the league.
"Jakie May. a great little
aouthpaW, was sick most of last
year a. q result of an opera
tiOn. He is all right now. That
Rdds oven more strength. Be-
sides / have some good young
aters. Kenneth Ash did very
well with Columbus last year
and should help us. Paul
ZahniSer, whom we brought
from ST Paul, is an old head.
He was formerly with the Red
SOx and Washington. Ash,
johnson, Mccoy and Pyle are
promising young pitchers. any
one of whom may come
through in fine style. I'm not
worried about my pitching
staff.
81 think we would have won the
flag last year had it not been for
tough breaks in the way of In.
juries. We were in first place up
to June FL We were still in
second on August Is.
But we had hard luck. Lucas
broke an arm on May % after he
had won seven straight games. On
May 81 Luque had his tonsils re-
moved and was out of the game
for a long time. On the same day
Allen had his jaw broken in an
exhibition game All this happened
August rs Walker, our star out
fielder. suffered a fractured skull
by a thrown ball. To cap the
climax. Donohue. developed neu-
ritis
Hendricks declared that the Reds
s'are better ball club than most
people believe He said, too, that
his is a well.behaved team with a
large proportion of young married
men on 1t.
Rogers Hornsby is good ball
Mayer and may ,conceivably
strengthen the Chicago Cubs to the
point where they win be hard to
beat, but Hornsby Is q detrimsflt
to any club" to quote A&ntlticka
He remarked thar Aarsssby
was released after he Nae man
aged the Cardinals tn q penuant.
that Manager John McGraw, OF
the Giants had him and was
willing 10 let him go, and that
Boston did not wRDt HOrnsby
after he had managed that club
for q season.
II was offered Hornsby for Critz
by McGraw. but / would not have
: him. said Hendricks. "Hornsby is
great hitter. but he cannot run
bases and he is nct improving as
an infielder."
Hendricks intimated that he has
been banking largely on his pitchers
to win the flag for the Reds. He
said that In the lest seven years
he has had the eading shutoat
pitcher OF the league six times.
Only one year. IN 1927 was that
honor taken away from them. ne
said. and that was when Dazzy
Vance OF the BROOKLYN Dodgers, had
his great year.
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