The Washington times., 1929-01-25
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BY Kirk Miller

BY Kirk Miller
Washington will have an
iron man working out in its
ranks at Tampa within a
month in the person of Guy
Cantrell on whom President
Clark Griffith has already
made a $1,000 deposit with a
promise to add another $25, 600
to the Golfers of the new
owners of the Baltimore Orr
oles in case Guy is retained.
During the last international
League season, Cantrell appeared
in more games than any twirler
of the Glass AA loop, getting into
Sc contests and being credited with
19 wins and Is losses. He also Is
credited in the official pitching aver
ages, Just released, with having
worked more innings, 290, than
any of his minor league brethren.
as well as facing the most bats
men, 1,284.
Those were not the only feats
of endurance contributed by Can
trell. CantrelI holds the questions
able distinction of allowing the
most hits. but this fact Is at
tributed more to his continual
presence in the box for the Orioles
than to any particular tendency to
be an easy pitcher for the leagues
batsmen.
:
Accordingly, Cantrell's total
Of allowed runs is also highest
An the league, 176 tallies being
scored off his delivery.
A pitcher. couldn't allow that
MANY hits and runs without snuff
ing out many batters by the strike
out method, which Cantrell did to
4 queens taste. He farned more
batters than any pitcher in his
league. 165 Of those who faced
him never getting away from the
home plate
Walter Johnson thinks very
highly Of Cantrelis ability as q
nurler and believes If Guy per-
forms here anything like as wen
as he did in Baltimore last season,
Washington's pitching problem Is
considerably diminished. The John.
son theory is that a pitcher who
was AZ active as Contrell for the
Orioles last season, appearing in
more games than any in the
league and finishing with an
earned run record OF 40 per nine
inning game. is ripe for the big
leagues.
scrutiny of the international
League pitching records does
not reveal that Paul Hopkins,
81 Montreal. who will be in the
fold at Tampa, h anything like
the twirler that Cantrell seems
90 be,
Hopkins is grouped among those
who pitched less than 10 complete
games, having won and lost 8, Tor
an earned run percentage OF 5.41.
However, Paul is only % and has
still time to develop into a major
In case he doesn't make the rifle
this spring
Former washington tWirlers who
failed here after thorough trials |
and who are coming up to the
majors for further consideration aresl
win BaIlou, who win so South with
the Brooklyn Robins, and Warren
sCurly'' Ogden. the Swarthmore
Shiek, who will be scrutinized BY
the Giants when the breeze Is Off
the Alamo at San Antonio q few
weeks hence. The AS also took a
look at Curly. finding him wanting.
Ballou was drafted from Milwaukee
BY the Dodgers, and Ogden goes to
the Giants from Buffalo.
when Dick Porter reports to
the Cleveland Indians, which he
will do. even IL he has been .
hOldOut, the Indians viii have
a more versatile player than
Jimmy Dykes, of the Athletics.
Porter played is games ait sec.
0nd for Baltimore last Season,
S7 at third base, IA st shOrtstOp,
and so in the Outfield, where, in-
cidentaIly, he belongs.
stories going the rounds In the
Hot Stove League chatterbox alley
are to the effect that Clark Grit.
fifth. president of the Washington
Griffmen, paid $4,000 for a bat
when he bought Eddie Kenna, a
catcher from the American Associa.
tion, last summer ana OsSle BlueSe
was the beneficiary.
According to the dope, Kenna,
when he Joined the Griffmen. had
among his tools peculiar bat that
resembled the old bottle stick used
by Heinie Groh when he in the
majors. Bluege borrowed the bat |
one day and from then on there
was d noticeable Improvement in
his hitting. Ossie ordered several
of the bludgeons and by employing
their use turned in seasons mark
OF .295 and knocked across 76 runs.
Kenna didn't measure up to
Grife's expectations, but the fact
that he brought with him a bat
that made Bluege a real whacker
Of the pellet, Griff figures that he
has been well reimbursed for his
n3ifnl1f e1f eo1d cash