Evening star., 1930-06-03

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i l the ability Of Hoyt to carry on as
a pitcher.
Don't think that Waite is through, :"
ED says. He may not have the snap
Of years gone by, but he has the old
poodle on the shoulders, and, after all,
If a pitcher knows what 1t is all about
and can generally put the ball where
matter much whether the old zip still
.aS there. The Washington club has. a
great proof of this in Sam Jones.
Why shouldn't Hoyt come through
for us as Jones has for the Nationals?
Remember, Sam was cast of by the
Yankees and after an Indifferent year
with the Browns he did a great bit of
pitching the last year I was manager
of the Nationals, and he has started as
though he will be fine this season"
eyes, Harry Rice is a fine outflelder
and a dangerous batter" (HarriS will
agree with any one who says so when
talking with him about the recent trade
with the Yanks), ''but you can't get
said before with regard to base ball
trades and it still holds good. Primarily
the Tigers, we're after a ShortStop. 1t
may be said we. gave George Wrestling
for a shortstop. Well, we did. George
is not bad at all. But Koenig is the
more experienced player. The Yanks
wanted new pitcher. We figured one
new to us who might rate well as a
relief man wouldn't be poor trade.
That accounts for the Carroll-Hoyt ex-
change. But, above all, we had to have
the experienced man for the short field,
and as we already had a lot of pretty
good hitting and fielding pasture men
why not chuck in Rice to boot?"
AS Harris looks at the trade, the
Tigers perhaps got the edge and at the
worst got an even break.
"a $50 SECONDHAND FORD ana q
IA desire to visit his mother in Los
Angeles carries Harry Child into
big league base ball. Through with a
terms in Loyola College in Baltimore, his
home town, nearly two years ago, Child
with friend purchased the automobile
and headed for the Pacific Coast. Once
there the boys were in a tough fix
financially. Their car needed tires, they
needed accommodations and the only
thing to do was look for jobs. They
were ready to join a team in an indus
trial league, when Child learned
through the sports pages OF Los Angeles
papers that the Angels needed pitchers.
That read good to him.
He had pitched both with the Loyola
High School and Loyola College teams
in Baltimore and so he asked the Los
Angeles manager Tor a. trlal. NO Trials
were given in midseason---it was then
June. 1928-according to the manager,
so Child said he was willing to go
through mere workouts on the hill help
ing to pitch in batting drills. He so i'm
pressed the management that he was
given Job and in his first game he was
returned 9-to-1 victor. He walked
nine batters but he also struck out nine
and Yielded but one hit that a double
. made by Irish Meusel Of the Oakland
Club.
Last year with the Angels he was
given little opportunity by new man.
ager to show his wares. and at the end
of the season was optioned to Pittsheld
of the Eastern League. Everything was
not so lovely for Child in the new cir
cult, and it was not long before he
sought his unconditional release. That
Forthcoming, he went after place with
the nearest big league town to hi:
home, and it wasn't long before hf
donned Washington uniform.
Child is chunky chap. Weighing 19C
pounds and standing feet IL inches
Base ball is not his only sport He
played foot ball, basket ball and swan
for LoyoIa. He was a clever guard In
the floor game, was employed at quar-
1terback and halfback on the grid anc
plowed over middle distances in water
Several years ago he finished third ir
the 3-nile Presidents Cup swimming
race on the Potomac, In, which he com
peted three successive years. But bas'
ball always has been his big game, ans
he's more than eager to make good o.
1t In the big show.