Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-12
Jungee Stronger Nov Than Standing Sho,us Look Trout
On the Sidelines
With the Sports Editor.
by Denman Thompson

TINE old saw that a chain is no
stronger than its weakest link
has its parallel IN base ball
where a team is no more for
midable than its reserves.
Food for thought along this line is
provided washington fans as the Ma
tionals launch their second swing
around the Western end of the circuit
minus the services of Heinie Manush,
whose prolific bat has proved such an
important factor in the high estate
attained by the club.
Just how long Manush will be on the
shelf remains to be seen, but those
familiar with the ailments diamond
athletes are heir to are fearful it will
fully predicted
1t will be recalled that when Sam
Jones met with mishap at the outset
of the Nationals first invasion of the
frontier early in June it was believed he
would be out of action for several
days" A month, almost to a day,
elapsed before he was able to resume
his chucking chores.
The injuries in these cases are not
the same, Jones having had some sort
of a leg kink, while ManuSh is suf-
fering with strained muscle in his
groin. But, like Somber Sam, Hilarious
Heinie is a veteran, and optimistic esti-
mates anent the date of his return may
prove misleading.
TAKEN out Of the first game Of the
- double header in Boston last
Wednesday, when his running was
hampered by pain that developed in
his leg, 1t was feared he might be suf-
fering from an infection from spike
wounds received during the New York
series preceding.
Shipped to Detroit, an examining
physician was inclined to minimize
Manush's injuries, and was of the opin-
ion he could get back in the lineup
during the set with the Tigers, which
got under way with a double-header
today, in which event the Senators will
be primed to retain their place at the
head of the procession. Otherwise, how
successful they prove in cavorting on
foreign fields depends on the ability of
Dave Harris and George Loepp to fill
his shoes.
1t happens Manush Is one of the
strongest links in the Senatorial chain.
Both of his understudies have proved
of value to the club in replacement
roles, but neither combines the attack
ing and defensive ability of the former
Brown and Tiger, and if Heinie is out
for any length of time or should suffer
a setback from too early a strain on
his weakened underpinning, the answer
TO the class of the Senators must be
furnished by Harris and Loepp.
A SSUMING 'ManuSh will be ready
n and fit at an early date, the Griff-
men will be far more formidable
outfit than during their first two inter-
sectional SkirmiShes, when they were
able to grab only Is of rs contests. The
talent added via the trade route-not
the least of which is Crowder-en-
abled the Senators to gather in IL of
Is tits in their most recent clashes
with the Westerners on the home lot
This feat accounted in large measure
for their ouSting the Athletics from the
leadership, and If they can maintain
such a gait on the 19-game Western
question they will come back to the
Capital at the end of this month still
heading the procession.
TOHNSON'S men are looking forward
to the third stop of their current
tour-at st. Louis-with more inter-
est than any of the others, in that it will
afford them the opportunity to erase
the 7-to-6 game advantage possessed by
the Browns, who thus far this season
have run true to their usual form in
proving tough nuts for them.
At the halfway mark in the sched-
ule every outfit in the circuit, except
that bossed by Bill Killefer, had come
off second best in interclub battles with
the Capital Cityans. As might be ex-
pected, the laSt-place Red Sox have
proved the easiest hurdle for the Ma
tionals, who have dropped only 2 of Ia
engagements with them; but they have
battered the Yankee to a 8-to-2 tune
and rung up Z to 3 against the Tigers.
Opposed to the Indians, the Griffmen
hold a 5-to-3 edge, and possess mar
gins of to 4 and Z to 6 against the
White Sox and Mackmen, respectively.