The Washington times., 1930-06-03

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Kirk Miller

so, that q ball club is as strong
as its reserves, and perhaps
this quaint old doggerel of the
national pastime may be cited
as one Of the reasons the Phil
adelphia Athletics find them
selves at the top of the
American League heap as the
first Eastern invasion of the
Western sector commences.
Certainly last SUNDAYS
game, in which the Mackmen
tumbled the Griffs from the
top of the heap, demonstrated
that Connie Mack's second
team is not so much worse
than his first. if indeed it
isn't as good. Many times
earlier in the season Washing
ton made short work of that
first string aggregation from
Philadelphia.
But last week and Sunday
of this week, the Mackmen
were humping Washington off
with rare regularity with a
mixed team composed of first
and second string men, ano
there lies the secret to a team
that seems to be strong, No
matter whether the Simmonse5
and Cochrans are in there
every minute Of the play OF
not.
Should Washington fail to
keep up the pace it has set to
date. the difficulty will no
doubt be that the Griffs are not
surfeited W j h substitutes.
Jackie Hayes could substitute in
the center of the infield o. K.
There is one dependable alter
nate outfielder, Loepp, who can
hit as we'll as field, and Spencer
can help out Muddy Ruel. or
vice versa, but outside of those
three, the inner and outer sec,
ond string men of Washington
are nobody to write home about.
Should Ossie Bluege's trick
knee get to doing tricks again
or should Joe Judges ageing
limbs begin the wheeze and
crack, a vulnerable spot would
obtain around first. Any time
Joe Judge is out of the game,
and this is not meant in the
sense of borrowing trouble,
there are few in the American
League who could even wear
his shoes, much less on the
Washington bench.
No doubt Walter johnson Is
doing everything humanity pos
sible to strengthen this situa-
ton, but until it is strengthened,
the club hardly sizes up with
enough reserve to go into the
heat Of summer and the heat
of mid-Season competition.
And, discussing Joe Judge,
Washington will not forget dur
ing his absence that it is to
honor him on June %, when the
Griffs play the Detroit Tigers,
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top with coin of the realm.
Down in Alexandria, where
fanny Treagor, mine host of
many a Saturday nights hot
stove discussion, has established
a ballot box" into which all of
his numerous callers must de-
poSit silver or greenbacks before
they can be admitted to the
inner precincts of his hospitable
threshold.
To help the Joe Judge day
along, many of the independent
ball clubs hereabouts are rlaying
"Joe Judge games" in which all
proceeds go to help fill the cup
which Judges admirers will give
him-filled to the brim.
Don't forget the Joe Judge day
date, Saturday, June %. Help
fill that ball park and help fill
that loving cup for as regular a
guy as ever put on a majcr
league uniform
Jim Weaver, the man-moun-
tain whom the Griffs passed
on to the Baltimore Orioles,
is pitching great ball for the
Orioles. Memorial Day he
pitched the Monumental City
team into the league leader
ship, did this Carnera of Bal
timore's Class AA team.
Fine relief pitching by the
big former right-hander of the
GriffS enabled the Birds to
win both of their Decoration
Day games with Reading.
Weaver came to the rescue of
Stewart Bolen in the seventh
inning of the morning game
and stopped a Reading rally.
but didn't get credit for the
victory, as the Orioles were
ahead when Bolen left the
mound. In the afternoon tilt
Weaver came on the scene
with the score knotted, and as
the Birds later won out, was
credited with his third win Of