Evening star., 1932-02-19
BY TOM DOERER.

b1 1OM DOEhEh.
ER. ROBERT MOSES GROVE,
.nu the American League pitching
menace of 1881, still is the
younger loop batters' problem
as the major outfits begin packing their
luggage for another training siege in
| the grape fruit belt.
| What to do with Nose, and not the
Athletics, has the boys winging. Wash
| ington, in particular, upon whom Nose
vented much Of his spleen, is Won
dering where it would head in 1882 If
would toss his glove in the lake-or
join the Red SoX.
| Last years winning string Of 81 vic
| tories made Nose the most feared
hurler in the loop. He checked the
Griffs' hopes, he stunted the Yanks and
he curled the aspirations Of the Indians
and Browns.
He did to the opposition what,
Guy Harris, the lean dentist Of the
Chisox of 1913, did to the pennant-
aspiring Tigers, then under the
management Of Hughey Jennings,
the old playmate of John McGraw
and the rest of the ancient Orioles.
Guy Harris of those days is G. Harris
White, head of the physical training
department of the senior and Junior
high schools Of the District of Colum-
bia, today. Doc talks little Of his base
ball days, but the record books make
up for his reticence
That he was an expert with the
whitewaSh brush is attested by the fig
ureS, which show he not only 5blanked
his opponents 81 times over period of
13 years, the length Of his base ball
career. but held his rivals runless for S
consecutive games. The latter mark
still stands as untouched by base balls
great array Of hurting talent, the john
sons Of old and the Groves Of today.
In the training days Of 1914 the De-
troit Tigers were jubilant when it was
announced that their particular men
| ace, Guy Harris, the southpaw, had
hung up his club for keeps. For many
slender southpaw had made base ball
life miserable for Jennings and his
crew. For the As contests which Doc
played against the Detroit club he to-
tailed up an average of TOO.
And the Tiger was he strongest
| batting organization In base ball at
the time. 1t was the season in which
this mighty hitting outfit was at its
best that Doc did the most damage
to them.
n OY THOMAS, a former collegian
Il was playing an outfield position
for the Philadelphia club. 1t
was in 1901 that he recommended to
the management young left-handed
hurler by the name of White, who had
lost but four out of the 81 games he
had hurled for Georgetown University
during the time he was student there
Right from a college team to a major
league club came the youthful and
slender Mr.. White, who, when he step
ped into the club house, found himself
in the midst of such war-worn vets as
big Ed" Delehanty, Hughey Jennings
Red Donohue, Billy Hallman, Elmer
Flick, Lave Cross and Al Orth, and he
resembled a shorn lamb in a lair Of
grizzly bears.
The youthful collegian made gooe
with these ancient warriors, also he
ulduC 8OO0 GO q A4u44CAs 41 AAAo AAAo'
game he faced the Brooklyn team
champions Of the league, with suct
sparkling lights as Billy Keeler, Jot
Kelley and Bill Dahlen heading the list
Doc won his game, for he allowed this
hard-hitting bunch but six hits.
| White hurled 28 games that sea-
son, and while he was touched up
rather freely in some of them. he
cortrived to win more games than
he lost, which was enough to make
good his job.
With the Phillies in 1902, G. Harris
pitched brilliantly but not luckily, the
records show. With a new field for
players opening up in which big induce.
ments were being offered to players OF
the old circuit, Doc White was among
the many who couldn't stand the lure
and he joined the Chicago Americans,
and it was with the Comiskey organiza-