The Washington times., 1934-03-16
By DAVIS J. WALSH

SARASOTA, Fla, March 10
All is halcyon peace and good will
in the camp of the Boston Red
Sox, in spite Of an orgy of buying
in which Owner Thomas Yawkey,
the friend of the fountain pen
trust, laid down the check book
and picked up the marbles. Mar
bles? Perhaps have that wrong.
Anyhow, he picked up Robert
Moses Lefty Grove, among
. others. and, according to some &C.
counts he had enough there to
start quarry.
Mr.. Grove is, by the way, the
greatest left-hander in baseball.
He also is by way of knowing
same, and has, therefore, been one
of the most recalcitrant and OBJ
StreperouS individuals Mr.. Connie
Mack ever again hopes to behold.
But here he has been docile,
amenable, pleasant, helpful and
dACOSCI41c1 passive.
Mr.. Stanley Harris, the new
. manager, doesn't yet know just
what this is all about, but, either
way, he's prepared to be unper,
turbed. Mr.. Harris is that way IT
you ask him to paraphrase the
definition, he'd say that as a gen.
j eral thing genius was the infinite
capacity for giving pains.
Not Mr.. Grove
But not this particular genius,
namely Mr.. Grove, the man who
invented the well,bred sneer. He's
been urbane and affable. He's 60
ing about exuding charm. He's
even talked pleasantly with news
papermen. Maybe he's i'll. Any
how, the man seems perfectly con-
tented with his lot, in spite OF the
fact that he has exchanged hit
ters like Foxx, Simmons and
Cochrane for a number Of guys
named Joe, and in case that's to
be his attitude, the fact is not
without a certain prestige. If
they're to have a ball club down
here, MI. Grove is it.
They have other pitchers here
Henry johnson, who won 8 games;
Pipgras. who won IL; Rhodes.
who won II; Weiland, who won
8, and Welch. who won 4. Also
Fred Ostermueller, who won Is
for Rochester; Herb Pennock, who
won z for New York, and Wal
berg, who won 9 for Philadelphia
But, by contrast, they're just a
lot of good deck hands.
Should Win 20
Mr.. Grove won "a for Philadel
phia and ought to win at least
20 for Boston, and that fact hap
pens to represent the difference
between a club that might win
the pennant and another that
couldn't and wouldn't.
It's the first time in IS years
the Red Sox have been close, even
in prospect, and Mr.. Grove hap,
pens to be the one, particular
and, in fact, the only answer.
He assures the Sox of a pretty
sound pitching staff.
outside of him and it, the Sox
are a run-of-the-mine outfit. At
Shortstop. they will have Chalmers
Cissell, the Army's gift to base
ball. Mr.. Cissell once cost the
. White Sox $4,000 and I've seen
days when you could have bought
him for back taxes. I mean that
Mr.. Cissell can be just as good
as he wishes and, speaking for
baseball in general, it's about time
, he started to wish.
With him at second base will
be Max Bishop, the refugee from
Philadelphia, steady, reliable and,
: in fact, just another second
baseman. His ree' value is
found in the fact that they call
him -Four Strike Bishop. This
is subtle iattery. You have to
60 all the way back to Memo
Leibold t. find as good a lead
off man IS Bishop.
Morgan or Jude
At first base, we may find
Eddie Morgan, once a star with
Cleveland, or Joseph Ignatius
Judge himself. Joseph Ignatius
was supposed to be passe, fini
and strictly with old ipecac. But
he seems to have tapped a hid
den reserve of youth down here
and is act lg like juvenile. The
city authorities will be out one
OF these days and condemn
Joseph Ignatius but, in the mean
time. he persists il imperIon-
ating an athlete. Morgan had
the ability in Cleveland a couple
OF years ago. If he doesn't ind
1t again with tn Sox, it will
be more than too bad. It's liable
to be just plain AWFUL. Dale
Alexander, who led the Amer
lean League a 1ouv'e of years
ago, is around. SO is the ground
keeper, but I fear tina neither
figures largely in Mr.. Harris
plans.
The third ba. emar will be
William (BucD Walters, who
came up last year from the
Coast l. ague, pro it 1T
Villa (no Buc'-) Werber, who
came over from the Yankees.
Mr.. One-Buck Walters will get
the job Only six i:1fielders will
be carried. which means that
Fred Muller, up from Seattle,
will go down again.
There will be five outfiel0ers,
the first three of whom are