The Washington times., 1935-04-18

- ment there
Kirk miller from. There
is nothing perfunctory about
any of his baseball indul-
gences.
That infectious smile Of his
when he is greeted by a base
ball audience seems to come
right from underneath his vest.
Nothing forced about it, nothing
make-believe, and nothing acted.
Sitting at a ball game, Presi-
dent Roosevelt personifieS the
coined noun. fan" He's one Of
US. You like him for it!
In return for his innate
graciousness, the Chief Execu.
tive saw a pretty bang-up game
Of baseball. He must have gone
back to the White House to a
nice, warm supper with the
feeling that whatever the SEN
ators up at the Capitol do,
those Senators out at Griffith
Stadium are likely to do pretty
well.
What President Saw!
The President determined,
first hand, that Earl Whitehill
Is almost ready to pitch a full
nine-inning game. That when
Earl gets into trouble as he did
In the very first inning when
two men were on bases, he can
tighten up and strike out one
of the most feared batters in
the league, Jimmy Foxx, who is
no cap pistol when he's in a
firing mood.
He also observed that Wash
ington has splendid double play
combinations laying around its
inner breastworks, no less than
three varieties of twin killings
having been executed right
there before his startled eyes,
with Bolton, Larry, Travis, Myer
and Kuhel clicking perfectly in
such roles.
Furthermore, the head Of the
Administration must have noted
that Washington is not without
sufficient attack to bunch its
hits, establish its leads and hold
them safe from jeopardy thence
forward.
Concentrated Attack
Too, there must have been no
end of official satisfaction pro.
duced by the errorless baseball
displayed by Bucky Harris boys;
by the facts that a game won in
the first inning was not to be
kicked away later despite the
lack of propitious playin g
weather, and that If a Wash"
ington hurler falters, as White
hill did there in the eighth when
Foxx clicked for a home run,
there is always Jack Russell
lowering in the background
ready to breeze into action and
stuff that ball right down the
enemy Threats.
Yes, Bucky Harris boys
showed the first fan Of the
land that he is managing a
ball team, not only in the max
ing, but a ball club ready to-
start from taw and face what"
ever comes.
And I expect our President
noticed there was another ball
club on the grounds, too-the
Philadelphia Athletics. Connie
Mack, like Mr.. Roosevelt, a
great reconstructionist, showed
all of Washington, every $1,000
Of us, that he is building a
team of youngsters with a
flare for the national pastime.
Hooks and Moses
He has a right likely-looking
kid first baseman in Alex
Hooks, the young Texan he
picked up off the Tulsa team.
Alex has all Of the grace and
ease around first base that
you could expect of a kid his
first year up, and his two hits,
one to left and right field,
stamped him as lad who will
come pretty near to filling
Jimmy Fox's vacated post.
And another Athletic year.
ling, picked up from Galveston,
Wally Moses, handled himself
nicely in center field, thereby
warming the heart Of the Mes.
tor of Shibe Park, who loves
to pick 'em young and develop
them in his own gentle manner.
After the captains and the
kings had departed and owner
Clark Griffith was alone IN his
study, he was a pleased old
fellow. His new manager had
gotten the 1885 Griffs off to a
good start and the ticker-tape
showed that his other prodigy,
Joe Cronin. had just led the
Red Sox to their second straight
win over the Yankees.
"Gosh," he said, IT dOn't
know which one I'm the hap
piest about"
And actually he didn't.