The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07

Kirk Miller w l n Ire,
Tamulis and Whitehead,
kids who have attracted un-
usual attention as the 1885
season passes its first quarter.
And here's a toast to men
who have ostensibly seen bet
ter days, but who are still in
there getting by with the
smartness they have accumu-
lated rather than any great
physical proves they still
maintain-Messrs. Zachary,
Hoyt, Grove and Terrell.
That quartet is Subsisting
upon brains and cunning more
than with the old speed and
zip they once held at their COM
mand.
Must Go Through Fire
7 think it was the gray fox
Of baseball, Clark Griffith, who
once opined that no pitcher
really learns how to pitch until
his arm goes bad on him. Such
may explain the cases of Zach
airy and Hoyt particularly,
both far past the baseball age
at which the majority Of pitch
ers can even hope to remain
active.
It is said of Griff that his
utterance was born of exper-
fence. Thirty years ago he was
having to rely on craftiness
more than brute strength to
prolong his tenure on the
mound for the old New York
Hilanders, which the Yankees
were commonly called at that
time.
Those we're the days when he
was throwing his famous moth
ing BALI that had the batters
Straining their backs to hit, and
then mostly pop up into the
air.
Tom Nothing Pitcher
or Tawm Zachary was that
kind of pitcher, even when he
was still wearing a Washington
uniform, National League writ
ers in the world series of 1924
and 1925 kept asking the Ameri-
can League writer's what has
this fellow Zachary got" to
which the answer invariably
was-"Nothing, just a deceiV'
ing delivery"
And that was the gospel
truth. He's still using it, even
after several years out Of the
American and in the National
League. He's fooling the batters
with consistency. The old arm
must be practically dead, but
the head is clear and the look
Of slyness is in his eye.
Lefty Groves Comeback
Lefty Grove is another ex-
ample of Griff's summation of
pitching achievement. Like Wal
ter johnson, after he had spent
Is years using nothing but his
fire ball, Grove has developed
a curve which is standing him
in good stead two years after
his blazing speed had burned
out his pitching arm.
Yves Terrell has made a
splendid comeback this year
following partial season
wherein he looked to have been
quite washed up, and the sun.
set of Waite Hoyt's pitching
career is being glorified this
season by performances super.
induced by a smart head and
stout heart-not an arm
which shows any resemblance
Of it's former suppleness.
Kiss and Zatt
Washington's stellar jockey,
Sonny Workman is winding up
a Belmont meeting that has
the turf world gasping-in one
week at the New York track he
scored three double victories
on successive dayS-already this
season Sonny has won within
a few races of his total for
all last season-the lad can't
help being up there among the
top winners when the 1885 to-
tails are made out, if he keeps
up his present pace.
Before Babe Ruth quit base.
ball he cast his pudgy shadow
over the managerial domains
Of two of the best pilots known
to modern baseball. Joe Nc
Carthy and Bill McKechnie-
Coach Frank Snyder, of the
New York Giants, thinks Ruth
could make a lot of money
touring the sticks with the
House of DavidS or some Old
Timers nine such as that with
which Denton ICY" Young IS