The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-28


space that theFrank Buck" O'Neil
two best young ball players he
saw belong to the washington
baseball club.
They are Buddy Lewis, third
baseman Of the Chattanooga Look
outs, and Dick Lanahan, former
sandlot ace Of Washington, now
left handing for the Lookouts.
"Lanahan has developed q
good fast ball." said Cahill as
we sat in the cool Of the even
ing over a stein Of fOaming
beer. 81 watched him shut out
New Orleans the best outfit in
the Southern Association, and
his hard hard one rolled up on
the hitterS. 1t was in on their
handles before they had time to
do anything about it. His curve
was all right, and he apparent
ly has learned a lot about pitch
ing.
y was greatly impressed by
Buddy Lewis, the third baseman
of the Lc0koutS," continued Mr..
Cahill as he bit deeply into q
three decker sandwich. 81 had
heard there was some doubt
about his hitting. He looked
better as q hitter than as a
fielder, although he looked good
extensively.
Lewis is fast and is as timber
as q whip lash. He gets in on
slow hits and makes plays on
them. There is no doubt in my
mind that Lewis Is going to
make a real hitter and 1 guess
that will be welcome news to
Buck Harris"
It seems that Mr.. Cahill has
brought good news not only to
Bucky Harris, but to Washington
fans as a group.
Scans Figures
Harris has been scanning the
figures on Southern League play
ers, and has been getting written
reports to supplement the figures.
He is roofing hard for the success
of the Lookouts and does not want
to take steps that would in any
way weaken the minor league
club. At the same time he is
more than anxious to get Lewis
in Washington where he can look
at him at close range.
He also is eager to see Lanahan
at close range. Any pitcher who
shows any sort of promise will be
welcome to Harris at this time
when things in general are SO de-
pressing.
Your Griffs hit new low for
the season, so far as this agent
can recall, in losing two consecu-
tive double headers. Just figure
it out for yourself how often a
team fails to win at least one game
in two double headers. Why, to
lose both bargain bills calls for
something more than common
laundering. You have to have a
certain amount of ingenuity.
Two Games From Cellar
The boys are now just two
games out of the cellar as q re-
suit of prowling around in the
mud flats Of defeat, and at the
rate they're going it is entirely
possible that they will land in
last place before shutdown tonight
=. an even break with the Tigers
and victory over the White Sox
were the sole accomplishments OF
the tour. They've won 7 games
and lost IA for percentage Of 1888.
In their 81 games since leaving
home, the GriffS have scored 81
runs on 221 hits. The opposition
scored 1874 runs on 232 hits. The
Griffs were shut out once; held to
two runs three times and only
once did they run their score into
double columns. On that occasion
they defeated the White SoX by a
score Of Is to z.
Bump Hadley and Buck New
som started for the GriffS yester.
day. It is too bad that we can.
not draw the curtain of charitable
silence over the games. Newsom
was at his worst since joining the
Griffs. He was in at finish, prob
ably because Bucky Harris figured
that none of the other Washing
ton pitchers would be any better.
Besides, there Is a doubleheader
this afternoon and one must pre-.
pare for eventualities.