Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-17
TOO MANY CLOUT
FROM PORTS|DE
Others Also Seek Same Job
and Question of Making
Shifts Adds Worry.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

Shifts Adds Worry.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
TT MUST be great to be a big
league manager. The pay is good
and a fellow just sits on the
Il bench outta the shade and writes
a lineup every day. Sometimes he
must pick out a pinch-hitter or wave
q new pitcher into the box, but what's
that?
When his team goes bad all he must
do Is tell the club owner that Joe
Daokes is terrible and he needs new
outfielder. Presto. the c. o. buys him
one. When the team wins the pen
nant the fans chip in and buy the
manager a new automobile or some
similar token. When .. whoa, Mr..
Harris, we WIZ only kidding. Dcu't
throw that bat. pliZ!
AS a matter of fact, If Bucky did
choose to throw bats, he hardly could
be blamed because this is bad time
to kid him. Here it is September and
his troubles should be over because
the Nationals are going to finish in
the second division, anyway. But they
aren't over.
Page Mother Goose.
EVEN what should be the pleasanter
- part of base ball season has its
'perplexities, as Bucky discovered today
when he counted new Southern drawls
In the club house. Bucky'S like the
>old woman in the shoe; he's got so
many kids he doesn't know what to
do. And all the time he probably
thought Mother Goose was in her
dotage.
You see, this is supposed to be the
creview of the 1886 Nationals, but it
looks as though the Is remaining
games won't be enough to give Bucky
an inkling of what to expect from
certain young fellows next year so
that he may dispose OF certain old
fellows this year.
For instance, Roberto Estallella, the
sawedoff Cuban shotgun, hasn't played
enough at third base for Bucky to
pass on. Then yesterday Buddy Lewis,
another third baseman, arrived from
Chattanooga, but not in good shape.
He is 10 pounds underweight. A
test now naturally wouldn't do justice
to either OF the kids, or to Harris.
Infield Problem Is Deep.
MOT only that, but if Bucky we're
~ satisfied to gamble on the highly
touted Lewis as next years third base
man, it would make the Griffs more
.left-handed topheavy at bat than
ever. Buddy, like Travis, Bolton,
Miles and, seemingly, of 10 Southern
products, bats left-handed. Estallella,
on the other hand, Is right
OF course, the happy medium would
be to work both in the lineup, but
here more difficulties arise. Esty
can't play anywhere except third
base, If there. And if Bucky were in
hopes of converting Lewis into short
stop, for instance, he couldn't do so
this season. Furthermore, much as
he'd like to dig up young Short
stop, Harris also would like to see
more Of Red Cress, the veteran whose
amazing comeback is tanned by Slow
ness afoot. If Red picks up little
more speed he can play next year.
The plot grows thicker as Bucky
bases on to Johnny Mihalic, another
arrival from 'Nooga yesterday. He's
n second baseman and a good one,
but it so happens that so is Buddy
Mysr. Mihalic won't even get chance
on second because Myer is battling
for the American League champion
ship.
Marion Due to Idle.
TRYING Mihalic on shortstop also
IL came to Buckys mind-and
passed on. Johnny's never tried it and
furthermore his throwing ability for
such a distance is questionable. So,
much as Bucky would like to see
Mihalic. who was a player of the
Myer type in the Southern Associa-
ton, he probably won't-except in
morning school"
Next there's the outfeld crop. which
today numbers seven, counting Red
Marion of Chattanooga. The rangy
rookie broke into the game yesterday
when Cecil Travis bruised himself by
running into the left-fleld boxes. Al
though he made an error and went
hitlesS against Sam Jones, like lot
of others, Red is supposed to be
prospect.
But Harris won't be able to prove
II this year. After all. he's got Dee
Miles and Travis to play in the out
field and they get first crack on
seniority and past performances.
It would be nice to get more peekS
Mt Bill Starr. especially at bat, but
that, too, is hard to work out. So
well is Cliff Bolton catching and polish
ing of lis rough edges that Starr will
idle, along with Sam Holbrook, who is
covered with rust.
All in all, it's quite problem in
these three departments without even
coming to future pitching chances for
such material as Orlin Rogers, Henry
-Coppola and Frank Petticolas.
- incidentally. the Griffs lost again
yesterday to the White Sox. 9 to /.
Sam Jones, a fugitive from Washing