The Washington times., 1935-07-16

knows them all; ~ EsG ~
knows these Frank Buck" O'Neil
young stalwarts by name and
temperament. Some Of his keen.
est joys and Sorest heart aches
are intertwined with their history.
"The worries Of this game
would disappear If we could
fOresee the changes that time
works in ball players" said Grit
fifth. "A pennant winner Of 1885
may be the seventh place club
Of 1887.
"Why nOt?" he challenged.
"The champions Of 1888 are the
seventh place club Of 1885, and
simply because I could not fore
see what time would do to the
pitchers who won the pennant
two years ago.
"If 1 can't tell what time will
do to ball players, who cant" he
demanded.
"Look at the pitchers Of 49,"
Griffith continued. "Whitehill
has had lot Of trouble. Burke
is gone. Thomas was . complete
wash0ut and he's gone. So is
Weaver. Russell has been in
difficulties most Of the year, but
he was q real factor in our fight
for the pennant.
"Replacements are not to be
picked up on every bush," unused
Griffith. '"The obvious thing to
do is to make trades. But try
to make trades. What do they
offer you?
What do they offer you." he
asked. "I'u tell you. They want
to give you their extra pitchers
for your first string men. They
offer the pitchers you like to see
start against you.
''NO sir, the whole proposition
Is a gamble, and i repeat that
if after all these years / can't
fOresee what is going to happen,
mighty few men in the world
can guess right all the time"
A real injustice has been done
Leon Petit. The doughty little
Southpaw has been alling for some
time now and there was q queS-
ton as to the nature of his muscu-
lar trouble. But the X-ray cleared
it up and Leon Petit stands four
square with all the world.
Leon Really Injured
Petit injured the fourth lum.
bar vertebra, knocking it out Of
alignment, and causing a strain
on the ligaments holding it in
place. Small wonder that when
the oldtimer tried to cut loose
his fast one that the ball would
not zoom the way he wanted it
to. Every time he lunged into
the full length of his delivery he
was caught up with severe pains.
Having discovered the cause Of
his trouble, Petit placed himself
under the care Of an osteopath
and has taken treatments. Al
ready he is greatly improved and
in a few more days we may look
for that familiar No. 20 warm
ing up down in the bullpen.
There were a couple Of young
men out on the field yesterday
who did their share in an effort
to bring victory to the GriffS.
The two kids were Dee Miles and
Jake Powell. Miles had three
hits and Powell made two. One
of the hitting heroes Of the day
was Earl Whitehill, and while
pitchers love their base hits. Earl
would have traded those hits for
just one little run in the tenth
inning.
We've known for some little
time that Powell could nudge
that ball, but there has been .
question about Miles. His swing
is certainly a terrible thing for q
major Lacquer, but he pumped
three blows into the field yester"
day. One of Miles hits was .
half-topped roller that trickled
along to be hit when Andrews
failed to cover first base. One Of
his shots was to left and one to
right.
Miles Coming Fast
It will be interesting to watch
Miles against a better grade Of
hurting than he has faced in this
series, but he is in an ideal build
up groove right now. There isn't
a great difference in the speed
of pitchers, and if the kid can
hit some of the lower grade Of
hurting, he may get to where he
can slug the good ones. Let's sec
what he does against wise old
heads like Ted Lyons when the
Baylor Breeze is at his best.
Miles put everything to the
touch in the final inning and tried
for Lary's shoestring fly. He
missed, but what Of 1t? Better
outfielders than this vernal youth
have missed the same sort Of flies
and looked worse when they
missed. Miles goes back on a
ball in fine style, turning grace
fully to make his captures. He