The Washington times., 1935-12-17

to insert in a batting order al
ready surfeited with left-handerS.
has been quite a baseball affinity
between this pair.
Careers Have Paralleled
Johnson'S baseball career, over
the last seven years has, curious
ly enough, paralleled that Of
Bucky Harris, who will be his
manager again last year. There
johnson mado his debut in De-
troit the first year Harris man.
aged there and was the apple Of
Stanley's eye throughout the lat
ter's tenure with the Tigers. Har-
ris' going to pilot the Boston Red
Sox was soon followed by the
securing of Reynolds, who went
to the American League entry in
the Hub in the middle Of the
1888 playing season, June IL to
be exact.
Now he trails Harris to Wash
ington where the twain will carry
on, shoulder to shoulder next sea-
son on the third team the pair
will have represented during the
eight years johnson will have
been a major leagues.
Reynolds Here Before
Reynolds will be experiencing
his second term with Washing
ton, once before he having been
the answer to Owner Clark Grit
fith'S prayer for a right-hand hit
ting outfielder when he came
here in 1892. He was the center Of
a scene that bordered on q riot
at Griffith Stadium on July 4
when he was slugged by the New
York Yankee catcher, Bill Dickey.
as he, Reynolds, was running
home from third.
Reynolds was in the hospital
for months with a fractured jaw
and Dickey drew a suspension for
the duration of Reynolds conval-
escence which required one month.
Owner Clark Griffith, the
master.mind behind all Washing
ton player manipulations, stated
that he still had a high regard for
Manush's playing ability, but
thought the big, strapping left
fielder was "fed up" on Washing
ton and was badly in need Of a
change Of scenery. Manush'S
hitting fell to .273 last season, the
lowest he has hit in his entire
baseball career, albeit he fielded
his position alertly all season.
Lifetime Batting Marks
/ 5einie'S lifetime batting mark
. up to last season was 1897 whereas
the lifetime mark Of johnson is
.297 and ReyonldS' .311.
Manush fielded .9S5 in 1885.
against .975 for Reynolds and .944
for johnson. Both Of the new
Washington outfielders are right
hand throwers.
That Manush was on the trad
ing block has been we'll under
stood in baseball quarters since it
was apparent he would not arouse
himself from his batting slump
last season.
Offers had been made to the
Yankees to take Manush in some
sort of a swamp which would land
Outfielder Ben Chapman in the
Washington ranks, but Ed Barrow
and Colonel Rupert could not see
the exchange.
Harris and Griffith went to the
Chicago winter meetings of the
majors last week with Manush
dangling forth as bait for pitching
strength, but none of the magnets
wished to offer the type Of hurler
for which the washington pair
was in the market.
Frustrated in his attempt to
bring pitching back home for
Manush, Griffith got together
with his nephew-in-law, Joe
Cronin, while Stanley Harris and
the Boston owner, Tom Yawkey,
stood on the side-lines, and
planned the deal announced today
and. which eliminated over the
weekend.
Their 1888 Records
The 1885 records Of the three
outfielders involved in basebau's
latest trade, follow:
ABB. R. H. TR; sH. ss. Pct:
Reynolds - % IS 1o5 ! ..7o
ManuSh.. 47s IS 131 1871 .27s