The Washington times., 1936-04-06
Miles May
Suppant
Powell
By FRANK "BUCK" O'NEILL

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 6.
The hold Of Jake Powell on center
field is threatened by Dee Miles.
That may be startling news to
Washington fans, but it's a fact
just the same. Powell right now
is fighting the battle Of his life
to save himself from being yanked
out of the middle garden and
placed among the alternates.
Now maybe you're asking how
and why this should be. Well, all
l know Is what I see on the ball
field. I've watched this team now
for six weeks under the varying
conditions of the training trip.
Re seen Powell, the swift, deft
and confident veteran Of great
season in 1885 crowded by q kid
who couldn't go to his right, who
couldn't charge ground balls, and
who didn't know what to do after
he got the ball.
Yes, sir, that kid has learned
to 60 to his right; he learned how
to charge ground balls and he has
a sure-fire arm when he gets his
hooks on the leather. And what's
more, Dee Miles Is hitting .416, q
mark that completely overshadowS
anything shown by Powell.
Powell Trails At Bat
Hill and Reynolds are betting the
ball at 300 clip, and the man with
the wallop is the man had first
call on the job. Powell will Do
dropped to sixth place in the hit
ting order in the game today-H
a game is played today-and will
be kept there for an indetlnlte
time. Carl Reynolds will be moved
I'D to the fourth notch. Harris
wants a right handed hitter In
that slot to give balance to the
batting order.
Unless Powell shows rapid I'M
provement and a changed DISPOSE
ton he will ride the pine. Harris u
ready to meet him any style.
It may be that Miles will go to
left field and that Jess Hill will
moved over to center field. Hill
played center in the American AS"
ISOLATION with the st. Paul club.
and also in the international
League with Newark. He could
step into center field and go like q
house on fire. Miles has shown
that he can play left field better
than he can play right.
Is The South Sunny?
A long time ago when the hob
nailed boots of Uncle Sans dough-
boys SluShed through the ooze OF
France-and its nineteen years
ago today that the call to arms
rang through America-the troops
had a song. Maybe you remember
it. It ran something like this:
"They got a hunk Of rock.
with mud on top,
And they call it sunny
France"
Watching the rain splash against
the windows of the Hotel Farragut
here in Knoxville as this clicks off
the portable word mangler, we
change the words bit and make
it read instead of sunny France.
the sunny South. We've scarcely
seen the sun since leaving the
borders of Florida, and you can
get pelnLy of 8 to around town
that the sun people talked about
in the old days, is just a great
solar myth.
Yes sir. the sun Is coupled in
the betting with the. life on the
back of the of moon. Come to
think of it, maybe there isn't .
moon.
Unless Clark Griffith changes
his mind there will be no more
games scheduled with Knoxville
club. Griff telephoned twice from
Chattanooga yesterday in an ef.
fort to have the game cancelled.
But according to Griffith, Bob Al
len, the local promoter, said that
the sun was shining and that the
advance sale was great.
Well, they fool the grey fox
once, but they rarely fool him
twice. He declared last night aS
he left Knoxville with the rain
roaring from a dull red, angry sky,
that he never would schedule
another game in this town. He
wanted to take the team to Wash.
ington, where the boys could work
out at Griffith Stadium.
This rain is handicapping the
GriffS. 1t completely disarrangeS
the pitching assignments for one
thing, and naturally it does the
hitter very little good. Harris.
fervently hoped to play today, but
the grounds were ankle deep yes.
terday, and the downpour Of the
night and early morning rendered
h.