The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-31

Miles is one of the youngsters
Harris is having join him in Or
lGldo when the kid pitchers re-
port the last week in February
for 10 days of preliminary drill
before the regulars arrive March 3.
Third Roster Revision
The sale of Schultz makes the
third revision that has been ef-
fected in the Griff roster since it
was issued 10 days ago, the names
of Bump" Hadley and Roy John
son having been crossed out al
most before the ink was dry,
when they went to New York for
Jess Hill and Jimmy De Shong.
Apparently the Griffmen had
little difficulty securing waivers
out of the American League on
Schultz, principally because he is
no longer what may be called
young player, being 80 on the
18th of this month. and because
Fred's hitting mark fell to 1858
last season.
The sending hence of Schultz
also represents another transac-
ton in the chain which is con-
verting the Washington club into
a more youthful organization. A
fast young club is the avowed
purpose of both Harris and Grit
fifth for 1886.
Film for Waner
Pittsburgh's interest in Schultz
is supposed TO be instilled by the
possibility that Little Poison
Lloyd Waner will hardly have re-
covered sufficiently from winter
attack of pneumonia to take the
field in the spring for the Pirates.
Schultz came to washington in
December, 1882, along with Wal
ter Stewart, Carl Reynolds and
the return here of Goose Goslin.
Outfielder Sammy West, Pitcher
Lloyd Brown and a check for
$4,000 was the price paid by
Washington for the quartet.
Schultz will be best remembered
here for his magnificent stand in
the 1888 world series being about
the only Washington player to
play championship ball against
the Giants. His series batting
average of 1893 was the result of
seven hits in 81 times at bat, one
of them being a magnificent home
run in the fifth game of that
memorable series, when two men
were on. He was ever a head
strong outfielder, subject to col
lisions and injuries and hot and
cold hitter in the majors, despite
a great clouting reputation in the
minors. He once hit 1858 for
Waterloo and BAT for Milwaukee.
Shuttle played in only IS games
for the Griffmen last season, Civ
ing away to Alvin Powell, who
hit .312.
Greenberg Has Views
Hank Greenberg, named the
most valuable player in the Amer
lean League, spoke his piece at a
dinner of the Philadelphia Sports
Writers this week. where, with
Bill" MCGOWAN, Charley Colbert,
Goose Goslin and Jimmy Foxx,
he was a guest of honor.
The young Jewish Detroit first
baseman brought out an angle OF
home-run hitting that I had not
seen emphasized before, it being
to the effect that a right-hand
hitter has little or no chance to
equal the home run record OF
so circuit clouts made by Babe
Ruth in 1927.
Greenberg theories thus:
Hitting home runs is not as
easy for a Highlander as you
might expect. The left field
fence at Detroit is $40 feet
away from the home plate, and
in most of the other American
League parks they are still
further from the diSI than
right field-Ruth's favOrite tar
get. think it is next to i'm
possible for any Highlander to
equal Ruth's mark, but also
believe that with extraordinary
breaks / might hit as many
as AS
A TEAM WORKER
Greenberg further RECALLED his
audience with these statements:
81 place teamwork above in
dividual achievement, p1rticu-
larly when your team is fight
ing for a pennant. My hand
is completely .Ieeled Of the &C
cident that kept me out Of
most of the world series last
fall. 1 have not signed ny
1886 contract, but 1 expect no
trouble over it. The greatest
young Jewish prospect know
in baseball is my kid brother,
Joe, who is a third baseman
and who l am trying to get on
our training trip next month"
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