The Washington times., 1936-03-23
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BY FRANK BUCK" ONEILL

By FKANk BUM ONElLL
ORLANDO, Fla, March %.
Jess Hill, left fielder of the Griffs
is out of action today, the first
major casualty Of the season. Hill
turned, and perhaps broke his
right ankle in the third innint of
a game against Chattanooga Look.
outs. The extent of HAl's injuries
may be known today. If Hill is
able to walk today it may not be
necessary to have the injured foot
X-rayed. If pain continues, pho
tographs will be taken.
Mike Martin. veteran trainer Of
the Griffs today said that in his
opinion Hill had merely wrenched
his foot, and that the outfielder
would be in the lineup on Wednes-
day when the Griffs go to Lake
land to play the Detroit Tigers.
Ill fortune attended the game,
for several men on both teams
were hurt. Cecil Travis, third
sacker of the Griffs, also is on the
injured list. He was hit on the
right elbow with a pitched ball and
may not be able to play this after.
noon when the Griffs tackle Shag
ShaughnesSey's Montreal Royals.
Little apprehension is felt over the
temporary loss Of Travis.
Hill Turns Ankle
Hill was hurt as second base
gave way under the pressure of his
weight as he reached for the bag.
Buddy Lewis grounded to the
pitcher and Hill took off for sec
ond base. There was no play at
second and Hill turned to look
back at Lewis. He reached for the
base, and it slipped. The ankle
turned and Hill went down.
AS Hill dropped at second, Lewis
spiked Harry Taylor, the Lookout
first baSeman. There were two
noble athletes on the ground at
once, and Fred Merkle, former
first baseman of the New York
Giants, who umpired the game,
called time.
Mike Martin charged for Hill
and Doc Jensen raced to the aid of
Taylor, thus affordng the specta-
tors a sight Of baSeball'S leading
trainers in action. Hill was aided
to his feet and left the field under
his own power. This caused Mar
tin to think that no bones had
been broken and that the ankle
merely was strained.
Before Travis was injured he
thrilled the crowd with q terrific
home run with the bases loaded.
The ball rode into center field and
was q homer on any field.
Despite the reverse at the hands
Of the Cincinnati Reds on Satur
day afternoon, Bucky Harris is en-
Unused over his pitching. Jimmy
Deshong started on Saturday, and
although the Reds made four runs
off him, they were unearned. Boots
opened the avenues for all the
tallieS.
Real Fast Ball
DeShong showed a real fast ball
and a sharp dropping curve ball.
His deceptive style and general
all-aroupd ability was demon
strated in that battle with the
RhinelanderS.
I'D like to have Paul Der
ringer on my team" said Harris
this morning rs he discussed the
events Of the weekend. "But as
good aS Paul looked, liked De-
shOng much better. I am con-
vinced that we made no error
in giving up Irving HadIey to
get this boy.
81 am. particularly pleased
with Eddie Linke's work up to
date. Linke went three great
innings against the Tigers and
stepped five frames against the
LOOkOuts without allowing a
run. That's . pretty good indi-
cation that he is ready for the
opening Of the season.
"NewsOm has pitched great
bali right down the line for us
and is about ready to 80 seven
innings If asked. OF course he
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