The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-11
Cecil MAY
$50
ForXe1ar
BY FRANK BUCK" O,NEILL

II Cecil Travis can Just retain
his nonchalance at the plate this
season he Is apt to hit $50 and
drive in $50 runs. He may even
surpasS those figures, but no one
will quarrel If he only equals
them.
Travis hit close to 400 through
the South and led the team in
driving runs over the plate. He
got three singles and O double
against the PhillieS yesterday and
drove in three runs. In both hit
ing and run producing he led the
team, which was just Is 1t has
been all spring.
Not only did Travis, q left
handed hitter, get four hits off
left handed pitching, but he got
three hits off curve balls. Poked
and pulled them around to his
hearts content. Then when Q
fast one came up for inspection,
he promptly spanked it into right
center for two bases.
Good Performance
Getting four hits out Of five
times at bat is Q fair sort Of per.
Torrance under any conditions.
Even if q pitcher got four out Of
five it would be regarded as just
a little bit Of all right. In the case
Of Travis, knowing that no man
can hit 800 over q protrated per-
iod, it may be regarded as an in
dication Of what Is to come.
The Georgia boy stood up there
as loose as a yard Of pump water
and stepped swiftly into the
ball with a compact, powerful
swing. Travis hit down breaking
curves that swept away from him.
He did not hit into left field,
which is ample testimony to the
fact that he was timing the ball
beautifully. He was relaxed, thor
oughly at ease, and every inch
master of the situation.
Now hitting $50 Is quite an
accomplishment. but when you
hack it right down to cold fig
ures, it means IS hits in 100 times
at bat. Travis has been hitting
close to 800, which is 80 hits
per 100 times at bat. Travis Is
a better ball player this year
than he ever was before. He Is
relieved Of the worries that came
with playing third base, q post
at which he did not belong. He
may get those needed blows to
storm right into the $50 ranks.
Powell ClOuts
It would appear that Jake
Powell has no intention Of being
benched. Since Harris sounded
the warning to the Silver Spring
flash, he's been clouting that ban
hard and far. He got two more
yesterday, and that's pretty good
hitting. Powell has Q billion dol.
lars worth Of ability Is . ball
player.
Eddie Linke tried out his pocket
heater yesterday and Is tickled ia
death with the results. Jimmy
Wilson made no protest against
the contraption, although Lnke
stood out on the bill with his
right hand in his pocket all
through the game when he wasn't
actually pitching.
Linke was nudged for nine hits
in his stay, but after the first in.
ming he did right well. When he
stepped down off the mound jim
my DeShong went in and gave q
pleasing exhibition. DeShong never
was in danger, despite the fact
that he suffered from cold hands
and wanted to borrow the Linke
heater.
Play Albany Today
The Griffs will meet no more
major league competition until
they tackle the Yankees on next
Tuesday. Their schedule calls for
jouSt with the Albany club TO-
day, weather permitting. and on
Sunday they meet the Baltimore
Orioles.
Albany comes here with Joe
Cambria's famous Cuban constel'
lation. Guy Guerra, Q catcher.
is said to be one Of the finest
minor league ball players In the
country. He may be the regular
receiver on the 0riffs one Of
these days. Cambria says that
Guerra is as good as Mike Con
zales ever was, but you don't
have to believe that. Gonzales
was a great receiver.
Fredrico De Ia Cruz Is a
pitcher, and o good one, but
Jose Suarez is even better. This
fellow beat Milwaukee, Louisville
and Richmond, allowing IS hits
and six runs in all.
BY and large, q mans private
undertakings are his own. This
reporter does little prying nor
makes little comment. But the
act Of Clark Griffith In assuming
the financial burdens Of q desti.
tute family. diSpoSSessed and
hurled into the rain swept streets
should be broadcast far and wide.
I for one, can harbor few resent
mentS against q man who har
bours little children, succors the
| voor oo5 E1,aa fh0 TOIdan RJIlA