Evening star., 1937-04-01
Harris Gs Subs for Sngton Speed of Feer Mungo Debated
PILOT ISN'T SURE
FRED IS B|CT|MER.
Giving More Attention to Hill
and Wright, Once "For-
gotten Men,"
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Ataf Correspondent OF The Star.

b1 haNSAS 4. Jan,
Staff Correspondent OF The Star.
~ ANFORD, Fla, April Mot that
big Freddie Sington has been
drawback, exactly, but Manager
~ Bucky Harris decided today to
take out some right-field insurance"
for the Washington BIS club.
All of which means that Jesse Ter
rill Hill, the old Southern California
whippet, finally will drop the role of
forgotten man" after more than a
month. So, too, will rookie Taft
Wright.
Sington's recent forts at the plate
for the Nationals have amounted to
source of qualification, but Harris
finds it difficult to be certain of the
former Alabama grid stars prowess as
q major Lacquer. Ever since camp
opened, Sington has heen tagged as
the regular right fielder and Hill and
Wright have been given no look-in,
Now with camp due to break up in
10 days and the American League
season due to open in less than three
weeks, Harris has decided at least to
get Hill and even Wright in shape so
that, If necessary, they can step into
the lineup and be ready for the gun.
Jesse and Freddie Are Opposites.
CINGTON, in some respects, appeals
to Harris. The big boy looks to be
poWerhouse at the plate. His minor
league record is punctuated with fanci-
full feats of driving across runs. He is
right-handed hitter, and Washing
ton needs big, strons gent of this
type in the lineup, especially in the
fourth-place batting hole.
Yet Fred appears to have his definite
drawbacks. For one item, he does not
add to the general speed o. the club.
Sington is no high-class fielder or
thrower and probably never will be
particularly adept at doing either job
well. Half a dozen drives that could
have been caught hav dropped in
right field for safe hits SO far this
Spring. In short, atone for his
fielding deficiencies, Sington must hit,
and hit hard.
Hill, too, captures the fancy Of
Harris is some ways and falls short in
others. Jesse is the direct opposite Of
Sington. He is as fast as ball players
come and is a capable fielder But
Jesse is not the powerful type of man
that is Sington. Whereas Fred prom
ises to hit long drives, Hill is the
punch" style of batter. The only
things Jesse and Freddie have in
common are right-handed stances and
mediocre throwing arms.
Faced With Line-Up Shift.
THE goal Harris has sought ever
since camp opered was to place
his finger on whathe honestly believed
was the best lineup and to stick to it..
II wanted to have the club working
as a unit by the time the season
opened" Bucky explained, "and to
let the reserves get along as best they
might. But now I'm beginning to
believe we should give Hill and Wright
plenty of chances under fire in ex-
hibition games so that if any shift is
necessary they'll be ready"
Wright, Of cour-e, has couple of
strikes on him. For one item he is in
experienced Secondly, he is left
handed hitter and the Mats batting
order already has all the southpaw
swingers it can stand
Hill, it seems, is the one man who
seriously threatens to beat out Sington.
Jesse has looked better each day in
practice, but a distinct drawback to
playing Hill is that Harris batting
order and lineup must be changed.
II Hill Is to play he must be placed in
left field This would necessitate
moving Johnny Stone back to right.
Also the batting order would have to
be shifted. Hill is no cleanup hitter,
by any means. I'D have to- move Stone
to fourth place" speculated Bucky.
THE lineup, If Hill plays, would have
to read in this order: Chapman, Lewis,
Kuhel Stone, Travis, Myer, Hill,
Hogan and the pitcher"
Wright, Hill 70 Get Chances.
HILLS opportunities thus far have
been limited extremely. Due to
illness on the part OF Stone, the former
Trojan quarterback played left field
In the opening grapefruit league"
game against the Giants and hasn't
started since. AS matter OF fact, he
got chances to play In the field only
twice since March II. He had only
two chances to pinch hit, making good
once, and in six games he did not
appear at all.
Now Harris Is determined to keep
Ghifting his outf1eld until he Is certain
Of the strongest set-up. Hill will get
chances to play left field and Wright
will relieve Sington in righ5 now and
then. Within the next week or 10
days one Of the three will be selected
in all probability, to team UP with
Stone and Ben Chapman.
By way of atoning for their mac
tivity on Tuesday, the Mats held one Of
their longest workouts Of the Spring
yesterday at Tinker Field and this
morning headed for Sanford to play
Chattanooga today Buck Newsom
and Eddie Linke were slated to divide
the pitching.