The Washington times., 1937-03-05
Order
PaCksP|en
Of Punch
By FRANK "BUCK" o'NEILL

ny &hANh DOON " NEAAA
ORLANDO, Fla, March 5.
"YOu are taking too much for
granted. You said that the
Tigers and Yankees would fight
1t out for the pennant barring q
train wreck. Well, you're spread
ing too much. They can be
beaten, and we may beat them
both"
The speaker is President Clark c.
Griffith, who made his own victory
speech on the night Of what once
was Inauguration day before the
new order was born. He is refer.
ring to a statement made by the
writer in discussing the posi-.
bilities of the 1897 pennant race.
There is a testy note in the ven.
erable presidents voice. He chah
lenges the current world cham.
pions and the winners Of the '3S
scramble.
"The way to win ball games
to get more runs than the other
fellow" said Griff, stating
clearly q fundamental Of the
game. 1--WE have q team that
will get lot Of runs. We have
power and speed. We have de-
fensive skill.
"Our batting order will be
packed with punch. / have
spent some time with Bucky
Harris, and we agree that we
will have a problem to place the
men in the best positions.
'NOw, let's look them over.
Chapman is a great lead-Off
man. He is fast, can steal bases
and get that extra base when
we need it. He gets a lot Of
passes; / look for him to get 100
walks this year.
MYER AND LEWIS HANDY
"NOw, who is going to hit in
the second notch? We have
Buddy Myer and Buddy Lewis.
Myer gets a lot of bases on balls. =,
He has q fine eye and won't hit
at a ball that is two inches off
the plate. He can bunt when he
wants to bunt, being best at
dragging ball. He hits hard,
although he is not q fence
clearer.
Buddy Lewis hit second last
year and o. well, but we may
have to drop him into sixth
place, or maybe seventh.
"The waist of our order will
be powerful" )" said Griff. "KuheI
hit third and hit hard, and he
can bat in that same place again.
Johnny Stone will be able to do
his usual job hitting fourth, and
then we come along with Fred
SingtOn, whom 1 believe to be
able to produce runs for us when
We need them. He is a right
handed hitter, and his minor
league form establishes him as
poison in the pincheS.
TRAVIS CLEAN UP
"Where to place Cecil Travis?
He is a natural hitter, and we
may have to place him fourth
and drop Johnny Stone to sixth
place, just ahead Of Lewis, If We
do not decide to place Buddy
In the second notch. Then We
come with Hogan, who isra right
handed smash hitter.
'Now maybe these boys will
need the aid Of . train wreck to
beat Detroit and the Yankees,
but I think we will just have to
have q little pitching, and I think
that we ere going to get that
pitching.
"I'm counting on Johnny Sal
vesOn," said Griff. II look for
him to pitch in and win . flock
, of games. look for some Of
the other boys, Joe CaScarellS
among them, to be . lot Of help.
II they come in a. ] think they
certainly will come ins the WASH
ingtOn ball club IL going to be
all right" ....
Griff trudged off to aid Harris
in giving a few tips to the young
sters who were striving furiousl!
to create q favorable impression
: Griffith makes the rounds, drop
ping q word here and there, ans
the boys strive furiously to follow
instructions to the letter.