The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-18
~ ORORnK KHRKeEY

United Press stan Correspondent
Orlando, Fla, March Is-(UP)-
The 1887 version Of the old baseball
bag, washington, FIRST In war, FRS
In peace and last In the American
League" 10 now:
Washington, first in war, first II
peace but where In the American
Lacquer"
Bucky Harris, who as Washing
toms hoy manager" piloted The
Senators TO the world title In 1924
can't supply the answer.
1.-THE setup In the American
League this season Is the silliest n
all my baseball experience" sayi
Harris. 1.-THE YanlIs were 10 j.;
games In front last year. but are
they that good2 The next four clubs
Detroit. Chicago, Washington al1e
Cleveland, were punched within
three games Of one another. II
something happens TO the Yanks
any one Of those clubs might win
the pennant. One Of them may be
good enough without the Yanki
collapsing.
Race Crazy Set UP
1T the Yanks falter I don't see
why Washington won't have
chance. Then again It's possible
for my club TO win more games and
finish lower than the fourth place
berth we landed last year. I know
I have q good ball club, better than
last year, but the race Is q crazy
set-up. ! can't figure 1t out"
Indications are that Washington
will have the deadliest batting Or
der from top TO bottom In the
American League. The Yanks may
carry more long range guns but they
can't match the Senators even dis
tribution OF hitting strength right
down the line.
Look over this probable batting
order including last years averages:
Chapman, CT, .3l5; Lewis, 3b, .29l;
Kuhel, ID, .32i: Sington, RI, .3l0 for
rs games In Washington and 1884
with Chattanooga; stone, II, .34l;
Travis, IS, .3l7; Myer, 2b; .34i Gloss
average-sick last year,; Hogan, c,
.32l.
Every man In that array Is q po-
tential 800 hitter. II Myer, the 1885
American League batting champion,
comes back as expected, and big
Fred Sington, former All-American
tackle from Alabama, keeps up the
work he showed In rs games last
season, the Washington attack will
make up for many OF the pitching
shortcomings.
The Senator's pitching and CATCH
Ing went sour last year. shanty
Hogan, trimmed down from 270 to
$50, has convinced Harris he can
handle the baclstop Job. He learned
everything there Is 10 know about
handling q pitcher In Ave years UNI
der John Mc0raw. Cli6 Bolton,
another hard hitter, who has re-
covered from o sinus ailment, will
be the No. 2 receiver.
Banking ON Appleton
The fate Of the Senators perhaps
rest with the pitchers, and the OUT
look isn't too bright. The big four
will be Jimmy Deshong. last years
principal winner with IS victories
and 10 defeats; Buck Newson. who
won II; Pete Appleton, who COPIED
IA: and Joee Cascarella, the singing
singer.
The best newcomer Is Dick Lana
han, rangy 23.year-old Southpaw.
who won 10 games and lost one for
Chattanooga last year before o sore
arm stopped him. His arm rs well
and 1t doesn't look like he can miss
being q regular.
Johnny Salveson, who won Il and
lost 2 for Los Angeles and came to
Washington Is q 3-cornered deal
with Cleveland and Chicago, Is am
other probable starter. The other
pitchers are sgd Cohen, Ed Linke,
Monte Weaver and Ray Phebua
from Albany.
On hitting the Senators look like
q contender; on pitching they look
second divisionish. In q screwy
race, such as Harris predicts, they
might pay of on Washington.