Evening star., 1953-12-02

meroriousy the Senator'S Like Johnson who won 414
times Joe Judge steady 300 hitter for
most of his 18 seasons.
Except for Johnson Judge, Joe Cronn, Osse Buege,
Goose Gosn and Sam Rice it isn't team to pick
There certain to be disagreements here and there
Williams soon will discover
1T is PRETTY HARD, it says here, separate Muddy
Ruel and Eddie Ansmh, the cacherS. Clark Griffith for
example always leaned toward Ruel His manager Bucky
Harris is Ansmth man.
Harris himself may get tussle from Buddy Myer who
better hitter But Bucky rates second base the
basis of his nangibe and Myer probably would be salts
fed to settle for utility ln1elder.
At third base it's Buege and at shorstop Cronin The
Senators had another fielding third baseman like ose
Few clubs did, And when Cronin at his peak he
the best hitting shortstop in the Roger Peckinpaugh
was a real good one, but Cronin was better
Goslin and Rice, between them, Washington uni
forms for 81 and almost unanimously rated two of
the clubs atme best outeders. But the other presents
problem GoSln could play left right field only Rice was
a natural rghtfelder.
IF GRIFFITH WE'RE VOTING he might choose Clyde
Milan, gifted centerfelder But Milan wasn't much of hit
ter The temptation here to lean toward Henie Manush
during veyear stretch with the Senators bated
1862 07 S42 1886 and 349 With that kind of hitting Rice
could play center, Manush left and Goslin right
Sam Rice whale of ball player for 10 years.
whose 227 in 1925 still Washington
record didn't hit for distance like Gosn Manus
but he often the fellow Goose chased home when he
bad in 129 in 1924 htters had better eyes than
Rice who struck only nine times $50 games in 1929
Washington club wants eft-handed pitcher to
go with Johnson plus relief pitcher Almost certainly Earl
Wheh would have to be the SouhpaW and Fred Marberry
the reever Marberry who appeared in 81 games in 1926
wouldn't be worked hard he waited for Johnson and
Whtehill to require help.
IF ONE HAPPENED to be out of town in 1943 say, at
tending he might have realized that Lefty
Gomez had cup coffee the Pitched
game, lost it, He hardly qualities.
Simmons and Speaker who could make any teams all
time outfeld their lifetime records just about fin
they played for Washington Al lasted through
1885, when he his mid-3Os, and Speaker
when he played 41 games at first base and the oued in
1927 Still, he batted .327.
Washington wasn't in the American League when
played and he only secondstring catcher
with reputation to make later Sser, while
only 35 all when he like Speaker played both first
base and the outfeld during stand in 1928
couple of fair pitchers Bill Dnneen and Clark Griffith
But Dnneen who later knew what to win upward OF
games both major leagues merely broke in with the
Senator's Going the other way Gr who merely dis
played himself in the box annually in 191219131914 and
game add to his 2OOodd victories with other
clubs matter of fact Cri doesn't remember hav-
ing pitched Senators and Bresnahan rated catch
ing immortal in for only games-and
pitcher!
Quite few who Washington uniforms are in the
big at Cooperstown. For instance, Bresnahan
. Speaker :. Deahanty Mack SiSler :. Simmons
But they don't count, shouldn't in HoWie Williams poll