Show Grand Luck Lack With Vets Tempts I Griffith to Take Another Chance I j I I C t I I j jI I y I F tU t e eF I v. v k t C A 0 f ft I t i I II t. t ii 5 II I I k i 5 Left to right Otis Clymer Mike Mitch I ell and Frank Schulte By Joe Williams The comeback in baseball is always alwan an Interesting bird Not only as a component part of our I national pastime but as an absorbing sidelight oh on human nature To begin I with what other phase of sport port exemplifies exem exem- to a degree the quaint old proverb Hope springs eternal than the veteran ball player who still figures figure hes he's good tood for or Just one more season in the lie liebig big tent And on the other hand what illustrates l better the baseball magnates magnate's sporting instinct than his willingness year after year to take a chance on au an anold anold old timer who has been ticketed for the discard There are some managers who have a weakness for comebacks We Ve had Clark Griffith of or the in mind when we started out to write this piece for the papers Generally speaking Griffith prefers the young bloods With the exception of Walter Valter Johnson his pitching staff is quite youthful the same goes for practically all the other departments departments departments depart depart- ments of his organization But somehow or other he doesn't seem to mind gambling gambling gam gam- bling on gray beards for his outfield It wasn't wasul so Co long ago that Griff Grift took Ol Ole after every LJ big league man man- in ill ha him Igel lt d worthless ald and it i good many mallY minor Wo and tco-and and put hut him in the Senators Senators' Senators Senators' Sena Sena- tors' tors outfield didn't do lo a thing that thai year oar but bat bai in a surprisingly big number of runs ort cavort about like a colt coltin in m the pastures and in short make male hImself himself himself him him- self generally useful to the capital crew Cl pulled a very verv distinctive come come- back And the he success the old fox had with Mike lIke Mitchell is still fresh In the fans fans' memory vault Having I served his hill pe period period pe- pe of effectiveness as a Cincinnati star and having been rather speedily wafted out of the National league Griff who used to manage Mitchell 1 by the way decided to try tn him out another season teason I I II Well eli Mike was positively the star of or the I Washington outfield that year year vear 1914 lie He I i only got in fifty games an but t h he t turned d dl in l i in ina 1 I la dr a batting a average g of and was r responsible re- re re 1 in no small measure for the i Senators Senators' Improved showing I I Considering the success Griff experienced with both CI Clymer mer and Mitchell in I the outfield It I Is not entirely surprising I to learn that he has taken Frank Prank Schulte famous as a member of ot the old pennant winning Cub organization and anti added him to his team as a regular Schulte too I had hael been waived out of or both big leagues I Last year he only hit but the previous previous pre pre- I season he was around I It ought to be he a great year ear for tor Schulte I If if Griff's luck with comeback fielders holds hoMs good |