Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1922, Page 32

SPORTS WILL BE GIVEN A DRILL ‘ON DIAMOND EVERY DAY Several Tall Boys Among Newcomers and They Offer Amusing Spectacle—McGrew, Loftiest of Lot, Stands Six Feet Five Inches. BY DENMAN T ion to their other short-comings re: the training of the National. n the art of fielding their positions. THOMPSON. 'AMPA, Fla., February 28—A new wrinkle was introduced today in s’ rookies—infield practice for the pitchers. It is a well established and deplorable fact that in addi- cruit fingers are notorously defigient Some of the Ringers from the ""bushes act as if they considered scampering for grounders beneath the dignity of a moundsman. uesque pose whenever a bali is hit, At any rate, they invariably assume a stat- and look around for help, depending entirely on_the men behind them to get it. - ‘Walter Johngon was a striking ex- ample of how incompetent at fielding’ majority of hurlers are when they break in, as those of the fans who saw him beaten on the occasion of his debut in’ Washington back in 1807 ‘Wwhen the Tygers, made to look f0o] ish by swinging at his fast bal switched their tactics to just meeting it and succeeded in nosing out a 3-to-2 victory by bunting him to death. Walter gradually imptroved in this respect, and now is a most accomplished fielder, but it was years] confined before he attained proficiency. ‘Will Be Dally Stunt. Griff today decided to speed up the acquisition of flelding ability on the part of his rookle pitchers by insti- tuting daily workouts for them. They accordingly were assigned to pasts 7 bout the infleld and put through the same drill as the regular guardians / of the innerworks will be later on except that all throwing was elimi- nated, because it was not essential 1o the object sought and because it also would raise havoc with wings; not yet strong enough to essay; straight pitching, much less snap throws. For fifteen minutes or more the hurlers tussled with bounders, skimmers, rollers and dribbles, and i1 a couple of weeks Griff expects them to plainly show while working n the box the benefit of the expe- | ience they will have gained in judg- #1ng the Lops of grounders. Some of the boys presented an; amusing spectacle,, especially Mc- Grew, at short, and Digges, at second | —they have so far to go to reach the' Bround—but they bent to their tasks ! Without complaint, although all were | blowing at the wind-up. Altrock Wielded the bat for this drill and gave them some valuadle pointers. Nick is a well qualiied teacher, too, for he was known in his day as one of the best fielding pitchers the game ever produced. ‘If helght gets a pitcher anywhere— and it generally is conceded that it does—the Nationals this season may be accounted fortunate. Of the fif- teer hurlers on their roster eight are giants in inches, although many of them huve yet to demonstrate they | deserve the term in reference to thenrl mound prowess. Of the lot Walter McGrew, who hails from the Texan town founded by the original Soakem Yoakum, towers highest, and with his six feet five and a fra:tion inches ‘will contest with Bryan Harris of the| {ackmen for the distinction of bemx[ i e American League's loftiest. Next ia line comes Ed Digges, the; calipa of Clarendon, who at six feet! three, has a slight margin on Harry! Courtney, while the six-foot-one class | includes Walter Johnson, George Mo- gridge, Tom Phillips and Ray Fran- ces, Olaf Erickson being the pygmie of the altitudinous class with an even seventy-two inches. There are others on the roster who are by no meang dwarfs, ary, Gleason and Miller lacking but little of the stretch of frame necessary to rank them as long boys, and since Jose Acosta has departed for Chicago by way of Fhiladelphia there are no contenders among the flingers in the bantam division. Jehosophat Besse- lievre Brillheart probably is the shortest of the lot and being just a Young feller Jehos may outgrow it. ! Not all suceessful pitchers have kad unusual stature to aid them in their quest for fame. Far from it Clark Griffith himself, who, . when in the heyday of his career as an active per- former was regarded 2s one of the most effective flingers in the business, frequently was referred to as a runt, and there have been many other mnotable exceptions, including Jack Warhop, George Dauss and the still formidable Dick Kerr. There have been. however, possibly three top- notch pitchers possessed of unusual height for every one below the aver- age, and if this ratio holds good with the Griffmen. this year it will not be for lack of qualified material that they will fail to find the bolstering needed by the box corps. An inspection of Tom Phillips, ob- tained through an enlightening close- «up in the clubhotse, discloses that he ‘is one of the really big men on ,! the squad, for he totes 130 pounds iof avoirdupois, well distributed over Phillips, who is old, started out the New York State League and professional experience has been to that circult -and the Southern Association, except for one season with the Cleveland Indians. | That was three years ago when, used | almost_exclusively for rellef pur- poses, he was credited with winning ! three games and losing two in the { twenty-two contests he participated in. His earned run average was 2.94 ! and he compiled a batting percentage of 384, being topped only by Eddie Murphy of the White Sox, Ty Cobb of Detroit and Joe Harris, his team- i his generous frame. | twenty-eight vea i mate in Cleveland, who this season will play with the Red Sox after two years' absence from the game. Last season, with New Orleans of the Southern Association, from which & was obtained for Al Schacht, Deeby Foss and Molly Craft, Phillips hurled 238 innings in 45 games, al-| lov/ing “opponents an earned ~run average of only 2.6 per game, and registered 25 victories against 7 de- feats for a winning percentage of i.781, a mark good enough to top all pitchers who had worked in any- where near the same number of games. Phillips is being ‘depended upon to render valuable assistance to the veteran flingers on the list. Another in the wame category is Woodward, the New Havenite, who protests his name is not Franklin Latayette, but the more prosaic Frank Russell. Woodward is not in- cluded among the skyscrapers. meas- uring a mere five feef ten inches, but he is a sturdy specimen who tips the beam at 183 pounds and, like Phillips, hes had considerable ex- perience. ” Woodward, who asserts his base ball age, twenty-seven, is also his real age, spent parts of three sea- sons with big league clubs before joining the Nationals last fall. He went to St. Petersburg with the Phillies in 1918 and to Charlotte with them again in 1919, being traded in midseason to the St. Louls Cardinals. In 1920 Branch Rickey started him on a tour of the country, which in- cluded stops at Kansas City, Seattle and New Haven. He was with the last named club of the Eastern i League last year and, although out of service for six weeks through an accident and absence, when he r ported to Washington he had com- piled a winning mark of .742 with twenty-three victories against eight defeats. Woodward impresses one as being of the type that doesn't concern him- self overly much about anything. 1f he can be induced to buckle down and take his work seriously he may help considerably in solving Wash- ington’s pifching problem. Those of the presemt squad who are making their first visit to Florida have been considerably surprised by the degree of heat prevailing. AJl had the impression, of course, that Tampa was warm, but even Griff and the other old-timers did. not expect to find it really hot, but hot it is. Records of the government forecaster for the past five days show that temperatures have been 10 degrees above normal. The normal tempera- ture for February has been about 63 degrees. while the average for mearly A Special 30x3% Inch ‘Well Known Make CHAS. E. MILLER, Inc. 812 14th St. 4 Doors Nerth of H St. AND THE ACCURATE MACHINE THOUGHTFUL HAND "There are some thingsa machine can do betterthan a man. 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He will grant graciounly enough that it ix an ex- cellent fafield. “In actual work on the fleld, ! practical delivery of the goods, the Washington infleld will, I be- lieve, xo asx far aws the Gia . Judge I rate as a better first bane- man than Kelly; Harris &ood an Frisch, for this year amywnys Peckinpaugh in Bancreft's class, nnd S| s n hustler of merit, though he doesn’t gover the ground infleld im the League. The Clevel the writer's way of ;e“or than 9:. Lo all-around wtility. “The dexree of efficiency of the Yankee infield seems to be a quesn- tion largely of how it ix arranged. More than a few sharps think ‘Ward a better third than second baseman and would like to see him there and MeNally at second for the best defensive results, but if Baker’s bat ix needed during the Ruth-Meusel interim the combina- tion of Scott at short and Ward at second places -tr:u units at two salients of the lan line, and the medinn line ix the backbone of all defense.” a week past has been 73, with maxi- mum temperatures from 80 to 84 de- grees and the minimum temperatures about 63. Such midsummer weather is greatly facilitating the athletes in their aim to work the accumulations of winter rust out of their limbs and backs. It requires little or no effort to induce perspiration, and the absence of chill ing winds obviates all likelihood of jcolds when they let up for a breath- ing spell. Trainer Martin put the boys through another peppy workout in the morn- n In addition to the _infleld practice for the pitchers, fielding bunts and playing toss, there was a dash around the track as the finishing touch. Some of the per- formers were so weary from their hour of toil that the road work was a dash in name only. Woodward, par- ticularly, found the going pretty rough in his perspiration-soaked uni- form and was a trifle wabbly on his pins at the finish. N/ .fwas sald that he wouldn't make good, Ill.l‘ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FE + BY JOHN B. FOSTER. ON'T overlook the unusual infiéld that Cincinnati will put on the D diamond for 1922/ It's nearly an all-Pacific coast outfit. All that is needed to make it all-California is the first baseman, but it doesn't appear likely that Daubert will be demoted this season. He isn’t quite as sure on his legs as he was some three or four years ago, but he stands a better chance than any busher. Bohne, at second base, 1s a Pacific|other ballplayers who have tried the coast product. When he came east it |big circuit for the first time. Caveney, who plays short, is & prod- uct of San Francisco. He was a mem- ber of the infleld of the Seals in 1921, and fans out on the codst thought it was one of the most chipper infields that the Pacific ever had. He has been up to the majors before, but did not stay 18ng. Pinelll, who will play third base, played It for Oakland, Calif., in 1921 Detroft had Pinelli once and let him go. He says he is going to stick this but Mis record for 1921 will compare quito favorably with that of some LEXINGTONS AMBITIOUS FORDIAMOND LAURELS Lexington Athletic Club plans to time. If his infleld is as fast all around as Bohne proved to be in 1921, the Reds may get into the first division. make a strong bid for base balll . —— Success ‘on tne Eridmon e noren: | BATTERY MEN AT C. U. east boys, beMeve they can do still better on.the dlamond. A meeting of the club Will be held Saturday aight at the home of. President Perkins, 360 6th -street- northeast, when plan# for the campaign will be formulated. ‘Teams desiring .to =schedule gAmes Wwith the Lexington nine should tele- phone the managément at- Lincoln 5156. FT 3% . GET INITIAL WORKOUT Candjdates for battery positions with_the Catholic University nine re- Brookland and went through a brief workout. ~ Jackson, Mays and Ken- driek, pitchers, and Corwin and Dris- coll, .catchers, were the veterans at hand! The newcomers included Fasce, Ducbarme and Clark, moundsmen, and Ban Pedro, a receiver. W (ther per- mitting;, the.entire oase .all squad will turn out tomorrow. “Catholjc, | University has finished with _basket: ball for this scason. Games with. :Lehigh and Gallaudet have been canceled. Dusty Rhodes been .appointed manager of Rosedale Athletic Club's base ball team., Coach O'Nel s, as sistant manager and Tony -Frabezla business manager. A captain will be chosen later.- The Rosedales are ready to bookiengagements, o Candidates for the Knickerhocker Club nine are to meet at 32656 N street Thuraday night at 8 o'clock.: ager Kearney. will be In ech: the meeting. to the lap in its new Olympic in the Parc des Princes. GIBBONS-GREB WINNER T0 GET GO WITH TUNNEY NEW YORK, February 28—Pre- limimary arrangements were set on foot today whereby the winmer of the Tommy Gibbons-Harry Greb battle nt the Nadisen Square Gar- mete: 2o % +| stadium Tenleytown Athletic Club would like to hear from nines arranging schedules. Communications ~should be addressed to G. McDonald, 4306 Wisconsin avenue. Seat Pleasant Athletie Association is preparing its schedule and wants to hear from District nines. Send challenges to Business Manager W. L. Travers, Benning station, D. C., R. F. Dot — den on the night of l-l.-nh m"m-l: Auburn Athletic Club, formerly the | meet Gene Tunney, champ 51 Aurors, | wants engagements with| heavyweight of Ameriea, some time Manager this spring. This fight in tara will geventeen yens nines. larden may be addresses street northeast. Soldlers at Washington barracks are drilling for an extensive base ball campaign ‘and will be prepared to meet all comers. There is much new | material available. — Booking - of games will start next wee lend up to' the challenge match with Carpentier’ for the world light-heavyweight title. Tummey that he was always defend his title that he would keep in trim throu, t bouts. 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Griff’s Rookie Pitchers Being Taught to Field : Pipp and Meusel S Three knock-outs, one occurring after less than three seconds of mill- ing, featured the six-bout fight pro- grdm offered by the Fort Myer Ath- letic Association at Fort Myer, Va., last night. In their scheduled six- round match, Private Maxfield and Private Haddon, welterwe'ghts, just about set a record for brief scraps in this vicinity. The men shook hands, each led and missed, then Maxfield ! rushed and landed a right on Had- don’s jaw. Down went Haddon for the count. The othef haymakers were scored in the second rounds of engagements. Privates Carbone and Clements, 112- pounders, fought carefully in the cpening ‘session, but in the second Carbone forced the issue and quickly dropped his opponent. Private Camp- bell overcame Private Mazio in the eecond round of their feautherweight Sergt. McBride, former feather champion of the Panama Canal Zone, registered another victory over Pri- vate James-Schena, who won a box- ing title while with the American forces Iin Germany. It was the second meeting of these men within two weeks. They fought through six rounds with Schena scrapping dog- gedly most 6f the way. He floored McBride in the second round, but feared the latter's right too much during tha remainder (f the fray. The sergeant was given a close decision. Privates Kenney and Uldrey, sched- uled t0 o four rounds, had to mix in #n extra one bofors the judges could detcrmine A winner. Tt ere was plenty of action In the mill that was accord- {ed to Kenney. Private Shifton was given a pomt victory over Private Walasek after four rounds. Another intra-post show glven at’ Fort -Myer next Monday right. On March 10 the semi-finals of the Army-district,of Washington tournament will be held at the post and the finals will take place in the| same ring March 18. PHILADELPHIA, February 28— AMidget Smith, New York bantam- weight, outpointed Mickey Delmont, Newark, N. J, in an eight-round bout last night. SIOUX CITY, Towa, February 28.— Jack Sharkey, New York bantam. weight, had the better of a ten- round bout with Earl MacArthur of Sioux City last night. INDIANAPOLIS, February 28.— Johnny Griffith of Akron, Ohio, pointed Anthony Downey of Ci cinnati in a ten-round bout night. CINCINNATI, February 28.—Dave Shade, Californla welterweight, and Billy Ryan of Cincinnati boxed ten fast rounds to a draw last night. will be ° SPORTS. 31 ign Yankee Contracts REDS’ INFIELD RECRUITED [THREEK 0/SINBOUTS [PILOT HUGGINS ON TRAIL '/ FROM THE PACIFIC COAST) iy e A7 FORT MYER| OF RUTH AND MAYS NOW EW YORK, February 28—Signed contracts of Wally Pipp, first N baseman, and of Bob Meusil, the slugging outfielder, who, aiong with Babe Ruth, drew a suspension from Commissioner Landi for barnstorming last fall, have been received at Yankee headquarters! Both men have started south, and will join the squad in training at New Orleans the latter part of the week. Miller Huggins, the diminutive Yankee manager, was reported in Hot Springs, Ark. on ‘“unknown” business. It was rumored, however, that the Yanks were having trouble getting Babe Ruth and Carl Mays to come t6 terms and that Huggins w: in the 8pa for the ‘pose of breal ing in on their golf and talking 1922 salaries. The New York Giants’ squad was due. in San Antonio, their spring training ground, tonight.. The Glant squad was joined at St. Louls vester- day by Jess Barnes. e assured his tecammates that he liked the New York club, wanted to play ball with it, and that he probably would sign a contract “first thing’” when he met McGraw at San Antonlo. Twelve pitchers and two catchers of the Philadelphia Americans spent yesterday on the local base bajl field Betting the first bit of spring train- ing. The main squad is expected to- morrow. Mack will have at least fifty players in camp by Wednesday. DALLAS, Tex., February 2t —Ralin is playing havoc with the Indians' prac- tice. Yesterday Manager S r had his men limber up at a rol skating rink near the ball park. Harry Lord Enters Politics. Harry D. Lord, captain of the Chicago Americans when he retired from basé ball seven years ago, will be a candidat: at the June primaries for the republican DETROIT, Mich., February 28.—Ty | nomination to the legislature. He is in Cobb, manager of the Detroit Ameri- grocery business at South Port- cans, will lead a Tiger squad out on | land, Me. the same fleld tomorrow at Augusta, Ga., upon whicl e began s career in 1904. Today the batterymen and an NEWS MEN BOWLING. army of recruits were en route to the camp. With Bobby Jones, third basi man, brought to térms; there remaj ed but two Tiger “hold-outs”—Harry Heilmann and “Dutch” Leonard. Both demanded a contract at $15,000. ORANGE, Tex. Febnlll’y 28,~The St. Louis Nationals had ‘their first workout yesterday. They had been halted several days by rain. February 28.—Frank last year's leading pitcher of the Browns, took the workout yesterday. Davi been counted among the holdouts. PHILADELPHIA, February 28.— Eleven members of the Philadelphia Nationals headed by Manager Wi helm are on their way to esbury Fla. The players included nine pite! ers—Meadows, Ring, Baumgartner, Behan, Betts, S8nover, Sullivan, Smith and Weinert, and Inflelders Wright stone and Parkinson. Another section of players has been instructed to Te- port March 1 and the last group on March 8. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., February 27.— Pitchers McQuillan, Pl lllenlcr,d'l'iée n Newspaper bowlers were to open their individual duckpin champlon- ship tournament this afternoon at 4 eo’'clock on the Recreation drives. Sixteen men representing four daily newspapérs were to comprise the first squad. MEET IN CUE TOURNEY. : Buck Punfbhrey snd Joe Kennedy will be opponents tonight in the mec- ond match of the pocket bilHar: tournament at the Grand Central Academy. Play will start at 8 o'clock. In the inaugural match last night James Guy defeated Frank Knell, 100 to €7. Layton Defeats De Oro. MILWAUKEE, Wis., February Johnny Layton, Sedalis, Mo., world three-cushion champlon, won the first block in the 180-point match in defense of his title last night from Alfred de Oro, Cuban expert, 60 to 37. 28 — BOBTON, February 28.—Danny Ed. wards, Los Angeles bantamweigh won the decision over Chick Sugss, New England featherweight cham. plon, in a ten-round bout last night. Porky Flynn, Boston, got the de- cision over Joe Burke of Detroit in a ten-round bout. Tt are heavy- weights. y of the Bo ton Nationals have arrived here for training _in_advance of joining the team at St. Petersburg, Fla. EA} UE PASS, Tex., February 28.— - SACRIFICE! ‘Here’ 100 Suits i 5182 $45.00 Wolsted Union Suits. 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