Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1923, Page 22

Nationals to Stage BUSH DECIDES TWIRLERS ARE READY TO TAKE TEST Has Several on Staff Prepared to Baffle Batters. Members of Squad Glad That “Family” Affairs Are to Get Under Way. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. AMPA, Fla, March 12—The biggest event of the training season I be staged tomorrow—a game. a five-inning affair, or seven, at the most, but it means a lot to ar wi T the players. thus They soon get fed up scrambling for bunts, infield work and snaring flies are essential features of the conditioning campaign, and the athletes go through them with as +quch cheerfulness as possible, realizing that they are necessary evils, but “the game’s the thing,” and the announcement of Manager Bush that would order a contest for tomorrow was hailed with joy by his charges. Bush’s decision to have the boys engage in a battle, even-though it > merely a family affair, was brought about by the fact, now evident, that everal of his pitchers are sufficiently advanced in their training to at- k of injur. 1aoth, Schacht, Russell, Brillheart and Hankins—will have the toil divided among them for the initial scrap, but just how they are to be appor- tempt box work without ri: tioned has not been decided. Tentative line-ups for the two teams have been fixed, however. The gulars will have Evans at third, gnon at s at second il Judge «ft, Wade ght Ruel probably will atching for this bunch. The Colts will take the fleld with Conroy at third, Bluege at short, La Motte at second and probably Altrock on first, with Fisher and McNamara in the outfleld along with one of the ipare pitchers or die Gharrity. apan or Hargrave, maybe both, will o the receiving. It is Bush's plan to stage one of these Interclub games every day uow as a means of getting the pla 8 remly for the exhibition series With the National League teams, which starts next tur Boston Brav appear here, 1t is probable that by Thursday or Friday A contest of the regulation distance »f nine innings will be put on, but At present, t least, none of the Trlers is likely o be called on to 1| more than threc innings at a e in 3 do and Schacht with no probable that il eff Warmoth, iy have Brill- heart and Hankins will be permitted to tinker a bit with them tomorrow. At v rate. all of these will have offic'al sanction to bear down in the matter of specd, and that it provide excellent target work for the sticksmiths. A change in the training s¥stem is contemplated for the last we. of the fquad'u sojourn here, Follow following, but Monday, April 2, the only game listed < with the Braves on the succeeding Saturday, the final day to be spent in camp. This was so arranged by de- sign in order that intensive drilling . the fine points of play would be possible. Will Have Skull Drill For that last week two_sessions a day will be held at Plant Field. The regular workout will be staged in the morning and after luncheon the athletes will be assembled for skull practice. Lessons In cutting off throws from the outfield, pointers in when to attempt to plifer a base, the difference in maneuvering for a raight steal or one of the delayed variety, the executjon of short throws by the' catcher to break up double £reals d by the opposition and such so-called inside stuff will be the yrogram. By that time it is antici- ‘ad_that the makeup of the nine Il be definitely decided and these will be necessary to perfect the mportant element of team work. Such sessions of skull practice were ©one of the outstanding features of the training of the successful clubs Griff piloted when he first took charge in Washington thirteen years ago. one respect, the presence of a large number of 'youngsters, the team In prospect for this year is similar to that of 1912 and 1913, and Griff is determined that the current edition will lack none of the advantages of instruction given in the old days. ‘With no work of a base ball nature scheduled for Sundays the ban on zolf was lifted yesterday and all the enthusiasts took advantage of tramping over the excellent courses this vicinity. Others of tiie athletes followed their respective Jents by fishing, motoring and Lathing. Roger Peckinpangh, who has been t.ling the water cure at Hot Springs ¢or the past two weeks, is due to 3each camp some time today. -The thortstopper probably will get his ¥irst workout tomorrow, but will not ppear in any of the practice games r a few days. No farther word has been received from Walter Johnson, who is detained on the coast by the illness of his son. N v when the ! and ! 1€ should ; v g the | augural contest Saturday the Bush- | 1en will play five games during the | vext week and four games the week | in the week starting! TERMINAL Y LEAGUERS | True, it will be only on this practice stuff. Wand drills, to their arms. These few—War- THE EVENING S'FAR, WASHINGION, D. C. ONE OF BUSH’S ROOKIE PITCHERS WHO MAY SHINE CUBS WILL PAY WAR TAX, MAKING TICKET $1 FLAT BY GEORGE CHADWICK. W YORK, March 12—It is stated that the Chicago National Lcague club will take up the tax assessed against an admission ticket and that in the future the individual who goes to sce a base ball game at its park will not be asked to make it $1.10, thus bearing the burden of federal maintenance which PAIR VALUED AT $110,000 FIGHTING FOR SAME JOB Players valued at $110,000 will he fighting it out for the same position with the Giants thix apring. This “battle” will be put on in center fleld. The athletes Cunningham. 0'Connell came from San Fran- clnco cont the Glants $75.000 Shinners wax purchaxed from In- dianapolis for a price sald to be Shinners waw with the club last meanon. He started well, but them wax “benned.” When he came back he wan ball shy and his sight was impaired. WILL TALK BASE BALL Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A. League will meet Wednesday night to re- organize for the season and expects all railroaders and other Terminal| Y members interested in sandlot base ball to be present. The meeting will be held in the Y. M. C. A. at the east end of Union station, starting at 8 o'clock. The Terminal Y League will operate under the jurisdiction of the District Base Ball Assoclation, as usual. Bolling Field nine that won the Army district of Washington cham- plonship last year has all of its vet- eran players at hand and is arrang- ing a schedule for this spring and summer. Teams _interested may communicate with Manager Irwin G. Shetsline at Bolling Field. Candidates for the Knickerbocker Club team are to report at the club- house tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Coach Rapp will be in charge. The Knicks have improved their playing fleld and soon will prepare an ex- tensive schedule. Palace Midgets, formerly the Mid- land Midgets, will play in the four- teen-vear class. They will begin practice Saturday. toils not neither does it spin. It might be well to mention, however, that the $1 flat arrangement was put into effect by the -Washington Amer- icans last season. Base ball men of prominence and leaders in other sports, games, both in- door and out, have been asked if this undertaking of the Chicago club is the forerunner of lower admissions gen- erally. Some Willing to Cut. It is almost impossible to get any of them to stand for a market quota- tion. Whatever they may feel indi: vidually they are coy about seeking publicity, fearing that they may put their feet into the frozen pudding, as it were. There are men who have a paTt In the management of ball clubs who within the past three years have expressed themselves as thinking that the tariff is too high. Yet not one of them has refused to take his share of the receipts of a large afternoon at the Polo Grounds in New York city, for instance, or at the South Side Park in Chicago. Thelr principles may be as lofty as the last lightning rod on the Wool- worth bullding, but they cannot in justice to their own ideals of sports- manship permit the New York clubs to hog any more than they have been converting into sausage in the past. They feel that they owe it to their patrons at home to take something out of New York once in & while if the gunmen will obligingly overlook them. The present high tariff to base ball always has been Tesented by the old- timers. There were mutterings and growlings when the innovation of re- Rerved_seats was established at the Polo Grounds. The antagonism etill exists. Perhaps it will always exist. f a good base ball game is worth a cent a4 minute, the price should be about $1. But father and grand- father, and even some of the sons, were brought up in the belief that playing base ball is fun and to pay to see it is worth a quarter, no more, no less. That is why the prices now charged are not popular and probably never will be. Times Have Chansed. New York once bragged that a man could go to & ball game, have his cholce of one of the best seats in the stand, buy a glass of beer, a cigar, pay carfare and do it all within & dollar. That cannot be done now. It - takes both naughts and part of the two out of a two-dollar bill to make the round trip. That's why the fans have asked among them- selves if it is possible that the prices are likely to tumble. Undoubtedly some of the owners would not care if they did tumble a little. They are thinking of the fu- ture, thinking of the time when in- ORTH TO KEEP BUSY. LYNCHRURG, Va., March 12.—Al Orth has gone to Lexington to begin coaching the pltchers and catchers in the.base ball l%'l,xld of Virginia Military Institute. hen the collefie season opens Orth will umpire Wash- ington and Lee and V. M. I games played in Lexington. He later will umpire in the Virginia league. Tips on Playing Basket Ball; Correct Rule Interpretations BY ED THORP MAN defense—Much con- sideration should be given to v placing this defense. If your players stand too far Yack, the opposition is apt to open up with long shots and score over their heads. If they stand too far forward, the secondary defense is oiten pulled too far out from the pasket. This permits an opponent 10 slip down the side lines and cut in for an open shot. Work this matter out with your material, as there is no fixed rule. But be sure to have your players cover properly. Staying with an opponent does not mean that the rival is to be chased all around. It does mean etaying in such a position rela- tive to him that you will be able to intercept passes to him or keep him from shooting, starting a dribble or making a good pass to another player. When the player you are guarding receives a pass close to the side lines, try to force him out of bounds. —_— Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester gmay launch a scholastic cricket Kaaiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED, 10 DIFFERENT MAKES TATORS. AVITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS S 319 13th. K. @AI0. II‘“P. M. 4. Q. What is a free throw? A. It is the privilege given a team to throw for goal from a Position directly behind the free- throw Ime. Q. Is ball in play after the sec- ond shot of a double foul has been missed? A. No. ut in play at center. Q. Must both centers stand with both feet in center circle? A, Yes. Q. If a team refuses to continue the game after twe extra periods have been played and the score is still tied, do they lose? A. Yes. Q. If referee does not see who threw ball out of bounds, has he the right to call it a held ball? A. Yes, and he should. It is = ». = == Easter Just Three Weeks flammation, not inflation, will cease, and they prefer to popularize the future rather than milk the present. However, there is no uniformity in that direction. There will bs more reserved seats than ever at the two blg ball grounds in New York this summer. But one of these days there will be no Babe Ruth, and the fans will resent some things that have taken place {nstead of quickly passing them by for the moment. ~Then i{s probable the conservative element in base ball will venture to say that whether the effect of the Chicago club's action had any tendency to- ward a return to dergocratization of base ball, it was at least a bid for good will, And that's just about as the matter rests. EXHIBITION GAMES. At Montgomery, Ala—-Philadciphia Americans, 3: Milwaukee (American Assoclation) 2. At New Orleans, La.— New Orleans (Southern) New York Americans. Batteries — Thomas, Walker and Dowie; Poetteger, Pipgras, Johnson, Suggs and Hoffman. At San_Antonio, T Giants, 21; San League), 14 FINE PARK FOR MINORS. Kaneas City team of the American Association will seat 21,800 in its new park in course of erection. There Will be only 1,400 bleacher seats. New York Tex.—! Antonio (Texas Penn will endeavor to form an lr;lercollezh.!e base ball league for 1924. Away— How About Your Spring Suit? OMOHUNDRO’S SHOWING OF SPRING FABRICS OFFERS YOU A WIDE SELECTION TO CHOOSE FROM AND THE PRICES ARE NOT HIGH, EITHER. OMOHUNDRO'S .TAILORING IS8 NATIONALLY KNOWN FROM COAST TO COAST FOR FIT, STYLE AND WEARING QUALITIES. ' OMOHUNDRO, 514 12th ST. Your Tailor—Just Below F St. Hankins is considered a bright prospect. more money than usually is called for a These “shots” of him were taken at the GV DUGKPIN TOURNEY AT THE GRAND CENTRA Washington City Duckpin Associa- tion will hold its annual tournament on the Grand Central drives again this year. This was decided yester-| day when officlals were chosen and plans discussed at a mecting at the Recreation alleys. No date for the start was decided upon, but this will be settled at a session to be held next Sunday. A lively debate ensued when it came to picking the place for the tourney. Finally a vote was taken. the Grand Central winning out over the King Pin alleys by a single vote. Earl Stocking, who piloted the Ma- sonic League through a successful campalgn, was chosen president of the organization. H. Z. Greer was named first vice president and John P. Evans second vice president. Moe Goldberg was unanimously reelected a8 secretary and Harry B. Halley was | again made treasurer. Board of directors were chosen as follows: H. T. O'Neill, Red Men; Ro. Whitfoul, Evening Star League; G.! E. Anderson, Sunday School League: | 3. H. Levinson, Young Men's Hebrew League; L. F. Terry, Southern Rali- road League; R. G. Marx, Bankers: J. A. Redmond, Internal Revenue; E.,; A. Hammann, Munitions; George H. Kane, C. and P. Telephone; A. S. Mil- ler, American Ice; J. A. Costello, K. of C.; George J. Miller, Junior Order | American Mechanics; C. F. Groff, 0dd Fellows; W. H. Mliitner, Bureau of Standarc and W, J. Dunham, West- ern Union. & George L. Iseman, retiring presi- dent, presided over yesterday's con- fab. —_— Jole Ray’s father thirty years ago boxed Jake Kilrain twenty rounds. Rowing at Harvard cost the cam- bridge institution $55.000 in 1922. [EARL & WILSON CHIPWOOD A better collar with spacing at ! | CARL TTHONER— In fact, Clark Griffith gave up recruit’s contract, in order to sign him. Nationals’ camp. BLOW TO HOME RUNS. Connie Mack has built a 12-foot-high concrete wall, topped by three feet of wire mnetting in left fleld for home-run hitters to top at Shibe Park. In the past bounding hits frequently jumped the low coping and the fans eecured the balls for keepsakes. At Established 1898 LAST WEEK OF OUR GREAT SPECIAL For Only That Should Sell for Thirty-five Dollars In This Display of Fabrics Are a Number of Medium-Weight Fabrics Just what you want to weas this spring. . All garments made by our expert designers and reliable taflors. Mertz & Mertz Co., Inc. 906 F Street MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1928 Game Tomorrow : Pennant Bee Is Buzzing in Ranks of Tygers DETROIT SQUAD IS FULL CUBS’ NEW PARK WILL BE FINEST IN OLD CIRCUIT Chicage will have the llr‘ll!‘ single deck basebsll stand in the country when the mew Cubs’ park in completed for the opening of the 1923 season. The work rapidly mearing completion at a cont of mearly $400.000. When fialsbed the park will have & seating capacity of approxi- mately 81,000 compared th a previous capacity of 17.500. There will he 9377 box seats, 16,872 datal seats and about 5,000 leacher seats. DISTANCE RUN PLANNED FOR LEGION GARNIVAL Distance runners may be given a| chance to show their wares when the American Legion of the District holds its third annual track and fléld meet April 21. The games committee con- templates the scheduling of a race from Hyattsville to Central High School stadium, where the big meet is | to be staged. 1t sufficient interest is manifested by | modified marathon hikers hereabout the race will be added to the already extensive games program. The legion committee belfeves it can attract a sufficlent number of long-distance run- ners from Baltimore and this city to hold the event. Any information concerning the pro- posed marathon and the meet may hfl‘ had at the games headquarters, 613 14th street. Down the Alleys | | Inter-city matches have become quite the rage this season. The latest | organization to take up the idea being the Knights of Pythias League, a challenge having been sent to the membership of the fraternity in Baltimore which has been duly ac- cepted. Details as to dates, member- ship of teams and location will be settled at an early day. The Grand | Lodge officers of both cities have en- dorsed the match. A special meeting will be held at Pythian Temple Satur- day night at which all arrangements | will be completed. It is probable that will be selected from the following | members of the league: Oliverl and Bendetto, of Columbia Lodge: Mayer, of Byracusian; Kessler, of Capital Warner, of Excelsior: Emory, of | Calanthe; Motyka. of Capital; W. E. Larcombe, of “Calanthe, and Poucet Pucet, of Webster. | A handsome trophy will be offered as it 1s the intention of the promoters to make the match an annual event. the Tocal team | The total pin record for the District | came within two of being shattered | last week when the Mt Pleasant| uint of that league defeated th necas and in doing £o had a coun of 1,755. A bad break in the last box prevented a new mar Selection of Earl Stocking as Pres! dent of the Washington City Duck pin Association. should assure the &ucoess of the big tourney this spring. | Any man who can handle an organ- | ization as large as the Masonic League | as effeclently as he did, certainly is well qualified for the new job. He is aggressive and a hard worker and will insist upon his assistants in the seociation doing their part. | Tygers. OF HEALTHY CONFIDENCE ' Does Not Possess Kind of Spifit That Harms, But Has Kind That Counts—Cobb Is Proving Real Diplomat in Handling Men. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. A UGUSTA, Ga., March 12—Detroit players, some of whom have been here several days with Ty Cobb, have come so™full of ideas and with so much willingness to render first aid to the capture of the pennant that local shopkeepers are almost afraid to display bunting of any kind in their stores for fear the Tygers may 'make a raid on it. They are planning to spring a three-ply surprise on the America League this year. Perhaps it will not be such a surprise at that, for Huggins and Fohl have not forgotten their relief at the end of last sca- son when Detroit was finally eliminated from the fight for the tiptop of the percentage column. This feeling of the Detroit players is not overconfidence. It's good healthy confidence. the other thing. d . It's just If certain things break their way this summer the Tygers think they have a chance to participate in one of those hokey-pokey affairs, better known as a world series. It & @ mighty good sign when a, ball team has that kind of mental stimulus about it. The nine that can begin the season with & good fighting performs this task with such rare good judgment and in such a pleas- ing manner that the old birds. who do hate to be corrected in front of the ’ memnory of the season that is past i8 | younger set, hustle away on seemingly # likely to develop a punch on memory | alone. Of course, a champlionship is always expected to have a good “hold over” and this fighting memory does not apply 8o much to them. It does | apply, however, to teams like Detroit, full of fire and vim, which carried the ! fight along with ~enthusiasm until they saw they were belng outpitched and shoved uhead even then with all the other cylinders working. A team like that is smart enough to see that if it gets fresh power where there was weakness last year, it will be just as much or more in the thick of the fray this season as it was last. Worrled Huggins Last Year. As to how the other managers re- gard the Tygers, get this from Hug- gins, recited after the season of 1922 was over: “I had worry enough to get under the wire without fussing about that Detroit crowd. The only good laugh 1 had during the season was when I knew Detroit was out of the race. I was not snickering at the I was having a joy session on my own account over the fact that the foe was cut down to one oppon- ent. There were times when I won- dered if the Yanks might not be the one cut down."” Detroit commanded respect in 19 Ty and his crowd went tearing through the east in one midsummer section of the schedule as if they in- tended to rip the ornaments off the New York and St. Louls city hails, Other American League managers looked at the Tygers with about the same fond- ness that a pup looks at the tin can on his tail. Ty has been buey all winter with plans to make his aggre 1 even more thoroughly respe ed this year and he has a lot of young men with him who are willing and able to help to that end. The impression is rather common that_spring training is mainly de- voted to loosening up muscles and losing flesh. That isn't all there is o a spring training camp. Nay, the wise manager at the spring camps, the crafty keen observing old fellow whom has had his eves glued on his ball team the year before, no only looks over the new talent which mway have been brought into the cor- ral but he diplomatically starts to correct certain little shortcomings which he has noted among the vets Cobb Ix Using Diplomacy. new strategy for the mext campaign As a matter of fact they are getting some of the false moves of the year before gently ironed out, but it & done so smoothly that they never know ‘they are being corrected. All big league managers have 1 problem to solve. Now and then takes about three years to achiev: the desired results.” The champiol ship teams of 1922 had two infielder who have been in process of develop- ment for more years than one. It was the good fortune of one of them “to play the greatest game of his life” in 1922, Ty Cobb called atten tion to this and suggested that it Pipp hadn't held up as he did there might have been another finish in the big show. “If 1 develop about four of those bovs down here.” said thel Georgia smile maker, “I'll be satis fled to start the season agalns! them.” The foregoing Is the first of a serics of articles from the spring training camps of the major leagues in which the writer will analyze the work of rookies and veterans and the policies and prospects of ench organization. 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