Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-12
MOELLER AND FLYNN LIKELY
FIXTURES AFTER DAYS WORK
Manager Griffith Pleased With Players, and
Says Team Will Make Good if
Pitchers Improve.

field they become chilled. The infield
practice in which Morgan. Mcbride Cum
bingham and Flynn indulge manages to
break out a perspiration on these play
ers, but In order to retain it they have
, to run to the dressing room at the gym
about quarter of mile away. Under
existing conditions the players are sure
10 make SLOW progress. 1t takes some
hot days to bring them around to form
and that is what Griffith is praying for.
The only consolation he finds is that
teams which went farther south are flav-
ing similar experience. There is, of
course, lot of time left to get the play
ers ready. but Griffith is particularly
anxious to have his men on edge when
the exhibition series starts in Washing
ton two weeks from Wednesday. He
realizes that if this cold weather keeps
up 1t will be no easy matter to have HE
team to the scratch, fit to do its best
work.
There is a marked difference in the
work Of some of the pitchers. When the
team first reported here Joe Engel's arm
seemed strong enough to allow him to
arm is so sore he cannot raise it, and he
will refrain from pitching to the batters
for a few days until the wing gets back
In form. Musser's experience is just the
opposite. When he first came here his
arm was weak. and he hardly made an
effort to do any pitching. Yesterday,
however, he was put in against the bat
tiers, and he cut loose and showed lot
Of very good pitching material.
Youngstown, is a well built youngster.
who is fast on his feet and takes a
healthy wallop at the ball.
1t is assured that when Griffith di-
vides his squad into two teams, the regu-
fNn
some real base ball seen here. 1t Is the
ambition of every man in the squad to
make the team and consequently every
one Of them will try his best to show
Griffith what he has. There lis an
abundance Of material and two teams
can be fixed UP without using any player
out Of his position. If such games are
played they will be for blood. for many
of the players will figure that their fu-
ture will depend on how they show up IN
these games. and there is lot or logic
in that theory.
A least six members of Griff's squad
have at one time or another played first
base. and could fill that position now in
a satisfactory way. There are Flynn and
Spencer. Henry and Williams, knight and
Schaefer. Flynn and Spencer are ex-
perienced in the position. Henry played
it for q while last spring for the Nation
ais. as did Williams for Boston. Schaefer
became the Nationals regular first baseman
after June, while Knight has played the
bag on numerous occasions for New York
when Chase was unable to do SO. 1t is,
of course, not likely that more than one
man will get a chance to play that bag
for Griffith this year, and yet it is not
a handicap to have several men around
who can play it.
'It has always been a mystery to me
why Pittsburgh let Jack Flynn OUT re-
marked Umpire Rigler this morning.
after watching Flynn hit and pick up
grounders. I worked in good many
games in which Flynn played year before
last, and / failed to see where he had any
faults. He was most dangerous hitter
and broke many a game with long
drive, while he ffelded his position WILL.
l can't understand 1T, for there is no