The Washington times., 1912-04-11
Today's Lfne-Up.
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the game. and he will hold these little
lectures for his players every morning
until the warm weather begins.
Out at Shike Park Connie Mack was
with his champions Of the world. He
wanted to work out a few departures
to try against the Griffithites, and took
} the last few moments at hand to do
missed he declared. them letter perfect
In their lessons of diamond lore.
Tomorrow Carl Cashion or Dixie
Walker. will probably be sent to the
Morgan or Danforth on the mound for
the Athletics. .a..~ .-... ...
But Griffith is confident of success
He banks on the ,pulverizing perform
the hitting of Jack Flynn, Jack Knight
and Herman Schaefer, and the fast
running Of the entire throng in the blue
with Walter in good form, and l
think he is said Manager Griffith this
morning, I'VE should have a chance to
land the first game Of the season. OF
against US. but il they are evenly ais
tributed. I'm willing to await j'the re-
suits.
Will Keep EN- Busy.
II have my strongest lineup in. this
game. johnson should keep the other
fellows from hitting, and we ought to
get few hits now and then. And IL
they use their brains and play the ball
of which they are capable, well, were
going to keep them busy, even, even 4 they
Grifith's confidence is reflected in the
face OF every one of his young play
ers. Even the substitutes, such as
, eager to get into the game, just to
prove their big league caliber.
.Td like to have a chance to play
in this series" says Shanks. smiling
mi 7 n
enough to hold my own with the team"
The Nationals arrived shortly before
9 o'clock last night, going from the
Broad Street Station direct to the Ma,
the lobby, watching his gladiators and
+ seeing that they retired at 1880; This
morning they. were up early, hungry
as so many bears, and the manager
gave them half an hours lecture in his
= room. Signals were rehearsed and when
the players were dismissed, Griffith de-
clared that all preparations were COM
piete and that they were fit for the
! fray.
Fans On Hand Early.
All Philadelphia is waiting the word
for the campaign to begin.
At 10 o'clock a number of fans had
! gathered near the gates, In order to be
! certain of getting the pasteboards for
letics had light batting practice In the
morning and Connie Mack was on hand
with words of caution for his men.
! Just because Washington Is a low
ranking team" said Connie Mack today,
that is no reason for thinking lightly
Of them. You have to work just as lard
! to defeat Washington as you do to win
! from the Tigers or the Giants. Ofttime
Donnants are won by victories over the
telented teams and l spare no pains
with any foe.
CLARK Griffith, from all l have been
able to learn, has picked up some fast
young players, and should have a much
better season than the team had last
year. Then with Johnson pitching a
tight ball, the Washington club is a
worthy opponent for any team in the
big leagues.
II have a team that generally starts
slowly. This spring we have several
good men injured and unable to dc
their best, even If they appear in the
lineup at all. However, my substitutes
are pretty good. and ] can put a team
in the field capable OF playing good ball
when / have all my pitchers work.
Ing well and have the regular players
In the game every day. the Athletics
will begin to show their class"
Mack declines absolutely to predict
another pennant for his aggregation
He says he will work hard to land a
third banner, but that he Is making
no predictions.