The Washington herald., 1913-03-15
idaho PHENOM
FACES virginia
johnson Told to Use Plenty
Of Steam Against
Colegians.
CASHION ALSO SLATED
Carolina Heaver, with Bert Gallia,
will Work the Final
By WILLIAM PEET.

Charlottesville, Va, March H-Walter
johnson is slated to pitch three innings
for the Nationals against the University
Of Virginia nine in the third game of
the series tomorrow afternoon, and he
has been told to use as much stun as
he cares to against the college boys.
Grif will start the game with his
regular lineup, and. as the combat has
been well advertised, the stadium should
be filled to overfiowing Both Schaefer
and Altrock will be on the coaching
lines. and the fame of these funmakers
has reached far in this little hamlet.
Carl Cashion and Bert Gallia likely
will follow johnson in the box. Both
are in shape to work, and Cashion
wants to convince Griff that control is
his middle name.
Rain ceased falling here to-day, and
Lambeth Field at o'clock was ready
for the regulars to practice upon. The
diamond was a trifie heavy, but the tar
paulin covers kept the pitchers and bat
ter's boxes as dry as a bone. No major
league ball park in either circuit can
compare with the old field down here.
Rain had been falling necessarily for
nearly thirty hours. yet two hours of
sun, accompanied by a light wind, put
the place in shape to permit of playing
ball.
Field Day Next Week.
In order to determine the speed and
general all-round ability of his young
players. Manager Griffith plans to hold
field day some afternoon next week
Mike Martin, assisted by Pop Lannigan
the University of Virginia trainer. will
be in charge of the various events, which
will comprise circling the bases fungo
hitting for distance, and bunting and
running from the plate TO first The
kids will get chance to show their
speed, as each man will be timed
II was at first intended to allow the
regulars to compete in this sport pro-
gramme. as il has always been a
much -mooted question as to which was
the faster getting down to first base
Milan or Moeller-but Griff will not
allow his veterans to take part fear
ing that they may overdo the thing
and that injuries might result.
Little Allen and Calvo should put up
pretty race from the plate TO first
base. as this pair looks to be the
speediest of the youngsters on straight
away running. Acosta and Rebel Will
Jams also are fast, and Joe Connolly is
not a slow poke when il comes to
burning up the base paths; so the
promised field day is looked forward to
with considerable interest.
Grin Against Player Writers.
Manager Griffith to-day voiced his
sentiments regarding the wholesale
practice last year of star ball players
writing for the papers. or, rather. lend
ing their names to this practice while
real newspaper men do the work
4 am glad President Ban Johnson
put his foot down and issued orders
that no American League manager or
player should allow the use of his
name over newspaper articles" said
Griffith. He sent me a circular letter
to this effect. and 1 wrote and con-
graduated him on his action. Ball
players have no business butting into
the newspaper game. They are paid
good salaries to play ball, not to write
it,
George Mcbride, the Nationals captain,
has been invited by Manager MacFar-
land, of the St. Mary's Church baseball
team. of Alexandria, to be the guest of
honor at an entertainment held under
the auspices of the parish, the object of
the entertainment being to raise money
to equip with uniforms the baseball team.
Capt. Mcbride says he will write and ac-
cept the invitation. He probably will be
asked to give the boys and girls short
talk on the national game.
As departure from the general rou-