The Washington times., 1913-04-24
Probable Line Up.
By SENATOR"

Left hand pitchers are not going
to worry us much this season." said
Manager Griffith, this morning. Ray
Collins is considered one of the best
and yet we hit him without much diff
hculty. It'll be the same with all the
others, too, when We go up against
them
practice. That's about all the boys do
every morning. bat against all the ex-
tra pitchers we have at the park We
have lost a lot Of work this spring be-
cause Of the bad weather. but were
going along pretty well now. Of
course, there will be games when We
won't get as many hits as we did yes
terday. but l think our average will
After Dutch" Leonard fooled tie
Climbers in the pinches Tuesday, many
fans concluded that southpaws would
bother the Griffmen all year 1t was
recalled that Al Schulz, the Yankee
eouthsider, got away with his job pretty
well when the Griffmen were in New
York Then to have Leonard, another
newcomer in the ranks of the big
leaguers, stop them dead whenever it
was vitally necessary. the fans began
to worry.
However, Ray Collins wide curves
had no terrors for the boys of the Capt.
tai City. They Strengthened them out
with becoming ease. They hammered
his fast ball and his slow one until they
all looked alike. The Griffmen will hold
their own against the southpaws. H
Foster Have Malaria.
"Fateem'' Foster the watch charm
third sacker, will be out of the game
for a few days. He is suffering from
q slight attack of malarial fever and
has been ordered to rest. Francois La
porte. chubby Frenchman, will guard
the hot corner in Fosters absence and
the fans are hoping that Laporte will
continue his slugging-
Manager Griffith thinks pretty Well
Of Laporte. He had him with the New
York club several years ago. playing
him at third. second, short and IN the
outfeld- Laporte is hard hitter. Even
when he doesn't hit safely he can al
ways be depended upon to hit the ball
garden become sacrifice hits. Laporte
does not weaken the lineup of the
Grinmen in the least
Manager Griffith has decided to take
his team over to Philadelphia Saturday
morning. This will give TIE boys a good
nights rest in their own beds in this
city and do away with that evening ride
TO Sleeptown, never very popular with
the players Walter Johnson is expected
to pitch the first game at Shibe Park.
coming back on Wednesday for the con-
GLIDING battle with the Mackmen.
MUCH NOT All.
There is much hot air in the COM
plants about baseball slavery" The
players know this, too, and are willing
to let outsiders do most Of the talking.
While II is true that a player is reserved
by his club and can be sent 70 any club
desired by his own, this very rule is the
safeguard Of the game. II Ty Cobb,
iris Speaker, Hans Wagner, and few
others could make their own terms al
the end Of each season. IL is easy to see
that in a short time all the best players
would be where the most money 10 TO
be obtained Cities now possessing good
ball teams would be reduced in strength
TO such degree that all interest in the
game would pass and soon the ma
tional game would crack and become
mere history. II New York, the wealth
lest city in the country. could corral
such stars as Speaker, Cobb. Crawford,
Johnson, Frank Baker, and Vean Gregg.
to name a few, how long would you go
out to see them beat and batter the
Washington club composed of Class c
players?
The present agitation is being stirred
UP largely by Horace Fosel. former
president of the Phillies. He is the man
who, when asked pointedlv at a legal
meeting. Have you anv Information
10 prove that anybody connected with
any club or identified in anv wav with
the National League. is dishonest, and
that the games are not decided on their
nertsT' replied L have no such in
formation" Congressman Gallagher ad-
mits that much of his inside informa-
ton is to be had from FogeL. Per-
hans this is why the baseball magnets
are not taking much stock in the i'm
vestigation."
Harry Shanley. who was touted as
faster than Cobb, has been released by
Hughey Jennings 10 Memphis In the
Southern League.
How In blazes." queries a fan. does
Chance hope to make BAN team out Of
three Rays. Rov. a Russell. a Harold.
a Claude. an Ezra, a Birdie. and a
Bert?"