Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-31
RAY MORGAN TO Be !.
REGULAR AT SECOND
Griffith Announces a Change
in His Teams Lineup.
SHEER is SLATED TO
GO TO PROVIDENCE
Regular Team Is to Be Pitted
Against Alexandria Today.
Hughes to Pitch.
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

Ray Morgan will start the season at
second base This announcement was
made by Manager Griffith. this morning.
and probably means that Morgan will be-
come the teams regular second baseman.
Morsan's good work in the position this
spring forced Griffith to give him an
other trial Not only has the Baltimore
boy been hitting remarkably well. but his
fielding has shown marked Improvement.
In addition he is fairly fast and seems to
have picked up some knowledge of base
running. All that Morgan now has to do
is to keep up something like his present
gait to hold the position regularly;
OF course, if Morgan Slumps Laporte
will be placed in the position. though in
the meantime Laporte will be used as
an emergency hitter and general utility
man.
But il is not likely that there will be
any occasion for supplantng Morgan
He has now had enough experience to
warrant his being played regularly, and
his work is sure to become much more
consistent than 1t was. Morgan showed
flashes last season which indicated that
he had a lot of ability, and he would
have been permanently installed in the
position but for the fact that he slumped
at times.
Allen Sheer will most likely, join the
Providence team of the International
League within the next few days. A
deal is now on with that club which may
be closed at any time. Sheer Is sure to
prove a strong card for Bill Donovan's
team. because he is an excellent hitter
and when played regularly will prove OF
value both in the field and on the bases.
Griffith will have his regular lineup
in the game against the Cardinals OF
Alexandria this afternoon. Hughes and
Cashion will most likely do the pitching.
and IL the locals get comfortable leao
some of the youngsters Will be Injected
into the lineup Griffith does not pro-
pose to give his regulars any days of If
he can help it. He has them going good
now and he figures that constant work
will keep them on edge for the opening
OF the season.
Barring the White Sox, none of the
other major league teams has enjoyed
as successful a training season as the
Nationals, though most of them went
much farther away from home In search
of the kind of weather necessary to get
the players in condition. The White Sox
have been fortunate in finding little but
good weather out on the coast, but IN
this respect they have had little on the
Nationals. Griffiths team lines up this
spring in condition much superior to any
il has ever enjoyed at this season of the
year, and, barring accidents, 1t ought 10
be able to make a good start In the COM
ing race, SoHethiHS IL idhcu " uo iooS
season.
Connie Mack will abandon San Antonio
as training place. Detroit trained there
for three seasons. and never missed a
day because of rain, but during the past
two springs the Athletics have run into
lot of moisture. and as a result the team
has not been in as good condition In the
early part Of the season as 1t should have
been.
Mack is through with San Antonio, and
is now trying to make arrangements to
have his team train at Jacksonville, Fla,
in the future.
Walter Schaller, the young outfielder
who was recalled from Kansas City by
the Detroit club has been sold to the
leg last season and met with slight ac-
cident this spring, SO did not have
chance to do much work in the Tigers
camp. Jimmy Callahan must not con-
slider himself any too well fortified in the
outfield. for he is picking up every player
who promises anything for those posi-
tions.
ON what the pitchers have shown 10
date, Griffith will be much better foTti-
fed on the slab this year than he was
last. with Cashion, Engel and Gallia
being able to take their turns on the
slab il will allow him TO give Johnson;
Groom and hughes the rest they need
TO keep them in their best form. Hughes.
for instance. should have four or five
days to be at his best When the veteran
gets that amount of time between games
he Is sure TO prove a sensational per-
former this year Groom Is not a pitcher
who needs lot of time between. games
In fact. he is at his best when he works
often. But if Cashion shows good form
he will be the teams truck horse, for he
cannot be given too much work.
John Henry was in uniform today and
practiced with the team. The big catcher
u confident that his knee will give him
no more trouble and expects to be ready
10 take his regular turn behind the bat
BY the time the season opens.
Catcher Johnny Brassier is showing as
promising with the Maps as Ted Easterly
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