Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-03
EDDIE FOSTER IS
BACK IN LINEUP
Injured Third Baseman to Play
in the Games at
Cincinnati.
GRIFF TO PRESENT HIS
STRONGEST TEAM ON TRIP
Vermont College Team to Be the
Attraction at the Local
Park Today.
BY j. ED GRILLO.

Eddie Foster will play third base in the
games at Cincinnati Saturday and Sun
day. Fosters spiked toe has healed sut-
fcentiy to warrant his getting into the
lineup. and after Trainer Martin had
dressed it this morning Manager Griffith
informed Foster that he would make the
trip.
Griffith will have the strongest team he
can gather in the games against the
Reds. The regular outtield. consisting of
Shanks, Milan and Moeller. will be in
harness. while Gandil. Morgan and Eos
ter of the regular infeld will be in their
positions. with Waliy Smith at short.
Acosta will be taken for utility purposes.
johnson. Boehling. Engel and Shaw will
be the pitchers. white Henry and Ain
smith will look after the catching depart
ment.
Griffith is particularly anxious TO make
a good showing at his old stamping
grounds, and it is needless to say that
the players will put forth their best eff
forts
For an hour this morning, Griffith was
closeted with the players who are to take
the trip The signal code was gone over.
and discussion was had with reference
to the system of play to be in vogue for
the National Leaguers.
Herman Schaefer will be in cha sc of
the Yanigans. who are to play the New,
play the Vermont Collegians today.
Ayres and Bentley will most likely pitch
and tomorrow. if the day is warm, Carl
Cashion will in all probability be sent the
entire route against the International
| League champions.
According to Bozeman Bulger of the
| New York World who has made a trip
around the various training camps,
Charley Herzog, the new manager of the
| Cincinnati team, has succeeded in getting
| his players in better condition this spring
! than they have eve? been before. 1t is
| predicted that the Reds will prove a sur
prise this season. and HerEoG is being
! given credit for having accomplished
| wonders up to date. A better line on the
| team will be had after the two games
| with the Nationals have been played
| Branch Hickey and his school for base
ball is just one more new idea introduced
! by the Browns manager. says the st.
Louis Times. No doubt Branch has the
system all worked out how he is going
| to develop Il Cobb. Speaker. Mathewson.
Bender and those kind. It's a tough JOB
ahead for Branch though. Still. if sue
cess comes his way, all the credit shall
go to him. There are any number of
young recruits ready to be polished off
and placed IN the big circle, but they
have lacked the education. the early
| training which Hickey hopes to hand out.
! The 1914 Browns, just as they are, APP
| pear to be an improvement over what
! was here in the summer of 1915. Hickey
! put the athletes through his school down
! south for six weeks. and what real base
| ball is in them he will bring out on the
| ball field.
To squeeze blood out OF turnip is
| impossible etc. etc. but eventually
| Hickey will muster together a real ball
club at Sportsnan's Park. And what a
Il will haf for Yhnr~t on
Hedges. The colonel has had quite a few
| tough breaks in his long career as a
| magnate and, barring 1902 and 1893. 1t
i has been nothing but second division bail
| clubs for his efforts.
| The colonel and his smile form con-
! spicuous spot in this vicinity. Let pros
perity and the smile return and Hedges
| will be Just free with his money in
| Frank Farrell. Frank Navin and other
| American League maSnates.
! Wyatt Lee. who pitched the last four
! innings against the Nationals yesterday,
| has been one of the leading pitchers in
! the International League for the past
! four or five years. Last season he won
! twenty-five games and lest nine. yet he
| is never considered by any of the major
league clubs when they make their
drafts. This is probably because he has
! been in base ball some time he was a
| member of the Washington team under
jim Manning III i3t.. but he was a mere
boy then. and is hardly over thirty now.
| Ices performance against the Nationals
/ Yesterday was as brilliant as one would
wish to see. lie proved that he knows
all the tricks of the art and III tn"
eighth inning accomplished the feat OF
ca hing both Schaefer and Milan off of
second and first. respectively. Schacfer
had rca ched first on q scratch hit and
Milan had been given life on an error.
Lee cleverly picked Schaefer off OF sec
ond and moment later he fooled Milan
into thinking that he was about TO pitch
when. in fact. he was throwing to first.
and Milan was out by yards \ second
later he struck out Gandil and had re-
tired the side without run. though the
first two men reached the bases.
, Lee gave evidence of knowing more
about pitching than a majority of The
big league pitchers and why 1t is that
some big league club does not give him
ID chance is one of the puzzles of base
| ball.
! Harry Harper was considerably handi-
| capped in his pitching by reason of the
strong wind which was blowing. L af-
fected his control, and yet he gave a
hit safely twice. walked two and struck
ont eight. Harper has learned lot
about holding base runners on first. He
has a motion which keeps the base rum
ners guessing. With a little more
seasoning the Hackensack youngster
ought to be one of Griffith's mainstays
J this summer.
The Nationals hitting is still far be-
low what it will be later on. Yesterday.
of course, was not good day TO get
a line on a ball team, for it was cold
and windy and the grounds We're soft.
But there is sure to be marked improve
ment by. the time the season opens.
Neither Morgan nor Gandil is yet hitting
up to his standard, but each will get to
| going in a few days.
Gandil has always been a slow beginner
in the spring. but about the time the
season opens he should be in form.
The Vermont University team is slated
to meet the Regulars this afternoon To-
morrow the Yanigans will hook up with
the Newark aggregation, while the Regu-