The Washington herald., 1914-04-08
Cdf VIII Send Yaanigans to
Richmond for Ball Game
Next Saturday.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
By wII.I.IAM PEET.

vp to date the exhibition games played
hv the Nationals since the club has re-
rurned from Charlottesville have hardly
Welded enough money to pay for open
ing the gates. TO say nothing Of balaEc-
ing up the training camp expenditures.
hui the C.If youngsters probably viii
bring back several hundred dollars from
Richmond next Saturday.
For tvs years the Nationals have sent
a hall club down TO Richmond and tackled
that team Of the Virginia League. Joe
Boehllng. q native of the Virginia
canitai. has pitched in previous seasons,
and always been big drawing card.
gext Saturday x Will be Doc Ayers
as the magnet. ard IL the weather be
fair. monster crowd is expected TO
turn ont. for Ayers was Richmond's win
mig twirier last year. and he is one
Of fhr mcst popular ball players (the
Colts. as they ere called ever sent to
the major leagues.
Gr5n will send his youngsters to Rich
In1ond IL charge OF Germany Schaefer.
and those PLAYERS who are needed for
the BostoE- and New York games next
week when the American League season
opens VIII leave the Capital Monday night
for the Hub.
Just what men GI1ff plans to send TO
Richmond Saturday is not known, but II
Is believed that Catcher Williams, IN
6elders Meusei, Lee. Gedeon. and Schaef-
er together with Paul Smith. Acosta,
and cashion for the outfield viii BE
nominated.
Ayers great pitching stunt against
Brooklyn last week when he famed eight
of the National Leaguers in row was
published at length in all the Richmond
papers and the town is still talking
about IL
The Nationals play double-header
here this afternoon tackling Gallaudet Col
iege and Catholic University teams on
the Florida avenue ball yard. first game
starting promptly at o'clock.
II Gallaudet pitches Rasmussen, and
the big fellow is in form the clan will
get plenty of good batting practice, for
Rasmussen possesses good speed ana
curves.
Waiter johnson and Eddie Ainsmith
will form the battery for the Brook
Ianders as Grif agreed to the plan of
sending johnson against his team mates
in order that the Washington Regulars
might be benefited with some sure
enough batting practice.
Both of these games should be closer
than either the Vigilants or Cardinals
eombats. and good big crowd is ex-
pected.
Tickets for the opening game of the
American League season in Washington,
April q. the Boston Red SoX, the attrac-
ton. will be placed on sale at the ticket
Offices OF the local club at the Florida
Avenue ball park tomorrow mouAng. al
O'Clock.
The only reservations made up 10 date
. have been the seats annually allotted the
Etockholders and few legitimate organi-
ions in cIubdom.
be seats left over from the public
- tomorrow. If there be any, will on
Friday he placed in Spalding's store,
Fourteenth street, the only downtown
Office Of the Washington ball club.
II Is doubtful il the Nationals during
the past two days received any BENEFITS
from the practice games played against
the yisilants and the Cardinals. and but
for the fact that Manager Griffith has
been shown many courtesies, not to speak
Of bsnquets. rendered him by these or
ganizations. during the past winter neith-
er Of the teams would be played.
A game between the Regulars and
Yannigans with good pitching on both
sides would d-have been productive of bet
ter results.
Howard Shanks, in the third inning
yesterday, smashed out the first home
run of the season as far as the Nationals
are concerned. and was the object of
congratulations from his pals on the
bench.
Gene McCann, manager of Millionaire
Morton r. Plants New London team of
the Eastern Association, says that the
Federal Leaguers are not bothering him
and will not, even IL they go after play
- under contract Let them dare to
,eke inst one man, from my team" de-
ciares HcCann. 'and I will go out and
=st tae hest man in their league
Ard tbs rom a Chicago paper, too:
FRsish Displays old-tiine stuff, but mates
l0@s faspossiblei Walsh's "old-time
n was unbeatable, even IL he had no
mate /ehind him.
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