The Washington times., 1915-04-12
Rondeau, Gandil and Morgan Are
Now Ailing and Are Unlikely
To Be Ready To Meet
Yankees Wednesday.
By LOUIS A. DOUGHER,

The chances are that when the
Griffmen open the season here We'd
nesday they will not have the team
eventually to represent the Capital.
Henri Rondeau has been ordered
to stay in bed for five or six days,
the club physician believing that rost
will put him in good condition. Chick
Gandil is taking electrical treatment
for his crooked throwing arm. There
is no certainty that he will be in
shape to play on Wednesday. Ray
Morgan's injured groin is slowly re-
covering, but he may be unable to
get in the lineup against the
Yankees.
Hank Shanks was ordered to play
elft field today against the New
York Giants, while Charlie Pick will
again be found at second base and
Alva Williams will continue to do a
good job around the initial corner.
No, | can't say exactly just what my
lineup Wednesday will be- said the
Old Fox today. II am not going to
risk permanent injury to any Of my
players, and 50 cannot say whether
morgan Or Gandil will be in the first
game. Rondeau seems to be out Of it
for at least another week. He must rest
MS leg and the only way he can do that
Is to say in bed.
"Gandil may show Improvement from
The electrical treatment given him. and
ne may be. in the game Wednesday. He
is due for another dose of the juice to-
day Tomorrow he'll rest. and if he
good anOllph ha II nj cd
him.
-Mowever. we don't need any of them
today can win any game it plays
Merto Acosta the little cuban out
fielder. Is expected to be in uniform to-
dav. He has been confined to quarters
with stomach trouble, but today he felt
better and may be around trying to get
into the battle line. Acosta is by no
means out of consideration as an out
fielder with the Griffmen. 1t would not
surprise his friends if he were used bo-
fore the season were well advanced.
Though it is expected that Walter
Johnson will be on the hill Wednesday
this Is not at all certainty. johnson
had little of his old stun against the
BraNes Saturday and. unless he warns
Up better Wednesday, Joe Boehling OIL
Yankees and Ray Caldwell. The Ole
Fox, is anxious to make a flying start
N tne 1918 race, and will not take any
"hanceS. However, Johnson will work
out today and tomorrow in the hope OF
regaining his form and enabling him &c
appear against Bill Donovan's boys.
The Yankees are due to arrive here
late this afternoon in order to be read,
Tor the opening day ceremonies. 1t /!
very likely that they will have tho use
Of the Georgia avenue ball yard tomor
row afternoon. limbering up for an houI
or so; Ray Caldwell. the famous tel
egrapher.twirler. is being groomed tc
oppose the Grffmen in the first battle
or the campaign. hut Ray Fisher Ol
Jack Warhop, two hard nuts to crack
VIII also work out preparatory to goins
INTO the battle lire.
With the big leagues getting down tc
business Wednesday. the fans are be
ginning to dope out whore the various
teams will finish. The general favoritel
tor the big show buntings are the Rec
SoX and the Braves
1t is heinR whispered that Smoky 10,
Wood and Nean Gregg will be Of no us,
10 Bill Carrgan clan this year Neithc
mas shown much IN practice. and CARR
gan Is not planning on them. Wood, il
close to winning the pennant for tn,
Red SoX. He Is the Walter Johnson o
the l;annin team. However. withou
nne well-balanced pitching corps i,
roster. Collins. Shore, Leonard. Ruth
and Mays. Tho last two are youngster
who have pitched good ball during tn,
, training season. The others have wo,
their spurs
The Red Sox have a rather shaky in
Icld with JanNrin and Sctt IN it, hu
NE resi- Of the lineup is composed o
veterans. The wise ones everywhere
VIII lose wads OF cola if the SOx fai
to come out on top of the heap.
In all their games this spring tn
worlds champions have shown the sam
class that they dld toward the end o
the 1914 season. They have bee
strengthened in an offensive way by tn
addition of Sherwood Magee, while tn
rest Of the bunch that cOppcd the pen
naht and then ran rough shod over tn
Markmen is right there. playing frs
Class ball. After looking at then
battling his lads. Jack Dunn, who know
something about baseball picked thor
10 land their second successive victory
he:r speed and intelligence impresse
him greatly. Ihey showed these sam
week. While Stalings will have hi
Zig Threc-Jamcs, Rudolph, and Tyler
To- lWirl once more, he also has StranC
tet Is a mighty sweet bunch to draw I
Tor mound work.
The American League seems to b
composed of more eVenlY-matChed team
than the National League boasts
Though the Red SoX start taVOrites
there are several other teams that ma
he in the running. Prominent anon
them, in the estimation of the shrewdes
baseball writer's in the country, are tn
White SoX, Griffmen, and Athletics
with the Tigers having a chance If thei
pitchers hold out.
The Griffmen's hopes hang upon tn
possible return to 1913 form OF Waite
Johnson, Ray Morgan, and Chick Gan
dill in an offensive way, and with tn
possible addition Of a swattcr Or two
Henri Rondeau. the Minneapolis con
verted backstop. is expected to prOvid
the extra hitting strength. II he come
through with the others, the Griffme
may surprise the country and max