Evening star., 1915-03-28
man. who whirled to touch him with
the ball.

There need not be any fear about the
Nationals not being ready to defend
team will be on edge BY then. provfd-
ing. or course, that 1t gets the kind of
weather 1t needs from now on. Ten
Gays OF real summer weather will have
the Grinmen ready for any sort Of an
vEoeai; ana this Is particularly true of
the pitchers. every one Of whom has
race.
Ray Morgan, who because of the 10,
pt heaVy stun ne Is wearing to reduce
ms weight still looks as If he Is
pounds over weight, Is going to slowly
begin to discard these extra clothes
because he has about gotten down to
mis- real playing weight. and he does
not want to look big and fat without
reason. In addition to four heavy un-
dershfrts and long red flannel strip
which Is wrapped about his abdomen
Ray mas to wear uniform, of course
and frequently also a sweater. This
hampers his speed to a certain extent
and he wants to rid himself Of all the
superf1uous clothes, SO he can move
about faster.
There is no doubt that Ray is going
70 nave good year. He is very ear
nest IN his efforts, and he is really play
ing oe.ter pail than he has at any time
since ne Joined the team, and this is
saying a good deal. for year before
last Morgan was one of the most time
~ nltters on the team, and he also
played his position we'll
It is more than likely that Booth
hopper will be given a chance to work
against the local International Leaeuers
tuesday. Hopper has shown SO much
IN tne practice games at Charlottes-
faced by different class of teams, and
ne Is sure to use him a good deal
against the National League clubs
Mnicn when are slated to appear in Wash
lngton within the next ten days or so
Hopper is confident he can pitch in an,
company. He Is not a bit boastful: in
tact, he is the most silent man OF the
team, seldom expressing any opinions
put always proving himself a very at
tentive listener.
Scout Mike Kahoe returned from his
visit to southern college this morn
ing, where he went to take a look at
much-touted outflelder and hitter. He
saw the young man and was very much
impressed with him. and incidentally
learned from him that he is willing
to play ball after his college career
ends in June. He would like to come
to Washington. he told Kahoe, and it
Is very likely that he will be signed
later and arrangements made to have
him report just as soon as his school
days end.
It have spent my last dollar for ball
players" is an announcement which
Manager Griffith made this morning
Il propose to develop my own mate
rial henceforth just as I have done
with my pitching staff. Instead of
paying a lot of money for players who
have virtually been ruined in the
minor leagues by reason of overwork,
l am going to take them off the town
lots and out of schools and develop
them. Not only can lot of money be
saved in this way, but when you de-
velop youngster he will be Of serv-
ice to his club for many years to come
It 10 the system under which all clubs
ought to operate. for it will save them
money and incidentally help to develop
many more ball players than are
brought forward today"
Today's game here was not called until
o'clock. The absurdity of starting
games at this late hour at this season
Of the year, when 1t is apt to grow
uncomfortably cool late in the after
noon. is. Of course. clear. and some one
ought to wise up Manager Dunn to the
mistake he Is making in starting his
games so late. A special effort Is to
be made by Manager Griffith to have
the game scheduled for Tuesday called
early. so that the players can bet an
early train out Of here for Washing
ton, rather than have the players leave
here ct an hour that would not get
them home until nearly midnight.
McInniss. who played first base for
the Richmond team in part of yester-
days game. Is a brother of the famous
"Stuffy" McInniss Of the Athletics. He
Is an absolute ringer for his illustr1ous
brother in appearance. but he is not as
clever a player, and does not handle
himself anything like the Athletics
first baseman.
Business Manager Fowler arrived this
morning and will have charge of the
gate during the series the Nationals
play here.
The Washington club will be repre-
sented at the funeral Sunday afternoon
Of Frank D. syrtck, the fan who sue
cumbed hero yesterday. Two carriages
will accommodate quite a number of
his friends on the team, who want to
pay their last respects.
The new infield on the local playing
field is decidedly rough, but by Mon
Gay 1t ought to be in much better
shape, for Jack Dunn has made ar
rangements to have big steam roller
spend Sunday afternoon on both the
In and out 0eIdos