The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Nine PITCHERS
ARE NAMED FOR
THEFIRST SQUAD
Three Weeks from Today
Grif's Advance Guard Will
Start for Charlottesville.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
Waltsf Johnson Will Not Start Spring
Training Until the Regulars
Arrive-Comment.

Nine pitchers. three catchers, Trainer
Mike Martin and Coach Jack Ryan will
comprise the advance squad of the Ma
tionals booked to leave Washington for
Charlottesville three weeks from today.
One week later the main squad will
Join the battery men, and spring train
ing will be started in earnest.
Walter Johnson will not report with
the other pitchers. but Joe Boehling,
Shaw. EngeI and the bunch will start
tn" hall rolling, or as the case will be
tossing and by this method the Old Fox
hopes to have his slabmen in fairly good
shape to pitch to the matters when the
main squad arrives.
johnson is not favored over the others
Icy being permitted to report one week
later because he happens TO be a star.
hut because Walter can always be de-
pended upon to get into shape in three
weeks
The Charlottesville excursion is really
jus; the preliminary step for spring
training as the Griffmen will put on
the finishing touches right here in the
Capital, playing a long list of exhibition
games and also working each morning
on the Florida avenue plateau.
Griff figures that three weeks in Char
lOttcsville with the tive weeks spent in
Washington will put johnson right in
shape for the opening of tn eseason,
while the others. especially Engel. Gallia.
Shaw and BoehlinE need the extra work
In order to help them locate the plate.
Nothing has thus far been heard from
Joe BOehlinE. but Grif is not worrying
about his young sOuthpaw. and figHres
aim just abort as good as signed.
Tie only Newcomer to the ranks OF
. Washington slabmen is Booth Hopper
he riEht-hander obtained from the St.
Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tommy
Long Hopper stands an excellent
,hance to make good if he can show any
control especially in the spring.
The other pitchers include the veteran
Sick Altrock with his southpaw charges
Harper and Bentley. who will have got
:en start on the others by virtue Of
heir working out with the Naval Acad-
my boys over in Annapolis, where Al
rock assumes charge Monday a week
" Doc Ayers. Bert Gallla, Joe EnSel
ind Jim Shaw.
-atchers Williams. Henry. and Ainsmith
ave also been ordered to report with the
pitchers. Jack Ryan can be pressed into
rervice to don a mitt and help instruct
ne young the idea how to shoot. so he
will probably be placed in charge OF
he party.
Down in Massachusetts, is A basket
,alI team called The Flanagan Family
md One Neighbor" The Flannigans are
ohm. Tom. Jim. and Martin. The neigh
Ior is Buck The Family and Neigh
,or team was beaten in Worcester the
,ther night, Il to O. Buck was the star.
rhe Flannigans should move into a dis
'rict where there are more neighbors.
WHY NOT?
Judge lands would wipe out:
THE fellow who yells Take him out.
THE meatless sandwich.
3-The man who throws peanut shells
III around YOU.
THAT fellow who can't tell Lajoie
rom Eddie Murphy.
81 wish ] wrote baseball so I could
ct that umpire fired"
6-Double-headcrs on days when the
mercury is 81 and going north.
THE manager is a bonehead."
S-The fellow who between pitched balls
cunts Zone. two. three. four five" etc.
9-Players who are afraid TO slide.
l0-Howling pop-bottle vendors
II Ban johnson could only run of the
american League games as uiCkly as he
Oes the annual meet ngs he would earn
he thanks of the cold dinner caters"
The American League evidently does not
attend to strengthen the Federals by cut
ing down the player limit to twenty
ne.
WILLIAM PF,TT