The Washington herald., 1915-04-12
Giants Here to
Tackle Griffnen
National Leaguers Will Wind
Up Early Season Practice
Games Other GOSSIP.
YANKS ARRIVE TONIGHT
BY WILLIAM FEET.

We have with US this afternoon John
McGra VS. New York Giants, for the final
exhibition game on the Washington
schedule
| Coming so close to the opening of the
! championship season for both the Giants
and the Nationals neither club will be
| likely to work its best pitchers. but the
other regulars will be on the job and a
good game is assured.
/ Hopper. Bentler and Engel will be the
trio from whom Griff will select his
hurlers. RUDE Marauard may start for
the New Workers and one of the young
sters called upon to finish the game.
The Giants are slated to arrive in the
Capital about noon today. coming here
from Richmond. Va. where Jack Dunn's
| International Leaguers vanauished the
| McGraw crowd last Saturday.
Word wse received last night that
Manager Bill Donovan. of the New York
Yankees and twenty-eight men would
reach Washington late this afternoon.
and would stop at the Raleigh Hotel.
Smiling Bill wants to have his bunch
on hand bright and early for the OPEN
ing game of the season here Wednesday.
He will practice on the Florida avenue
grounds Tuesday morning. providing the
Washington club interposes no objection.
Just what men will play for the Ma
tionals against the Giants this after
noon could not be learned last night.
Griff said he had heard nothing from
his cripples. Morgan. Gandil. and
Shanks, and did not know what condi-
ton they would be in when they re-
ported for early practice this morn
ing.
1t is more than likely. however. that
Pick will hold down second base. Alva
Williams play first. and either Rondeau
or Acosta be used in left field.
Nick Altrock. the Nationals come
dian and veteran coach. is kept busy
these days He works out with Grifr's
young pitchers in the morning and
hops on board the noon train for An
napolis where he spends the remainder
of the day with the Navy diamond
candidates.
Altrock is highly regarded by the
athletic authorities at Annapolis and
has already worked wonders with the
mand.
Because he SAYS he will have to take off
thirty-fve pounds in training. Pitcher
Fred Banding. of the Cleveland Indians.
has notified Manager Birmingham that he
wants to quit the game. Banding, after
a winter of idleness, tips the beam at 20
pounds. year ago Banding. who had
made an excellent record in 1918, deserted
the Indians for the Feds. He jumped
back a month later. but when the season
opened he failed to show his former
skill. He pitched three winning games
between April and October and the
Cleveland fans scored him numerically
BiandinG's friends declare that his flop
to the Feds made him so unpopular in
the Forest City that he soon lost heart
when he tried to pitch for the Indians
President Tener is an optimistic sort OF
a guy. He says there is lull in the
ba sebal strife which has given way to
harmony. l look for the comirS, season
to be the best baseball ever experienced"
Rather strong statement from an op-
timist.
Bill Donovan has a rough row to hoe
the first six weeks of the ason, when
he will play only eight games on his own
grounds and with three of the strongest
teams in the race. Boston, Washington,
and the Athletics.