The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-03
Moran National Leaguers
Here-Ayers and Harper
Will Work.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
BY WILLIAM PEET,


The Griffmen this afternoon will
| stack up against the Philadelphia Ma
| tionals on the Florida avenue grounds
, in the first Of a series of three games.
| 1t will be interesting to see how
| the clubs compare. and serve to get
pretty fair line on the ability Of the
Grin crowd as to their present playing
condition. for the Nationals will be up
against big league opposition.
The Phillies, according to newspa-
per men who have spent the past
month with them in st. Petersburg.
Fla. are in good shape to start the
season. The team, under Pat Moran,
has thus far given a good account Of
| itself. and is picked by many as a
first-division club.
Doc Ayers and Harry Harper will
be on the firing line for the Griffmen
today Grover Alexander and Erskine
Mayer will oppose them. The game
starts promptly at 3 o'clock.
Immediately after the game today
the Nationals will embark for Cincin-
natl. where the Reds will be encoun-
ling and Jim Shaw have been named
to do the twirling.
Last spring this same flying trip
was taken, and Cincinnati won the
game on account of Shaw's Witness
Harry lie Gore. shortstop on the Yale
baseball nine. made a good impression
on the handful of FANS who turned out
to see the contest yesterday.
lie Gore Is football star of recognized
merit and was picked by many experts
last fall for the AI-America team.
Connie Mack and McGraw are said to
have made the young man f1attering Of
fers. but he has turned a deaf ear to all
entreaties, maintaining that he would
not consider any professional offers I'M
til he had finished his college course.
which has two years to run.
lie Gore is a good college player, pos
scsses fine throwing arm and is fast.
but he still has a lot to learn about
handling ground balls and it is doubtful
if he could make good with either Mack
or McGraw until he has had more expert
ence.
Pitcher watrous. Of the Yale team,
wears eye glasses. He was ono Of the
stars Of the freshman team last spring.
Any ball player who wears glasses is
taking long chances. but these college
chaps stop at nothing.
Clyde Milan did not don a uniform yes
tcrday. He is all stuffed up with a Sc
we're cold and Griff ordered him to rest
up. Milan will probably get into the
game this afternoon against the Phillies.
Henry Rondeau was given an oppor-
tunity to show what he could do before
the home folks yesterday. 1t was Rom
deau's first appearance hero In a Wash
inGton uniform and he was showed into
center field to start the game. 'Rondy'
got couple OF hits and drew a walk
out OF three times up. He did not have
any fielding chances
Manager Stallings. OF the Boston Braves.
the other day. in Atlanta, Ga, expressed
his view on the 1915 National League
pennant race.
1T is my belief that the Braves will
be up there on top when the final shot
is fred in the 1915 pennant campaign" he
said. I'VE will start the season this year
much stronger than We were when We
got away from the post in 1914.
Il expect even a harder pennant fight
this year than we had in 1914. The base
ball world will be against US this year.
as the entire National League will be
out to beat u.s."