Evening star., 1916-02-24
RAY MORGAN HERE,
CONFERS WITH BOSS
Promises to Do His Best to Be
of Help to Nationals
This Year.
GOES TO CHARLOTTESVILLE
SATURDAY TO BEGIN WORK
Left-Handed Pitchers Are to Be
Plentiful in American League
Coming Season. .
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Ray Morgan arrived in Washington
this morning and had long confer
ence with Manager Griffith
Morgan seems to be in perfect health
and is but a few pounds overweight.
which he intends to work off at Char
lottesville before the first squad re-
ports there March 1.
That he is anxious to get himself in
the best possible fettle for the coming
season and is sincere about making
every effort to keep himself that way
was gathered from Morgan's talk with
his manager There is no fooliShnesS
about my getting ready to play this
year." he told Griffith. "and when 1
am in form am sure 1 can be of help
to your team.
Morgan will leave Saturday for
Charlottesville with Trainer Martin.
Before John c. Dunn, who will be
the principal owner Of the Cleveland
club, had a chance to have thorough
understanding with Ban Johnson he
insinuated on several occasions that
Lee Fohl would be displaced as man
ager. But after spending few min
utes with Ban Johnson the newcomer
changed his mind and said Fohl would
continue to handle the Indians in the
coming campaign. Newcomers into
they must consult the head of the
league in many things that concern
the league. No one is allowed to do
just as he pleaSes under the johnson
regime. which explains why the Amer
lean League is such a powerful organ
ixation.
Remembering the many setbacks the
- Loo
season, Manager Rowland has sent Jim
Scott down to the Florida training
camp to get him ready for the opening
game. believing that to start the sea-
son with victory over the Tigers may
give the Sox courage.
Scott will work a few days there and
then join his teammates at Mineral
Springs, Tex. Jim Scott is a great
pitcher. No cub ever finds him easy,
and he is harder to steal bases on than
any pitcher in the league. Faber. too,
II to be primed for the early start.
Rowland seems determined to have his
pitchers on edge to make good show
ing against the Tigers at the outset of
the season. Detroit had no trouble
beating Faber in the last campaign,
but Scott always has proved trouble
some.
Joe jackson of the Detroit News re-
sents the charge that the Tigers will
be handicapped by the many lefthand-
ed p1tcherS IN the american League.
The following is from Jackson's pen:
Some attention was paid recently to
statements from st. Louis that the crit
les Of that city expect to see the Tigers
put out of the race early in the season
by the flock of left-hand pitchers that
Jones will have to use against them.
Another writer, this one in Cleveland.
now calls attention to the fact that the
American League will have more south
paws than at any time in its history.
Like his St. Louis confrere. unmindful
of the fact that the zoftener you pitch
them the easier they become, he also
opines that trouble looms large Tor
Jennings boys.
dope furnished by this critic shows
that Donovan leads the league, with
eight lefthanders: st. Louis is next.
with six: Boston presents five. Chica-
go and Washington three each. Cleve-
land two, and the Athletics only one
who counts. Detroit itself has four.
OF these squads. the only one that is
of proved ability is that of the St.
Louis club. Gregg, Collins and Pen
mock of Boston are doubtful. Cullop is
the only New Yorker who is at all GER
tain. The st. Louis staff consists OF
Weilman. Plank. Hamilton. Sisler.
koob and Hon. The last named still
has to show the goods. The others all
should do. though Plank will not have
4the easy sailing he enjoyed in the Fed
eral League and Hamilton's arm must
\be better than it was last year.