The Washington times., 1917-03-03
TIGER SGOUT.GETS
LOOK AT FINGERS
Gives Rockies Attention in
Event Griff Wants to Let
Any Go.
HOLD BRIEF WORKOUT
Martin and AItrock Trot Ath-
Ietes Around Field in a
Cold DrizzIe.
HOLD BRIEF WORKOUT
LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

By LOUIS A. DOUGHER-
AUGUSTA, Ga, March 3.-If Mana
ger Griffith believes he may send
some Of his youngsters to minoi
leagues without any trouble, he is In
for great surprise. Bobby Lowe, the
Tigers scout, an old ball player him
self, is visiting with Ty Cobb here
and under orders to watch the Wash
ington youngsters. especially the pitch
ing recruits. Upon his instructions
rests the ultimate waving of the De
-troit club in players about to be sent
to the minors by Manager Griffith.
sTm here merely to visit Cobb, y
was the first information from Lowe
~of course, If 1 see anybody who
Mr.. Navin know"
From a close friend of loves, how
ever, 1t has been learned that any
young Washington pitchers with any
signs of developing into big Lacquer
viii not get away from the league, if
Lowe tips off the Detroit club. That
Is. the main reason why he is here,
where the Washington club is to do
all its preliminary. work.
Ever since Hughey Jennings has
been in charge Of the Detroit Tigers,
he has needed pitchers. For a while
he haQ three good ones-Donovan,
Mullen, and one or two others-but
as soon as they cracked the Detroit
clubs pennant hopes vanished. Last
year, had Detroit been equipped with
pitching talent, the Straits City might
have copped the banner. This year
the outlook is considerably better, but
Jennings is taking no chances.
Lowe expects to remain here for
at least two weeks. This will admit
of his taking a good look at the
Washington rookie pitchers and max
ing his report to Detroit before hik-
ing to Macon, where the Yankees are
training.
Already some OF the pitchers here
are wondering where they will event
ually land, once the cut, begins. This
applies particularly to Claude Thorn
as. Charlie Humphreys, Charlie jam
ieson, and George Dumont. Az far as
the latter two are concerned, they
don't care much where they pitch this
summer, so long as it is in a major
tcdSo oC SALgs Dul luO nTSI Two prefer
TO remain with the Washington club.
The first day of the training sea
son in Augusta proved a f1fvver, but
the boys are still hopeful of getting
out under the hot sun and shedding a
few pounds. Cold, damp weather
greeted the athletes yesterday, pre-
venting their doing much more than
warming up and running around the
park here q couple of times. Even
then, Harry Harper cheated and ran
across the diamond at second base.
Despite a cold drizzIe Nick Altrock
and Mike Martin took the boys out
for a short practice this morning
Under the inclement conditions most
of the exercise consisted of gaIIop-
ing around the field. Fair skies are
promised for TOMORROW, and the real
training should get under way Mon
day.
The first squad has now made all
its arrangements for the training sea
: son. Lockers have been awarded to
the players, uniforms have been as
sorted and given to the players and
all that is needed is good weather for
the boys to get down to hard work.
With the possible exceptions of
Shaw, Charity, Berry, and Ayers, all
the players are now down to required
weight and. these will get there after
q day or two of hard work in torrid
weather.
Arrangements have been made with
the Augusta Y. VI. c. a. for all the
.iplayers who wish to take a plunge in
the pool and several have accepted
the kind offer. Quite a swimming
party plowed around the pool yester-
day afternoon after the gallop at the
bah park.
Ty Cobb. the Detroit star, who
makes his home here. has issued a
broad challenge to checker tourna-
-ment and Mike Martin, mayor of
cherrydNle, Va. has accepted. Green
and ned flags will adorn the city hall
during the contest which will be
played at the Albion Hotel, preferr-
ably in the cellar or engine room.
Jim Shaw came close to being
lodged in the county cooler yesterday
when he asked a policeman If a mon
ument in Broad street was dedicated
to General Grant or General sher-
man. Jim was fleet OF foot, that's
all that saved him.
Uncle Nick Altrock. the comedian
coach, has the honor Of donning the
first uniform of the season, Also, he
tossed the first ball, Claude Thomas
catching it. After the fifth Nick quit.
He said that he reeded all his swift
for the Labor Day contest.
Bert Grace, the man 0gho broke in |
with Long Larry Mclean back in |
1912. is here looking over the Griff- |
men. He says that IL Nick can pitch |
now, he himself can hit 500. NiclSl
denies this and a contest is coming |
before Griffs boys break camp.
BRAVES START SOUTH.
BOSTON, March 3.-A contingent of
the Boston NstionaI League club,