The Washington herald., 1917-02-18
First-Striing Players and Yam
nigans to Appear in Exten-
sive Transforming Tour.


ton games. The final squad will play
fifteen games. seven OF these contest,
being with the Cincinnati team OF IN.
National League
While the first spring players are COM
ing up through the middle west from
the Augusta camp. the Yannisan. will h.
taking the Seaboard Air Line route and
will play eight games. arriving here on
April one. The first squad will come
here direct from Cincinnati after IN.
game on Sunday. April 2
The Augusta camp will be broken on
March p, and the teams start on their
hikes. Here's the exhibition games u
be played on the way to the Capital
First squad.
March 2$-Nationsls vs.. Birmingham at
Birmingham, Ala.
March 2+Nationals vs. Memphi. NJ
Memphis, Tenn.
March 2J-Nationals VS.. Cincinnati .t
Memphis, Tenn.
March 2G-Nstionals VS.. NashviII. NJ
Nashville, Tenn.
, March 27-NatIonals VS.. Cincinnati At
Nashville Tenn
March S-Open.
March 2s-Nationals VS.. Cincinnati ,t
Louisville. Ky.
March 5O-Nationals VS.. Cincinnati NJ
Louisville. Ky.
March 3l-Nationsls VS.. Cincinnati st
Cincinnati, Ohio.
April I.NstiOnsIs vs.. Cincinnati at Gin
April Nationals vs. Cincinnati at Gin
cinnati. Ohio.
! April 3-Nationals vs. Georgetown Uni
versity at National Park
April LOpen.
April 5-Opeu.
April e-NauOnaIs VS.. Philadelphia .t
| Norfolk
April 7-Nstionals vs. PhiIsdelphIx a,
National Park.
April s-Nationsls VS. Columbu. at Co,
lumbus. Ohio.
April s-NstiOnals VS.. Philadelphia At
National Park
] March 3-Yannigans VS. Baltimore a.
Wilmington, n. c
March 2+Yannigans VS.. Baltimore Al
I Wilmington. y. c
March S-Open
March 3-Ysnnigsns vs. A & NJ Col
tege Of y. c. at West Raleigh. n
March ZI-Yannigans VS.. A & NJ COL
| lege Of n. c. at Raleigh. N c
: March S-fannigans We. Rockey Mont
at Rockey Mont. y. @
March S-Yannigans ys Rock.v No..
at Rockey Mont. " c
March 3O-Open
March G-Yannigans vs. Richmond A.
Richmond.
April l-Open
ApriI-YsnniEans vs. Cardinal Athletic
! Club Of Alexandra
4 April S-Yannigsns ys Ale~,,S-,. -,
4 ty Athletic Association at Clarendon Vs
Note-The open date on the 6rst sou,J
and second squads scheduled for AMI
= and will be filled with inter-tesr,
games at National Park
Joe Villa. OF the New York Sun give,
Griffth:
/ We will be in the race all the Wsv~
I said Clark Griffith. leader OF the Wash
i-gtons. Our pitchers will keep u. No
there from start TO finish. You can,
T beat such a stan as We will open the sea
son with. There IL Walter johnson TO
begin with. He is ss skilful as ever. Then
8 look at the other pitchers-Hsrper. on.
d OF the best left-hsndeTs in the rarn,.
Shaw. Ayers. Gallia. Dumont. YinFlir.
and a bunch OF kids The cstchers ar
i Henry. Ainsmith and Charity. Howard
Shanks may prove better man for f-yt
base than Joe Judge. Either Morgan ~
Eddie Foster will cover second, and Leon
ard. a great young player. will be as
signed TO third base. Crane, from N.
/ Baltimore club. will succeed Mcbride at
short field. I have Clyde Milan Rice.
Jameson, Elmer Smith and severs' other
men for the outheld. The Washington
! teams batting strength will show som.
| Improvement, hope, which means that.
with our wonderful pitchers in shape. we
will surely be heard from"
! John SinnOtt, OF the Evening Globe.
I tells Of a little OF the inside Bull which
was handed out at the American League
meeting:
1t was in the Hotel woIcott Ban Joh--
son was there. So were Clark Grifith.
Capt. Huston and Harry Frazee They
| were talking OF the American League
schedule for the coming season
1 want to say" said Big Ban, in his
/ League schedule for 1917 is the best We
! have ever drawn Up. Don't you think 50.
captain"
1T suits US, Ban: it suits US" answered
| Huston.
mo kick here" volunteered Fraze..
| You give US a chance at Illusions
fanks on the opening day. They're our
I meat
You can make that bet OF 500 We hav.
! on the majority OF games between the
/ clubs $1,000 IL you think So" thundered
! Huston. Frszee smiled. NO: S5o0 will
be enough TO take you for. captain
/ 1t was Clark Grifith's turn
Il want to say, Mr.. johnson" said IN.
/ "old Fox" that it's a fine schedule! The
/ Washington club opened from home last
/ year. They open away from home again
1 this year,
! Furthermore. We play Connie Msck's
I Athletics in Philadelphia. Surely this Is
more honor than is our due
"Heaping Goals upon FIRE though. when
we do hit the home grounds we have the
! Athletics as our guests In the opening
encounter. The opening day in Washing
] ton is always the biggest OF the year The
1 Athletics should prove a great card
As said in the beginning, it's a damn
( fine schedule