Evening star., 1917-03-20
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
n tch to The Star.

| special Dispatch 10 The star
AUGUSTA. Ga. March 2o.-Corp.
John Dean last night was notified by
Capt. Gulielmus V. Heidi. in charge of
| the u. S. \. recruiting service Tor the
! state of Georgia. to proceed to wash
| inEton April and there take charge
| April 5 of the company of ball players
| he has been drilling here. Capt. Heidi
was notified by the War Department
| to inform Manager Griffith to this
! effect Griffith was much Sratlhed TO
learn that his request for the services
| of Corp. Dean had been granted. After
taking charge of the drills in Wash
ingtop Corp. Dean will accompany the
team on all of it's road trips. probably
throughout the season.
1t is reported that in addition to
Outfelder Horace Milan and PITCHER
Humphrey, the Minneapolis club also
may get sam Crane from Washington
but this cannot be Verihed. manager
Cantillon faces the prospect of having
no shortstop to start the season with,
as '.Wally" Smith has been i'll, hence
his efforts to get Crane.
AUGUSTA. Ga. March 20.-Raymond
Carville Morgan is going to make sew
eral other young members of the WASH
ington base ball club hustle to win
berth in the infeld. Morgan is out to
earn Il regular job. There is no better
ball player on Manager Grif'ith's roster
than the Baltimore boy when he is in
condition and has his mind on the
game. and this spring Ray is trying.
Morgan is working under hold-over
contract. dating from war times. but
nft bo ling
SON When it comes time to talk terms
next spring Griffith will be guided by
what Morgan accomplished in 1911 No
one knows this better than Ray and
right there is the why of IT.
Morgan has demonstrated tnat he can
hit better than any of the other IN
fielders, and when down to weight ana
fun of pep can field along with the
best of them. Joe Leonard. with
mark of .27l for forty-five games. out
batter Morgan in 1915 by four points,
but Leonard has yet to show he can
maintain this pace throughout a season
John Henry's right hand came in con-
tact with a foul tip last Friday and
yesterday it was so sore he could not
work. The odd part of Henrys injury is
that he cannot exactly locate IL. the
trouble seeming to be between his sec
ond and third fingers.
"Zeb" Milan. who has been bothered
with a sore finger on his left hand since
the first day he got in uniform. has had
his woes added to. In helding Nor
gan's hit in the ninth inning yesterday
the ball struck Milan in the end OF the
first finger of his ri g5nt hand. When Mi
Ian came up to hit in the last half of
the round he was compelled to grip ms
bat with the index fingers of both hands
sticking up in the air.
IaL
the first time this spring and breezed
through his three innings in mdsuni-
mer form. He made no attempt to put
anything on the ball. but had no dif-
ficulty in holding the regulars to one
scratch safety by Shanks. He hit Hank
in the back with slow one on MS
next appearance at the plate. some
thing unusual for him.
Bert Gallia. next to Claude. Thomas. is
the most advanced pitcher in the squad.
The Texan is using all kinds of hooks
and twisters. in addition to change
of pace. Incidentally Gallfa says Mike
Moran is a sure enough hitter. Moran
drove out a single and triple yes
terday, and Gallia says the hit the
Washington boy got off him. a hard
crack straight over second base, was
made on a sharp-breaking curve.
Eddie Foster has few. if any, peers
when it comes to getting the ball away
from him quickly. At second, in the
games here. Foster is taking the ball
on bad hops and throwing to bases
from all conceivable positions, with
not an instants hesitation.
There is not a stronger whip among
the players of the Washingtons than
that possessed by Elmer Smith. The
way the former Cleveland outhelder
has been pegging the bail in from left
garden has made even his teammates
sit up and take notice.
Joe Judge has been gaining on How
ard Shanks, his rival for the first base
position. in hitting in the last few days.
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