The Washington herald., 1917-03-16
Sawyer and Altrock Are Prac-
ticihg New Stunts to
Spring on Fans.
BY JOHN A, DUGAN,

Griffith Is an obstinate fox when his
i young pitchers complain to him about
having sore arms, but today he stepped
down on his determination that there is
nothing like a sore arm by having an
osteologist look at Harry Harper's valu-
able southwing.
Dr. T. L. Davis, Of this city, who is
considered the best osteologist in. the
south, carefully examined the Hacken-
sack sidewheeler this morning and
claims that he has nerve affected in
mis- left shoulder. DR.. Davis believes that
ne can cure Harry OF this soreness. The
bone Is not effected and the Old Fox i'm
mediately put Harper in under his
care.
harry hurt his shoulder during the last
TWO weeks OF the 1916 season and on his
way back to his home from Chicago went
ny 10 see Dr. &. IL. Reese, the well known
Done setter at Akron. Harper was treat
ca for TWO days by Reese and all the
pam entirely left his southpaw. Harry
never felt a pain during the winter when
ne was working at his junk busine,. hut
aIter the third day in camp here the sore
Degan giving him trouble and as Trainar
Hartln could give him but little RELIEF he
asked griffith to have his arm treated
| Dr' Davis relieves the big south
pa" frlnth will allow him to remain
III lor Two weeks after the two squads
Nny
Us CARRYING around a Crouch and many
Iro"hs tonight as the loss OF soutbnaw
narper would be A big blow to his mitch.
ing stan and would have a large result
race " '"e cunning
Grihth made final arrangements for
MS transforming trip and will NOT bayo
any trouble with the threatened striko
OF the railroad engineers
! Narhy West, the local trafic and pas-
| senger agent of the Atlantic Coast line
haiIroad. guaranteed Grifith that he
would move him from place to place on
the Georgia Central. Atlantic Coast and
strikers. vi
Corporal Dean. who is drilling tho
squads each morning at Warren Park
may be appointed permanently with the
| ciuo. Inc Old Fox today sent a letter
TO Capt. Gulillmus v Heidi, Of the re-
crulting station at Atlanta Ga, ask
ing MIN to allow Dean to make the
. .rtp WIN WIN the first squad and to stay
with the team until the competitive drill
is held In Chicago in July.
Ihe Little Corporal has made quite
MT with the athletes ard Grifr with
MAKE every attempt to bring the drill
master back to the CAPITAL as all the
| ooYs are sincere in their efforts to
capture. the five hundred offered by Ban
!
form the trick Of making them the best
| drilled club in either league.
! Joe Cantillon. the Minnea polls man.
aSer jumped into a Washington uni
| form this morning and took part in the
practice by directing the PLAYS and the
players. This afternoon the Old Fox
excused himself from the practice and
me minneapolis manager was in charge
| of the squad
! It reminded tho nId U-aSbg,o.ar ,I.,...-
OF the days when Joe Cantillon held full
! rein in the Capital City and Cant
| Mcbride. Walter Johnson and the young
pitchers who have worked in MINNEAPOLIS
for him listened TO his commands just
the same as If it was the Old Fox
| himself
! Trainer Mike Martin was compelled tn
take shot ut the umpiring of the garIes
and Mike his initial bow calling them
! from behind the pitcher. The Old FOA,
Joe Cantillon and Nick Altrock have
! given such brilliant ollie Chip per-
| formances that the players refuse to al
! low them to work in an, more OF the
contests bat Martin got away TO a bac
start and a new system of umpiring was
| inaugurated know as the Triple
U-mpiring System
! Uncle Nick Altrock. who coached at
| third base. and Joe Cantillon, who coach
| ed at the first sack called the plays
at these bases while stating it the way
| Uncle Nick says. 1T was the best two
in three at the plate and OF course
Martin was always on the wrong end.
! During the warming-up session in the
afternoon game Carl Sawyer and Uncle
! Nick AlIToCk praCticed one of their new
stunts that they will spring on the Amer
lean League fans this season. The new
stunt is a battery warming up. in which
Uncle Nick acts as pitcher and Sawyer
| the catcher.
| Although the balls are thrown by their
arms every catch is made with their
| feet as Sawyer invented a glove that
serves the purpose very well. Although
! the stunt is nowhere near perfect, the
Augusta fans went wild and Uncle Nick
promises to give them a real treat be-
/ fore he leaves.
The Irish and Dutch players on the
team are attempting to influence Grin
to allow them to play against one an
other on Saint Patrick's Day. Grifr has
! not put his q. X. on this proposition
to date. hat the performance Of that
famoas Ef"c=nld Is'" battery of Eddie
FIaherty and FddI" Charity cnthuscd tn"
boys today ard it is more than likely
that the Old Fox will issue his consent.