Evening star., 1917-03-20
MILITARY INSTRUCTOR TO STAY
WITH WASHINGTON ALL SEASON
Corp. Dean to Report Here April to Drill
Ball Players at American League Park
and on the Road-Other Gossip.

In addition to walking once Judge got
two hard hits yesterday. One was a
sure enough two-bagger. and the other
should have been. Joe being called out
at second on a questionable decision.
Interest of the ball players in the mill
tary drills is growing daily and they re-
gret that they may be forced to do without
them after leaving here until they get
back to Washington. They are being
given new movements every day and are
showing constant improvement in their
execution of Corp. Deans commands.
Manager Ray Morgan has made a
smal-sized wager with Boss Griffith that
his 1anigans VIII not lose single one OF
the seven games they are scheduled to
play on their trip back to Washington.
Harry Harper is figuring on acting as
business manager OF the second team in
the event that he is not sent straight
through to Washington when the players
break camp Thursday.
Joe Judge has been considerably upset
by the receipt of telegram from Mrs.
Judge apprising him of the fact that their
seventeen -month-old daughter has been
stricken with pneumonia. The baby and
Mrs. Judge are at the home of her mother
in Winnoski, Vt.
A number of the players last night at
tended a play at the opera house. but
the ma jorty of them took in carnival
which opened one-Week stand The tents
of the various attractions are pitched in a
street. The carnival is being held in
agreement with the Augusta Base Ball
Association as a means OF raising money
to help defray the expenses of the new
grandStand and other improvements be-
ing made at tho local base ball park.
Fourteen hits, including two doubles
and triple, will win any average ball
game, especially when the opposing
terday's contest between Griff's fani-
gans and Regulars was somewhat out
of the ordinary. BY reason of heavy
and opportune hitting the second team
had scored four runs by the tlme the
veterans went to bat in the last half
of the ninth, while the first team. held
to one scratch safety-by Shanks-a
high bounder Walter Johnson could
not reach--was runless.
Mcbride started off inauspiciously by
grounding out. but Charity was
walked by Jameson. John Henry,
batting for Dumont. was safe on saw
yer's error. and when Moran let the
ball get through him.. too, Charity
went to third. from where he scored
when Leonard unraveled two-base
blow to right Jameson walked Fos-
ter. filing the bases. and then forced
Henry in with run by passing Zeb
Milan. Leonard tailed while Smith
was being retired. Sawyer to Judge,
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hortations of Manager Griffith with
line drive to right, scoring Foster and
Milan with the two runs needed to give
the Regulars a 5-to-f victory Rice
was credited with only a single, but
the WALTON was good for four bases, as
it travelled all the way to the fence.
The Regulars could do nothing with
Ayers or johnson in the six innings
they ofticiated. although Doc was eX-
ceedingiy wild. Jameson started off
strong by retiring the side in order in
the seventh, but grew wild In the
eighth, and continued so in the ninth,
his three passes. together with a brace
Of errors and two solid hits. giving the
Regulars their fourth victory of the
series here.
The Yannigans punched hits on both
Gallia and Dumont. but could do little
in the innings he worked. Score: