Evening star., 1917-03-07

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tice he INDUCED in with the three
catchers. A good omen was seen by
some of the onlookers in McBrides
welding of the willow. The first two
| balls he hit were on the ground and the
| third was a line drive. lie did not
pop up at any stage of the proceed
| ings.
Gallia demonstrated by the way he
| handled himself that he is in his usual
good spring trim. He took a rather
| long warm-up with Henry on the re-
ceiving end, then went to the outfield
| to chase flies.
] Charlie Jameson. the stwhile out
fielder, who is scheduled to blossom
| out again. a southpaw pitcher. is one
| of the most impressive looking ball
| players in the squad. His ability as a
| gardener is well known and his team
mates declare his prospects of becom-
| ing a first-class pitcher are excellent.
During batting practice Jameson was
i stationed at shortstop and from the
| way he handled himself the fact that
! he was working under the handicap of
| being a left-handed thrower was not
| apparent to the spectators. Jameson
! is exceedingly accurate on ground
/ balls and is as quick as a fash. He
vas all over the infieid snarIng grass
! cutters. line drives and bad hops He
covered SO much territory that Harry
Harper. who was playing" third. had
/ very little to do.
! Mcbride also cavorted around short
| for about fifteen minutes, and John
| Henry, who was hitting 'em out. failed
| to get a single ball past the veteran.
| Mac sailed them over to first, too. and
! Nick Altrock. self-appointed custodian
! of that corner. armed with a new mitt.
| delighted the fringe of townspeople
with fancy assortment of spectacular
| stabs.
! Ed Flaherty the Washington boy,
who is slated for the peS MQines club.
was one of the pitchers assigned to
catchers We're getting their batting
eyes peeled. Eddie Ainsmith saw
to it that Flay-herrity, as he is
called. got plenty of work. Flaherty is
Ainsmth's "roomie' and the latter took
particular delight in making the big
pitcher chase all over the outtield.
Flaherty asserts he has lost eleven
pounds since reporting here and con-
sidering that he still weighs 1874 in his
street clothes. he should take off about
as many more to get himself in shape
Flahertys Irish wit has made him
prime favorite with the players VINO
will regret seeing him leave for ms
Western League berth. He VIII ne
twenty years old tomorrow. and has
invited all the boys to birthday party
in the dining room where Grln pays all
the bills.
The newspaper men from Washington
got their first good look at Augusta
yesterday afternoon, when they were
the guests of f. G. Kalbf1eisch. presi-
dent of the local bass ball club. on
motor tour of the city and its environs.
Some four miles out from the hotel
blowout disabled to car, and the quar-
tet of scribes developed hearty appe-
tite for supper by walking back to
town. The roads in Richmond county.
in which Augusta is situated. are splen-
did A cluster of peach trees covered
with pink blossoms was espied. and
other evidence of Mother Earth's an
nual spring coming-out party were seen
on the trip. Most of the farms here
abouts are devoted to raising either
cotton or corn. The mo fence law of
the state gave the fields an odd ap-
pearance in the eyes of Mr.. kalb-
fleischs guests from "up north"