Evening star., 1918-04-04
ny DENMAN THOMPSON.

Rs~y weeks he deprived of the services
~ four additional players IL causing
Clark Griffith to do some tan thihhihs
these days A telegram from sam hies
to the effect that his request ior d"
extension of time in reporting 10
service in the National Army mas oee'
denied by his local draft board ioi-
lowed by the announcement that Law
600 men are to be called to the coioi
within short time, is giving hiH
much concern He is putting up
brave front. however, his comment o''
the loss of Rice being psychoiosiea'
dissertation, in which. while ackho"i-
edping the severity of the blow, ne
pointed out that Uncle Sam needs fsiee
ave, more than the team does and that
his going will serve only to make 'he
other members of the club play All 'Ne
harder to offset his loss
June Cass. who is subject to can io'
Army service on the next dratt, ieaNe'
today for his home. and i'u hoi'''
Craft. Yingling and Charity also are
in class /. while Dr. Lavan Is ahotn.1 =
subject to instant call lor wal 49, 49,
Grin was compelled for business rea-
SONS To let go of Cass, as ii wouId nay
cost him So. goo to retain him. But VI.
catcher and three pitchers VIII De hep.
as long as possible. as tney aireaus - " :.
tha nropertv of the club. The pilot is
confdent all of these viii go petoi :
iayan is summoned, owing 70 tns "a
that the officers personnel of the Navy
in which the shortstop hoids eo'''
mission already is hlled
In an effort to bolster up ms outne!n'
C,rifr has decided to give FRANK Scisu.t ~ :
the thirty-siX-year-o veteran oi ~,
oil
ferred with the pilot last evening anu
was told to get into a uniform TO-DAY
.Wildfire Frank" as the old-timer was
known when a member OF flanN h
| chances famous pennant-winnng Cups
of the l9o0s. had poor season iass
year. when he batted only Ia for M Ine
Phillies The year before ne nit -,
as member of the Cubs and Pirates-
pittsburgh turned him over 10 tiie
phiIlies last wear and he became Tree
agent when released by Moran. IN ms
early days with the Cuos scnuite :
| a member of one of the most Ia,iouS
onff,elds in base ball-he. SheckaIo'
SlaRle and later, Hoffman comprising IT,
As a training camp Atlanta is PROV,
ing everything Manager Grlmeh eou.u =
Sesire Weather, temperature. grouhus
and sun. all came up to blue print speci-
fcations. and the opposition pltcnins
TINS far encountered is by far the pest
the Griffmen have seen TINS spIlhs.
| nrac ctice of the brand most needeo- IN
| addition. the capital of Georgia Is
| rrrI,lar town: the hostelry at which the
| team is auartered is regular M n3'v, e,
~hich serves regular meals, ana. an IN
4 All everybody is satisfed--.everypodS
except Secretary Fowler. Sir Wli1aH
| thinks in dollars and cents, ana tne
crowd which turned out YESTERDAY aoa
the opening game OF the series Iele
Erievously disappointed him
Despite the fact that it was the nrst
opportunity Atlantans have mad TO see
| any professional base pan TINS ,
opened the season, and that waiter
Johnson was advertised to pitch. the
I pafd attendance was only about LAW
That there was not croWo OF a,pn
V1s accounted for by the fact that the
goidiers In training at Camp Gordon
eonld not get away from tnelr outies
Il was understood that Gen. Burnham
the commander at the camp. was t.
Grant q half holiday to the mon II
fhaki. but military exigencies pre-.
vented. or it slipped the generals mind
Wsrs no sammies at Ponce-de-Leor
Park. Whether the camp vacation ma:
been permanently Cancelled or merely
deferred is question If the latter tht
boys in uniform may troop out to the
grounds today. In any event. Yancey
Wyatt Ayres is all primed to give then
treat in the matter OF sterllne
mound performance, and If they miss i
II will not be the doctors fault. The
Hillsyillian is slated to travel abou
four innings and then give way tc
Maurice Craft.
Molly is expected to do his durndes
IN order to forestall the fate which
befell Adrian Lynch. who has beer
turned over to the Atlanta club fol
moro seasoning. Griff figures that th'
rough diamond from Waterloo. Iowa
dug up in the Central Association b.
iErainer Martin last summer, is in neet
kcf some additional seasoning. This ant
fEhe fact that Billy Smith. ex-scout O.
ftAA Nationals, has q very persuasive
manner induced Grin to let Lynch go t.
the champion Crackers. Of which Smitf
tary. II Grin has any idea of leaving
Craft here to keep Lynch from becom
ing lonesome this summer Molly is de
termined to convince him OF the un
wisdom OF such course by showing
him something today.
In any event. Ayres and Craft Will
have to go some to rival the showing
of Johnson and Harper yesterday
These aces Of the Washington hurlinl
staff split seven innings of work be
tween them. and only one local playe
reached first base. This chap. Lorini
Thrasher. rolled a hopper past Morgan
whose extensive bundling of three un
dershirts and rubber jacket under hi
uniform prevented him from gettin,
down after the ball. Thrasher was oil
first less than a minute, however, IL
Charity picking him of with snal
throw to Judge. Nick Altrock wheedle,
Grifr into letting him pitch the las
two rounds. The comedian, as usual
had a horseshoe in his glove ant
escaped being scored on, allowing onl.
one hit, in fact. The score was: Wash
ington, 6: Atlanta. 0.
johnson worked the first four inning
and sent the Crackers back as fast a
they came up to bat. tossing only thir
ty-nine balls to retire the twelve mer
Harper had perfect control, and on1
nine men faced him in his three round
of duty. He also famed four. twice a
many as Walter whitfield in a tenure o
an inning longer.
Two former major leaguers-one
former Griffman-are members of tn
Atlanta team. Picinich. the catcher, |
the youngster who was with the Ath
letics two years ago, and Roy Morar
the outfielder. received trial with tn
Nationals back in 1913. the year the Gu
bans, Calve and Acosta, went to Char
lottesville with the team. Moran wa
then and is now a good hitter but
weak arm relegated him to the bushe
Acosta cabled to Grif today that h
would be unable to obtain passport I
leave Cuba before Saturday. He wi
Join the team here If he can get to A,
1anta Monday: otherwise he will Pre-
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