Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-26
.IofHIY LAy7kNLATEST RECRUIT
FOR TIL SORE-ARM BRIGADE
He Shaw and Du Mont Are Only Griff-
men Not i'm Good Condition
Yanni9ans Win Practice Game.
BIZ DRN1rAN THOMPSON

By pENlrAN THu1RSoN.
s AUGUSTA, Ca, March 3s.-with but
ono week remaining before .he Ma
tionals pun mp stakes and start on q
Transforming trip that win last ten
days Manager Grifi1th has begun to
taper or on apportionius work to the
athletes and although there probably
WIN be two practice games a day, none
Of the players will be driven at top
speed as they were last week. the aim
now being for attainment of gradual
hardening of limbs and development Of
wind, while the men are working out
the kinks remaining in their joints
and muscles
OF the pitchers Johnson. harper,
Tar advanced as the boss cares to have
them at this time. Lynch's arm also Is
loose and strong again ana xlnginS -
putting more on the Dali tn@n oa ~ 1 ~,
Mont and Shaw are complaining. There
is nothing seriously the matter with
either. The former says simply ms
wing isn't right. and Jim ri mas oi iuat
under his arm Griff holds this is due
to a rupture of one of the small oIood
vessels and Trainer Martin contends
cold which has settled there. At any
rate Mike is working on 1t with mas
sage treatments and expects to nave
ali trace Of soreness rubbed out WITHIN
q few days.
The outaelders. shotton. Rice, Milan
and Cass all are in great shape the
first named. who reported pale ana
weak, as q result of an operation on
his tonsils, now has healthy color ana
has begun to put on FISH With a
couple of pounds added he will be at
his best playing weight
Eddie Foster is in perfect condition.
having no trace of soreness in his arm,
as is evidenced by the undetermined,
snap throws he is making across the
diamond. Judges pegging also Is all
that could be desired, but Joe still is
favoring that injured prop of his. The
veteran George Mcbride and Howard
Shanks both are in shape to enter a
championship game right now. except,
OF course, that there's still a few cob
webs in their batting eyes. as is the
( case with all the members of the team.
More than one week of work is needed
60 get their orbs properly attuned to
the flight of the ball. Ray Morgan is
coming along well in his training. but
b far from being in shape yet. His
arm is all right. but Grin is rather du-
bious about the Baltimorean's some
what brittle under-pinning. Morgan
will be worked the remainder Of this
week with the idea of Strengthening
his legs. and after this has been accom-
plished he win be pushed hard to re-
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