The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
Joe Judge In Shape.

JUG SUu8e IN oAAR3s
The fnisId Of Judge, Morgan, Lavan
and Foster will be the midget com
blnation Of Ban Johnson's circuit, but
the speed and stiekwork Of these in
mar trench guardians, will make them
feared by all the clubs. The remark
able form shown by Joe Judge, who
was seriously injured last summer, is
the most pleasing thing of the entire
training trip to the Old Fox. but even
IL Judge would fail. when the tough
Grind sets in, Eddie Charity has
proven that he Is an able suosd
for the initial bag. Should Lieut..
Lavan be compelled to report within
twenty-four hours, Grin still has Capt.
George Mcbride and Howard Shanks
TO MI In with, besides Johnny Rup-
ley Is coming along at such a burst
OF speed that the Nationals pilot
could even give the youngster one
of the infield jobs after a few weeks
Of coaching.
Although thre is but twenty-three
men in the squad. which includes nine
pitchers, Grin is ready for any occa-
sion that may break. either through
injury or the call OF Uncle Sam. Aim
smith Is slated to stand the brunt Of
the burden in the catching department
but Charity and Bobby Berman will
be fast called into service If any
thing should happen to the peppery
receiver
The training trip this spring means
nothing but the conditioning OF the
players and the naming of about seven
or eight pitchers who will be carried
-. fo
hard to figure Just which one of the
young hurlers Grin will cut loose. il
he cuts any. as outside OF the big
four, Johnson. Harper, Ayres and
Shaw, they all give so much promise
that even Grin admits he is up against
it to name the most logical ones.
Dumont and Craft gave some pretty
ereditable performances last season
and were carried during the entire
campaign, while Adrian Lynch and Al
Waldbauer showed the Old Fox
enough during the closing days of 1917
TO warrant them a trial this spring.
Earl Yingling. the holdout Of 1916 who
has on two occasions been with clubs
in the National League, was added to
the stan to-help Harry Harper over
some Of the games where southpaw
heaving counts.
Looking the question over thoroughly
and weighing the value of each of the
players, il must be conceded that
Grifrs club of 1918 is well set for the
cappaign and appears to easily be OF
first division caliber.
Today has been a welcomed day Of
rest for the squad, as the grind that
the Old Fox has been putting the boys
through during the past week has be-
gun to tell on both the veterans and
youngsters. Long hikes through the
Carolina hills and circus golf games
on both the Hampton Terrace and Bon
Air links along with trips to Camp
Hancock made up quite a busy day
for the boys.
Grin and a party of the athletes
were guests of Federal Revenue
Collector Frank l. Taylor at a din
ner party today while many of the
athletes kicked into the soldiers
and officers mess at the canton
ment on Augusta Heights. Many
of the boys are anxiously awaiting
the workout tomorrow. as the lay
on Of one day has them pretty well
stiffened up.
Two practice drills will be held
each day this week with an inter-
club game in the evening. About
Thursday, Grin will put the squad
through two games a day while
the exhibition games with the
'Sammies" will be played on We'd
nesday and Saturday :
The big topic at the annex today
was the result of the fight of last
night at Warren Field when the
military police were compelled to
step in and call on the main bout.
Mat Gorman and Teddy Murphy
were the opponents in the main go
and the boxing got so rough with
foul tactics that the bout was
stopped Opinions still differ as to
Just which battler was the best
man.