The Washington herald., 1919-04-07
'CRIFFMEN TAKE
TURN At GOLF
Yannigans Leave Tuesday
For Game with Erskine
College Team.
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

North Augusta, S. c., April 6-The
coming week. which will be the last
at this training camp for Grift's tribe,
will see the Old Fox preparing his
clan for the exhibition series with
both the PhIllies and Giants.
So far the practices have been con-
fined to straight baseball, as none OF
the inside defensive tactics which the
silvered haired leader rs noted for
have been given out. Nothing along
the line of offensive tactics have been
attempted. Although each of the
players have a hit and run sign on
between themselves with the player
they followed and the one who is in
advance.
Starting tomorrow. the Old Fox will
put the crew through scull practice,
which will be followed by one hour
Of work in executing the system. while
the usual game between the regulars
and Yannigans will be carded each
afternoon. By this method the Foxy
Pilot believes that he will have his
tribe ready to jump into the two ex-
hibition series with New York and
Philadelphia.
Griffs hurIers should be in greet
shape to work four and five innings
each in these inter-league games as
johnson claims he is in shape enough
right now to go the route. while
Harper, Ayers and Shaw each will be
ready to stand the grind by the time
stakes are pulled for the barnstorm-
ing trip. Hovlik, Matteson, Craft and
Thompson are already on fine edge
and the Nationals boss will take this
quartet along easy next week as he
desires to guard against any of his
young talent going stale.
johnson will be given his first op-
portunity to work against the regulars
in tomorrow's battle, while Ayers and
Thompson will also get the op-
portunity to show their stock IN trade
Harper. Hovlik and Matteson will be
the selection for the regulars with
Shaw, Flaherty Craft, Lynch and Har-
rington taking their turns in the next
days battle.
Although Grlfr has been later this
season starting his scull practice than
ever in the history of Augusta Train
ing Camp, he believes that the boys
will have no trouble in catching his
style of iron-clad batting and fielding
laws, as seven of the players who
will no doubt stand the brunt of the
burden in this exhibition series have
had experience with his system and
he is confident that both Joe Shannon
and Little Davis are smart enough
players to catch on to the system
The Yannigan team will beat the
regulars to the exhibition game stuff,
as Griffith has arranged for his kids"
to hike over to Greenwood, S. c., on
Tuesday, which is es miles away to
take a crack at the Erskine College
team. Coach Westly, who is a good
friend of Mollie Craft. asked the Old
Fox for this game. Ayers and Craft
will be the pitchers used in this con-
test with Uncle Nick Altrock finish
ing up If the Y-slnigans make a run
away of the battle.
Capt Mcbride will be in charge Of
the club. Shannon will play left field
in place of johnson in this contest.
The day of rest found most of the
athletes golfing. the Old Fox coming
through in handicap match at six
holes with 2 well-known amateur
golfer of Washington, who asked, as
a favor, to have his name kept out
of print.
Griff, with a handicap of 13 strokes
in 6 holes. finished a % par course in
49 while his opponent was strokes
behind him.
The results of a medal play match,
seven of the players and NJ. K. Nixon.
of Washington, is as follows: