The Washington herald., 1919-03-18

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There Is no star boarding here un-,
less it's done over the Savannah river,
with good old hard cash paving the
way. as to date, the meals and muddy
water left over from the recent food
would hang a for rent sign on any
one arm beanery in Chicago. the mec-
ca Of a millionaire for day tribe.
But trainer Mike Martin promises bet
ter days and 50 Griff's advance guards
are sticking by the old ship. mostly
sticking to Mickey. awaiting results
that the next few hours may bring.
Here's hoping, as the Foxy Pilot has
packed his young talent away out
here on the hills of South Carolina,
ave miles from town. three miles from
q postal stop and as the boys them
selves term II mo Mans Land"
After watching these young ath-
letes in action and the wise old vets
hmbering about in predicted come
backs. II can easily be said that
Grif has gobbled up a few promis-
ing prospects. That shortffeld Job
that has all fandom and the silvery-
haired pilot himself guessing. may
be solved. as Ike Davis looks like
the real thing Davis could be taken
for a brother of Val Picinich, the
sensational young receiver. He has
the makeup of a good infelder, as
his useless bread grabbers are the
size Of number sixteen shoe, as
the army expression goes, while he
Is built like that brick auto station
that holds one iivyer at a time.
Now dear fans, although these
youngsters appear to be OF major
league material. they may pull a
Hank from Detroit" and we will
not say there are any Walter John
sons. Ty Cobbs or Eddie Collins in
the crew but they are positively the
best looking material that GrifT has
taken South during the past five
years.
Harry Thompson. one OF the rockies
that the Capitol City fans have not
watched in action, would make a
great shortstop for some left hand
ed club. as in bunting practice he
is another Walter Johnson" in
fielding his position while his pep
and willingness mark him as a
No. 1 prospect. Tommy is still a
youngster, as he was caught in the
army draft by a four months mar
gin and was inducted into the serv-
ice on February 81, 1918. His pro-
fessiOnal experience has been with
the Lawrence club of the New Eng
land League, Los Angeles club OF
the Pacific League and Toronto
club of the A A.
Billy Harrington, built along the
"HlpO" Vaughn type. has been out
since 1912, when he busted loose
IN the New England State League.
His showing there was so great
that the Cubs drafted him and he
stuck by the Windy City outfit un-
til 1913, when he was turned over
to the Indianapolis club. In 1915
Billy was once again turned over
TO the Denver club of the Western
League, and he finished up his base
all career before Kaiser Bill start
ed bad with the Los Angeles club.
He was among the "gobs" that sent
the. conveys out of Boston and Sailor
Ike Davis and he. the seagoing kids
of the outfit are travelling the Pacific
and Atlantic from one end to the otn-
er IL there Is any end.
There Is no news from the real drill
that was held by these youngsters,
as It was only a limbering up session
and their caliber cannot be rightfully
granted until they are lined up against
Rice Milan, Robertson" company In
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tonight neither Val Picinch nor
Adrian Lynch has put in appearance
but Trainer Martin is confident they
will arrive sometime before the morn
ing workout tomorrow. Although the
infield at Warren Park was a wreck
today Uncle Nick Altrock insisted on
two workouts and the athletes were
placed in groups in the far corners
where a level spot could be found.
Mayor White has promised Mickey
Martin the county steam roller to-
morrow, although the strike is still
on and may not be broken by even
Martin himself.
Manager Clark Griffith is slowly but
surely gathering in his holdout play
ers that are backward in signing up
for the coming season. This morning
Grin received word from Hal Janvrin
that he would send in his signed con-
tract in a few days. If Hal was we'll
enough by the end of the week, he
would accompany the main squad
South on Saturday night
The Robertson deal stiu hangs in
the balance, through the persistency
of Barney Dreyfuss in refusing to
waiver on the Giant outfelder. Man
ager Griffith said last night that he
had not been able to get in commIni-
cation with Dreyfuss over the long
distance phone. 1t Is expected that
Dreyfuss will be willing to waive on
Davy Robertson II Bert Shotton is
turned over to the Pirates.
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