Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-04-02
|REDS MUST HUSTLE
Or GET Dad START;
No TIME To TRAIN
Last Years Champions Too
Busy at Miami to Get Team
Work Going.
By JAMES CRusiNBERRy.
SPECIAL Dispatch to Great Falls Dai
Tribune and Chicago Tribune.

| SPECIAL Dispatch to Great Falls Daily
Tribune and Chicago Tribune.
Miami, Fla, April 1.--If Pat Nor
ans worlds champion Reds from Gin
cinnati can survive the hardships Of a
dreadful transforming trip, be relieved
| from further obligations of celebrating
their victory of last fall, and finally
/ find time for bit Of training before
the season is too far advanced, they
may be able to repeat their pennant
/ feat.
| All the potential power of year
! ago is present, but the Red machine
in it's delightful training camp at Miami
seemed to be clogged with some for
cign substance and was missing on
about three cylinders when saw it.
Doubtless Moran will open the sea
son with exactly the s;Nne team that
defeated the White Sox in the big Oc-
/ tober show. At least the same men
will be in it. but whether that same
correctness Of play and superiority Of
! fighting spirit will be present remains
| to be seen. 1t hasn't been seen in the
! training camp.
No Team Work Evident.
! The champions appear less advanced
| than any big league team l have seen
! this season While most Of the Reds
were in camp the first week of March,
Heine Groh Hod Eller. and one or two
| others were not able to report on time
because of salary difficulties and conse-
quently the whole team had been to-
gether only a few days. and had no
| team work when l saw it.
! In the early games against Washing
| ton the champs played awful baseball
| They were mixed on fielding plays and
! woefully weak in hitting. Their practice
| sessions were brief and careless. They
were compelled to trail across the state
| to Tampa for series then trail back
to Miami, spending two nights and a
| day each way, thus losing valuable
| sleep at night and needed practice III
| the daytime.
, Tall HustIing Is Needed.
1t will take some tall hustling to get
the boys ready for the big opening, but
as the team is intact and perhaps just
as powerful as year ago, it is likely
to be the big factor in the race once
more, barring any tough luck. a year
ago Morans men had bad training
trip because of inclemcnt weather but
when the bell rang the boys went right
out and started piling up victories.
| Just the same. it is doubtful if a
championship club ever started back
from training camp in as poor condi-
| ton as the Reds this spring. With
| several Of the other teams on edge and
| ready to go, it may be that the cham
| pions will get away to bad start and
game won in April counts just as
| much as one in September.
No Pitchers in Shape.
| Every man of the wonderful pitching
staff Of last fall is in camp and not one
| is in shape. The only pitcher who seem
led ready tc hurl few curves and put
all his speed on the ball was L,ique. the
Cuban. who has been playing winter ball
in Havana. Dutch Ruether was go
ing at half speed, but looked first rate.
Hod Eller, upon his first trial against
Washington, was lambasted hard and Of
ten. Ray Fisher toiled for few innings
against the same club. and left in tie
middle of round with a tired and sore
arm. jim Ring labored for five rounds
and was pounded severely. Eressler went
four rounds and was hit hard. Slim