The Washington herald., 1921-03-11
APPEAL FOR AID
INQUEST MADETO
PIRATE, OWNER
National Boss Thinks
Highly of His Pitching
Staff.


Of Bing Miller and Tony Brot-
TEN. Last heard of IN the camp
OF the Pirates. News of their
whereabouts will be appreciat-
ed By Clark C. Grifhth, Tampa.
Fla.
Something like this may be seen
in the want columns Of our lead
ing newspapers soon unless the mys-
terry OF the missing Southern As
sociation stars Is cleared up.
Ever since r1udse Lands. award
ed the players to the Nationals.
,Grif has been making futile ef-
forts to get into communication
with them. He wired them at Hot
Springs, where they were said to
be training with the Pirates. Then
he notified Sam Rice to take 'em
in charge. Cant ind 'em." Sam
wired back.
Thinking that perhaps Barney
Dreyfuss was In on the secret. Grin
dispatched . telegram to him to-
night. He is almost ready to be-
lieye that the two players have been
hidden out by interested parties
II he can't locate them any other
way, he may call on Judge Lam
dis for AID.
GriR Likes PItching stan.
II good pitching Is the most i'm
portant thing for the success Of
the Nationals this year. as quite
a few sideline experts maintain,
Clark Grifath claims he has nothing
much TO worry about.
The Old Fox today pronounced
his beavers the best all-round COL
lection he has ever had and ex-
pressed his discrimination of car
ryine the whole bunch along until
the season II well under way
Not a rookie in the bunch" OBJ
served Griff today. And every one
of them in the best of condition.
except Harry Courtney. the nrst
citizen OF Asheville, N. c. Harry's
shoulder is paining him. but he Is
expected to respond to the treat
ment Of Mike Martin and be ready
before long.
More showers last night helped
the diamond again today and
curbed Old Sol for a bit Of relief
for the perspiring athletes. The
mercury didn't go above rs this
time, but Capt. Mcbride made II up
with a demand for q little more pep
and an additional fifteen minutes
on the field
Foss Closely Watched.
Griff and Mcbride are paying par
Ss- fn
motto now. particularly Foss. for
tae Nationals option expires April
2 and they will have to give a decision
on that date. Griff has already de-
cided that he will carry Lamotte-
He Is q shortstop and Grin feels
the need of a capable understudy
for O'Rourke. 'Lamotte's my man."
he said today. II can teach him to
hit and he's running well already"
As to Foss, he's looking better ev-
cry day, yet with both Shanks and
Ellerbe the Old Fox Is well healed
At third and doesn't want too much
excess baggage unless It is the real
stuff.
Marhaffka is getting thescall over
Eschmann. and Tucker Is certain to
be dropped of somewhere. In fact.
Griff has wired Tommy Leach, the
Tampa boss. to hurry to town and
look this pair over and II Tommy
wants them he can get them as part
payment for Lamotte and probably
Foss.
There's a busy period ahead of
the boys beginning Saturday, with
Southern College showing up here
for the FIRST struggle Of the camp.
Right on top of that will be some
informal Yannigan regular action
Monday and Tuesday. Then three
days in Gainesville and back here
for the next Saturday. For the
brsakaway week that follows are
the four games between Tampa and
Hot Springs, while the first two
days Of that week aren't liable to be
rest periods.