Evening star., 1921-03-11

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Following the batting practice which
opens the daily program the kid inff"id
got into action and with Nick welding
the bat n strenuous half hour ensued
Not only was pepper in evidence in the
manner in which the youngsters went
after the drives shot to them by Nick.
but a running fire of vocal caleSthenlcS
was maintained. with the comedian as
chief whooper-up.
Line-Up of YaniGanS.
In this drill the inner works lined up
as it will in the first contest of the
training season tomorrow. with FRANK
Brewer on first. Tony Marhaika ana
Andy Eschmann alternating ON second
Derby Foss on third and Bob Lamotta
at short. Nick made the boys extend
themselves to get the bounders and hopS
as he placed them and they obtained
some excellent practice in preparation
for the battle with the Colegians;
How the Nationals recruits VIII take
the field against the varsity players mas
not been decided. but it is expected that
Manager Mcbride will designate pat
ting order something like TINS IA
Motto, shortstop: Goebel. center heid ;
Foss, third base: Brewer. first base
McHugh, left field; Tucker. right ie'u'
and the batterymcn.
How the pitchers will be aUportloned
is problematical. but all of the pitchers
except Courtney. whose shoulder sun
bothers him, will get a chance 10 90
some work, the probability being tnal
AL Schacht and George Mogridge WIN , De
loaned to help the Collegians who VIII
have to face the offerings of Erickson,
Acosta and Zachary. Brewer also may
be called on for a couple of innings OF
box work. in which event Altrock is eN-
pected to hold forth at first base.
Mcbride Introduces Bunting.
Mcbride introduced bunting into the
batting curriculum for the first tune.
with some enlightening results Lit,'e
value from practice of this sort is oo-
tainable. While the pitchers are putting
something on their offerings it is dif-
ferent. Tucker and McHugh demon
strated that they have much to learn
about the art. They meet the pan IN
stiff-armed fashion, resulting in pop
f3ies or iolts directly at some fielder.
Goebel gave a fine exhibition of punt,
ing He employs the most approved
methods in tapping the ball and put II
Just about where he wanted to. WIN
taps. Eddie should prove an effective
medium for advancing runners. Mar.
-hafka also proved quite prohclent at
LAYING 'em down.
The diamond. although a trihe SLOW
was in excellent shape. considering the
second consecutive hard rain or the
night before The sandy soil apsorps
water like sponge, and even without
sunshine or wind dries remarkably laSt.
All Schacht is quite jubilant over the
fine condition his arm is in after nearly
two weeks of using it. Altrock's S part
ner in pantomime is convinced that the
bonesetter effected a permanent correc-
tjon of the crossed heaments In ms
shoulder which gave him SO nluch 1ro1-
HE last season. and has asked Mcbride
70 nit him against his teammates IN the
game tomorrow. Al is gong INTO the
hoy with the ayowed intention of show
ing them up.
Hunting MILLER and BrOtten.
Lost. strayed or stolen are two per,
fectIy good ball players-Milier ana
Brottem. Griff spent the oest par
Of Yesterday afternoon and last even
ing irving to locate the former Little
Rock athletes and at this writing
was unsuccessful. His telegram 10
Miller who was supposed to he tram :
ing with the Pirates was returned to
him undeliyered and Sam Rice re-
ported that although Miller had been
at the Hot Springs. that he had leit
there and no one seemed to know MS
present whereabouts
eGrir had instructed Secretary fy-
non to arrange through Rice for thnlr
TRANSFORMATION to Tampa and the
tickets are all ready. but with no one
to use them. The president fnaiv
wired to Barney Dreyfuss. owner or
the Pittsburgh club. who until rev
days ago was much concerned as 10
their movements. asking him il he
could throw any light on the mys-
terry and now is awaiting word from
him.
Griff also has sent kilograms to
the players at their winter ad-
dresses. thinking they might have
gone to their homes Brottem lives
at Parkland. Washington state. and
Millers mail address is r. F.. d. No.
6, Vinton. Iowa.