The Washington herald., 1921-03-08
HURLERS ALLOWED
TO. USE HOOKS FOR.
lST time THIS YEAR
Rockies Start Shooting
'em Over-Acosta Is
First Casualty.

ever was the order today. signals
ing tie beginning Of real work for
the Washington squad after . week
given over pretty much to limber-
Ing ND. and the outstanding fea-
,ures were q smack on the leg for
Acosta and the way some OF the
youngsters showed In front Of the
rwisters. The little Cuban was
pitching to Picinich when Val sent
one back At his shins. Before Joe
could get his hand down there was
q knot the size of an egg. and Joe
must have thought he had the ball
when he grabbed 1t. Fearful OF
broken bones, Mac and Mike rushed
the box and carted the Latin hurler
TO the clubhouse. A little work by
Mike kept the boy in all afternoon
but tonight he walked down to din
ner and says it's all right except
for big swelling
Meanwhile Mogridge. Zachary.
Brewer and Schacht took up the
pitching burden. all Of them push
ing floating bends over the rubber.
Mac refused to let them hop any in.
thouxh Al is plenty able and looks
like he'll be one of Georges aces
this summer. He has almost per-
feet contro! with his overhaul
swing again, and believes that his
trip TO Bonsetter Reese has taken
all the old trouble out. Mogridge
looked good. and Old Zack Ii pick
ing up rapidly.
IL was the offense that took most
Of the attention of Capt. MacBride
today though he was giving some
Individual instruction to a bunch
of the rockies, including LaMotte
and Eschmann. Mac has got to
teach Bobby to run. The kid hasn't
got a stride and ties his arms up in
knots when he starts. Mac had him
swinging both kicks and both arms
today and worked him taking on
around the bases. Bobby has bee
loosing a yard every time he tag
ged a base. but before the day end
ed he was getting around pretty
clean. Eschmann took some IN
structfons, too. but didn't get fun
workout. for the kid has bad pair
of feet and will have to be careful
for a few days.
Foss was the man that took
Griffith's eye today and he's about
ready to agree with Mcbride and
tho fellows who've been out every
day that Deeby is just about the
class of the rockies here. Several
of the boys are going to have to
plant Stames for the front Hon to
keep standing in for the hooks but
Fcss waded into everything thar
was offered and smacked them out
solidly. Griff, who had the impress
sion that the kid was little, was
taken into the clubhouse by a cou-
pie OF the scribes while Foss strip
ped and found the boy pretty close
to a perfect thirty-six as ball play
ers go. He'll we gh better than lSS
and has a broad pair of shoulders
and good thighs. The soreness was
out Of his arm and he was cutting
them loose for fair.
Tucker was pulling some and Will
get special attention tomorrow as
will Eschuann who. though not as
bad as Dinwoodie, didn't get his full
punch in
Nick is still sick and will not get
cut until Tomorrow Meanwhile
Griff has hired a new umpire for
the Southern College and the Tam
pa-Hot Springs series. Austin Ben
nett. who used to call them around
the Central League and in the flor
ida State last year, is the boy sign
ed up.
Harry Courtney took a trimming
from lack on the barnyard golf
courts in the Tampa Bay grounds
today, where some of the hotel
bunch framed on the big curly
haired boy from North Carolina.
Now Harry has been claiming to be
the Tarheel champion at pitching
horseshoes, otherwise known as
barnyard golf. Howard Bronson
New Haven sport here. happened to
see Zack heaving some the other
day and spread the news. They
gathered a pot. stuck it on Zack and
demanded that Harry defend his
laurels. He tried valiantly, but in
three 21-point games his brother
North Carolinian beat him out
clean, more than doubling the score
each time. Now they've got Zack
worried. telling him he'll have to
20 to Asheville to defend the new
ly-won title. and Harry is hunting
up something else to be cham
pion Of
Coach Beckleheimer. of the South
ern College nine. was here today to
complete arrangements for Satur-
days game, and has promised to
tip Grfff on on any good talent
around Florida colleges this spring.
In return for the use of a pair of
good fingers Saturday to bolster his
college boys against the onslaughts
Of the professionals. And. by the
way. Washington football fans will
recognize Beck, who starred on
West Virginia early in the last dec
ade and later coached at Bethany
and other colleges in that section.