Evening star., 1921-03-28

Tampa, where in exactly one mont
through bad weather and where the
superior to any either has ever four
visits with ball clubs for conditionin
Tomorrow the Nationals are booked
to appear in st. Augustine and they
then move on to Jacksonville for a
couple of games with the Philadelphia
club of the National League. and
where they will be Joined by the sec
ond team, which is to play today and
tomorrow at Orlando.
Rockies to Sny Goodbye.
At Jacksonville, where headquar-
) mole Hotel, Tucker, McHugh and
Eschmann will bid adieu Thursday
evening to their fellow players. the
former going to Charleston, 5. G, and
the latter pair returning to Tampa.
where they will play this year. Al the
same time squad of half dozen, it,
GLIDING Johnson. Torres. La Motto.
Goebel. Schacht and Marhafka. VIII go
on to Washington. while the re
mainder of the team starts north by
more circuitouS route.
The itinerary of the Nationals. upon
leaving Jacksonville. including the
teams they are to play and their mead
quarters in each town. is as follows:
Friday. April /. Birmingham. Ala
Southern Association club: Saturday
and Sunday. April and 3. Chatta-
nooga. Tenn. Southern Association
club. Patton Hotel; Monday. April 4,
Jackson. Tenn. New York Giants,
Southern Hotel; Tuesday, April 5.
Hotel; Wednesday, April s. Peters
burg. Va, Giants. Petersburg Hotel;
Thursday. April I. Norfolk. Va.
Giants, Monticello Hotel.
Play Mt Home April s.
The Nationals and Giants will take
the night boat from Norfolk for
Washington. where they are to play
April s. leaving that night for New
York where contests Saturday and
Sunday. April and 10. will terminate
the exhibition schedule of the Griff-
men. who will return home the fol-
lowing day to get ready for the open
ing game Of the championship season
with the Boston Red SoX on Wednes-
day. April 13.
Pitching duties here today and in
St Augustine tomorrow will be among
Shaw. Erickson. Zachary and Court
ney. with Charity and Brotten back
of the bat and the Observation-Disclosures,
Harris. O'Rourke. Ellerbe, Milan. Rice
and Lewis-in the field. Griffith, Nc
Bride. Altrock and Schacht are with
this squad.
The Orlando delegation will have
johnson. Mogridge. Acosta. Brewer,
Pcinich and Torres as batterymen
and will be in charge of Fred Harvey
cutter as business manager pro tenn.
Shanks. Miller. Foss, Marhafka and
La Motto.
The end of the camp training finds
the Nationals in uniformly good
physical condition. The pitchers,
with one or two exceptions. are as far
advanced as 1t is advisable for them
TO be two weeks prior to the start of
the pennant race. and the other play
ers have worked about all the sore
ness due to their strenuous exercise
out of their limbs.
Some of their batting eyes need a.
Dit more printing and the fortnight
OF exhibition contests against South
ern Association and National League
nuriers may be expected to remedy
this deficiency 50 that when the time
comes for the bell to ring George
Mcbride should be able to place ON
the field a strong. fast and we'll bal
anced machine capable of getting Off
to a good start.
Sehacht Quits Hospital.
IL was found that AL Schacht, who
was taken to a hospital SATURDAY.
morning with what was though. to
De an attack of appendicitis. was suf-
ierlng from intestinal trouble He
had so far recovered yesterday that
ne was permitted to leave the hospital
- ~e~AAAS iANtC Win lHc main SQ1lQ
today.
The pitcher will not be REQUIRED to
90 any work for several days. appear
Ing at the games solely in the role of
spectator and leaving Jacksonville
Thursday night for Washington,
where he will take things easy until
ad1udged by the club physician to be
Mt to resume toll.
When stricken Schacht's arm was
In better cnnAiffnn y<
Tor several years. due to the removal
OF the kink in his shoulder. and bar
ring relapse he Is expected to be in
shape to pitch. II needed. by the time
the season opens.
The knot raised on Harris head
when he was beaned by Walter john
son Saturday has entirely disappeared
and SCRAP 1ron." as he is dubbed
by his mates, was ready today to
jump into harness and give his usual
aggressive exhibition around the key
stone sack.
A noticeable thing about the work
done by the Nationals thus far is that
neither Brewer nor Miller the play
ere- who have been added to the club
largely because of their ability as
sluggers. has lived up to their repu-
tation in this respect.
Miller. with Little Rock OF the
Southern Association. and Brewer for
Reading. in the International League,
each set records in home runs for
their circuits last year with more
than a score apiece. Thus far not a
single four-base wallop has been
manufactured be either. and even
doubles and triples have been mighty
scarce with them.
Whether they merely are slow in
starting or whether they are capable
OF knocking the boards of the fences
only when pitted against hurting OF
minor league caliber remains to be
established. although the showing