Evening star., 1921-03-06

have made suitable strides III the bu
Manager Mcbride expressed him
self as eminently satisfied over the
results attained on the first leg OF
the six weeks period of preparation.
with the except ion OF Courtney. all
the boys are in splendid shape" Nc
Bride observed this evening. follow
ing the close OF a particularly Strenu-
Gus drill he ordered to wind up the
week with.
Ailment Is Not Serious.
"Courtney's ailment is nothing seri-
Gus and may disappear overnight.
Some of the others naturally are
little stiff and sore in spots. but the
progress made on the whole is very
gratifying, and if we finish the second
week in as satisfactory shape we may
consider ourselves lucky.
THE work thus far has been of
rather light nature; purposeiy It has
been designed 10 improve the players
wind. take out the kinks due to the
winters lay-off. and Thoroughly loosen
up their muscles, especially those IN
the. arms and legs. Starting Mon
day. the work gradually Will be IN
creased in intensity. and when they
become equal to it the period OF
practice will be heightened
BY next Saturday We should be
a abie to put a team in the neid with
all but the batterymen travelling at
top speed for nine innings, If need
be. This will not be done. OF course,
as We want to see all of the players
in action in regular game. ana lhe
exhibition with the Southern College
nine will provide that opportunity
We will make as many switches IN
b. linp-nn a necessary TO al
low all the players a chance to per-
form Tor a few innings.
No Limit on Recruits.
According to President Griffith,
there will be no Set limit on the
number of youngsters carried with
the Nationals this season. the total
OF recruits retained depending entire
ly upon the ability they display. 1t is
probable all of the pitchers will be
kept as there is none on the list VINO
may be classed strictly as recruit.
johnson. Shaw. Erickson. Schacht.
accounted veterans. and Acosta al
ready has demonstrated enough un-
der fire to rank with them.
Brewer. of course, is purely an eX-
pertinent. but. regardless of whether
he makes good on the mound. he is i
assured of regular pay days as
Griffman. This is the first spring in
the twenty-five years Griff has been
ruunlnz bail cubs. that he has not
had flock o: bushers trying to land
jCi.s as pitchers: now he has not
single one. Kirk Corby. the Washing
ton College righthander. can be clas-
siied under this heading, but he is
not scheduled to report until he TN
ishes mis- studies in June. Grif is
nightly pleased at having set of
fingers. all of whom are of known
worth. and regards his corps as one
Of the best in the league.
Banks ON Pitching Stan.
'If johnson and Shaw come through,
as is expected. we will have crack
erjack hurting staff is the way he
puts it. well balanced. both in re-
spect to- numbers and ability. We will
have three left handers and six right !
handlers, including Brewer and in the
list are two or three excellent finish |
ers"
Griff's intention of keeping his club F,
recruited up 10 the full strength of
twenty five players throughout the,l
season should prove an incentive for !
hard work among the young infield-
ers and hy-chaSers who are trying to !
land berthS. 1t is. OF course. too
early 10 get good line on the capa- /
bilities Of the recruits. All of them ,
have shown considerabl promise to !
date. although il is even now ap-
parent that some are two or three !
years short OF the necessary expert !
ence and polish to hang on in the big !
show.
1t is settled that La Note will be |
retained. and it should occasion no |
surprise if Beeby FoSs. who played !
alongside him On the Tampa team
last season. also should be kept. |
While not so fast as La Motto and !
unable to cover quite so much ground. |
Foss is good fielder at third and
has an even stronger arm, although ,
he is not so skilled at throwing from
awkward positions as is La Note.
Foss' most valuable asset is his abil-
ity to hit. 1t has not yet been es-
tablished that he can cope with the
offerings of the American League
boxrnen. but he has every action and
appearance of hitter. has powerful
swing and is possessed of nerve in
abundant quantities.
Eschmann shows In Well.
Andy Eschmann. the Holy Cross
product, has made very favorable
impression with his fielding skin a,
short. although handicapped by hav-
ing 10 work with split finger on his
throwing hand. Eschmann is not q
fast runner and his measure as
batsman has not yet been taken.
If feetness OF foot alone would as
sure player of a job Eddie Goebel
would have his cinched right now
The EaSterp League graduate is "A
real speed merchant. lie covers acres
OF ground in the outfeid and gobbl.s
Mes Ike regular bali hawk. II is
100 early 10 hazard any conjectures
as to his punching procIivities.
DinwIddie Tucker has made a fine
impression in the sticking drills. He
hts the ball mile, always TO dead
left held, however. and has not been
able TO get enough of his superfuous
weight on 10 run faster than Gabby
Street.
Herbert McHugh has been working
AT such an easy gait that little esfj-
mate has been formed OF his caliher
Tony Marhafka appears TO be a nifty
little ball player. capable of holding
down job in a class 4 league now.
but his age initiates against him as
a Dig league prospect.
MoEridge Puts ON suit.
George Mogridge arrived early this
morning from his home at Rochester
y. Y. and was in uniform for rbe SOS.
sion or the ball field. but did ONLY III.
lightes< Kind of work. He spent most
of mis- time hitting flies to the ont
nelcers, and wound up with a bit of
tossing 10 loosen As arm. The left
handler Ee.s- takes on anv weigh, in
=" oh season anc seldom has any
trouble getting into condition Ia
pitch He VIII. be permitted by Nc
Bride TO use his own judgment in
training.
Senor AcosSn demonstrated in
Ringing 10 the batters today. that he
is resoy 10 step IN and pitch now.
Jose has 6 -sgular rubber arm. any-
how. No amount of hard work seems
to affect it. His training viii consis,
principally of rest and a lot of good
food.
Frank Brewers pitching arm feels
so good that he wanted to emulate
Acosta and try out some curves in the
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