Evening star., 1921-04-12

men are adequate as to fielding defe
with a considerably higher-than-ave
hensive as to the caliber OF pitching
What are the views of the man who
is in charge of the club. who has had
exclusive say as to the players. "ho
will be regulars and who alone Will
be held responsible for its success OF
lack of it? He is in position 10
know a thing or two about the capa-
bilities of its various members ana
their fitness for the work at hand we
have ideas of our own along these
general lines and have expressed
them. but the manager has yet to be
heard from, so we sought out George
Mcbride and asked him what ne
thought of his team.
Mac Likes His Team.
ct like it," was the captains 1rans IN
renly. and then proceeded to zen US
wv The teams punch with the stick.
IFS Quota of fleet runners ana nis
average defense, generally aonnl.tu.
were part of his reasons ~. ;r
advanced was the excenenL Spii, is the
evidence. and most noteworthy Is e .he
fact that the pilot does not snare vnr
prevailing feeling of pesslmlsm o|ei
the condition of the hurlers. .;
While he did not say so: Mss Mashine. ire
mated he did not regard the Wasnlns
TON staff as world beaters by any
means. but he did say that four o! h|e
of his fingers were in shape 10 sise q
good account of themselves. ana .na'
he fully expected tneir .verses ~ors of the
rest Of the team right from the OUT
set .i,;ec.nce should not
be attached to the defeats we p..ida suI
said. some of the pitchers Weft
hammered at times, it's true nu. :.
shonid be remembered that among
them were couple of those VINO
were sent into the games oecause
they needed the work ana no. .adv
to hold the opposition in cheek. IN
come instances they started tne
games and the pitchers VINO SUI
ceeded them got into the games VIZ .tea
the other fellows had gotten staa.e3
oe+s on under way with the stick the
hest pitchers in the world cannot stop
n The Giants are regarded as nav.
ing . fairly strong stan' ssaJ
Al some time or other we pouhue"
every pitcher ;g, they sent he beiieVe. o;
Toney. yet no one is saying that tne
New York boxmen are weak.
Half q Dosen Are Ready.
plight now Erickson. Zachary ana
Johnson appear to be IN nne cosu 70
fion. One Of them will be picked 70
work in the opening s;. game HaTmrup 11m to.
day satisfies him that he is reaay.
He viii be the Judge of that. AcostA:
Nosride and Schacht also are IN eoTo
shape. the latter, particuiariy,ii nnr Time neo in
the the past two seasons since he has
hen connected with the club.
Il see the boys who STUDY the
teams and make predictions on a.+
nnanimousiy accorded US a place In
the first division. some OF them ~
ing us as high as third In splte ol
this handicap ! am fIt hope,ai TIN sne mod
crate expectations Of their support
ers. II we are lucky enough to es
cape accidents, I would say tnat the
teams failure to DO ;o, 80 VII. ;nsdsouate not
nitriGnsa0iSf n'tehine II the huriers come through
10 the extent they are capable OF anu anu
asI expect them to. our stan VIII
compare very faborabiy with 'ha'
of any club in the circuit
Record Crowd Expected.
One Of the most notable gamer
,ngs that ever attended ball game
Is expected at American League PARK
,omorrow to see the first game OF
the season between the Nationals ana
Boston Red Sox. The President. wee
President. members OF the ca csD.nJ weii
az ~ high ofiicers Of both the naval
ana military establishments. viii be
nresent. The gates will be opened
at 1880 o'clock. with band to en-
terrain the early arrivals. With the
arrival shortly after 20 o'clock OF OF
less formal events on the program
will begin. President Harding and
his party. numbering fifteen. are due
TO reach the park at 315 o'clock.
Promptly at $50 o'clock Gen. Perish
ing. headed by the band. will march
with the members of both teams to
center field where he will unfurl the
flag and Immediately thereafter the
President will toss out the first ball
TO inaugurate in the capital what is
season base bail has yet known.
Special preparations have been
made to handle what NAV prove the
largest number of persons ever ad-
mitted to the local park an OF the
nearly 10000 seats IN the grandstand
and boxes long since have been dis
posed of, but nearly as many unre-
served accommodations Will be placed
on sale at the park tomorrow. includ-
ing those in the pavilions and circus
seats three rows deep in the Outfield.
capable Of providing viewpoints Tor
about 5000. There will be plenty OF
room behind them for thousands or
standees-
Jones May Pitch for sox.
II 10 expected that Sam Jones VIII
he picked by Manager Hugh Duny to
oppose McBride's choice in the box for
the inaugural contest. with Muddy
RueI doing the catching. The S25oooo
irfeld of the Sox president FraZees
valuation). consisting of StufTy Nc
1nnis. Derrill Pratt. Everett Scott and
Oscar Witt, is expected to be on the
Job, although this quartet has not yet
played together in a single game this
spring. McInnis has finally accepted
terms Pratt has belatedly agreed to
quit his coaching job at the Univer-
sity Of Michigan and Scott has about
recovered from the injuries that have
kept him out of the exhibition games
for the past week.