Evening star., 1921-03-19


might horn into the pastime.
The Phillies will 'irYfe-up practically
"A they did in the series at their
training camp. first baseman' Gene
Paulette: shortstop. Art Fletcher. ana
outfielders. Irish Meusel and Cy Will
Jams. absent regulars. having fiNd
to put in an appearance.
How GriTs Line Up.
The Criffmen. in their initial TIT
will GO to bat in the order they may
apnear for the opening game oil the
season, namely. Judge. hrst pase
Milan. right field; Rice. center neio'
Lewis. left field; Harris. second pase'
Ellerbe, third base. ana itourh.
shortstop. Charity probably VIII
start behind the bat. and II IonS
Rrottem is considered to nave hau
enongh work to be in condition. ne
may relieve Pat. The same appiies
to Bing Miller. who is expecteu " oe
inserted toward the end OF the game
in place of either Milan or Lewis.
The regulars now have been az
york here for FIVE days. under the
direction of Mcbride, and whiie they
are not vet primed are far enough
advanced in their conditioning work
to be able to give gooa a, ac'1nn thev
shonld} have little trouble obtaining
the yArdict over Bill Donovans as
9ree1fion of irregulars. although NJ
|pitaners may cause some trouoi.
h3A3 Griffs. who have not oeeh lpoH ~
ing over curve balls long enough 10
get their batting eyes properly
k10cused.
Easy fer Yannixans.
=, their final appearance in Gaines
v,1ia Yesterday the Grifhthians re-
cruits had little trouble anneXins VIZ
k,orv thanks to an excellent pranu oi
nitahing displayed by both Altrock
and Erickson. Nicholas traveieu tne
first four innings and aithousn p,,ff
lv tired at the end had enough stun
With liberal use of his noodle. to side-
stem providing cigars for the cro~u,
ha having announced the DAY oeiore
that he would furnish free smokes
TO every fan for each run maae our
ing his tenure OF the mouho. s,.r
Nick, who is anything but a comeoian
when he is pitching, going ABOUT ms
work with grim determination, was
reached for a single in the opening
round, a double in the second
triple in the third and pair OF sn-
rles in the fourth, but he nipped the
manufacturer of the first OF the latter
two with a deceptive toss to Browef
and generally speaking, looked goou
for a veteran of his age. he maae
|freQuent and effective use or a SLOW
|bali and with it's aid managed to fan
his pitching opponent, Lee Meadows.
The bespectacled hurler. who is re-
gartied as one of the best in the Ma
tional League, showed the 4anmgans
az deceptive an assortment OF shoots
and benders as they have seen TINS
spring. He was scored on in the sec,
ond inning when he uncorked wild
pitch after Eddie Goebel had connect
sd for a long drive to right center for
khroe bases The only other safety
made OF his delivery was in the third:
when Shanks cracked out the hrst OF
his trio of safeties, a stiff double to
riCfim to strikes.
Win Game In Sixth.
The Yaunigans sewed up the game
the sixth at the expense of Will
|ur Hubbeu, a right -hander of masto-
onic proportions. who escaped un-
scratched in his other four rounds.
hanks started this frame with two
Agger, a lusty clout to deep center.
ingles By Brewer and Foss followed.
he latter's being bunt that eluded
he moundsman and scored Howard,
nd after Goebel and McHugh had
cen disposed of. Picinich cracked
ouble down the left field line that
hShed Brewer and FOss.
Erickson hurled in an impressive
hammer and was not to blame for the
kne Quaker tally. 1t was obtained
the eighth. when. with two out.
rick beaned Rawlings. who moved
on Wrightstone's single and scored
q tumble by La Motto. Bob made
fine stop on this occasion. snaring
% ball back of second. but dropped
over his shoulder when he attempt
to throw.
Erickso looked much better than
his first appearance. due largely
the fact that he followed direc-
pms in mixing up his delivery. he
perimented some with slow ball.
out the only thing that is not in
1ded in his repertoire.
Nick Shifts Outfield.
The willy Altrock shifted Shanks
left and sent McHugh to right
ID evidently expecting the right
nd hitters to pull his offerings. but
only Yannigan gardener who had
" difficult chances was Goebel.
II youngster not only handed sew
kl hard-hit balls in faultless fash
but contributed a line throw to
) plate that prevented score and
Injected for one of the longest
YES of the afternoon. a blow to
tht center. which went for three
es. He is swinging with gusto
ALI occasions. as per instructions,
! good results already are appar-
Donovan has fine outfieider in Le-
hryeau "Bevo." as he is called.
bed both Brewer and Pieinich OF
b by fast sprinting on line drives
Is a hitter of the slashing type.
excellent handling of La Notes
kble in the ninth was responsible
Marhafka, who was on first. be-
nipped at the plate. La Motto
another who is showing gradual
broyeuent in his form at bat
resident Griffith has arranged
h the owners of the new Jackson
0 team, which has berth in the
rida State League this year. 10
the two games the Nationals are
play with the Phillies in that city
last of this month. With local
int in charge and anxious to get
fans out having a percentage
res upon doing more business
\ II advertising the contests de-