Evening star., 1921-03-30

This policy is dictated by the busi-
ness management. the theory being to
help defray training expenses through
the receipts obtained from exhibitions
en- route north. All the CLUBS do it.
but it is a short-sighted policy. Some
day a manager with the courage OF
his convictions is going to Insist upon
taking his team directly from tram
ing camp to the scene OF the open
ing game. of the season, making sure
of having them in good condition
when he lands there. at least. and
gambling on the brand of weather
encountered at the end of his jour
ney.
Tackle Phillics Today.
The outlook here today when the
reunited Griffmen are scheduled to
tackle the Philadelphia club of the
! National League in the first of two
games, a continuation of the series of
four played al Gainesville and Tampa,
,and in which the Capitalians won
three and lost one, is FOR decidedly
lower temperatures than the players
have become accustomed to.-wlth
possibility that rain may prove rae
tor in the program
Manager Mcbride said he would not
decide until the last minute what
pitchers would be used his choice de-
pending upon the height of the mer-
curry and condition of the barometer.
Although the Griffmen. in the
games thus far contested with tne
Phillies. have had rather easy time
of it. the rockies as well as the reg
ulars taking their measure. the Ma
tional leaguers may be expected 10
offer far sitter opposition now. nav
ing been considerably strengthened
by the addition Of regulars apsen. ss,dn IN
the early games. including ShortstoP
and Captain Arthur Fletcher anu
OutfieIders Cy Williams. Irish MeuSel
and Greasy Neale.
Yesterday for the first time since
the Nationals started. operations in
Dixie. the sun deserted them. Heavy
clouds threatened a downpour an
morning and throughout the game: put
this did not prevent the natives from
turning out a whale of crowd, Win
a band and everything to enllven the
proceedings. nor did it check the VIC
torious streak of the Grifmen. VINO
trounced their amateur opponents III
hollow fashion by count OF 10 U.
The program of entertainment al
forded the big leaguerS was even more
pretentious and enjoyable than thes
had been led to expect. and one 1ea-
ture of it was suspected as being
part of a conspiracy to bring about
the downfall of the professionals
This was the midday meal at the
Ponce de Leon Hotel. which 1oiloWeo
a morning spent in inspection OF the
old fort erected by the Spaniards back
in the fifteen hundreds, an alligator
farm, the oldest house in the United
States. and other po.nis of interest IN
Americas most ancient city.
Luncheon Is Regular Feast.
The meal was listed as a luncheon.
hut it was a yeritable feast of ban
auet proportions. and SO tempting
were the viands that the athletes IN
dulged themselves to the point OF
hardly being able to walk when time
came to take the field, Ihe superlorl.s
of the Nationals pitchers was so pro-
nounced, however, that the men back
of them had very little bending over
to do. and so they escaped without
having run scored against them,
while hammering the local lights for
fifteen safeties. all but Lewis ana
Erickson getting one Or more oiows-
Courtney was reached for only three
singles in the seven innings he was
permitted to linger. Erickson set the
kids down in order during his TWO
rounds. and in the last frame Altrock.
after retiring the first two men. called
in his outfieId and famed the third
batsman Nick relieved Judge in the
seventh and for one inning played the
initial sack while seated upon Ii. and
in the eighth deserted his post alto
Sether to fan with a spectator on the
side lines.
IT'S lust one thing after another for
Stanley Harris. The Second baseman.
who was beaned b. Walter Johnson in
Tampa Saturday. was struck IN the
face by a ad-bounding ball during in
field practice preceding the game The
right eye which bled profusely, but
after DR.. Mike Martin rendered first
aid "Old Scrap Iron" went about his
work as if nothing had happened.