The Washington herald., 1922-03-18
INJURY TO FINGER
MAY KEEP PECK ON
BENCH FOR OPENER
Woodward, Phillips, and
Zachary to Take Turns
-, Against Boston.
BY RAY HELGESEN.

. TAMPA. Fla. March I7.-Rene-
saw Mountain Lands. high commits
sioner of baseball. will be the guest
Of honor and will throw out the
nrst ball, thus ofhcialIy opening
the Nationals-Boston Braves spring
series here on Plant Field tomor-
row afternoon.
lands is a guest today of the
City, of st. Petersburg, where the
Braves are training. He will ar
rive in Tampa tomorrow morning
and will be met by President GrIf-
nth and large delegation Of cIti-
sens, headed by the mayor. The for
mer jurist will be the guest of the
city while here.
President Griffith left this after
noon to attend a dinner in st. Pc
tersburg in honor of Lands. He
intended to bring the commissioners
back with him tonight, but there
was some hitch in his plans and
Lands has decided to wait and
come with the Braves tomorrow.
VIII Use Three HurIers.
Woodward. Phillips and Zachary
have been notified by Manager Mi
Ian that they will split the pitch
ing assignment tomorrow. They
will probably work in that order.
Ray Francis, who pitched a third
of an inning against the Phillies
in LeesburE yesterday. may also
get a chance at the Braves in case
one of. the other hurlers Is not fit
to start or is treated too Foughly.
Zachary and Phillips are both in
condition and ready to work.
-Woodie's case is different. He is
still somewhat overweight and will
hardly be right for a week or
ten, days. He has been in camp the
same length of time as Phillips and
4 week longer than Jezebel Tecum-
sch. Still he is not as far advanced
40 either OF them. At first Woodie
who is more or less of a veteran.
having been up" three or four
times before. was allowed to take
his own time and map out his own
training schedule. Now, however
Milan has decided that the only
way to handle Woodward IL t.
make him work under orders
That's one of the reasons he Is
getting part of tomorrow's assign
ment. If he gets by creditably MI
Ian may again change his mind
and allow him to take his time n
getting that extra weight on
Goose" Goslin and possibly Rog-
er Peckinpaugh will be missing
from tomorrow's lineup. Goebel will
take Goslin's place in right held
and in case Peck doesn't play, La
motto will be seen in the short
held. Goslin strained his right side
Wednesday while practicink sliding
and he is due for some intensive
training along these lines during
the next two weeks
Peck Has Sore FInger.
Peck was hit on the end of the
little finger of his throwing hand
this morning. The digit was sore
tonight and it is not likely that he
will play.
In case Eddie Goebel puts up the
brand of fielding and hitting that
he Mashed against the Phillies. Cos
lin. despite his terrific swinging.
will not be missed. Goebel had only
one chance at the plate. That,
however. was in the ninth inning
with the score tied He hit for two
bases with two men on and the
count on him two and two. The
drive was as clean as any of the
game. For any other man on the
squad it would have been a single.
but Goebers speed surprised Le-
bourveau and Eddie slid into the
keystone sack inches ahead of
perfect throw.
Goslin didn't look at all good yes
terday. He missed a fly ball which
should have been an easy out de-
spite the fact that 1t wasn't re-
corded as an error. He also fum-
bled a pair of ground balls, in one
case the runner taking second with
out a play being made on him.
Goose" didn't try to alibi for his
poor work. but the fact that he
won't play tomorrow on account of
a stitch in his side makes 1t look
as though this injury may also have
had something to do with his
mediocre showing.
BIueEe Looks Good.
Lamotte. Bluege and Torres all
looked good yesterday with Bluege's
performance slightly overshadowing
that of either of the others. Joe
Gleason went along fine for three
innings. Evidently. however, he
hasn't yet had enough work under
his belt. He weakened in the ninth
and was only saved by Milan's quick
decision to send in Francis and take
a long chance that the youthful
southpaw could stem the Philly tide.
Despite the fact that he wasn't suf-
ficiently warmed up. Francis passed
the first man to face him but stead
led and forced the next batter to hit
at a bad ball. Bluege's subsequent
stop and throw saved the game for
the Griffs.
johnson was out for a while this
morning but didn't do much work.
He Is still a little weak from the
cold which he contracted early in
the week and which for a while
threatened to develop into pneu-
rnonia He hopes, however, to be
ready to pitch against the Braves
here a week from tomorrow.
In case Peck's finger makes it i'm
possible for him to perform tomor-
row the batting order will probably
,be moved up one place. This will
put Goebel in the cleanup position
the spot where he did the most
damage in his minor league career.
Lamotte will probably bat just
ahead Of the pitcher, Charity NOV
ing up one notch.
Mogridge expects to be ready to
hurl against the Braves in st. Pc
tersburg next Tuesday. He Is near
" ft now. In fact, he has been
hooking them since last Wednesday.
II he thinks he can stand 1t Milan
may ask him to work hve innings
i..t.od ~ the customarv three as