The Washington times., 1922-03-21

snow shoeing and working In tf
He would always report ready to
Last fall Judge took a position
handling the sporting goods for
Seventh street department store.
The only time he was outdoors was
on Sunday and then 1t was usually
driving his machine around Wash
ington. He came down here white
as a ghost and weak as a rabbit
Trainer Martin Is taking the best OF
care of Judge. wishing to have the
little first sacker in shape by April
70, but right now he Is far from
right. Therefore, Brewer goes to
st. Petersburg today to help out In
case Judge happens to hammer a
double or a triple.
Walter johnson, who has been
confined to his bed at the hotel
for three days with an attack Of
chiIls and fever, managed to don
his clothes yesterday afternoon,
but he Is not expected to do any
practicing until tomorrow. The
big fellow Is pale and pinched
and will need all the intervening
days between now and April IL
to whip himself into condition.
When the Johnsons came here
Mrs johnson and her youngest son
became Ill. This worried the king
Of pitchers considerably. Then he,
too. fell III. taking to his bed with
what seemed a mild attack OF the
"flu." He has now shaken off that
attack and expects to lose no work.
outs from now on.
DOME Bush Is due here tomor-
row night or Thursday morning,
coming direct from his home in In
dianapolis. He will Immediately he
placed at third base for the Yanni-
gans. Bush Is to be trained to re-
place Shanks. with Lamotte acting
as understudy for Harris. and
Bluege working in Peckinpaugh's
place in the shortfield.
Judging from what is going on
here. Ossie Bluege is forging ahead
as the substitute for Peckinpaugh.
President Griffith is openly for him
to stick in fast company and now
Manager Milan Is beginning to no.
tice him. The youngster Is all busi-
ness from the beginning Of practice
to the end. Not even Goebel Is more
serious in his work.
Bluese was the lone Yannigan to
make . good showing in the first
game with the regulars. The
Yannigans were shut out, I to 0, In
seven innings. but the Peoria re-
cruit got himself three hits In
three times up, handled two as
sists and three putOuts, and was
charged with one error on a
Erounder that failed to como up
to him and shot on through his
legs into tho garden.
Bluese's first hit was a short fly
that neither Peck nor Rice could
quite reach. His second was a
. swinging bunt off Gleason that re-
fused to roll into foul territory de-
spite all the blowing Shanks gave
II. His last was a clean wallop be-
tween Peck and Shanks.
You might call those first two
nuke hits was the significant re-
mark Of Manager Milan. but the
third one was on the level. Seems
TO me a player Is more valuable for
the fluke hits he gets when COM
pared with players who hammer line
drives right at somebody"
The real star Of the first Yam
nlgan skirnsh was Jehosephat
Besselievre Briliheart, the Roanoke
College southpaw. That lad toiled
four innings Tor tho regulars. He
permitted three scattered hits and
no runs. He struck out six Of the
Yannigans, retiring tho side in
order in the third. His control was
perfect, not q pass coming while
he was In the game.
Courtney performed for five in
nings against the regulars and dis
played his usual lack Of control.
Seven hits for four runs was hia
record with four free tickets tossed
in for good measure. Together with
. balk the first Of the year.
Gleason followed Brillheart to
the hill and IN three innings gave
two singles to Bluege, hit Earl
Smith and Tanned Woodward; Ray
Francis, the Seattle s0uthpaw,
twirIed two innings against the
regulars and was hit hard, six hits
for three runs coming In while
he was out there on the hill.
The Yannigans are due to look
better when they get their real
lineup in action. Goebel and Bush
are due to play with the Yannigans
and they will be given some better
pitching, according to Zeb Milan.
Yesterday Lightfoot, the Florida
semi-pro, held down third. Woodward
was in left field and Charity
tumbled around in right. Walter
Johnson. who il q bear In the field.
IL also likely to play right for the
Yannisans later on.
Dick Torres handled Brillheart
and Gleason in neat style and
poked two honest-to-goodness wal
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