The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-16
COURTNEY, CLEASON
And RAY FRANCIS
TO WORK FOR MATS
Lee Meadows Expected
:. .,' To Toe Slab for OPP
~ position.
By RAY HELGESEN.


opening game OF the Nationals
sPring conditioning trip will be
played with the Philadelphia club
obdhe National League at the latter
100 miles from here. tomorrow aft
ernoon. The game will he called at
ESQ in order to allow the Nationals,
who must make the return trip by
automobile. sufficient time to make
Tampa by what ,Griff and Milan call
a reasonable hour.
Harry Courtney, Gleason and Ray
Francis are to divide the pitching
assignment for the Griffa while
Picinich and Torres will do the re-
ceiving. Lee Meadows. the Pills
famous specialized hurler. is ex-
pected to huTI part of the game
against the Griffs. Manager Will
helm has not yet decided who will
follow Meadows.
Milan will have charge of the
thirteen players who will invade
the Phillies' training camp. Fol-
lowing is the probable line-up of
the two teams and the batting
order:
Standardization. II: Harris. 2b:
IL, ,
francis. p: Lamotte. 3b: Bluege, IS:
Ptcinich. c; Torres. c; Courtney. p;
Gleason, p.
1Phillies-Leslie. Ib: Parkinson.
DO King. CT: Lebourveau. II;
Fletcher. IS; Walker. RI: Rapp. 3b:
WitherOw. c: Peters. c: Meadows, p;
Wetnert. p; King. p.
GOebeI Lone Utility Man.
- the lone utility player Milan does
rot expect to work the entire game
and probably will! give Goebel a
chance m left field in the last four
Or I'VE innings. In addition Goebel
Is fairly handy in the infield and
can substitute there in case any
thing happens to one Of the inner
guardians Nick Altrock will also
make the trip as the contract for
the game carried a clause guar
anteeing his appearance.
The Phillies are said to be a much
better aggregation than the one
that finished last in the National
League race last season. Manager
Wilhelm seems to be getting loo
per cent more work out of the
players than did any of.his tnumer-
Gus predecessors in the last six
years e,
The players claim they can WORK
better for wilhelm as he under
stands them" At any rate there is
complete harmony in. the sPhils
camp for the first time in many
years and critics who have seen
them workout this-year are loud in
their praise of Wilhelm and Art
Fletcher, former Giant. who Is
captain of the team and nils the
role of assistant manager
Even the Philadelphia newspaper
correspondents with the team have
begun to take interest in the team
Two of them. i'm fact, have gone Sc
far as to state that the Phiia-
delphias will make a great night for
a first division berth and that-there
is little chance that they will finish
lower than fifth position. -
Pills to Use ReguIars.
Since the Philies have already
engaged in FIVE games this season
and the GriTs have not yet taken
the field in a regular game. lit car
be seen that the Nationals are
opening in a tough spot. Further
more. Harris will be the only regu-
lar infielde in Milan's lineup
while the Phillies will place their
best team on the field. Wilhelm
may make numerous shifts in order
to give some of his youngsters a
chance. but as long as the score
is close there is little possibility
of his pulling any of his regulars
Woodward. Phillips and Jezebel
Tecumseh Zachary are being primeC
by Manager Milan for the first
game of the annual spring serie:
with the Boston Braves here Sat
urday Phillips is already in shape
and should furnish the Braves a lot
Of trouble. Milan considers Ions
Tom one of the two most promis.
ing youngsters on the squad. Phil.
lips is a red-headed youngster. He