The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-12
HEAVY FINE TO BE PLASTERED
OMERRNG ROOKIE OUTFIELD DER
Goose" Promises to Be Good Heavy Rain
:, Puts Tampa Diamond in Poor Shape

here Is that Milan has handled the
first serious trouble on the club
since he was named manager very
well. He was lenient with GoslIn
at first but when the boy passed the
limit Milan had set, the manager
pulled him up short and Goslin Is
not expected to give any trouble
along these lines in the future.
Critics, and each fan Is a critic.
point out that IL Goose" was to
be reinstated eventually. IL was
best make tho suspension as short
as possible. Two or three weeks
would put him out of condition and
he might be lost to the team al
most half the season. The fine, In
this case. will do the work OF an
indefinite suspension and at the
same time will give the club the
value of the boys services.
A heavy rain last night put the
diamond. In such bad shape that
IL was necessary for the workout
this morning to be staged on the
grass field Consequently there
the time was spent In giving the
young hurIers pointers. Erickson
and Mogridge acting as deans of
the coaching school with Zachary
as lone professor.
The first sore arm of the training
season showed up this morning
when pitcher Ralph Miller reported
at the clubhouse with an ailing
wing. Miller's shoulder has been a
bit sore for the last three days but
he was not considered a cripple un-
til this morning. He tried to work
the soreness out yesterday. but the
wing was even worse this morning
so he was excused from pitching
to the batters and attempted to get
some OF by shagging flies in the
outneld.
Mickey Martin is massaging Mil
ler's salary whip with his famous
ronblister linament. and says the
southpaw will come around in few
days. Miller has been ordered to
lay of pitching next week. Since
he can't pitch, the rockies have
unanimously elected him chief of
the fiy-chasing corps.
Noone shows Improvement.
Danny Noone is showing daily i'm
provement. and has a good chance
of sticking with the Nationals
through the season. Noone is hit
ting the ball squarely, and Is get
ting special instruction from Grin
on the art of receiving. II Picinich
fails to show up tomorrow with the
rest of the veterans, he has more
than an even chance of sticking.
George Mogridge expects to start
curving the ball about next Wednes-
day. and to be ready to pitch his
share of the exhibition games by
week from Monday. Mogridge
gets into condition easier than even
the youngsters, and says he can
work himself into shape in ten
days. He Is one OF the cleanest
living men in baseball. and lays his
ability to hit his stride so quickly
to the fact that he never allows
himself to get very far out of con-
dition. even in the winter.
The Regular-Yannigan games are
scheduled TO begin next Friday.
The Yannigans are billed To- battle
the Phillies In Leesburg next Thurs
day. Milan has not definitely de-
cided who will take charge of the
youngsters on the trip. but feels
half inclined to take the assign
ment himself
Judge. Charity. Picinich, Turk.
Shanks. Bush and Peckinpaugh.
composing the last squad of regu-
lars. are scheduled to arrive here
tomorrow afternoon. Picinich has
not yet come to terms with Griffith,
but he is expected to show up any
how and attempt to talk terms with
the president after his arrival on
the scene. Griff Is in no mood to
argue with hoIdouts. 50 il Val wants
to eat and sleep at the Washing
ton Clubs expense. he had better be
prepared to sign on the dotted line
shortly after his arrival.