The Washington times., 1922-12-21

boards aa' spring attraction by
the Giants and White Sox, though
they should do fairly well Ia Florida
before hitting the rsttler bound for
the Capltnl. ,s.,. &sS!s sAs $50
The Grjffs and Boston Braves
viii make, the trip home together.
80 TAR Rs now known the only At
fractions VIII be Uncle Nick Al
trock and Walter johnson, with the
latter unable 70 pitch in every town
visited: :, Eddie Rfley.,f the Braves
secretary. kecps,the small town Mns
informed Of the attraction. bur Eddie
win have hard task next spring.
In FlortdG. though. Y win be q
bit different. According to present
arrangements. the Griffs are. TO ,ap.
pear butt once in st. Petersburg,
with the, Braves doing the aame In
Tampa. The Braves. play on Satur.
day. March II, in Tampa. opening
the exhibition series, and this game
should draw q large crowd. On the
following Tuesday the u Griffs. 20
over to St. Fetersburg tor their one
game. and another large crowd
should bssseen there. (.
Tho attractive element Of the
spring Games win appear Tor the
first time when tho Griffmen 70
70 Brxdent0wIl to inject the st.
Louis Cardinals on March e.
Neither team has ever been seem
there, and each has ifs driving
cards, water Johnson Nick Alt.
rock and Rogers Hornsby being
the le6defSs M ~.
Rogers Hornsby led the National
League in about every kind OF hat.
ing possible last season, and, IN
addition. led both major I, leagues
with his AZ home runs. He 3WM be
way, for the first Time and. Il I'VE
know Clark Griffith.s ,kurisrs. ffsy
will do their best 70 stop sHornst0l
every time he comet ups y ss "a a 81 81
Tampa has some OF the wllntst
baseball, fansyin the world among IN
Cuban cigarrpakera. and th1y may
be depended upon tQycrOwd fi1e new
stand, at Plant Field when, H0fheby
makes his bow there on. Saturday.
March "a. The Cuhans like sthe' Afts-
gers, and he will receive plentYAf ap-
plause whenever he drives the Hau
out to the race track, ~ SI
On the following TresdayS WI
come Pat Moran's Cintinnatit Reds
for their first appearance in Tampa.
Ed Roush, the hard hitting outfieider;
Babe Pinelli, the third sacker;
George Burns. the veteran gardener
and Pete Donohue, the wonderful
young pitcher. have never played in
Tampa and should. therefore, be
It will be when the Griffs and
Braves start North that they will
feel the lack OF good drawing, cards,
though big league teams are natural
attractions in themselves to q GER
tain extent in sections of the land
where only minor league ball ID
played. s ~ - A., 3.
Charleston will be the only city
visited for the second hme In two,
years. Savannah, Portsmouth,
Norfolk and Richmond Will be
watching the Griff4 play tho
Braves for the, first time, Tho
last time the Griffs were In Nor.
folk they oppSsed the Giants.
Mike Martin. the Griffs, trainer.
wants the pitchers to report At
Tampa about February a.. -
Two weeks isn't enough for the
pitchers" says Mike. They need
dI ltdSt lID0o WCSho ia GAb6t NV 0AAs
before facing the bAtsmen. Have
them down there long enough to per-
init of gradual strengthening before
they are sent to the rubber" z
Inasmlch ms Martin Is a wizard
when 81. coifies to conditioning ath-
letes, his advice Win likely be fol-
lowed. ~, ts
president Griffith intends going to
Tampa with the pitchers, dev0ting
his time to getting them In shape be-
fore the rest Of the squad reports.
He will have Mooney Gibson with
him. and the newly signed coach will
be in actual command OF the hurlers
from the day he arrives, +
Gibson a. former big league
catcher. has an excellent record fof
handling young pitchers, and he win
doubtless be kept busy at Tampa
with the wild youngsters Griffith
has corraled, His word will be final.
Fingers are ready to ton against the
batsmen. @T., X ~
Tho infIelders and outflelders
will probably repert 1t the training
camp about March !. This win
give them D little moro than .
week before getting into tho rrac-
tice games. -
;rlse, Portisnds thib III. the, Pacffic
Coast League wanted a manager
and 90 Connie Mack sent out Tom
Turner. one Of HIS small army Of
scouts, Turner Mas Just completed
selling about SEQ. .odo worth Of
playersJ. On the hoof and ,he isnV
done yet. ,',t
Turner's biggest sale was to Con-
nie,5 Mack himself. Sammy Hale,
Portiand's third sacker, was turned
over to the Athletics for cash and
players totalling $4,000. Charlie
Echert, pitcher. and Frank
O'Rcurke. a shortstop once with
the Griffmen. have alreadyi been re-
leaaed to Portland in this deal. y
George "Rube" Walburg. the sen.
iv'g~W~ 1AAM3y 4