Evening star., 1922-03-23

I'VE are more than amply protected
in all positions" Griff observed. haV-
ing practically two complete teams
with an understudy for every regular
by charleyhorse in his leg last year
looks great now that he has gotten
rid of the ailment and can play
bang-up game at third in the ao-
sence Of Shanks. This Bluege Is one
Of the sweetest looking youngsters
and Is destined to be come a wonder
full player He is just the chap to
have hanging around in case some
thing should happen to Peckinpau5h,
while. Bush can fill in nicely at second
base in the event Harris is hurt.
"Erower is valuable in a dual ca
pacity, for he can acceptably perform
Judges duties at first or relieve Cos
lin in right field. Then we have Smith
to sub for Rice in center and Goebel
to take Milan's position in left Where
can you find better. balanced anc
more capable array of second-string
material than that? Nowhere"
High Praise for Noone.
Next to Bluege. VI hom he lauds in
the highest terms, Grin Is most laV-
ish in his praise of Freddy Noone.
who, he predicts. will become star
says the Washington lad gives every
sign of being a natural hitter and
only needs about d year of steady
work to perfect himself in the actuai
mechanical work of receiving. HIS
aptitude as a pupil was illustrated IN
t.e family quarrel yesterday. when.
catching for the Yannigans. he util.
isad the instructions he had received
in preventing delayed steal by ciev-
erlv frustrating an attempt made ov
x'eck in the fourth inning.
Shanks pulled the play on him In
the fifth and 1t resulted In a heave
to center field that permitted Hank
to tally all the way from first base,
but it was through no fault Of Noone:
He had the situation sized up and
got of a perfect heave over the key
stone sack. misunderstanding be-
tween La Motto and Bluege as 10
which should cover being responsible
for the play going wrong, although
Noone was charged with an error.
Where Bluege illustrated his caliber
yesterday was in the fourth inning.
when Rice hoped slow one just
over the pitchers head. Ordinarily
such a whack would mean hit for
oven a player of Shanks' poor spurt-
ing ability, and the fact that Bluege
contrived to pounce on the ball and
ferry it with a snap throw to Brewer
ahead of a speedster such as Rlce
caused all witnesses to marvel. Hav-
reached the point where he takes his
natural swing, Bluege makes a very
good Impression at the plate. too.
Many Pitchers Must Go.
With seven inielders. six outfielders
and three catchers scheduled to be
carried through the season in addition
to Johnson; GdEIaE M0gridge' zaehary: asan1s,
fingers. and Nick Altrock.- indis.
pensable combination of coach and
clown, berths for only three OF the
rookie pitchers will be available. Joe
Gleason already has eiinehed one neg Of
ward. Francis. Miller. Brillheart, Nc
Grew, Digges and Turk. will be
trained for the other two remains
problematical.
II 1t were necessary that a choice
ton that Brillheart would get one
of. the Jobs. The left-hander has
shown so much in the way of pitch
ing wares and. ability to field his
position that he is being seriously
considered for a job this year. despite
his youth and inexperience. II an
older head beats him out 1t Is assured
he will be back again next spring.
for there Is no question that ne
has a brilliant future. When Brill
fall he looked the youth Of seventeen
years that he was, being. a mere
stripping of $50 pounds. but he weighs
ITO in his street clothes now and still
is growing: In another year he
probably will be one Of the heftiest
hurlers on the roster.
Gleason gave most impressive ex-
hibftion of finging In the abbreviated
practice clash yesterday. Until the las:
Of the four rounds he officiated for
him for a bingle; only Peck finally
succeeded. His control was faulty
on only two occasions, Harris and
Torres getting passes. and he never
was in danger of being scored on.
Score on -Brillheart.
Bnilheart. who relieved him. al
lowed two runs in the fifth on a pass
single by Shanks. in addition to the
1atter's theft of second followed by
Noone's heave to the outfield, referred
to previously. Singles by Peck and
Rice. with Milan's sacrifice sand
wiched in between. accounted for an
Slim McGrew started in the box for
tho Regulars and worked five innings.
in which. he yielded as many hits.
Two OF them. Gharrity's double and
accounted for the only run made off
his delivery The Texan displayed
moro speed than at any time since
training was tnaugurated and Man
eger Milan was pleased with his ex-
hibition.
Ralph Miller. who has been afflicted
with q sore arm for more than a week.
followed McGrew on the slab and
found the going none too easy. He
was tapped for a counter in the sixth,
when Goebel doubled and Charity
singled. and gave up another in the
seventh. when Lightfoot's real bingle
and q Texas Lacquer by Smith pre-
ceded a streak of wildness in which
Lamotte was hit by a pitched ball and
Brewer and Goebel drew passes in
succession, resulting in run being
forced over the platter. But for
Torres. whose arm Jagged two Of the
Yannigans, the damage would have
been greater. ss- Il
Charity led the Yannigans with the
bat getting three straight safeties.
while Peck showed the way to the
Regulars with pair OF clean blows.
Goslin got into the lineup for the
f1rst time since the game with the
day. but failed to accomplish any
thing noticeable. He still is favoring
hie injured side.
Courtney and Phillips will carry all
OF the pitching burden in the contest
with the Braves here today II they
provo equal to the task: otherwise
Zachary will horn into the proceed
inga. This game will break the dead
lock in the series, which now stands
at one-all, and may be expected to
prove another real battle.
walter johnson expected to get into
uniform with the stay-at-home squad