The Washington herald., 1922-03-05
RAIN RlTERFERES
WITH WORKOUT OF
NATIONAL ROCKIES
Griffith Is Firm in Refus-
ing Demands of
Picinich.
By RAY HELGEsEN.

time OF the year In this part Of Flor
ida. this morning interfered some
what with the National rockies last
workout before the arrival Of .stht
| first batch Of regulars tomorrow. The
steady drizzle kept the youngster.
from indulging in, hitting practice
but failed to stop Martin and Mich
from shooting the pitchers through
their customary mornings warm up
Fielding bunts was also included
in the days session. This morning /
drizzle was only the third which In
terfered even slightly with the Griffs'
practice since they first started train
ing here three seasons ago. The
lack Of spring rains and the extreme
ly good climate are two things which
are expected to greatly influence
President Grifith IL he finally de-
cides to accept Tampa as a perma-
nent training camp for the WASH
ington club
Goose Goslin. Danny Noone. RI
cardo Torres and Nicholas .Altrock
did the bunting today. while the
pitchers got up sweat by chasing
the balls purposely driven just out
Of their reach. Brillheart. Miller
Francis. Gleason and Phillips are
showing up we'll in the art Of field
ing their position. Dangerous Dan.
considering his size. Is also doing
better than was at first expected.
Eddie Digges. the Washington
youngster, and a protege of Skillet
Finn. Is probably having the most
trouble covering his part of the
diamond from fielding angle.
Digges twists himself up in a knot
when delivering the bali and is
SO far off balance after the delivery
that II Is almost impossible tor him
to protect himself from balls hit
right at him, much less field his
position with any degree of accu-
racy.
Martin has begun to teach Eddie
q new style of delivery and IL
Eddie succeeds in changing his STYLE
without lessening his effectiveness,
he will have a 100 per cent better
chance of sticking in the big show
than he will have IL he sticks to
his present style. The soreness in
the leg muscles which some Of the
rockies complained of earlier In the
week has gradually worn away and
this afternoon there wasn't IA
Vored lmo In camp.
Hoshn did very little work today
OUTSIDE OF taking part In bunting
pae'ie. . ms tnrowing arm, which
vas shsPy injured by a pitched
- y.i was sun sore To-Day
| aIong 80, nm 70 JUST Ioi'
oyaS "rs
Torres. who va. .,so ~,
Mho was also MT yester-
| cording 10 Martia
| alreadY In .,1no.t nsn. th y
| will he ahls 70 A. 80, -. enu
work pending the arriva, ava -,
ditioninr on Gbarrjtv ga - Ss.i
mich, providing the ,attsr ao.an,. /.
the terms which Prssident C.tS,;,h
has offered him and which accard'
ing to Griff, are the yery hest
which Val will ret r.-srai
how long he holds out.
I'm through with Val Picinich,'
said Griff tonight. Hes a cleve,
little all-around catcher. and prob.
ably as good a receiver n. thara =.
in baseball, but IL he report. hers
in camp he'd better have accepted
terms first. won't even allcw hin
to watch the workouts unless ht
first accepts this contract and ther
shows me that he means business
and that he Is willing to settle dowr
to real work.
"why, IL Picinicb stenned into rh
hotel right now 1 wouidn't buy min
a cheese sandwich until he b.d
shown me that he realizes ba.ehaIl
is serious business and NOT inst !
summer vacation. That also q,
final"
| Thus YOU can see the vsv cr,r
feels about the boldopts Grir,
feels that he has given tb.n ,
square deal. and that tbev baya eli
down on him. He figures th., q,
he meets their terms n will ha a.
Injustice 40 the rest a, ~. hai,
players, Furtbermore crIe1th q. -,
a man to he held nm ana nn.d. "o, -
like n up maui ~
"wiII vou ,,,o, 1so,,,.L
port here ana tall hus;nasn
have allowed zaoha,v whs ~ ~
in the boIdout cIs.s,- cr,r ,nas
asked
"Not a ohay c-,a.r
w. 90 Ill IL tna'
h,,, "a go . 49,. orvr peace
- ~ me Asch-
'iry olnerent tnan
cssa hscana .p, rue IN ms
80 .s N .nat ne ana
an .nrash tnis matter out To-
S
| i, oent Grimth mas as yet re-
,.,s.io - NO worc from Hlgh Com.
mhn.S M LnoIs as te
,',,,, OF not the former judge
% IN Iampa 10 atteno tine op'
p.n, s game OF tne Nauonars'
braves spring series which Ii