Evening star., 1922-04-07


did at Greensboro yesterday and at
Greenville the day before, Zachary
will start in the box this afternoon
against the Beaneaters and be fol-
lowed by either Gleason or Phillips
two of them carrying the entire hurl-
ing burden if they can get away
with it.
MogridEe to Pitch Tomorrow.
In the initial peek supporters of the
Nationals will have at their hopefuls
tomorrow Mogridge is listed to adorn
the center of the diamond at the
start, with either Gleason or Phillips
whichever is not needed for service
today-finishing. For the Sabbath
set-to j. Benson Brillheart. the juve-
nile sensation of the Griffiithian curry
ing corps. will be offered for the
initial inspection of the home folk,
with johnson officiating in the last
two or three rounds.
This is provided Walter has been
able to indulge in beneficial work
daily at 9TH and Florida avenue for
the past week. otherwise one of the
several other rookie fingers in con-
dition for toll will be trotted>out for
the bugs to glimpse for the first time
probably Ray Francis or Slim Nc
Grew. This is the pitching program
formulated today by Manager Milan,
but. needless to say, it is subject to
revision
Unless the Grffmen lose all three
Braves it will be impossible for them
to finish their spring series with
worse than an even break, despite the
fact that they have dropped the last
two after winning four straight.
Milan'S men now lead with five VIC
tories against four defeats. and two
additional wins will assure them of
an edge over their National League
rivals.
Have Outbatted Rivals.
In a majority of the games the
Griffs have outbatted their adver-
saries by considerable margin. This
was true of the most recent contest
at Columbia on Tuesday, when the
margin was fifteen Safeties against
nine. the Capitalists failing to win
because their taps lacked timeliness,
as was illustrated by the thirteen
athletes they had stranded in the
last six sessions. Twice they had the
bases loaded. and twice they had
runness on third and second, only to
have them languish for lack of
punch at the right time.
Some credit, of course, is due the
Braves pitchers for strength and
craftiness in the pinches, but
this does not apply to incidents
third strike in the groove with the
corners crowded and the count three
and two, or Shanks goes fishing for
delivery high and outside to whih
Win a pair OIL mates OH tue pdtHS
Although the weather yesterday in
Greensboro was such that the ath-
ietes did not even visit the ball park.
the lay-off is not expected to handi-
cap them materially in retaining their
present generally satisfactory condi-
ton of physical fitness. for they got
In a good workout the day before at
Greenville, although the game had to
be cancelled.
1t rained practically all night, the
aall oa inf a hIa
quagmire, and the moisture continued
to descend throughout the day in a
steady drizzle. In addition the tenn
perature was quite low and Milan
wisely decided to keep his hireliHgs
indoors. The manager figured that
inactivity was better than running
the risk of sprained ankles on a
slippery field or the danger of corr
tracing colds through getting up a
sweat in a chilly atmosphere with
available except by a long ride from
the park to the hotel.
Regret Tygers' Ill Luck.
Reports from the camp of the Tigers,
which show them to be hard hit by
accidents will be received with regret
by the fans of Washington as we'll as
Detroit, for they mean that the Ma
tionals cannot count on the aid they
expected from the Jungaleers in hold
ing down Washington's dangerous
rivals in the west during the early
stages of the campaign.
The failure of the Tigers to line up
Hub Leonard, their most effective
hurler of last season. weakens them
where they are most in need of
bolstering. The news that Pep Young
is to be disposed of following a re-
currence of the wild heaving that
caused him to be benched as useless
for so much of last season is another
hard blow. 1t means thai, the Detroit
infield, heretofore rated as the poorest
balanced in the circuit, will be even
more undependable with only one
player-Bobby Jones at third-who
can be rated as a veteran.
IIu Blue, at the initial sack, still is
a fiedgling. although most promising
one, and Emory Rigney, who is booked
to get Bush'S old job at short, will be
seeing his first service in fast COM
pany, and although accounted a
splendid fielder is admittedly a weak
sister with the fail. George Cutshaw,
the old timer. whom the Tigers prob