The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
Mats Leave Tampa
This Noon On First
Leg Of Trip Home
Five Games to Be Played With
Braves on Return Journey.
Two More Listed for Flori-
da Avenue Park Saturday
And Sunday.
BY RAY HELGEsEN.

BY RAY HELGESEN.
TAMPA, fla. April 1.-THE MAJ
tionals. "the next American League
champions" II one Is optimistic
fenough to string along with Prcsi-
dent Clark c. Grlfith. leave here
tomorrow at noon ION. the first leg
OF their six-day journey to Wash
ington and What many Of the play
ers are pleased To call Gods coun-
try"
Five games. all with the Boston
Braves. will be played en- route
home. Two more will be staged
at American League Park in WASH
ington next Saturday and Sunday
The Cribs will then play their
Anal exhibition game of the spring
with the Georgetown University
nine on Monday. Tuesday will be
day OF rest for the weary attn.
letes and Wednesday Mister Grif-
fth's hopefuls will open the season
against the Yankees. present Junior
league champions. at the Georgia
avenue park.
There will be forty members in
the Griffs' party on the way North.
Twenty-eight of them will be BALI
players. Scribes. trainers and ANA
teur secretaries complete the ball
ance OF the party.
The Griffs will make the jour-
ney to jacksonville alone. but will
pick up the Boston club in that city.
Mitchell will have thirtY-five men
in his party and the two clubs will
occupy three special Pullmans on
the transforming trip.
Leave Jacksonville Today.
Leaving Jacksonville. Fla. %.
morrow night at 8 o'clock. the two
clubs will make their first stop at
Charleston, S. C.. Monday. The fol-
lowing day they play at Columbia,
| S. c.. and then make daily stops at
Greenville. S. c.. Greensboro, N. c..
and Lynchburg. Va. before arriving
/ In Washington at 1880 Saturday
morning.
Goslin will cavort in right field
on the trip North. but there is no
certainty that he will start the
season as the running mate of
| Milan and Rice, The Sally
| Leaguer's 'ieldinR has been so
ragged lately that Milan may start
Earl Smith during the early part
| of the season.
Smith came TO camp this spring
unheralded and unsung. By many
he was figured as merely a utility
man. Few thought that he would
have a chance to crash into the
lineup. Goslin's showing last fall
appeared to give him a strangle
hold on the right field berth.
But while Goslin was breaking
rules, the Sheriff was training seri-
ously and today Is in 20 per cent
better shape than the youngster.
| Smith settled down to work 'imme-
diately upon his arrival here. He
| has been playing basketball all
winter and therefore IL didn't take
| him long to get into shape down
here.
| During the Regular
games here, the Sheriff has been
''hittin' like a fool" In fact he has
outhit all the regular outfielders
and has generally been the big
noise in the Yannigan offense.
| Therefore Milan. though he has
made no definite statement, Is seri-
ously considering opening the sea-
son with the former Brownie in
the lineup.
George Mogridge looks like a
| 100-to-1 shot to pitch the opening
game against the Yanks. Mogridge
is in the best form of his career.
HE romped into condition this
spring and is already almost on
edge.
The fact that Walter Johnson
will be of little use to the team
for almost another month is caus-
ing Milan considerable worry and
loss of sleep Walters wife has
been seriously i'll down here and
naturally the Big Smoke has been
unable to get in much work. Mrs.
johnson was operated upon for
some trouble with her eyes this
week. For a few days her condi-
tion was critical, but her physi-
clan said yesterday that she would
be able to make the trip direct
to Washington.
johnson has done practically no
YORK this week and Is in Virtually
the same condition as when he ar
rIV-d here three weeks ago. there
Is absolutely no hope thar =. will
be IN shape to hurl the ope ing
lame. He will he lucky II he's
rnady to start by the last >. this
moth.
Mogridgc Due to start.
Mogridge. therefore, Is NJ has
cr,y possible selection for The OPP
ching fray. Courtney is in good
physical condition. but Is still so
wild that there Is no cha nee that
he will get tbs opening assign
ment. Zachary is not yet in shape
and must hustle IL he expects to
be ready before the season starts.
Erickson is In fair condition. but
there, is little likelihood that he will
get the assignment.
"Ossie" Bluege, the Peoria
youngster, has changed his style
of hitting and seems to be getting
better results than he got earlier
in the spring. Bluege formerly
used slap swing. Now ne IL ak
ing a three-quarter cut at the ball
and according to Griff il will I'm
prove his hitting thirty points.
Bluege hit .2s3 in the Three-I
League last year, his first year in
organized baseball.
"Ossie" has been hitting them on
the nose during the Yannigan-Re$-
ular settos. but has been consist
emily unlucky. His drives have
been hit directly at the fielders.
Griff. however. is satisfied as the
"Old Fox" figures that luck In dine