Evening star., 1923-03-07

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The new arrivals made possible the
formation of an intield and with Man
aser fush welding the bat and Ruel
and Hargravc sharing duty at the
plate Il srappy half hour of practice
WAS pu: N by the makeshift inner
Gordon. This was composed of Evans
on third I.amotte at short Harris
~ second and Aitrock on first.
Evans apparently is IN fine shape
slim and trim and judged by the way
lie hand d himself his three years
OF tly-c' sing with the Indians has
not r.',ired his ability to gauge
ground balls. The first bail Bush
hopper. but 7Evans du- into the dirt
and cam up with 1t and followed
with an easy heave across the dia-
mond that landed squarely in Al
trock'S s nit.
Iam.ttc in Fine Condition.
Lam, now probably is in better
phys r.. coalition that at any tim,
n b career He has added about
fit. aunads 10 hit; hitherto spare
fra:r... ..tt "n"U&h t. leSs," III" vel
know reed Of tool. but sufficient tC
give ;iin the additional power ht
needs ~ swinging his h!udG>un.
T., ECae the first tim" the new in
fed ID i,,un used, and the players
we loud ia their praise Of the
hard.}.,rl; # Mike Martin. The balls
diSp ND II tendency to hug the
gr,GI.#3 but a.. the turf is worked
over VIII get springier and in a
week tine should be in perfect con-
Rue. Lapan and Hargrave tool,
tur; with the mask and protector
in the batting practice, charity
alone Of the hackStops being excused
own boss Of training this spring and
has decided 10 nurse an arm along
by doing no actual receiving until
the training "Trip is we'll advanced.
All Of the huTlers on hand took d
turn at Offering targets for the bat
terS. except Zachary and Beach. Zach
was viii, ng. but was tod to keep out
Of the box for 4 day or two, while
Beach, who was shagging flies in the
outfirld. was overlooked. the wand
drill being terminated before he came
in to warm up. Brillheart and War
moth made the best impression OF
the fingers who toed the rubber.
Both of these lefthanderS worked
with ease and grace and contented
selves with merely getting the ball
UP to the plate.
Dad HankinS. the local product
started out apparently with the idea
of making every man who faced MN
miss three swings. but he was de
tected before he had gone very fai
and at the direction of Griff toned
down his speed.
Battcr's Eyes Are Dim.
Although the boxmen were laying
them over straight as string the
dullirg "ffectS on the eyes of WIN
ter'S laF off was apparent in the et-
forts Of NEST of the batsmen to con
meet. this being particularly true OF
Charity and Harris, but it was not
the case with Hargrave. This sorrei-
topped Eastern Lacquer. swinging
right from ;he end Of his weapon
connected solidly with every ball he
offered at. and gave the garden Gus
todians many ankle excursions. Lapan
and Fisher are others who drove tc
10 unguarded spot.
Hargrave is brother of Eugene F.
(Bubblrs) Hargrave. first-strine
catcher of the Cincinnati Reds him
self a dependable 800 hitter and the
Indications are that the youngster
will have as successful big league
career.
Bartholomew Vandegrift Potter
the huge hurler who told Griff he
didn't like base ball no how before
hiking back 10 his young bride and
home in Kentucky after spending
only on" day in camp. probably will
he put To work in some minor organ
l=;ation where he can develop. Man
Ger Bush is trying to locate a cluh
fur Potter not far removed from his
native hearth where homesickness
Two Of the boys who arrived yes
rnrGlay TOO late to get Il workout. but
we're on the job this morning, were
Inf1elder oswald Bluege and Outfeld-
.r George Mcnamara. Bluege looks
considerably better than when he re-
ported last spring. He was ailinG all
through the early portion of the 1922
campaign and it was not until after
he was shipped to Minneapolis that
lie really struck his stride. Wash
iuGton fans saw enough of the young
s1er to appreciate his wonderful field
ing ability. however, and he proved
by thei .315 record he compiled in
forty-four games with the Millers
shat there is hope for him as hit
ter.
Hluege apparently is most in need
of aggressiveness and if his health is
improved this quality may be in evil
dence this year.
Mcnamara, who also halls from
chicago and made the trip here with
Bluege, is a juvenile coralled from
the sandlots of whose ability little is
known as yet. He will be giver
plenty of opportunity to display his
talents, however, as the Nationals
this season are not overburdened
with a quantity of fly-chasing talent