Evening star., 1923-03-21

1t is filled with curios and the
Washington club. Some of the curios
are almost invaluable. They were
collected by the late Henry Bradley
Plant and the hotel is literally an art
center. The Washington club was
collected by Clark Griffith. and there
are times when he thinks that 1t is
almost invaluable. and other times
when he wishes that it were-wel. 1t
is not right to use the word defunct,
because that is an eXaggeration of the
truth.
Class of Pitching to Decide.
Griff says he has some tip-top young
players, and you are inclined to be-
lieve him when you watch the team
play. George Gibson the old Pitts
burgh catcher. known far and wide
as Gibby. and who quit the task OF
managing Pittsburgh because the
players threw him down. says it is
matter of pitchers with the Senators
in 1928 GibbF is coaching the pitch
ers and that is one thing in which
he eNcelS.
Walter johnson did not get here 10
work with the team when il arrived
and. of course. now that he is on the
job he will take his time and set
along in his own way. Mogridge is
going better with Gibson handling
him. and if there is as much in Brill
heart as Gibhy thinks there is he VIII
have a pitcher out of him. Hankins
is being worked and Allen Russell
is taking his time.
Donie Bush is following his own
ideas about handling the men. and
after a good look at Washington in
action il is safe enough to say that
the team will not do much loafing on
Bush. That young man is hustler
Town Treats Team Well.
Tampa has treated Grifr very we'll
The town has tied him up for five
years and built him new concrete
infeld some better than the old in
field even if il is in the same place.
The outfieid is poor This is the
campus which was made from 1918,
when Ruth. then a boy of merry
years with the Boston Americans hit
the ball so far toward the Tampa
river that Billy Sunday autographed
it.
The other afternoon Washington
and Boston played the opening game
on the new field and the players
seemed determined TO try to beat
Ruth's record for home run. 1t
is now insisted that Judge hit the
ball further than Ruth. He didn't
into some suburb. which was not
touched by the Ruth hit. but the fly
part of the Ruth hit carried further
than the fy part of the Judge hit.
The Washington team has some ex-
cellent young players. But it is
easily seen that Judge will play first
and Harris will play second.
Conroy Is Being Worked.
Gagron is being tried at short.
He played the other day against
Conlon of Boston. Both of them
kicked the ball. Boston seems to
think Conlon is going to make good.
Washington hopes that Gagnon will
make good. Both youngsters can
stand another year in the minors, but
there are no minors to whom they
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being given good workout for J
Washington. He is player like |
Wild Conroy. |
Evans, the old Cleveland outfield-
er, has been tried at third and will |
get more trial because he can play |
third base. Whether as a steady he |
would be uo to the demands of the !
rosition is something different |
Evans hegan to snap them across the |
diamond with too much speed too
eraly in the season. Ordinarily he
has fine arm, and when the sore
ness works out of his muscles he will |
go ahead with little trouble. 1t will
be up to him then to prove how
capable he is for the position.
Peckinpaugh is almost certain to
play better at short this year than
he did last. He will be better ac-
customed to the team. If either
er on the right side Of Peckinpaueh
the Washington infield will be a
different proposition when it gets
down to work this year
HurIers Must Come Through.
Whatever combination Bush tries in
the outf1eld when he gets ready TO
announce his lineup of regulars for
the season Is bound to be better than
that Of 1922. Griff seems to have one
of those teams which he has had SO
often In the past, one that can be
depended upon to make fight for
any game If only the pitchers will
come through for him.
The pitchers are not like they used
to be-" he said. II don't care what
any one says about pitching 1 know
that when I was in the game as a
pitcher there wasn't a one of them
against whom I had to fight who
couldn't pitch to the batter Darn 1t,
they knew the batters. Nowadays all
these pitchers are pitching to the
plate. That isn't pitching. that's
throwing the ball at target"
Washington will come up with a
better team than last spring if Griff
doesn't have bad luck
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