Evening star., 1923-03-14

considered essential to provide the
Judge will occupy his customary post
around the keystone station and Cos
Chick Gagnon will play short and
head the batting order in the inaugural
contest Saturday. The former Holy
Cross star is little fellow. about the
size OF his manager, Donnie Bush, and
consequently hard to pitch to. He is a
Iight-hand hitter and is said to be
good waiter.
GOslin I'm Clean-Up Role.
Bucky Harris, an adept at the hit
and run with a fast man, such as Gag
non. and quite an accomplished bunter.
will appear in the second hole and will
be followed by Joe Judge, who prefers
10 lead off, but whose penchant for long
drives of the kind that produce runs,
makes him an ideal man to come up
third.
Goslin will appear in the cleanup
role, which he fairly earned by his work
last season, when his batting mark of
.324 gave him the distinction Of being
the only Griffman to finish in the
Charmed circle of hitters.
Dick Wade. leading candidate for the
center pasture beat this season. will
hold forth there and follow Goslin at
hat. The Minneapolis graduate is tout
~ oS Ill dSSoiIipliSilcu HltleI dllu Il
clever base runner. George Fisher.
heavier of hoof, but possessed of slug
sing propensities, will patrol the right
field sector; Bill Conroy. the slowest
'enl hard and far. will cover the hot
corner and do his stick welding just
ahead of the batterymen.
Pete Lapan, the Southern Associa-
ion acquisition. and Bill Hargrav"
League will split catching duties.
Both WELD a wicked wand The
pitching will be divided between
Allen Russell. acquired from the Red
Sox; Jehosephat Brillheart, the juven
lie southpaw who showed to such
good advantage in his first major
league campaign last year. and Dad
Hankins, the local right handler, as
youthful as Brillheart, but lacking his
experience.
This outfit should prove capable of
giving the Bean-eaters quite a battle,
although such accomplished perform
ers as Ruel. Charity, Mogridge
Zachary, Peckinpaugh. Evans and
Rice will be merely spectators.
Family Contest Today.
Although Manager Bush has decided
to wait until the last minute to ap-
portion his players for the intra- club
game that will follow Immediately
after the workout today, 1t is prob
able that on one or the other of the
teams Evans. Conroy and O'Neill will
see Service at third; Gasnon, Peckin-
paugh and Bluege at short; Harris
and Lamotte at second and Judge,
Altrock and Charity at first, with
Goslin, Wade, Rice. Fisher, Mcnamara
ana spare pitcher in the outfleld
and half a dozen of the pitchers TAX
ing turns in the box.
1t is assured that HankinS, Brill
heart and Russell who will off1ciate
on the slab Saturday, will be sent
about three innings apiece today to
fit them for the more important as
signment three days hence.
Clark Griffith is n bit worried over
the non appearance of Ed Rainey. the
agent of the Spalding firm. which out
fits the Nationals. Cy MacDonalds
personal representative was met up
with in Jacksonville when the first
squad was enroute here from Wash
ington, and said az that time, two
weeks ago, that he would be here
shortly with his tape measure and five
trunks full of samples to take orders
for togs. Nothing has been seen of
whether his aggregation will have
new uniforms fo: the opening Of the
championship season.
Tomorrow President Grif1th and a
delegation of newspaper men will mo-
tor TO Clearwater, the gulf coast town
where the Dodgers are training, to
sec the opening exhibition between
The Brooklyn and Boston National
League teams and to attend the ban
Quet in honor of Judge Landis. COM
missioner of base ball, in the evening.
The whiting contingent of scribes is
somewhat concerned over the fact
that Notwithstanding the spacious
new grandstand and splendid dressing
quarters for players no place has been
provided for them to do their work
when the games get under way. Off
cials OF the local club have promised
10 construct a press box with tele-
9"aphic facilities in time for Satur-
DAY
Nike Martin is one of the most
disappointed men in Florida, for the
new field on which he worked so long
and untiringly is not panning out as
his work the job looked fine, but
the cleats of athletes have torn up
The sandy soil that was palmed off
on him as clay and the infield is
rough and bumpy, especially along
The base paths. The trainer now
is endeavoring to import a consign-
nient OF real clay to give the diamond
the firm surface essential to make
balls hop true and sure.
For the second time in four years
that the Nationals have been coming
to Tampa to train hard rain fell
Yesterday evening and continued well
into the night. AS on the other
occasion. two years ago. 1t started
With a drizzle early in the evening
many hours after the players had fin
iShed work. The sandy soil here
abouts drains so readily that this
morning there was little evidence
If any moisture in the ground and
fair weather again was in prospect.