Evening star., 1923-03-05

this morning when the athletes we
close to two hours instead of the
during the preliminary practices.
proved welcome to those reminded
last week. and, refreshed by day
with a will today to work out the
and get ready for the main squad,
Thursday.
Taking stock OF the material avail
able for inspection thus far DOME
Bush Is constrained to believe that
no difficulty will be encountered In
finding one hurler and possibly two
to round out his staff of holdovers-
johnson. Mogridge, Zachary and Brill
heart. The fingers who have attract
ed the managers eye are Wallace
Westinghous Warmoth and Jonk-
heer Baskerville Hollingsworth.
Is Merely a Hunch.
It's just a hunch with the piSmy
pilot for, naturally, none of the
fingers has shown anything In the
way of stuff to date. 1t being en-
tirely too early for fast-ball pitching,
not to mention curves. But Donie
has quizzed them and determined
that they know something about the
business they are in: He is impress
ed with the fact that they possess
level heads and believes that if they
live up to their minor-league reputa-
tions and improve with competent
coaching to the extent reasonable 10
expect they will prove decidedly use
ful during the coming summer.
Neither is a rank greenhorn. AS
a matter of fact Warmoth is twenty
eight years old. and has been knock
ing around in the sticks long enough
to have acquired considerable poliSh.
AS the PLAYER himself puts 1t ne
never before had the incentive to
buckle down in earnest, working TOT
comparatively small salary ana
81 nft q q -
ture. Consequently he was disin,
clined to exert himself overmuch and
was content to just get by, Win
the result that he usually was lar
overweight and generally in poor
condition.
Offered a contract calling for a
sum far in excess of anything he
ever had received and with the as
surance that even more could be oD-
tanned if it was earned. Warmoth
has taken a serious view of the sit
uation This is illustrated by his
strenuous off-season training tnat en-
abled him to report here practlcaily
down to weight and with keen De
sire to prove that he can make the
grade in fast company.
HollingSworth is not SO OLD as
warmoth by about three years, but
is serious minded duck OF the type
Griffith himself is authority for the
statement that Hollingsworth dis
played much more stuff than the great
majority of rockies picked up Tor
was cruising through the midwest
last season on the hunt for talent
and camped on the trail of Joe can
tillon's Millers for more than week.
according to Griff. and hook that he
delivers with almost as much speed,
his most serious defect being the
matter of control. With Hack Glib
remedying just such deficiency the
dark-visaged right-hander who had
trial with the Pittsburgh Pirates
and was let out for more seasoning
should come to the front rapidly.
Hankins Came to Terms.
1t didn't take long for the light to
filter through on Dad Hankins. The
Tampa twirler did lot of hard think
ing following his talk with Griffith
Saturday evening, which resulted IN
the club prexy terminating the inter-
view with the ultimatum that Hank
ins accept the generous terms offered
him and report for work this morning
or to consider the offer withdrawn.
Hankins came back to the hotel
yesterday forenoon and following
short confab repaired to the dining
room with the other players for lunch.
a ull-f1edged member of the squad.
Hankins did not work out with the
squad this morning. however He
was granted a few hours grace TO
gather some clothes at his home In
Brooksville. Fla, where the trains
run only infrequently, and is due to
show up later on this afternoon. when
Manager Bush and Trainer Martin
will be on hand to assist him in taxi
ing his initial workout 1t develops
that Hankins is not the only member
of his tribe in base ball. He is a
cousin of Bobby Veach, star outfleld-
er of the Tigers.
The other baking member Of the
hold-out contingent, Bill Conroy,
probably will not be heard from by
wire or mail, but is expected to be
on hand just the same when the bell
rings for the big bunch later this
week. Just before leaving Wash
ington Griff wrote to the young third
Tampa from his home in Chicago. and
instructing him to use it only in the
event he would report here Thursday
and sign at the salary offered him.
If Conroy remains firm in his de-
termination to stay idle rather than
play for the amount Griff has named
he probably will write to that effect,
but If he shows up it will be tanta-
mount to accepting terms.
The Washington players spent Sum
day according to their different in
cIinations. Griff, Altrock, Rice. Har-
ris and Charity played golf, others
took auto trips to nearby points of
interest and two of them went fishing
-Hargrave and Warmoth. Neither Of
the latter caught anything, except
them down the bay, and then sat
fishing all afternoon with their legs
exposed to the rays Of old Sol-with
dreadful consequences.