Evening star., 1924-03-09
TEAMS QUIT 4-ALL
AFTER Il innings
Mike Martin, Pilot for Day,
Decides Trainers Job Is
Not So Bad.
BY DENMAy THOMPSON.


manager Mike Martin still is
in the maiden class. He made
his bow in this role today when he
directed the Washington Rockies
against the Cuban All Stars, but
score tied at 4-all and a lot OF
sphnters in his pants was the best
he had to show for two and a half
hours of sliding up and down the
bench.
Miguel worked hard to earn his
spurs as a pilot, but after eleven
innings of alternate pleading, cuss-
Ing, pratsing and threatening, in
which he used thirteen athletes, in
Guiding four pitchers and pinch
hitter, he concluded that being merely
a trainer is not such a bad PROPOSE
ton after all and resolved hereafter
to stick to his chosen vocation until
next spring, at least
Runs Short Of Material.
There was only one fault to be
found with the way Nike ran his
team. Having decided beforehand
that none of his hurlers would work
more than three innings and having
designated them in advance, it can
be stated that he handles his pitchers
in fine style. His wigwagging of
stratagems was done in the most ap-
proved big league manner and his
anticipation of situations indicated
keen study of the game, but in his
determination to crown his direc-
torial debut with success he drafted
too heavily on his meager reserve
strength and at about the time the
dining room found himself without a
second baseman with which to carry
on.
This came about as a result Of one
of the crafty coups Mike sought to
engineer in the course of the battle.
1t was in the eleventh inning, with
a stalemate in prospect and one out,
that Mickey bethought himself of
utilizing the superior Swatting service
of Lance Richbourg, who was view
ing the proceedings from a comfort
able chair because of lame foot.
Ed Bean was due at bat and, as the
Washington sandlotter had been unable
to get ball out of the infield in five
previous appearances, the Southern
League Slugger was summoned.
He contriyed only to doft an easy
fly, and when Smith rolled out softly
after Fisher and Goslin had drawn
passes Mike discovered he had no one
available to play second base, all the
| being dolled up in the civies ready
to make a dash for the chow. AT this
juncture an appealing look from
Miguel to Umpire Bill MCGOWAN was
correctly interpreted and that official
promptly prevented an embarrassing
situation by obligingly calling the
game.
Contest Is ColorfuI.
There was plenty of color to the
contest, SOW though it was. Most
of this was furnished by the uniforms
Of the Cubans, which included all
well known shades and few diffi-
high spots, too. Bill Hargrave has
a black and blue one, on his face
resulting from an attempt to catch
batted ball in his teeth, Carr Smith
forgot to set his alarm clock after
gracefully catching one fly, and Shir- :
ley and Fisher put on a revival of
! that famous Alphonse-Ga classic
without which no spring exhibition
| would be complete.
Tate, Shirley and Fisher did all the
batting that was accomplished
| against the pair of pitchers who oc-
| Cupied the mound for the enemy,
outside of an unproductive Texas
| league double by Bluege, while Cos
| lin, Smith and Hargrave, the punch
! of the rookie array, went hItleSs.
| The prowess of Goose as, swatter
( enabled him to draw a couple of in
| territorial walks, but when they were
! pitching to him his overanXiety made
MIN an easy VlCIlIH OIL SlOW DdllS
Walter McGrew draped his six feet
| six inches of frame on the rubber
! at the outset and after a fine start.
| in which he retired the side on eleven
| pitched balls, was nicked for q tally
! when Bean and Hargrave grouped
! errors around the solitary safety he
| yielded.
Specie Gets Pounding.
! Marberry followed the slim one and
} breezed through his three innings,
allowing. but one safety. Speece was
! next in line and after whiting a
trio in his first round, the seventh,
F, was mulcted for a quartet of bingles
| which netted the aliens trio of
| tallies Brogan was drafted for serv-
| ice in the final two sessions and got
| by unscatched, despite tendency
to wildness.
A walk to Hargrave, Shirley's
| healthy triple to left and an error
/ gave the juvenile Griffis their first
two runs in the second. Tate paved
the way for another marker in the
fourth when he pounded out a single
miscues, and the final chalk mark
| was hung up in the eighth when
Tate evolved another safety after
Shirley had jammed a double to
right.
A chunky Latin named Dominique
| proved to be the star of the Cubans
both on attack and defense, his two
timely taps and f1y-spearing activities
making him the hero of Ybor City
| tonight.
AItrock and schacht furnishe ed
| plenty Of fun for the close to 1000
| spectators, and Nick gave an exhibi-
tion of first basing with a huge gift
cigar in his mouth that alone was
| worth the price OF admission.
|