Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-07

contest OF the season.
Vested with supreme authority
counted on to leave no doubt in tn
to who is boss when his charges tai
McGraw, directing the Giants in a W
when it comes TO exercising the pl
will be no ore to question his deci
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pected 70 make she most OF ms opp
Martin is a hit roo,rted over
the prospect that he Will be depr wed
through injuries of the services of
II least two OF the athletes he was
counting on-Gagnon and Richbourg
--Eut his team will be by no means
Weakened by the use of Hargrave
and Gos!in in their places. and he
will have no alibi on that score in
the event his outfit finishes on the
short end of tally.
smiths Foot Is Injured.
An accident suffered yesterday by
Carr Smith may serve to weaken
Miguefs combination a bit. at that.
TIE youthful outfielder was swing
ing a mac" in the batting practice
when a foul crashed against his fr.t
and painfully injured two toes THIS
mlihap. which may result in the loss
OF the nails battered by the impact.
caused smith to hobble during the
session today and probably will ham
dicap him in the contest tomorrow.
both at bat and in the field .
If no more accidents occur the
team Martin will pre- ent for the
Saturday, Iastime will have oss
followed by Ed Bean. at second:
George Fisher. right field: Leon Cos
lin. left field; Carr Smith, center
held; Bill Harg,rave. third base. and
Iabasco Shirley. first base, with
Benny Tate back of the bat.
T.b
rely upon Slim McGTew, Byron Specie
and Fred Marberry, each to go three
innings. This trio. with Fred Wing
HELD, are the most advanced of the
hurlers. who have been toiling here
for nearly three weeks. and Martin
seems 20 be justified in believing that
the City League players who face
them will have plenty of trouble in
connecting with their deliveries.
They took their final long workout
and displayed SO much stuff that it
viii be surprising if the men in the
held back of them have very much to
90, provided, of course, that their
efforts are not marred by wildness.
McGrew Well Advanced.
McGrew appears to be as near to
ready for a threeinning stretch of
DUTY as he ever could be, and with
another week of work should be Just
about nit to go the nine-inning route,
although there is little likelihood that
he will be called on for SO strenuous
a. assignment for some time to come.
Specie is in great shape, too. so far
as his arm is concerned, but to date
ho ass been given little Of the field
tn1 practice he seems to be so much
in Deed Of
Better results from training are ap-
parent in the case of Marberry than
any of the others, however The huge
Texan has worked harder than any
member of the squad since Practice
was inaugurated February IS. BY
d1nt of much ardulous labor he
has succeeded in reducing at the rate
of about five pounds a week and has
put little farther to go in attaining
his goal of 1870, twenty less than he
was toting at the outset.
Griff and Joe Engel, his solitary
scout and Coach Jack Chesbro viii
view the proceedings from a place
OF vantage In the grandstand and If
any of the swarthy complexioned
athletes looks particularly promising
an addition may be made to the Ma
tionals' squad The ability of the
Cuoan PLAYERS. who have been select
ed through popular vote by a Span
lsh newspaper of Ybor City, is unde-
tcrmined. but they have euphonious
names. the list including Pedrero and
Ramos. catchers; Casares, Valdez.and
Pullara. pitchers; Villarin. first base:
oase; Bouza, shortstop; Dominique,
Grandio and Mano, outfielders
Russell Displays Skill.
referred to above, Allen Russell ap-
peared the rubber in the batting
practice yesterday for the first time
and gave a most impressive exhibit
ton, considering that he has had
only three days of work. The rubber
mo 10
anything on the ball during his ten
ure. limiting himself to straight heav-
ing, but he tossed with free motion,
and said his wing felt good.
Clark Griffith has proved his class
as a promoter by enlisting the aid
of various civic ORDINATIONS of
Tampa in boosting the exhibitions the
Nationals are tplay here with the
National League clubs. The Tampa
Rotary Club will sponsor the game
to be played at Plant Field with the
st. Louis Cardinals on March 22,
the Kiwanians will take charge of
the battle against the New York
Giants on March IS. and the scrap
will be conducted by the Community
Chest organization.
Arrangements now are being made
to have the Boston and Brooklyn
games of March Is and 81. respec-
lively, taken over by the Civilians and
boosters Griff has purchased sill
yer loving cup and offered it as a
prize to the organization which makes
the best showing in the sale of tickets
for the various contests. The trophy
is on exhibition in the window of a
Main street jewelry store, and has
attracted considerable attention.
Will Aid City Charities.
The Community Chest game will
not figure in the contest for the
award as it will be merely a part Of
the annual drive for funds for all
the city charities. A tag day, in
which more than 500 women are to
act as sales agents, will be a feature
Of this campaign for funds, and adj
mission to the game will be possible
only for those donating to the pool.
Sunday President Griffith and the
scribes from Washington will go to
st. Petersburg for blowout being
arranged by A. L. Lang. former mayor
of the town and Florida's most
famous booster. All the clubowners.
managers and newspaper men con-
nected with the. record number of
teams training on the peninsula this
spring have been invited for day
Of funmaking and recreation. which
will include golf, swimming, athletic
If various and sundry sporting de-
uartments receive brief or even
slightly garbled contributions for
Monday from their correspondents
they Will understand the reason.
TRAYN0R STEALS HOME,