Evening star., 1924-03-26

IS nelpleSS. SuCh was the case We
CLEANED off Southpaw Jess Petty,
American Association outfit.
Harris will endeavor to improve
the Nationals attack today by shift
ing his batting order for the game
with the Giants. Joe Judge. veteran
first sacker. who has been hitting
fifth, will be sent to the top of thk
list, while Recruit George Fisher,
consistent bench warmer heretofore,
will bat in fifth place and get a
chance to show his wares in right
field
Harris believes Fisher, who wal
1oped the ball at a great rate after
being farmed to New Haven last year,
viii show considerable Improvement
IN fielding this season. 1t was
Georges poor work in the garden last
spring that caused him to be sent to
the Eastern League
A left-hand batter. he will be used
against orthodox hurlers in the next
TOUR or five engagements, according
TO Harris. while Carr Smith, right
hand hitting outfielder. will cover the
right pasture when the opposition en-
ploys southpaw fingers.
GosIin ana Judge Hit Best.
Goose Goslin and Joe Judge really
have been the only consistent clout-
ers in the five games played with
inaJoi qua mlnOT ieaSue aSgrega tionS
through yesterday. The former has
been walloping the ball in splendid
fashion. having accumulated eleven
safetles in sixteen legal trips to the
plate. Judge has banged seven hits
In nineteen Official trials and these
men have been setting the pace at
driving points across the platter each
being responsible for six counters
Buchy Harris and sam Rice slammed
the pail inagnititcntly in the early
- a. N - l,1rs Il.
ting eyes since. SO nave several of
the Others who punished pitchers at
tlmeS. Against Indianapolis. Judge
heid TO his stride by uy;'i~~ a pair
OF blows. while Peck contr.- d as
many. The little hitting done VS.
OF sound variety, four of the seven
smaShes being for extra bases, but
thls exhibition with the fail was most
disappointing to Manager Harris. and
from now on he viii resort to siren
uous nne hodS to better the clubbing.
IN al Likelihood pitchers at batting
dri!lS VIII be instructed to pitch prac-
ticallE under game conditions. and
the club sWinSers will have to fathom
the hurting precisely as they are
Forced TO in actual contests. In Mon
days batting workout the mounds
men put everything they had on the
balI, but generally the batsmen We're
tipped off as to what was being
thrown Henceforth they probably
will have to guess as to whether a
curve or fast one is to be handed
them.
Analysing Garden Rockies.
Harris now is analyzing his outfield
recruits Carr Smith who smote the
sphere so hard for Raleigh in the
Piedmont League last year. and Lance
Richbourg. product of the Nashville
club of tie Southern Association,
We're in yesterdays engagement
Smith went All the way in right field
and did vel; H. hantled his four
catches vas of the shoestring variety
that drew round of applause from
the Plant City fans. He banked the
frst pitch OF the game to left for
double and met the ball heavily, al
though not safely, in his other turns
at the plate.
Richbourg replaced Goslin in left
field in the fourth inning. but did not
make such a favorable impression as
he did against the Brewers and the
Cards. He failed to clout the ball out
of the infield. and so misjudged a fly
off Aliens bat in the fifth frame that
what should have: been an out went
for a two-bagger and drove in two
runs. And two hands We're out when
the Nashville graduate let the blow
get by. Richbourg, though, showed
enough in his other trials to warrant
further oNsideration.
Three pitchers were sent against
the indianapolis team and the last two
used-Slim McGrew and Byron Specie
appeared to advantage. McGrew
worked three frames and in his sec
ond was nicked for trio of blows and
pair of runs, but had Richbourg's
Judgment afield been better the long
hurler would not have been scored
against. McGrew went to the slab
cold" too, but had a ast-breaking
curve that proved battling and made
strike-out victims of three batters.
Speece Puzzles Hooxfers.
Speece's underhand ball was entire
ly too much for the American AsSoci-
alton sluggers in the last two frames,
but one single, and that rather
%Cratchy. being made off the boy
from Omaha. Specie. by the way,
seems to be curbing that unfortunate
disposition that caused Harris to dis
cfpline him. The submarine hurler
has been toiling earnestly the past
few days, so the fine imposed upon
him may be reScinded.
Fred Marberry, who started the
game, was too true with his deliv-
cries and was well punished in his
first round. With one man out of the
way, the Indianapolis bunch fell upon
him for three singles and a double in
n row and these, followed by wild
throw by Harris, gave the Bushmen an
advantage of two runs over the Ma
tionals, who had scored twice in their
initial turn at bat. Some solid swat
ting at Marberry's expense gave the
American Association team another
tally in the third, the big hurler's last
session.
Marberry, though, has about gotten
down to weight after a deal of work
and seems capable of tuning in n
much better performance than ne did
yesterday. All of the young hurlers
who toiled at Plant City, as we'll as
Walter johnson and George Mogridge,
who are scheduled TO pitch against
the Giants here today, ara TO go the
full route in their next engagements