Evening star., 1924-03-10

the merits OF boiling out as pr
diamond athletes. He is a firm cor
the rejuvenation of somewhat jaded
case of the old-timers under his dir
Tor themselves.
You will be surprised az the fine
physical condition of the boys as a
result of their stay over in Arkansas"
said Harris. THE exercise we took,
combined with treatments with the
radioactive water, had a marvellous
effect on all of US. The players act
AS if they feel ten years younger.
am fully aware of the necessity Of
injecting new blood into our team
and this is to be done, of course, but
you know that after all II is the ex-
perienced players of proved ability
who form the nucleus for any club
and anything that goes into struc-
ture is wholly dependent on the
strength of its foundation.
Pitchers Greatly Helped.
You Viii recall that last year
neither Mogridge nor Johnson was
in shape at the start of the season
and that Zachary was complaining
of trouble with his arm and proved
only an in andouter at best for a
long period, Russell being the only
dcpendab Bile hurler in the lot. Well,
wait until you see old boys in action
here. a.
johnson looked to be in fine fettIe
when he came to Hot Springs and
there was good reasons for this, too.
lie told me that he made up his
mind last fall that he would quit
base ball this summer ii he found
that his legs had gone back on him.
TO try them out he hunted around
through the wilds of Nevada all win
ter and when he came to Hot Springs
was as hard as nails. He SAID his
legs has not given him the least bit
t>s.
and he proved to the satisfaction of
the other fellows and myself that his
underpinning was sound by running
us ragged over in the ozarks- He
hikes over the hills and it was all
that most of us could do to keep
up with the pace he set.
II understand the boys here have
been getting some excellent batting
practice with the pitchers in shape to
face Johnson they haven't seen any
speed, for l can't imagine Walter ever
having been any faster than he Is
right now.
MogridSc Frisky rs Colt.
Mogridge is as frisky as a colt
and has that southpaw souper of his
well oiled. Like his partners, he has
advanced beyond the mere fast ball
stage and is already using hooks, as
well as change of pace.
Zacharys condition probably is
the most remarkable of all, however.
The players on other teams always
p-ofessed to be mystified as to how
Zach got by even during the seasons
when he was at his best, for they
insisted that he didn't seem to have
thing, least of all enough speed to
mix up with his other offerings to
Justify him being effective. Whether
II is d result of the treatment at Hot
combination Of both, the factgremains
that Zach now is using a fast ball
that really is worthy of the name, and,
after he has tipped few under the
noses of the players here I'm sure
they Will make it unanimous
Ruel never has had to work hard
TO get ready for a campaign and this
is true of him this spring. AS a mat
ter OF fact. he was not required to go
through all the strenuous stunts that
the rest of us did for fear that he
might get worn down too fine. He has
Dig task on his hands this year A
job as tirst-string catcher is a tough
assignment for even a. big husky
man Muddy is as sturdy little fell
low as ! ever saw, but any risk of
having him go stale from overwork
VIII be avoided.
Peck apparently has obtained the
same line results from his stay over
there that he did last year, when he
was Just about the best shortstop in
me business aafter having been way
oe!oW par for most of the 1922 cam
paign. due to Inadequate preparation.
Hahn1ser has been under the weather
q bit for the past four or five days.
due to a cold. but a few sessions in
the warm sunshine here should serve
10 snake that off and enable him to
snow the class he undoubtedly
possesses.
Judge Is Much Imoroyed.
Judge unquestionably is in better
health now than I ever have known
MIN TO be at this time of the year
and Is actuated by a spirit that should
or the league. Liability 10 injury
always has proved a severe handicap
TO Joe and consequently to the team,
200. He says he has felt heretofore
mat ne was bound to be the victim
or a certain number of accidents eaclr
season. and seldom have his mis-
givings been groundIess, but he is
going to start this year with the de-
termination to play in every ore of
the l54 games scheduled If he can
90 thlS lt Will mean a lot to the team
,Prothro is the only member of our
little party whose condition is not
all we could wish for, but I have no
donbt that he will be in prime shape
foot, the one he injured while with
memphis last season, is giving him
some worry. The trouble is located
In the heel and caused SO much pain
when he first started working at Hot
Springs that his stomach Topped on
him while out hiking with us on a
couple of occasions. He refused to
quit. however, which shows he is
made of the right stuff. The soreness
seems to be lessening daily and will
be all worked out in a short time, I
believe. He is an intelligent chap,
with lot of ability. and I look to
sec him make a great bid for that
job at third base"
Anxious to View Rockies.
Harris added that he was anxious r.
look over the youngsters here for
what Mike Martin has accomplished
with them during his absence, but
the outlook this morning is that his
inspection will be somewhat DELAYED.
Due to heavy rain that fell steadily
throughout Sunday, the grounds were
in decidedly damp condition and an
afternoon urfS in place of that usual
" held in the morning was the pros
pect.
That affair of Saturday, in which
Mike Martin piloted the rockies to a
A tie in eleven innings against the
Cuban All Stars, presented several OF
the youngsters in a favorable light
chalked UP to his credit, Carr Smith
made a pleasing impression by the
style in which he stepped into the
ball, and Tate gave a meritoYious ex-
hibition back of the hat McGrew
and Marberry looked fine and so did
yielded four hits good for three runs
in q single frame. All of the bingles
were puny little Affairs that Just car
! ried over the heads OF the inhelderr,