Evening star., 1924-03-04

with spirit.
He furnished ocular and audibl
Scout Billy Doyle. who tried last fall
has more pepper than Jimmy Austin
Shirley is huskily built chap. S
and weighing about 180 pounds. He
Goslin, except for somewhat heavier
lots of speed considering his size.
batting practice. which opened the q
at the plate and the determined cut
the fielding of grounders got under v
directly on him.
Neither Jack Chesbro nor Nick
Altrock, who took turns in batting
the ball around found it necessary to
acting as a voluntary committee of
one, the session was conducted at
nigh rate of speed.
Cannot Restrain Him.
As a matter of fact the practice
was Of such rapid-fire order that
. bareback for Shirley in the way of
q sore arm may be the result. So
enthusiastically did the youngster
from Chapel Hill go about his work
he will be fortunate, indeed, if he
does not incur lame wing.
Although he came here direct from
his studies at the University of
North Carolina and has not had
ball in his hand this year, Shirley
started firing it around at midsea-
son speed right from the outset. He
was repeatedly cautioned by Altrock,
Chesbro, Martin and Griff himself
to go slow, but after taking 1t easy
Tor few minutes, he would for
get and resume burning the ball
across the diamond as if alien rum
ners were trying to beat his throws.
Shirley goes after ground balls
o. hnY faly
we'll and proved he has acquired con-
siderable knowledge of the footwork
so essential to the mechanics of first
basing. He throws with his left
sirable attribute for an initial corner
guardian, but Is right-hand hitter
which won't initiate against his
chances on club where the burden
Of attack is carried by southpaw
oticksmiths.
Batters Have Hard Time.
During the batttag drill, in which
Dudley. Roe, Joyce, Brogan, Moon and
Schacht off1ciated on the mound, Shfr-
ley failed to connect solidly very
often, but there was nothing particu-
larly significant about that, for Goose
Goslin was in the same boat. Trainer
Martin has his fingers in such good
shape that player who has not
looked at a pitched ball since last
fall cannot be expected to gauge their
deliveries.
Dudley, Joyce and Roe confined
themselves largely to fast-ball pitch
ing-too fast for batting orbs dulled
by months Of idleness-but Brogan.
Moon and Schacht mixed some hooks
and slow balls with their speed and
consistently, deceived all but Rice,
Hargrave and Fisher. This trio are
hitting 'em on the nose.
In addition tc those mentioned
6Iuege, Rtchbourg. Smith, Tate and
Bean participated in the batting prac-
tice. The last named, who is a prod
uct or the Washington sandlots, like
tne other newcomers, failed to get
many solid drives, but he made a
good impression with his work around
the middle cushion. He appears to
nave what usually is referred to as a
nne pair of hands" and used an un-
eecond-sackers must employ.
GOslin in Good Trim.
Goslin appears to be a trifle lighter
than he usually is in the spring, but
looks to be in fine shape and says he
feels well. Goose could hardly wait
untlI dudley, the first pitcher on the
program, had warmed UP, to get into
the wand drill. The Jerseyman would
rather bat than eat, and he whaled
away at the initial Offering with s
much gusto as if he had been
na1'a namdi1ng a stick all winter. He
put the fact that he missed failed to
anect his enthusiasm and he was still
yelling for a chance to sock one
when Martin called a halt after
thirty minutes work
Goose later went into the field and
put In session of chasing flies lofted
ny Chesbro and Altrock, along with
Hlce, Smith. Fisher and Richbourg.
he moved around with agility enough
@ And got under most of the offerings
sent his way. but had a lot of trouble
reezing on to the ball.
Aiien russell. who brought his wife
1nd young son to Tampa with him,
1ndulged in only a mild course of
himsais his ms hrst day out. combining
short session of fielding bunts be-
Iore taking a jog around the field
ana beating it for the showers. The
6aitlmorean Is an old hand at this
.ralning game, and knows just what
is best for that famous rubber arm of
curing the winter, and seems to be
IN good health. It Is an even-money
Dot that he will be ready for box
work as soon as any Of the regulars
PAGES at Hot Springs, including toss
lng' Tor more than a week now.
Crfpples Puzzle Martin.
Little progress has been made thus
1ar IN getting the two cripples on the
foster-Gagnon and Richbourg-in
shape to resume. the full training
grind. Gagnon's throwing arm no
longer causes him any pain, but it
still Is crooked like an elbow hole on
a golf course. and although he is in
uniform every day he makes no effort
to use 1t. The injury Is such an odd
one that Mike Martin Is a bit puzzled
as to Just how to treat it.
The trainer also is in doubt about
the best method Of treatment for
Rtchbourg, whose ailing foot still
causes him to hohble. Miguel at first
thought it would be wise to have
Lance keep of the lame pedal ex-
tremity. but reconsidered and in
structed him to continue exercising
1t by straightaway jogging in the
hope that using it will break up the
adhesions that have formed over the
instep He takes his part in the
meadow maneuvers daily, but he
naturally cannot cover much ground
and any sprinting he does involves
considerable pain.
Like Russell, Martin INDUCED in a
restricted workout his first day in
camp, contenting himself with merely
getting up q good sweat. Memo Lei
bold arrived too late to take part in