The Washington times., 1924-03-21

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into the lineup for many moons
Sam Rice has gone back to CEN
ter field because Manager Harris
wants to be prepared in case Lei
bold fails to make the grade and
either Richbourg or Smith Is called
upon. The new corners are not
center fielders, but may make good
In right field. Nevertheless, Man.
ager Harris counts upon Leibold to
start the season. In good physical
condition, Leibold should hit close
to 800 and his fielding should be
sharp enough to suit the mosC
captious. Therefore he has the
call over Smith, Richbourg and
Fisher.
Doc. Prothro, the dentist from
Dyersburg, Tenn, is booked for
the hot corner. His chances OF
holding the job depends almost en-.
ttrely upon how ne looks a. bat.
He is a right.hand hitter of the
driving type; he sends vicious lin
ers through the infield or over the
1nfielders' heads. With Memphis
last year he got 1875 safe hits and
had fourteen sacrifice hits. He
drove in fifty runs, which is a
little better than one for every
three chances.
There are two very noticeable
things about PrOthrO, his willing
ness to work hard all the time
and his powerful throwing arm.
No mere kid works any harder
than the Dyersburg mOIar car.
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start something and is among the
last to quit.
While he is no Jimmy Dykes in
shooting the ball around, never.
theless he has a fine wing; it saves
him time he might lose because of
lack of speed on the hoof. Prothro
has played a lot of minor league
baseball. 1t is evident in his every
move. He is no raw kid, but an
experienced player who may fill a
gay that Vawned throughout the
1928 campaign.
1t Is in box that most of the
newcomers will be seen. On their
records last year it might be said
that both George Mogridge and
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary are on
trial. That means that two more
youngsters have chances of crash.
Ing into the lineup. The most
promising of all the Youngsters in
Florida is Fred Marberry, the Giant
lad from Little Rock. Then comes
sim McGrew and Fred Wingfield
Joe Martina really looks better than
eltner McGrew or Wingfield but
ne can hardly be termed a young.
eter. He has boon pitching for al.
most fifteen Years and knows the
business.
Marberry pitched fOrty-five
innings for the Griffs last year
and was charged with four VIC
v0ries and no defeats. He Is a
Dig fellow, weighing close to 200
pounds. and has a fine burst of
speed together with excellent con-
troll OF a wide curve ball. Mar
Derry attracts the attention of
every baseball man who sees him.
Provided Mogridge and Zachary
are. slow in reaching top form,
something quite to be expected be.
cause Of the bad weather here
this spring, Manager Harris may
use johnson, Zahniser. Russell and
Marberry as his first string quartet,
with Martina. McGrew and Wing.
field hanging around for extra
work. 1t would be risky for any
member Of the pitching staff to
take too long in getting in shape
Tor his best work. There are too
many promising pitchers wearing
washington uniforms. BY the time
the slow one rounds to, he is likely
to find himself doing bench duty.
With his lineup practically de-
termined already, Manager Harris
is devoting all his time to his pitch.
ers. He has the valuable assistance
and advice Of Jack Chesbro and
Uncle Nick Altrock in this matter
and cannot go wrong. The two old
folks let nothing get away from
them and neither will admit that
even one candidate Is absolutely
without hope Of making good,
though one might name at least
three who will surely perform in
the minors this season.
Today finds the cfrlffmen facing
the Milwaukee brewers at Pal.
motto, over across the river. No
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waukee since Hughey Duffy
brought his brewers around the
american League circuit, back in
1901. Milwaukee dropped back in
to the minors in 1902 and has re.
NAMED there since. The Griffs
will be back i'm Tampa tonight
making the trip by motor imme-
diately after the conflict ends.
There will not be the same kick
to today's game that there would
have been to that scheduled with
the Giants yesterday, but it will be
O ball game and that Is a whole
lot to q team which has played but
two games in as many weeks.
It was wild ride from Tampa
yesterday. Four big cars brought
the gang through a driving rain.
A detour for five miles Just before
reaching Palmetto tested the springs
Of each car and the tempers of all
the athletes. At times tragedy
peeked in upon the boys, so rough
was the road. However, the drivers
were all fathers of large families
and used care in their work so that
the gang arrived here in safety.
Secretary Engel spent a dime or
20 calling Sarasota to learn that no
game was possible over there, and
then the Griffs scattered for
luncheon. There was much wailing
when the athletes began examining