Evening star., 1924-02-27

stricted.
The saudv soil hercabout absorb
although decidedly damp, still afford
encountered no difficulty whatever
III getting up u good sweat, which IS
maueupcrs.
Due to- Il misunderstanding of the
rules some of the youngsters got
their signals crossed aud missed the
session. with the result that they had
Impressed on them in the most ct-
rlrItic manner that discipline plays
as big Il part III the routine here
rs it does i'll an army camp ana
prcrogatives Trainer Mike Martin
rules with an iron hand.
Pay the Penalty.
The luclllcSS lot who were mum
bcred among those absent from the
rark w"r" Specie, Wingiicld, Roc.
Moon and Smith. Messages were
cent post haste to them from the
ticlJ, but failed to reach them for
.sonle reason or other and they Saun
tered around in blissful ignorarc" of
the fact that their mates We're over
in front nt the grand dStaud doing their
atuff. Martin rounded en- all up
alter the midday meal. read them
the park at o'clock in the after
"o"u. Needless to say. all obeycd
the summons aud were put through
the stiffest session they ever expert
cnced
Miguel regards It in the nature of
u personal aftrcut that the youths
for whose condition he is responsible
should have failed TO hold themselves
II readiness tor :: call to duty and.
=ccriug all the alibiS offered, wound
up his lecture with the observation
that this is no dude party; you are
here to work.
Work they did, too. such is they
had never doue before and when the
.Ear-likc Martin called it a day Sone.
Two hours later the youngsters were
ready to drop from sheer exhaustion.
It is safe 10 say that no member
Of thn quintet ever Will be 50 much
as j minute late for any practice
IN the future. Miguel Is . tough Gus
toner when he gets rilcd.
Does Double Duty.
Although he bad put III his allotted
time with the prompt pupils at the
carly sednce, Fred Marbcrry yoluu-
toered for a double-headCr and was
nut in uniform again in the afternoon.
. The elephantine Texan realizes that
he must labor harder than any of the
others to get in playing shape owing
10 the excess avordupois he is totinS
and his attitude i'll the situation is to
lie commended. 1t proves that he has
The proper spirit.
The outlook here this morning is
q. spell of weather many degrees cool
pr than that usually Oh tap in Tampa
t this time of the year and President
Griffith Is smiling with qualification
- result He says this morning be
l"ped 1t would remain cool for at
last Il week longer to obvidte the
possibility that the conditioning of
tne youngsters will be unduly hurried
,y cUatcmarily hot sun and balnly
moGphere. Ordinarily great care
has to be exercised that the players
do not pass the peak Of condition and
20 stale.
Advice5 from Hot Springs. whore
Manage Harris and delegation Of
the veterans are doing their prelim-
mary work, is that cold. damp wealth
CT has been prevalent there: ever since
the Washington squad assembled last
week. The pilot writes that he will
be glad to get back to Tampa, but
shat his charges have not missed any
work thus far.
Eyars' lcIeasc Explained.
Il develops that kencsaw Noun
attn LandiH. commiss iouer of base
halj. had i. hand in the negotia tiorS
that led to tho outright release by
Washington nf outt1eider Joey Evans
which was announced yesterday. 1t
Gems that when Clark Griffith Gu
Eiueered the trade that sent Turkey
bEower 10 the Indians; in exchange for
'lvdns. who WAS acquired with tho
dea of having him play third base
foey was dguring on retiring from
7aSo ball to devote all his time to
ths practice of medicine
Grif wanted to he assured that
LlyanS would he available for at lcast
Two seasonS and wrote him to that
effect when the deal was being neEo-
tisted. He sent Evans A contract but
FOR one year. calling for a. rather gen
crous salary. which WAS signed.
Joey's arm went bad on him and he
not only found it impossible to GOV. +
the far corner. but because of. N-irc
weakness proved a disappointment as
z. fly chaser.
When Griff preached the subject of
terms to Evans this winter to get this
item settled before casting about to
mako d deal for him joey allowed AS
ny Grtf'S original ulsisteucc Oh serv-
zee for two years, and took the mat
ter UP with Lands. The commits
siorer ruled i'll favor of the PLAYER.
n view of tho evidence contained in
rrifith'5 letter, and being unable. to
Isyelarder: the Washington boss de-
rided to take advantage OF the ten
day. clause in the contract.
Moons Hard Luck Cen,inuc>.
Leo Moons candidacy for title tn
he the champion hard luck guy of the
Eear still Is oil the boom. Having his
luggage stolen, losing his. pock thcok
ana getting 4 split lip in practice was
iust starter. Now he has been aJ-
rised that Mrs. Leo AIoou, who je;
hack to hum in Graham, =. 6. taking
ARE of the three little Moons. one but
fhree months old. has been stricken
with acute appendicitis. Whether lnr
condition Will neceSsitate the pitcher
puittins camp TO visit her has not yet
been lct erfnincd.