The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-24

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:. they won't succeed.
~. Specie and two other youngsters
o"Hcracked one of the training rules.
har Harris took them aside and eX
= planned his reason for the rules and
49,, the seriousness Of their acts. Two
'' of the trio at once expressed sorrow
70 and promised to make amends in
% the future.
SYs ''Speece was the only one who
.sssWouldn't admit the wrongfulness Of
4 s2his act. nor show any desire to
conduct himself differently in the
~ future" explained Manager Harris
$3.50 1 plastered a $50 fine on him.
os;I hate to take away a mans money.
onto live. But If man is going to
= play on this ball club while 1 am
10 managing it, he's got to obey or.
So ders. I told Specie that. / also
~ told him that if he changes his
VII conduct, does the right thing and
attends to his knitting, the fine
won't go. That's true, too. He
won't lose a cent il he drills along
- with me, but he's going to lose $50
land plenty more If he thinks he
can pull anything. There isn't IA
x. man on this ball club who can pull
rasF nything and get away with it.
"a don't expect the cider players to
). cause trouble because they sknow
better. don't want the younger
- players to try because they haven't
=; chance in the world to get away
~ with it. That goes for all Of them,
rs too. I'll play absolutely fair with
- every man, but demand that every
zone Of them play fair with me-"
~ Byron Specie has an excellent
90 III
berth in the big league this year.
He has trained faithfully and is
today among the favOrites. He
= was showed into Saturdays game
: with tho Cardinals i'm q tough
, place and came through. He
:, should DO the better for that acid
~ test.
: n.
~ When Zanihinser passed Roger
~, Hornsby. filling the bases in the
ninth with two out, Harris sum-
- moned Specie. The i. first practice
ball was whizzer and Harris said
~: to him, do that, kid, and you've
sSgot 'em."
Specie was facing Sunny Jim Bot.
tom!ey, who hit for .371 in the
National League last year. The
=, first one was fast one and Umpire
:, MCGOWAN called it a strike. The
:. next one was wide. The third Bot
) tomley, rolled to Harris, ending the
= game and giving the Griffs their
- third consecutive victory over Ma
- tional opponents in Florida.
- Manager Harris believes Specie
sure to be a star in fast company.
But he also insists that Specie
obey the rules of the ball club. II
the youngster thinks he can do as
-. he pleases and get away with it, he
.;A will have a sad awakening. The
same thing is true of the older
players who think they NAV crowd
the young manager to the limit.
Tomorrow Fred Marberry will
.be called upon to travel five in
nings, and Slim McGreW four
against DOME Busll's Indianapolis
Indians of the American ASsOcja-
ton. Marber1y looks better the
more he works. McGrew is doing
well enough to suit everybody ex-
,cept Jack ChesbrO.
:, Chesbro is being kept away from
McGrew until the latter gets cen.
fidence. AS soon as the tall Texan
apparently arrives at a place where
ChesbrO can go to work on. him,
gin developing into a star. 1t is
Chesbro's task to make n finished
product Of Dangerous Dam
"McGrew has the makings of a
great pitcher, explains Chesbro. He
is tall, has wonderful side arm,
fast ball, and fair curve. But
he doesn't get everything into every
ball he pitches. He has q jerky
motion. AS soon as Manager Har-tI
ris gives me the word, shall be-
gin showing McGrew how to get
the best out Of himself. He has
It in him. All he needs is instruc.
ton and experience. He ought to
be the successor Of Walter John.
son with the Washington ball club.
only hope he will follow direc-
tions when l take him in hand
and I think he will, as he is
sensible fellow who knows I'm
doing everything for his own
good.
This promises to be a busy
week for the athletics. Today
only routine practice is on the
cards, with q hop. for most of
them over to Plant City i'm the
afternoon for the indianapolis
clash with the New York Giants.
Then como five exhibition games.
Tomorrow the Griffs 20 over to
Plant City to tackle Doni Bush's
team. On Wednesday the New
York Giants, champions Of the Ma
tional League, come here. Thurs
day the Griffs go to Breakdown to
battle the Cardinals. Milwaukee
has been scheduled for a game here