Evening star., 1925-03-07


Cuban Stars today in the first game
Last year, on a corresponding
sometime trainer OF the Nationals,
with the Tampa cigarmakers in IL i
this stigma on his directorial abllt.
noon.
Owing to the indisposition of \
be attended to by Oss Bluege, who
Matthews, lead-off man in the line-t
Then will come Memo Leibold, who
will hold forth at third base instead
of left field, where he was originally
assigned. Roy Carlyle. playing right
field, will bat in the cleanup position
with George Rhinehardt, the Sally
League recruit, who reported only a
couple of days ago and vino is ticketed
to hold forth in left field, next on
the swatting list. First Baseman
Mule Shirley is listed to come up
sixth, Just ahead of the second base
man, Spencer Adams, with Red Har-
grave or Benny Tate, who are to
share the catching burden, in the
eighth hole.
Names Four Pitchers.
II was the intention of impresario
Martin to use quartet of pitchers in
this inaugural combat, he having
nominated Southpaws Jim McNamara
and Benson BriIlheart to help Harry
Kelly and elise Dudley, righthanders,
carry the load. Miguel was a bit
haZy as to the order in which they
would appear or just how he was
going to evenly divide nine innings
OF toll among four boxmen, and in
dicated that circumstances would
govern the exercise of directorial
strategy, just as it does with all big
league managers.
The work of the brand-new players
in this array-Carlyle. Adams, Nc
Namara and Kelly-will BE watched
with much interest by the regulars,
as all have shown a certain amount
of class to date and have indicated
by their actions that they may. some
day fall heir to the jobs of players
who will be occupying the roles Of
spectators today.
Adams has shown up we'll at both
short and second in the fielding
drills, giving evidence of a fine pair
of hands and a strong throwing arm,
while Carlyles work at bat indicates
how he came to amass that 1868
average with Memphis last season.
Both Kelly and Mcnamara have made
A good impression in the box during
the daily duty of pitching to batters,
with the latter especially well re-
garded because of his generous pro-
portions and the fact that he is a
lefthander.
Using Star Slabmnn.
The stogie rollers have an imported
pitcher in the person of Hernandez.
who has worked in the winter league
games in and about Havana, and the
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tho possibilities that he may be able to
battle the embryonic big leaguers. Her
nandez is said to be particularly anxious
to make d good showing on the hill in
the hope that President Griffith and
Manager Harris may be sufficiently i'm
pressed with his pitching prowess to
give him a try-out in a Washington
uniform.
Strenuous efforts have been made to
get the diamond in good condition for
the tussle this afternoon, considerable
work having been done on it by a squad
of men employed by the municipality
which also interrupted work in building
new street long enough to donate the
services of a huge steam roller. but the
lnfield is a rather sad affair and there
is little hope for improving it to any
extent, at least not this Spring. A
splffy new scoreboard has been erected
in the vast open spaces of right field
however, and all in all, with the to-
bacco manipulators likely to turn out in
full force, a large afternoon is in pros
peet,
HinkIc With Squad.
There was another addition to the
washington squad Yesterday when it
wac. Joined by Matt Hinkle, a strapping
bigsbackstop recommended to President
ftrfH h.TI I01h 7 Is,
stopper of the Nationals, and who this
Year is with the St. Louis Cardinals
La1notte, who spends off seasons here,
was impressed with Hinkle's work in
theswinter league that operated in this
section
Hinkle, who worked with the Denver
club of the Western League last year
under a non-reserve contract and now
is d free agent, Is paying his own ex-
penses at the camp here. He is about
as big as Truck Hanna, the old Yankee
catcher, and demonstrated in his first
workout that he has an arm of STEEL
regardless of what his ability may prove
to be in other respects. Hinkle raises
theA total OF -catchers in the squad to
sixs-for, in addition to Ruel, Tate and
hargrave, Raymond Jones, a Washing
ton sandlot Lacquer, and Guenea Quinn,
local boy, have been helping out
Most OF the Washington players last
night attended an open-air boxing
show, conducted by local promoters,
and were furnished as much enter
tainment by Altrock and Schacht as
by the leather pushers themselves.
Nick put on phantom wrestling
match with STRANGER" Lewis and
wound up by heaving his imaginary
opponent from the ring in the fashion
made famous by Big Mum, while
Al demonstrated his skill as a box
lighter by kayoing the shade of Benny
Leonard after furious battle. Their
stunts went over big with the capac-
ity crowd.
Gregg Reaches Tampa.
SSyivanus Gregg, veteran portside
pitcher, who for time threatened to
spurn the Nationals unless given
some of the money with which he
was bought from Seattle, got to camp
this morning. His arrival completed
The squad regularly enrolled as Griff-
men, and probably saved Vean a deal
of trouble. President Griffith was
about ready to take summary action
in Gregg's case because of the latter S
dilatory tactics in so far as reporting
at the training base was concerned.
WOMEN IN GOLF FINAL.
BELLEAIR. HEIGHTS, Fla, March