Evening star., 1925-03-13

tionals' base while their teammates
State" but just what hurlers will
Manager Bucky Harris will not KIN
been accomplished in their condition
However, it Is quite likely that
George Mogridge and Stanley Cove
leskie, old in major league base ball,
will be among those adorning the slab
at Tampa tomorrow.
Having broken into the big league
winning class yesterday by trouncing
the Reds, 5 to 0, at Orlando, Harris
now hopes to have his club hold to a
winning stride fairly we'll during the
remainder of the Spring exhibition
series and intends TO hurl all his
pitchers into the line as soon as he
thinks they are prepared to show
their mettle under fire.
The manager of the champions Is
not particularly concerned with his
infield material right now. Ossie
Bluege, regular third sacker; Mule
Shirley, substitute first baseman, and
Spencer Adams, recruit, who does well
on either side of the middle station,
practically are ready to jump into a
league campaign with no more train
ing. The boss himself also is in splen-
did form.
Peck Taking His Time.
side of the infield. and Joe Judge.
who has established himself one
of the best first base guardians In the
business. need little more grooming
to be fit for the regular season. Roger
Peckinpaugh, veteran shortstop, Is
being nursed carefully in his condi-
tioning work, not that Harris fears
the Rajahs lnderpinning, that proved
so troublesome in the world series is
ctan DIV hue iylt tha hrt1 l.
liant fielder always has had to take
plenty of time in prepping for the
league championship season.
In the three games he has been in
for a brief while Rajah certainly ap-
peared to be as fit as a fiddle. He
demonstrated he has lost none of
that remarkable ability to hustle
back to deep short field, dig hot
snashes out Of the ground and heave
the ball accurately and smartly to
first base. His work at bat, too, has
been comm endable, while on the
bases he has revealed no weakness
in the leg that put him out of COM
mission at such critical time in
1924.
The outfielders now touring with
the club seemingly are tuned TO
high pitch for so early in the training
season. Considering that a month re-
to take up their big task, Harris
probably will have to call a halt on
the activities of some of the quintet
of outergardeners on the road squad.
Sam Rice, Earl McNeely and Memo
Leibold from now on will have to be
cautious in their training to ward
off the possibility of going stale"
Matty Needs More Work.
Wild Matthews needs a little more
work to be prepared physically for
the campaign, while Goose Goslin is
getting down to condition much
faster this year than in any of the
others he has been with the Nationals
At present Goose is idling somewhat
because of a bruised finger on his
throwing hand. 1t does not prevent
him from batting or catching, but the
digit is SO swollen that Goose can
2.ot g-.p TIE ball properly co. E
racov. --oweve-, re .C.r IS respond
-ag rapidly TO treatment a.o uae
sls-sa.ag s.Lgser of the word Cam
pions may be back o. TIE Job Gay
day now.
Roy Carlyle and George Reinhardt,
outfield recruits who came from Dixie
circuits with slugging regulations,
will be looked over carefully by
Manager Harris next week. Bucky
has had little time to devote to these
athletes, but in some respects they
have not impressed him so greatly.
! Both have indicated in batting prac-
tice that they can wal1op the ball,
but Carlyle appears to need much
more training in work afield, while
Reinhardt seems to lack certain quail:
tiles necessary to the making Of
big Lacquer.
In scoring their first victory of the
year over a major league club yes
terday, the Nationals played no better
base ball than they did in the two
games against the Giants. but In
those two games the world cham
pions performed about as we'll as
their ardent supporters could desire.
The pitching of the Nationals gen.
orally was good all the way and the
batting of somewhat better order
than ought to be expected at this
stage of the preparatory grind.
Pitching Trio Improves.
The trio of pitchers employed
against the Giants at Palm Beach
Tuesday was used again and each
member of 1t showed some improve
ment in his slabbing. The Reds got
but five hits, three off Jez Zachary
in the first three innings of the fray.
and the others off Allen Russell, who
toiled in the last three rounds
Zach, though, was unusually cool
after the Cincinnati crowd had
punched two bingles in the second
session, while Russell was not much
annoyed when the enemy did the
same thing in the ninth. Allen ap-
peared to be in much better form
than on Tuesday. when the Giants
battered him numerically in his start
on the mound.
Fred Marberry, the iron man of
the Nationals mound corps last year,
hurled during the middle three
innings and escaped unscratched, al
though he granted three passes. Two
OF these walks came in the fourth
frame before Fred had really settled
himself to his task.
In sharp contrast to the total Of
five swats made by the Reds was the
total of IL amassed by the Nationals.
They hit safely in all innings but the
second and ninth, Furnishing three
slabmen. McNeely led the attack with
a triple and a brace of singles.
Bluege made a pair of blows very
effective, driving in three runs.
Rixey Is Soundly Swatted.
Eppa Jeptha Rixey long lefthander.
who used to hurl at the University OF
Virginia before getting a big league job,
was pummeled hardest by the Nation
ais They swung on him for four
clouts and as many runs in the first
frame. McNeely opened the game Iy
driving a triple through Zitzmann. in
left field. Harris grounded to Pinelli
at the hot corner and when the lat
ter tossed wildly past first, McNeely
scored. while Bucky got to irst. Rice
slammed q single by Bressler, send
ing Bucky to third. Leibold strolled,
filling the bases. Then Judge famed.