Evening star., 1925-03-26

Both of these veterans appear to be
getting along we'll as could be
expected in their training. Johnson is,
perhaps trife heavier than he
should be, but a continuation of the
unusually strenuous work he has been
doing this week ought to round him
into form and give to his hurling the
snap generally characteristic of it in
championship campaigns. So far, this
has been missing, but it is believed
by those in charge of the pitcher s
conditioning that the snap will be OBJ
served in his twirling as soon as a
slight weight reduction is completed
and Walter is able to put the full
effect of his body pivot into his side
arm delivery.
Harris figures Gregg should be
ready for a good trial when Saturday
arrives. The 40-year-old Southpaw has
been bothered by soreness in his left
shoulder, but Trainer Mike Martin de-
clares it to be only natural conse-
quence of the extra burden OF training
put on muscles that had not been
much in use for some months. Mas
Saging has done away with much of
the soreness that Gregg had not al
ready worked out on the training
field.
Ready for Three Innings.
Gregg was the last of the Nationals
pitchers to get down to conditioning
work, he did not report to the
camp here until after the first of the
month. But the big portsider has been
toiling carefully, yet faithfully, since
his arrival in Tampa and within the
past week seems to have made great
progress in the matter of getting
into pitching form. He considers him
self in good physical trim and avowS
that his arm is now strong enough
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In a game.
Manager Harris will continue to
work slowly with Gregg, regardless
of the showing the latter makes
against the Giants on Saturday. After
that engagement more than two
weeks will remain before the opening
of the American League campaign,
and the old timer will be nurSed care
fully in his conditioning routine that
he may be practically at. the top of
form for the championship matches
Mana ger Harris now has one man
quite ready to toe the slab and hurl
to the best of the opposition. He is
JeZ Zachary, VINO gave his most i'm
presSive performance of the training
season in the first four innings of the
game between the Nationals and the
Dodgers at Clearwater yesterday.
Just Is men faced Zach during his
trick of duty on the mound, and only
four of them got on the runway.
Three reached him for hits and the
other was passed.
Zachary was credited with the 16-
to-2 victory scored over the Dodgers,
but his immediate successor on the
slab, Jim Mcnamara, also did we'll
He yielded two Safeties and two
walks i'll three rounds, and although
he is complaining of a sore hurting
arm, it did not seem that 1T was al
fecting his work. Harry Kelley
tRirled in the last two innings, and
il was in his second session in the
box that the Dodgers punched pair
of sWats with a pass for their tallies.
Griffs Get Out of slump.
The most pleasing thing about the
game from the Nationals viewpoint,
was their severe and sustained at
tack. Emerging from the batting
slump that had enthralled them for
some days, the world champions fell
upon three Brooklyn pitchers for 19
hits, totaling 81 bases and including
three swats of the circuit variety.
These long hits rebounded from the
bats of Ossie Bluege, Earl McNeely and
Joe Judge and each blow came as run
ners were on the paths.
McNeely was the demon Slugger
of the day. He registered two singles
and a double in addition to his homer
in five times at bat and made 4
runs Rice and Peck got three
bingles each, one by. the former be-
ing good for three bases. Every
member of the regular National line