The Washington times., 1925-04-08

01Um ana anHOuuCS W tiAS RosAsssAG
Here" .
In modern wartime parlance, it
ssthe zero hour has arrived. Just
che cactus circuit and the world G
their native heath and home.
The last Chamber Of Commences
with its cigar-iaden welcoming com
mittee wiIl have been left behind.
The spring feting will be q thing
Of the past, and the new frienos
formed in this helicon existence
viii give way to old, familiar faces
and scenes. The boys may relax
the dignity which has been per.
ecrca s mart Of their roles and re-
cline In the simple home surround
ines. which have haunted them Tor
After today's local encounter with
the weakening Giants, but four
slxirmishes remain before the lid
viii be dynamited of the season
indeed. That tense moment Is
what all OF this depIoying through
cfyn war territory has been about.
and no little group OF WiIlfu1 de-
stroyers could possibly reconnoiter
In such historic territory without
absorbing much Of the spirit Of
warfare popularized here and here
abouts in the early sixties.
That atmosphere has made itself
contagious to every man and the
team is now in such fettIe that the
kind OF morale exists which prompts
4 winning fight, whether that fight
be- to get first to the breakfast
table or first across home plate.
10 get down 60 plain hot and
cold baseball facts, this team B
fighting mad all over. Early and
sustained repunses by the Giants
did mot make the team lOOlt the
best I'm flae world, but the sting
Of repeated defeats has finally
gotten under their skins and rem.
7dered them . veritable hornet
nest, and the Giants can look out
from now ON and 90 can the
Yankees and the Athletics and al
the others Of whom Harris has
proper places IN the stirring days
The foregoing u not q mere boast,
superinduced BY q hopeful breast,
but can be hacked up BY actual con.
ditions which Bucky Harris has
been able 70 bring about 81 the last
week ok daily work, sometimes two
sessions 20 the day as was the case
in New Orleans, Mobile, BirminG.
ham and way stations.
Really no element Tor d guccasS.
ful start can Be said to Be lacking.
The club hitting has been sharpencd
mp perceptibly, the pitching has
Teen improved 100 per cent siace
the team started north from Tampa
and the fielding has been generally
high class at an times with tire
exception Of those occasions when
bad fields were encountered and
Blcky Harris instructed his pupils
not to risk life nor limb.
He desired no handicaps TO accrue
from injured players, and that he
was quite astute In this respect II
proved by the fact that the club
returns to washington tomorrow
with healthy normal squad in
every physical respect, with excep-
That Is something that John BIC.
Graw Is unable to boast ct the
present hour, a. he has sent Lind.
gtrom to Chicago to mend and
frankie Frisch sustained an injured
right thumb in Memphis Just as
his ankle was recovering from q
Jam it got during the last game at
Tampa.
As the very last lap Of the OK
hibftiOn strong begins, e Is graft
have out scored their opponents,
taking them by and far, majors
end minors, alike, by 1z9 runs to
1O6. Over group Of tWenty.fOur
spring canters, fourteen victories
have been recorded by the cham
piOns rs against nine games lost.
There was one tied game &C No
BILE which went thirteen innings,
each club getting seven runs.
Lest some OF these spring per.
f0rmances, particularly the early
ones. have escaped your memories
a tabulation Of the dope at this
time may be apropos. Here are the
statistics:
March lo--oianta 5; Griffa. .; At
March Ii-olAntA ,; ariffs. /; ct
March I2-Reds. .: 0riffs. 5: ~
March 1s-lGiIwaukss. .; crifss, 4: ..
March I4-Rravss. Is: orifts. 10; al
March 1s-c0lumbus. 4; Griffs. 8: al
March 17-Brsyes. .; Griffa. 1; II
Of. Petersburg.
March is-Rsds 8: Griffs. 3: Al
Tampa.
March Is-Indianapoiis. ,: 0rifsa s;
at Tampa.
March 3l-GIants. 5; Griffs. 5 a,
Sarasota.
March 2s-Brookiyn IL: Griffs. ,: 81
Tampa
March 24-BuffaIo. 1; Griffs, q: Al
Tampa.
March s6-BrookIyn. 2; Griffs, Is: a,
Clearwater.
March 2s-BuffaIo. 5; Griffs. 8: iii
,1nnings) at Tampa.
March 2s-GiantA, 5: Griffs. 3: ~
March ss-roIedo. /; Griffs .: at st
March so-oiants. -: Griffs. 3; q,
March si-oiants. .; oriffs .: a
April s-PeIicans. .: orifhn ;: a
New Orleans.
April s-PeIicans. o: oriffs, s; q
New Orleans.
April l-Bears, q; GFiffs. 2; (t3 In
April 6--Bears. 3; Griffl. s.: ct Mobile
- April e-Giants, q; Grtffs q; 1t BiF
minghan.
April s-oiants &; Griffs. s; (le in
ntngs1 at Augusta
The only regrettable feature cor
eerning the above tabulation &