Evening star., 1925-02-25

IF we had stayed here until Tues
day, as originally planned, those of
us who have to be in the lineup
every day certainly would have been
short of batting practice, even though
pitchers aplenty had been sufficiently
seasoned al Tampa Those extra two
days are going to mean a lot to us,
and if we fail to get off to good
start in the series against the Giants
no alibis will be forthcoming from
me.
IF the boys thought yesterdays
hike, was strenuous one, they are
due for a rude awakening today. We
had a pretty long jaunt at that, but
hereafter they are going to be just as
long and faster It's the speed element
which marks the difference between a
tough and a soft, and beginning with
today there is going to be precious
little time out. I figure that by bear
ing down for the five days remaining
for us here we should reach Tampa
ready to jump right into base ball
with all the fellows, sound in wind
and limb for the test. Some of the
players have joints that inclined to
get a bit rusty when little used dur
ing the Winter but most of the kinks
should be worked out of them by this
time, and if not they will be when
tier.
Johnson demonstrated by the way
he negotiated the upgrades that he is
in his usual good physical condition,
and there is no doubt that if he
wanted to let out he could leave US
all in the rear, painting for breath. AS
it was we had difficulty keeping up
with him at two or three stages dur
ing the hike.
al in ha sirr
session held on the lawn in front of
the hotel when we got back. too. Us
ing apparently no effort whatever, he
lined 'em over to Ruel with more
speed than any of the rest of us have
been able to muster, despite the fact
that we have had the advantage of
more than a weeks start on him.
"Ruel also acted as receiver for
Ogden. who said he felt fine after the
warm up. Curley made no attempt to
do anything more than lob the ball.
but his swing was fairly free and
there is every reason to believe that
if his training is carefully done he
should prove of even more value to
the team than last season when he
won quite a string of games in sue
cession for us"
GOslin Back on job.
Every member of the squad par
ticipated in the jaunt yesterday, even
Goslin rejoining it after an absence
of a week. Goose Streaked it for the
golf course when his hiking chores
had been attended to and PACED Babe
Ruth. That worthy was not to be
found and the rumor current was
that he had forsworn the royal and
ancient pastime as a result of disgust
felt over the bad beating administered
to him by CIoslin the day before This
remains to be seen.
Goslin and Judge both have been
bounding Harris for permission to
pull out for Tampa ahead of the rest
of the squad, but their arguments
failed to impress him. Goose has been
here since January % and Judge ar
rived on the I'd of this month.
Goslin's plea was that he needed a
lot Of batting practice due to the fact
that he always is a slow starter and
Judge may have had in mind that
there will be exactly 13 in the train
party, but the pilot turned a deaf ear
To all such chatter.
The Yankees will be the first of the
five American League clubs repre-
Sented here to move on to their
Spring base ball camp, arrangements
having been made for them to head
for st. Petersburg. Fla, Friday. The
Gotham gang includes Sam Jones,
Everett Scott Urban Shocker, Wallie
Schang and Steve ONeill, in addition
TO George Herman Ruth.
None of Huggins' veterans has been
detected working very hard during
their sojourn, but all are reported to
be in fair condition, although the
Bambino is sure to be many pounds
over the mark he has been trying to
melt down to.