The Washington times., 1925-04-04
AND
ZACH ON
MOUND
Manager Harris Will Send
Two SouthpaWs Against
GuIIs at Mobile
Bv KIRK MILLER.


q decidedly improved aggregation
Of ballplayers following three
sharp practices and two actual
exhibition contests in the summer
climate of New Orleans, the per-
ambulating Griffmen faltered one
step nearer home overnight and
are snugly nestled in the Cav
thon Hotel here which will be
their headquarters today and to-
morrow while the Southern Assoc
citation Gulls are being encountered
in what viii be the last two minor
league engagements of the 1925
spring schedule.
Zachary and Ruether will be
started in the order named, shows
ing that Harris is going to have
them ready. to open the season,
despite the tough Giant games to
come.
The Griffmen babe New Orleans
farewell at 8 o'clock last evening
and made this short jump OF 140
miles in their sleepers which, were
oased into siding here at lbs q. m,
where the slumbering inmates were
unnelested until an accommodating
switch engine warped them into the
station in time to reach their hos
tslry for hot cakes and sausage and
q refreshing toilet before going out
to the Cults park for the prelimi-
nary practice which Manager Harris
has ordered as a sort or appetizer
for the afternoon conflict.
Wherever these cocktail doses OF
pre-game workouts can be inserted
into the schedule between here and
Washington, they viii be a part
OF the daily routine. At one or
two points the geographical condi-
lions would not permit this, but that
they are the very prescription which
q rapidly rounding the pitchers into
form is an agreed fact among all
who are following the fortunes or
the team.
The champions have been told
by Harris that IL ID up TO them
20 shape up and the uItin1atum
Is being taken seriously from the
Ilumblesf rookie 90 the veriest
veteran. III Mobile and Augusta,
the stay in Birmingham being
only for one day, prove the tonic
Tor batteries that the LOuisIana
climate did, the fondesf expecta-
lions Of Harris, Griffith and com
many will have been realized and
they will not. be leading the team
into Washington next Thursday
noon through the back door, but
rather through the main pOrtlcO
Of Union Station, sight which
incidentally win be q welcome
one TO the weary wayfarers, who,
after all, have done the best they
could under the schedule laid
ont for them.
Refugees from justice could not
have kept up a warmer pace than
that obtaining on the Cooks tour
: through Dixie and the boys have
In reality always been lust one
lap ahead Of the sheriff" IL time
and tide will merely give them a
chance to get their breath and
take in their surroundings, they
have a good chance to blossom
: forth into a Towering plant which
fairly dazzled the baseball universe
not so very long ago.
As things now stand, five or
six of the mound staff Of thirteen,
are ready to CO." Four Of these
are veteran southpaws. an uncanny
state Of affairs for old timers who.
as a rule, need the warmer days
OF May to find themselves at their
best Mogridge is an exceptionally
reliable early and late season port
slider, he being at his greatest dis
advantage when the sweltering
days Of July and August prevail.
Zachary, Gregg. Ruether and
Martina have done bit of lobby
boasting that they are ready to go
nine innings right now. but that
stuff must be discounted with a
little grain Of salt. II any two of
them can swing game into the
winning column during the last
they will be playing. they will re-
ceive no reprimand from their
superiors.
Then, there Is Stanley Cove
leskie, who impressed against the
Pelicans and is on the border
line, at least, Of preparedness.
Walter johnson Is still over
weight, as is Fred Marberry, but
Mike Martin Is working hard on
them, and they are both taking
their workouts very seriously.
johnson looked like q world-beater
against the Birds yesterday, and
20 did Gregg.
Walter has intimated that he
would have liked to have made the
trip direct from New Orleans to
Washington, and with plenty of
wraps, including a rubber shirt,
finish off development at home, un-
hampered by leaping and jumping
hither and yonder.
President Griffith. however, in his
astute eye to business, has agreed
to drag Walter. who is trying not
to be temperAmental about IL at all,
through the hamlets and villages OF
Alabama and Georgia and is not to
be debated with.
There are those around here vet
who can't understand why Walter
should not have at least remained
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