Evening star., 1926-03-30

sacrifice bunt--trcquently ait
not so 1rtain that .hc Nationals \
style of attack at the plate. 1t will
men made more use a. the hit and
Buckv apparently plsrs 20 continu
to get more out OF ti:e speed III /
stealing.
Since the lively bal came into {
most lost art. With nearly every
gers were content to '>i>m runs a'or
100. but Manager Harris now IS OF i
more frequent attempts at pi'tering
In all of the exhibition games of
the past two we-&s tiatriS has hau
such clever runners as Sam Rice. Joe
Judge. Ossie Bluege and Buddy MNer
try to make headWaE a. lhe expense
of opposing Catrhers. The result
have been gratifying in SO far as base
stealing is concerned, hut unfortu
nately tie punch to advance the mer
more generally has been lacking.
It's better to have a man adNanc
base solely by his own effort than
hv the retirement of another. OF
course" Harris reasons. and be
lieve there * enough speed in the
Nationals to take the chance. FWther-
more, there are several men in the
regular lineup Of me club who pos
sess the knack of sliding into Sack
we'll in addition To haVins plenty OF
natural speed, and | propose 10 make
use of it, We are going 10 ma Ne "p-
posing Catchers work hard trying 10
stop us this year.
Not to Discard Sacrifice.
But don't think we are passing up
the sacrifice hit" he said in discus
sing plans for the Nationals 1876
offensive It's great play aud can
not be tossed aside lightly. However
do not look upon tais form Of attack
as do some other men in the same
With most clubs, one knows when
the bunt is to be attempted, hut | be
lieve generally ii should come as
surprise to the opposition.
There are some good hunters in
our lineup. and after they TAP the
bali they can cover the ground from
the plate TO first base fast enough 10
hurry the other side BY varying
somewhat from the orthodox use of
the hunt | believe We viii gain more
with il than VIII others VINO continue
10 employ it in plays that have be
come almost Standard
The Nationals will have an abun-
dance Of substitutes With speed to use
in emergencies This season. Myer.
who will fill Roger PeckinpauSh
shoes should that worthy become in
Capacitated has demonstrated ne can
dust around the paths in great style.
Stuffy Stewart and Earl McNeely are
noted for their fieetness of foot. and
if Maurice ArchdeaCon is retained he
ought to show the fans some streaking
around the bases.
II is not SO certain, though. that
Archie will be among those present
very long after the Nationals begin
their championship race. Manager
Harris has intimated that he will re-
duce his squad TO the % limit long
before the time base bali commission
rules set that number of players as ii
maximum for a club. And the Ma
tionals must cast or four players to
get their roster down To -.
Players Likely 10 90.
At the present writing it seems
that two pitchers. an inielder ana
an outfelder will he sent elsewhere.
The pair of hurierS TO he sent from
the club viii be drawn from Willard
Morrell. Irving Hadiey and Jim
LYLE, with the aforementioned the
most likely to be retained. Manager
Harris thinks much of The pOssibili-
ties of Lyle and Hadley. In TACT,
for a time he figured that Lyle would
be kept with the club. Now Morreil
spromises to develop into a really
clever hurler much quicker than
either of the other two. and he prob
ably will get the call.
Jock MCNiff. utility infielder. who
plaved independent ball around VIII
minston. Del. and the Pennsyivan.a
coal fields last year. very nkelN VIII
he farmed to a minor or2a niZatlon.
When he first reported here McNln
was thought by Harris 10 he a sood
prospect. and. had ne improved in ms
work to any extent, he would have
had a chance 10 Stitk with the Ma
tionsls. for an underStudy TO the
third sacker. cssie Riuege. is needed
sorely.
But the Young Delaware pia Yer ne
,eIoned = sore Throwing arm shortly
after starting TRAINING an" re'en.l\
has weakened in his batting, ne-
rartnoent of the game - men ne
seemed rather proficient when ne
6rst arrived in Tampa His SWINGS
from both sides of the piat te-he i
q trrn.about hitter--nuW t@Ck power
.r6 he has been missing the bail
freouently during the fail drills
With Joe Harris noW regular out
6alder. the Nationals are cafrENle
four extra gardeners. One Is 10 90,
and indications are mat neitn5I
J01nnV
one to he shipped. Manager Harms
already has mentioned that one OIL
these will be used whenever 10" tiaf.
ris has TO he relieved. the KIND or
pitching employed by the oppositioh,
10 determine the choice.
Tex Jeanes. who now is nursing
sore leg, but who is likely to he IN mar
ness again within g few daNs, .ls
hard hitter and a fairly capable out
fielder. Archdeacon has shown httle
else than speed So f9~. 1t looks as
though the young man drafted from
the Orioles will not be with the Ma
tioualS many days.
Rain deluged Tampa YESTERDAY and
broke a seven-year- record Tor the
Nationals when il prevented them
from meeting the Giar-s in the third
exhibition game sche iuled between
the clubs this Spring. ! was the hrst
time since Clark GIiffith,s hirelinss
have been coming 70 this training
camp that they We're unable to go
through with a calendarec contest.
The clubs were hoping to take the
field today. although there were lndl-
cations of more rain, and Plant Field
this morning was dotted with minia-