Evening star., 1927-02-27
BATTERS TO FACE SHARP
PITCHING RIGHT OFF REEL
All of National Rookie MOundsmen Have Made Fine
Progress in Two Weeks Training-Regulars
to Report at Tampa Camp Tomorrow.

| consideration and from the current
outlook they will get it.
The most notable advance in the
scaale has been made by Clayton Van
| Alstyne, the Eastern League asquisi-
ton, who was shared on the recon-.
mendatio nof Al1iock. The coach,
after seeing him in action last sum-
mer, while doing bit of clowning in
New England, reported that the native
of Rensselaer,, n. Y, shaped up in his
estimation as fine prospect and this
youth of 26 years gradually is adding
| corroborative evidence to the fact that
| Uncle Nick is reliable scout.
Manager Harris is much impressed
with the showing Van Alstyne has
made and said today that If he ex-
hibits any aptitude for pitching under
test conditions when the games get
under way he will stand first-class
chance for retention. Van Alstyne is
big fellow. with the stamina of q.
bull and a powerful arm.
| Next to Van Alstyne, the greatest
amount of Improvement has been dis
played by Dick Coffman, the baby of
| the band. Although but 19 years old
| and possessed of only a single season
! of experience in professional base ball
| with the Chattanooga club, the actions
! of the youngster have caught the
| fancy of both Harris and Coach Ons-
low. He has a smooth delivery
and generates a remarkable amount
of swift
| Lou McEvoy, Coffman's teammate
| at Chattanooga. is plugging along in
acceptable fashion and is well liked by
the gang, but the rest of the outfit
has failed to fash anything impress
sive in the way of pitching prowess or
t4.9ta s,.;t
| for hanging on cannot be rated as
rosy at this time. They include Bill
Morrell. Lefty Thomas. Pat Lotus,
Curley Ogden and Leo Mangum.
Sunday Watches johnson.
Walter johnson INDUCED in another
business-like workout today and had
Billy Sunday as a companion part of
! the time The famous evangelist has
been visitor at the park almost daily
since he opened his revival here a
| week ago. He has yet to climb into a
uniform and try his hand at fly chas,
| ing. in which he once was a big league
star. but he donned a big mitt and
caught a few today. He also started
with Barney for a jog around the
| track. but decided the distance was
a bit far for a man around the so.
year Iudih duu pluieu UP AFTER COM
/ pieting half the circuit
"A youngster named Roy Peterson,
who is member of Sundays entour-
age, and has aspirations to become a.
| pitcher, was loaned 81 uniform today
and took long workouts but he
tossed SO hard without adequate prep.
aration that he is likely to be handi-
capped in his plate passing duties at
the tabernacle tomorrow by a sore
arm, and il is doubtful whether he is
as enthusiastic about enlbarking on
diamond career as he was before his
experience of today.
Big league moguls are fairly deluged
with tips from well wishers about the
wonderful prospects hidden away in
small towns, and Clark Grifith nat.
urally is no exception. The latest
phenom revealed to him is youth of
30 years named Teddy Carr, who halls
from Ruskin, small town near here,
and who has earned quite local rep
utation as a strike-out artist In semi
pro circles. Carr is southpaw OF
considerable heft, weighing 1SO, and
Griff assured his informant that he
would be glad to have the boy looked
over il he would report next week.