The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-24

De said OF the others.
My arm feels fine says Murray,
- Won SIX and LOTT three games
IN q Washington uniforIr4a year ago
after coming from MOBILIZE ''and I
really think / should hang Nan this
year. But dog gone it, I can't seem
to start shedding this weight, no
matter what l do"
Bucky Harris has started some
Wild guessing by saying that he ex.
poets to get six promising pitchers
out Of the squad now here. Seven
teen pitchers are working out TN
Plant Field. OF that number Thurs.
ton may be expected to remain. The
same might go for Crowder. That
leaves but four Of the other Is.
CroWder has a few pounds to lose
yet, but is rapidly getting into prime
condition. Thurston, reporting late
put in good shape, is doing but the
highest kind of work and Is under
orders to hold back.
The skinny Bob Burke is at.
tracing most attention from
among the remaining Is. Uncle
Nick AltrOck has appointed him.
self Burke's private tutor, and
the Little Rock southsider Is
forging ahead rapidly. He seems
q natural athlete in more WAYS
than one, and is making a won.
derful fight for big league birth
on his very first trial.
Horace Lisenbee, who won II and
lost 8 games with Memphis q year
ago, is also attracting more than or.
binary attention from Manager Har.
ris. Lisenbee is about Crowder's
size, Is most serious in all he at
tempts and demands attention. It is
g good bet that Lisenbee will be with
Griffmen when the season opens.
1t is well-nigh impossible to pick
and choose from many of the Others.
Indeed. Harris himself may not be
able to do that right now. He ad.
mits he wants to see them all facing
the batters before he can Judge them
as pitchers.
Warming up is necessary in
spring training" explains Manager
Harris, "but when they get in there
and have to bear down against the
hitters, then they have to have the
stuff There's plenty Of time and
I'm willing to wait"
President Clark C. Griffith with
the city engineer, surveyed the
field yesterday and arranged for
the making Of second diamond
Inside of the race track. This will
be made during the summer and
will be used by school boy teams
until next spring. Then it will be
available for any other team
sharing the training camp with
The Washington Club.
Tampa's city officials are all
het up over the idea of having
4, next spring. The board Of trade
i ia sOIidIy behind the move and
President Griffith has promised
Fl TO do his utmost to bring the
4 Pittsburgh Pirates here in 1928.
That's WHY the second diamond
:. Is to be laid out and improved
during the coming season.
Leo Mangum has fire IN his
eye. Bob Burke carries a bruised
and blackened lamp and AL Schacht
Is out five bucks because of three
/ Volley ball games yesterday to de-
I eide the championship of the camp.
Mangum got frey over Referee
Riley Bakers official decisions and
kicked himself out Of the game.
Burke almost lost an eye when
Curly Ogden reached over the net
I and sought to gouge out his left
organ of vision AL Schacht was
backing his team against Bucky
Harris to the tune Of five smack
ers. The Harris five COPIED two
out of three decisions before some
200 Tampa fans who were roofing
wildly before the game ended. The
playing was for blood.
Uncle Nick Altrock and Senior Al
berto Schacht will be missing from
tomorrow's practice session. They
win be on their way to Avon Park
to take prominent part in the
official welcome by the town
fathers to the world champion st.
Louis Cardinals. Senior Schacht
Il booking up the comedians for
q series of Florida appearances this
spring. This Is his first.
Nine training days have
worked wonders with the. squad
here and aside from those still
battling to reduce to weight all
are ready to face the batters.
''This Is the best looking gang
Of pitchers we have had since ]
came to the Washington club" says
Manager Harris and Uncle Nick
Altrock, who goes back to 1912,
agrees. eff all we need is pitching