The Washington times., 1928-02-17
|E WASHINGTON TIMES SPORTS
GR|FFS ARE
UNDER WAY
To CAMP
By Louis A. DOugher


By Louis A. DOugher
Though the small, but most
select, party from the Capital doe.
not start for Tampa until S:1C
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, many
OF the first squad of Griffs ordered
to camp will be making their get
aways today.
From faraway GAINESVILLE, Tex.
Zebq MILAN. coach; Clarence Griffin,
former Memphis southpaw, and
Charles Lane, sandlot southpaw. are
scheduled to leave today. the
same goes for two other Texans,
Sammy West, of Rochester, anc
Fred Marberry, of Corsicana.
BY nightfall most of the pitchers
and catchers will be boarding their
rattlers, headed for Tampa. Bob
Burke has been wintering at his
home in Joliet, Ill, the place where
they have fine jail. Two lads
are leaving Ohio. Sam Jones from
Woodsfield and Ed Wells from Ash
Aand.
LLOYD Brown, a mucIl-tOuted
eOuthpaw, is on his way from
KnightsvilIe, Ind. Two Ten
nesseans, Lizzie Lisenbee from
GAINESVILLE and Luther Roy
from Cleveland, are due to
start today.
Tonight Irving Hadley climbs
into his sleeper in Boston, bound
straight through to Tampa. Clay
ton Van Aistyne, OF Rensselaer,,
N. Y, and Paul Hopkins, of Ches-
ter, Conn, won't be far behind him,
either.
George Sisler, not due till March
/. has already started by motor
from Laguna Beach, Cal, but Hugh
McMuIlen, the Louisville catcher,
has already boarded the train at
Los Angeles in order to arrive IN
Tampa on time.
From st. Louis comes Milton
CASTOR and from Flat River, Mo-,
comes Albert. Cooper, the Birming-
ham backstop. They, too, should
he under way by nightfall.
or Tom Zachary, veteran sloe-
winder, will be the last OF the gang
to leave. He lives in Snow Camp,
N. c., not far from Durham, AMI
will hardly get away until tomor-
row night.
Many OF these athletes are
routed through Jacksonville,
which they should leave at 10
o'clock Sunday morning. As
other clubs are also sending
men into Florida, it is fair
puess that there will be plenty
81 fanfests and back jack games
on that train.
# IL possible that some Of the
Griffs won't land In Tampa untli
Monday morning, but it is Presl-
dent Grifffths wish that they re-
port the night before in order 70
be thoroughly rested before pegln-
ming their training grind.
Many details are to be nattenen
out during the first few days.
Clubhouse quarters are assigned
uniforms fitted land fought oVerl'
rooms chosen land fought overI'
nlaces at the tables in the dining
room chosen without fights ana
other smaller, but necessary. Things
settled to last until camp is broken.
one session daily is the Bucky
11arris program. Until the entire
SQUAD is on hand, there will be put
a single squad working out unoer
fhe shrewd eye of President Gr1rfltn
and the biting tongue OF Sir Mlque
Martin. That's a tough combination
as some of the rockies are due TO
discover. IN
The first gang will report at 10
o'clock and put in about two hours
of assorted effort. There won't DC
any baseball. mark that down, put
those Winter-rusted pitching wings
will be thoroughly loosened, those
aching backs and stiff legs will De
given the rowdy-dow, and it won't
be difficult to go to sleep o nights.
As soon as the entire squad
Is on hand it will be divided In
two. The so-calIed regulars will
he awarded the rookie hurlefs,
the second team the SO-calied
regular pitchers. In this way
the regular batsmen are opposed
to the steadier and generally
more effective pitching.
The first squad begins each morn
ing at $50 o'clock, working for two
hours. The second squad comes on
at 1890 for it's two-hour stunt.
Whenever exhibitions are to be
played. those not expected to play
get in their drill before noon, but
those carded for the game postpone
their activities until after lunch,
continuing it right up to game time.
While in Florida this year only
four exhibitions will be played away
from Tampa before the camp IS
broken. This means considerably
less travelling that hitherto. The
clash with the Cardinals at Avon
Park means a motor ride OF at least
four hours, with arrival home
around midnight. The jumps to st.
Petersburg and Clearwater are much
shorter. the players being back in
time for dinner. The trip to kis.
simmee takes a couple of hours
over a perfect road, and should not
he uncomfortable. All in all, vast
improvement has been effected,
though it probably won't do away
with all the kicking and snarling.
Sam Rice, now boiling out at Hot
Springs, Ark, is expected to get
into the annual spring golf tourna-
ment before hiking down to Tampa.
He was runner-up q year ago and
thinks he can better that this
spring.
Rice is making a determined eff
fort to hang on to his big league
berth. Ill health caused him to
slump sadly in 1927. but a winter
outdoors, followed by the baths al
Hot Springs. should send him tc