Evening star., 1928-03-29
BY JOHN r. KELLER.


After the games with the Bir.
mingham BaroDS Of the Southern
~ Association at birmingham to.
morrow and Saturday the Ma
tionalS' pitchers will so into exhibition
engagements without being scheduled q
pitch only certain number # innings
Manager Stanley Harris believes that
by Monday his moupGSmen should be
ready 10 perform under championship
season conditions and viii employ them
accordingly
For these thorough tests. the pilot has
tentatively named Big Four pitch
ing staff II includes Horace LiSonbce
Fred Narberry sam Jones and Milton
CASTOR and The program announced by
Harris calls for these hUrlerS 10 start
the exhibition Tits IN the order men
toned Each Of these starters Will con-
tinue on the hill rs long rs the mana
ser deems Il wise 10 keep him going, In
al likelihood, each Will So & fun route
against ths Giants, who Will be PLAYED
sN next week. at nesSt once
This program would have IiSeEbep
facing the New Workers At Birmingham
next Monday, Merberry on the hin at
Atlanta on Tuesday. Jones in action at
Greenville. s, c. on Wednesday and
Castor as pitcher az Charlotte. N c.
next Thursday Then IlSenbee would
come back at the Giants at Norfolk on
FRIDAY Of next week. while Marbcrry
and Jones would get the mound as
Signments for the two scraps with the
NcGraw clan 10 be staged IN Washing
ton.
CASTOR for Seasons Opener.
Should the plan be- followed strictly.
the honor Of hurting for the Nationals
in the flag race opener al Washington
on April 10 would 70 10 CASTOR new
70 the club this year Right now CASTOR
appears 70 be in better trim than any
other veteran Of the staff and the
workouts lie Is 70 get against the BsrOnS
sJ Birmingham and the Giants at
Charlotte ought to have him at the
peak Of form when the big business Of
the year for the club gets under way.
In making Jones one Of the tentative
big Four" Harris is not giving up the
idea OF grooming sam more for relief
purposes than anything else. The
transfer from the Browns viii be ac-
counted q regular turn Slabman. how
ever. until Irving Hadley IS considered
fully recovered from the effects OF the
operation for appendicitis he under
went at Tampa on March 8 Hadley,
who led the Nationals mound corps
last year. Is going through brisk daily
workouts now. and believes he viii be
ready for fun duty by the middle of
April. but Trainer Mike Martin VIII
have to be reasonably certain Of Bumps
physical condition before the pitcher Is
allowed to get into q game.
AL connected with the Washington
ball club. excepting President Clark
Griffith. cleared cut Of Tampa last night
and stopped over here today for clash
with the jacksonville Tars OF the South
eastern League At the last moment
Griffith switched his departing time
from the training base 20 today Before
quitting Tampa this morning he held
a conference with city officials concern
ing plans he hopes to put into effect
at the training camp in the West Coast
metropolis next year. but nothing was
definitely decided, according 10 word
received here.
Beaten to o by Cards.
In their final exhibition engagement
a. their training base. the Nationals
yesterday we're tTounced 2 70 0 by the
Cards. That gave the senior circuit
club three wins in as many starts
sgains. the Harris clan and left the
latter with a record OF five victories
seven defeats and Cne tie IN game
played before starting 70 weno lis way
hou2eward
There was no punch In the Nationals
bats n the Tampa finale, only FIVE hitS
being registered against the brace ol
twlrlers the CARDS sent to the slab
Wee Willie Sherdei. about the cagiesl
southpaW IN the game today. was On
the firing line in the first five frames
snc al that came the Nstionasi' way
was three szfetieg Jack Kloza opened
the Washington attack with q single and
wa stranded al second after Bot
Reeves sacrificed Huah EcMuller
began the third round wtth q one bass
knock and weg nipyed wgea he en-.
ce2goIec 70 stea. after Horace Lisen.
bee and Kloza had Nhifled Gran
Cilias doubled with two gone In tbs
fifth and McMulien's best this tine wa
q loft 70 the right fielder
Jess Hanles, VINO was the rig1t-hane
pitching star d the National Leagu,
last season. yielded two singles and
pass ln hls four innings Of toll. Sammy
West walked with two gone in IN
seventh only " watch OSsle Bluegi
ground out Muddy Ruel. who wen
Dehiud the bat for the first time thL
Spring when he relieved McAiulleI
after tae aiItb session singled In thi
eighth gnlY " ge caught Hlth Ton
zachary lu 4 zloe~retiylnR double play
ore as out ig the ninth when COos.
Cczhu gluch-Hitttug for Reeves. pop
pe6 a GuEy single W .efi The Coos
became the third National u reaci
fhe middle basa ~ Joe Judge va
tEfg8D g8t. lBen BaDe CAMEL lines
~ tle Card sceouG seeker Il @as ~
CA for Washington hitting
Horace A1aenb@e 3EG Tom Zachar
c.c lhe Glu2lE2 tgY the Hau.smen Ill
gong 9sFglVN tg.@ first six frames IA