Evening star., 1928-03-13
HARD WORK |SDUE
FOR YOUNG BOXMAN
Harris Dissatisfied With Con-
dition OF Star-WeSt's
Case Causes Worry.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. March l3.
while touring here today with his
Nationals. who were hoping to get back
at the Braves for the defeat suffered III
Tampa last Saturday. Manager Stanley
Harris. during general base ball dis
cussion remarked that young Horace
IiSenbee will set plenty Of work on the
pitching nil before the American
League championship gets under way
IN Washington on April 10.
The performance OF this hurler,
latest Of the Nationals TO renounce
l,achelorhood. against the Beaneaters
last week end was far from what natu-
rally was expected Of one who went
through the big show last year TO a
winning percentage of .667. Young
Horace was batted all over the lot dur
ing his brief term on the slab in his
Spring training debut. and the pilot,
coenizant Of the real capabilities OF his
iurler. believes that downright hard
work is needed to bring Liscnbee up 20
his 1927 standard.
So. according to plans for the game
to be played against the Dodgers at
Clearwater on Thursday. Horace will
get one OF the three pitching assign
n1ents. Just who the others to adorn
the mound for the Nationals will be is
and the diminutive Cricket" Griffin.
left-handers both. may be sent into ac-
tlon. But Lisenbee is bound TO start.
says the pilot, and that's not all.
Must Regain Control.
Horace will be worked repeatedly un-
til he reveals that he has lost the un
forts against the Braves at Tampa
MANAGER Harris never has been given
to employing his hurlers out of turn,
either in Spring training or during a
championship season. but he is deter
mined that Lisenbee must buckle down
to business quickly and show some snap.
It is not that Horace has not been
trying 10 show his stuff or get into con-
6ition to do so properly. But, unfor-
tunatelv. 1t appears that he is young
fellow a trife slow to realize that in the
IS base ball show hustle and hard
work are necessary all the time
Horace heretofore has been too con-
tent at times to accept reverses resign
ediy nr - other times TO complain that
the world was against him when he was
not winning. And that is the spirit
Manager Harris intends to work out OF
this young Tennesseean, or perhaps 1t
should be said he hopes to develop in
Lisenbee more of fighting spirit.
1t will be recalled that along about
midseason last year. LiSenbee slumped
fearfully after blazing a brilliant tran
through the American League. Then
Harris resorted to the extra toll scheme
End after a couple of weeks that saw
Horace on the hin frequently the pitcher
eeain flashed the form that had made
him the sensation Of the circuit earlier
IN the campaign. Perhaps similar
treatment again will have a salutary
effect on Lisenbee.
Hard Drill Tomorrow.
The Nationals will have tomorrow to
themselves al Plant Field, in Tampa.
there being no exhibition engagement
scheduled However. there will be much
for the athletes TO do: Regular drills
viii be In order as well as the special
class for recruits The manager Is
eager TO size I'D to dot before many
more days pass. The squad will have
some work TO make up, too. as today 5
trip here cut down the usual efforts OF
many and on Monday at Tampa a
heavy rain prevented the staging OF
anything more than pitching and pep
per drills.
Irving Hadley, minus bis appendix.
reioined the squad yesterday, but the
chubby pitcher was not so clipper He
was fearfully weak, but trainer MaTtln
is of the opinion that the weakness Is
due 70 a lack of food during the past
10 days AS Bump soon viii be on
iuli diet once more. the weakness
should disappear quickly. He Is no
s.ouch In the knife -and-fork league.
The persistent lameness In Sam
Vests leg has Manager Harris as well
ss Sam worried greatly. No one seems
to know just the nature Of the out
fs,der's trouble and now fear Is being
expressed that ne may not be able 10
resume serious training for some time.
Th. difhculty with his leg is beginning
IN prey on West mentally. an extra
Fandicsp To retard recovery. Unless
fam Is relieved Of the injury soon.
ti1e.e7i be a perpleyins outfield prob
lem for Manager Harris TO wrestle
,1eh.