Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-28
JONES AND HADLEY
SETTING THE PACE
Veterans Setting Example for
Rockies at the Spring
Camp at Biloxi.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

II
K With the National battery
men training this season
will be a much more Seri-
Gus business than last If what the
pitchers and catcherS now work.
ing here under the direction of
Manager Walter Johnson are say
ing means anything. To a man
the veterans of the squad are
emphatic in their statements that
they intend to whip themselves
into condition quicker this Spring
than formerly and the fine ex-
ample set by them is bound to
have its effect on the rookie men,
berS of the outfit.
Sam Jones particularly is eager to At
himself for fine getaway in the Amer
lean League campaign. Now Sam
doesn't relish this training grind-never
a veteran seems to like it-but he de-
clares nothing will be left undone by
him in his effort to be, in splendid pitch
ing condition when the curtain rises on
the championship show April IA.
Jones for several seasons has been
far from the peak of form at the out
set OF campaigning. And Sam admits
that perhaps his lack of trim might
have been due to his failure to toll as
strenuously as he might have in the
Dixie camps. Last Spring he was es-
pecially poor when the bell rang. Not
only was his arm weak, but he also
lacked stamina generally. AS a result
ne mad the poorest Of his seasons since
DOMINIC Washington uniform.
Bonus May Be Reason.
It will be different this wear however
ne AYERS. Sam is working hard-not too
hard, OF course, for the willy veteran
pltcher knows just how much he can pun
Ism himself in early training-and aims
10 De really ready for heavy duty by
tne time the club moves northward to
Chattanooga the latter part of March.
~ may be that Jones is eager to show
the base ball world he is far from being
on the ooWngrade, despite his long serv-
ice in the big show, or it NAV be- the
bonus clause In his contract is some
what responsible for the extra kick
sam is putting into his work. What
ever II may be, though, Jones is at
lacking the training grind in a much
better mood this year than formerlv
and this should mean much to him and
the Washington club.
Another OF the pitchers going about
ms work more earnestly than before Is
irving Hadley, the chunky Linn boy.
VINO was such disappointment last
year. Perhaps fatherly lecture given
Bump by President Clark Griffith early
In the Winter when the youngster
stopped over in Washington on his
way 70 vacation in Florida had sonne-
thing 10 do with his change of heart.
AT any rate, Hadley now takes his base
Dali seriously, 1t seems, in the training
season as wei as the playing season.
Bump really never was in good condi-
lion throughout the last American
pared to give his best to the club.
None has displayed a more eager spirit
than Bump in the workouts here, and
1t looks as though he'll be 1T as the
proverbial fiddle this time.
AS usual, volley ball is part of the
early conditioning regime, and the play
ers find 1t the most pleasant part of
Muddy Ruel and Fred Marberry are
daily rivals, and the battling is furious.
The Marberry team, due mainly to the
presence OF Don Savidge, now holds the
edge over the Ruel aggregation. This
Savidge 1t appears is u tennis player OF
note around his home in BERWICK, Pa,
being especially proficient at the net
IN doubles. Marberry has stationed
Savidge right at the net in the volley
be-AA SOhOCobo, dhQ Tile QlOIlu DOyS
SmaSheS frequently bound by the Ruel
henchmen for points.
Schaeht Is First Casual.
First casual Of the camp Is Al
Schacht, the generally busy coach. Al
pulled up with heavy cold yesterday
morning and did not don a uniform for
practice. But Old Doctor Martin took
him in hand and tbs said the Bronx
bear will be on the job before the end
OF the week. Schacht has an added
task this year. johnson has made him
custodian of the base balls used in prac-
tice a post filled last year by CLYDE
Milan, now manager of the Birmingham
Club. And Al says there will be no
heavy losses in base ball stock such as
the club suffered in past training sea-
sons. He plans to number the balls and
keep check and double check on those
issued to players. Woe to the one not
accounting for the numbered spheres.
declares AL. It won't be long, though.
before AIS plans will be shot to pieces,
Base balls at a training camp can dis
appear quicker than Ice cream at a
kids party.
There was an added starter at drill
this morning. Herbert Pyle, the pitcher
drafted from Chattanooga, blew into
Biloxi late yesterday, all anxious to get
on the job. He seems in right fair
shape now, so is unlikely to feel the