Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-16
GET But FIVE HITS
|NTRIMM|NG BIRDS
Griffs' Success in Sunday
Tilt Due Mainly to Fine
Work by HurIerS.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor, The Star.

BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor, The Star.
HnOXI, Miss, March 10
x That there is yet much TO
- be accomplished by the Ma
tionals in getting primed for
the forthcoming campaign was
made evident in the second OF
their Spring SkirmisheS with the
aggregation that is to represent
Baltimore in the international
League this year. Defensively
they left little to be desired, being
well nigh perfect af1eld, in addi-
ton to having the benefit of some
right nifty f1inging from a trio OF
the twirlerS who are assured OF
their berthS, but in the matter OF
attack they were none too strong.
It's true the five hits they collected
of q couple of the fingers Manager
Fritz Maisel sent to the slab proved SUI
ficient to give them 3-to-1 verdict
and even matters for that 7-to-6 set
back they suffered in the opener last
Thursday, but that number OF bmgleS
won't WIN many CllIS LOT CElem III tle
American League.
of course. the practice season is yet
young and in due time the boys will
get their optics properly trained to
gauge the flight plateward OF SpeederS
and hooks, but yesterday, before good
sized crowd lured to Biloxi Stadium by
almost perfect base ball weather, their
stick work was decidedly anemic and
but for the generosity of the alien
k@E frnn 4nw
the Capital crew would have been hard
pressed to get the verdict.
OPPOSED by Harry Smythe, left
" handler formerly with the Phillies,
the johnson regulars didn't even
come close to getting safety and II
was not until the fifth frame, when
Luther Row. a one-time National, was
gracing the slab, that the first hit was
evolved, a wasted single by Judge.
This made it appear the Nationals
were in for a second trimming at the
hands Of the Orioles, as Bob Burke,
their starting boxman, had been found
for q triple and single between pair
of strikeouts in the second round that
netted the Maiselmen large-loomng
tally.
Not till the sixth did things take
n turn for the better with the wheel
ling of pass from Roy by Al Llska,
who followed Burke on the slab and
limited the Birds to one solitary safety
during his tllree-round regime 1t was
then Myer who twice previously had
drawn walks, came through with
belt to right center for three sacks to
knot the count, and when Sam Rice
ekcd out bingle with whack past
Shortstop Sand the Griffmen went to
the front.
A ND there they stayed for Lloyd
n Brown, who off1ciated during the
last three semesters, Just breezed
along In midseason form while his
mates coined another marker in the
eighth as a margin of safety on ringing
singles by Bolton and Hayes, a pass
to Sam Rice and a smash over third
base by Harris which was converted into
a run-yielding putout only by jim
Stroner's stellar stop and throw.
Browns showing on the rubber in
dictated he is ready right now for the
campaign to get under way. He dis
played plenty of smoke, in addition to
3 puzzling assortment of hooks, and
impeccable control in turning the
Orioles back as fast as they came up,
and four of the nine were victimized
on strikes.
Burke and LiSka, too made a good
impression in their debuts, and the
latter, although charged with one wild
heave that put a Bird on second base,
displayed considerable fielding class
otherwise, taking care Of four assorted
raps that came his way and with one
of them initiated double play.
MOT breaking into the battle until
IN the seventh round, when he re-
lieved Myer at the keystone cor
ner, Hayes had only one chance to
9wyfVaor OF f.of hut utboY1 has again rarnP
through with one of his copyrighted
singles to right it gave him a Spring
batting average of 1000, for he did the
same thing in the opening encounter.
Sam West, whose once questionable
throwing arm already had been given
q theoretical clean bill of health, got
couple OF chances to demonstrate it
once again as sound. After gathering in
bingles to his sector, the manner in
which he buzzed the ball back to the
inheld cleared up any remaining doubts
on that score.
There was but one Grifithian fielding
bit worthy of notice in the course of the
pastine and that was contributed by
Baxter Jordan, who went TO third base
in the sixth inning after Bluege had
decided to call it day The chance
furnished was a ball topped in his di-
rection in such a manner 1t dribbled
along like well placed bunt. He DASH
ed in full speed, scooped it up and shot
1t to first in the most approved big
league style, thereby serving to strength
en- the notion he has the makin'S of
a capable understudy for Oswald at the
hot corner.
A RESUMPTION Of routine drilling
"A was on the taps for today and
nothing more interesting is booked
for tomorrow. the next diamond tilt
being scheduled for Wednesday at Cuff
port, when the Orioles again will be
encountered.
Visitors in the camp Of the Griffmen
today included John B. Foster, the vet
eran scribe and rules authority. who
does his exporting for the Consolidated
Press Association, and Charlie White,
venerable representative of a sports
gootss house. who busted himself with a
tape measure to the end of providing
new unies for the Nationals.
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