Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
.HORNSBY STARTS
SORTING PROCESS
Some OF Bruins Slated for
Los Angeles CIub-Notes
From N. L. Camps.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A VALON, Calf, March MAN
~ ager Rogers Hornsby today be-
n gan to look over the Chicago
Cubs with the idea of sep
arating those who can from those who
cannot.
Hornsby's plans for the season call
for IL pitchers, S outfelders, infield-
ers and catchers, and a number OF
candidates are due to play base ball
for the Los Angeles club of the Pacific
Coast League, William Wrigley's other
club, to which the Cubs owe players.
A nine-inning game yesterday re-
suited in 6-to-4 victory for the reg
ulars over the irregulars. Guy Bush
got credit for winning, and Pat Malone
was charged with the defeat.
PASO ROBES, Calf, March 2 (Ao.
Pirate regulars and YaniganS will
begin their camp series of ball games
next Saturday, unless something turns
up to retard training progress, Manager
Jewel Ems said today. Ems also plans
to speed up the drills with two work.
outs per day, starting Wednesday.
CT. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 2 lP.
- Beginning today the Boston
Braves rookie twirlers are going
to get chance to show what they can
do. Bill McKechnie, the Braves boss,
thinks that perhaps too much impor-
lance has been attached to the results
of these training camp games with big
league opponents.
He feels that veteran pitching arms
have been jeopardized and development
of youngsters lest sight of partly to
make a good impression on the folks
up home" McAfee, LIE Henry, Delaney
and Forester are the youngsters slated
for chance to show.
CLEARWATER, Fla, March 2 (P).-
Wilbert Robinson promulgates no orders
regarding golf playing by his Brooklyn
Robins, but uses system entirely his
own. He's arranged a schedule where
by he accounts for almost all of his
players daylight hours.
"If these lads can find any time for
golf after get through with them" he
says, they're welcome to it."
TAMPA, Fla, March 2 R.-Stif1
/ workouts, scheduled for as long as
the athletes can stand, are on this
weeks menu for the Cincinnati Reds,
with practically the entire squad on
hand The batterymen have weeks
drill behind them and were prepared
to offer the remainder of the squad
something in the way of real pitching
to sharpen batting eyes dulled by the
Winter lay-off. The Reds will meet
the Brooklyn dodgers in an exhibition
tilt next Sunday.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March up.
Jack Onslow, coach of the Phillies,
wants to have three pitchers ready to
go nine innings about two weeks be-
fore the base ball season opens.
THAT was Bill McKechnie's policy
at Pittsburgh" he said today, land he
got results. Kremer and Meadows were
always set when the bell rang and got
away to a flying start. The point is to
get the pitchers ahead of the hitters,
then the going won't be so hard.
GAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 2 (R).-
- Unless the holdout list complexities
affairs, only one of the New York
Giants will be missing from camp after
today. Pitcher Hub Pruett has obtained
leave of absence until May 20 in order
to complete his studies in medicine in
st. Louis. The rest OF the squad was
due for today's drill under penalty of
having days pay Topped off their fu-
ture salary checks for every day they
are late.
BRADENTON, Fla, March 2 (R.-
Inf1elders and outfielders, excepting
frankie Frisch and Chick Hafey, who
are holding out, were due to reach the
Cardinals training camp here today.
All the pitchers now have been account
ed for. Sylvester johnson arrived from
his home in Portland, Greg, yesterday.
Haines and Burleigh Grimes, who are
at Hot Spring, had been here for some
time.