The Washington times., 1936-03-07

Tinker Field.
Mike Martin, veteran trainer of
the Griffs, had Coppola under an
infra-red lamp this morning. Fol-
lowing the heat treatment the arm
was maSSaged. This program will
be repeated for several days. dur
ing which period Coppola will do
only light work. Early next week
Coppola will be permitted to throw
a few fast balls to test the arm.
If the soreness remains the boy
may be sent home for the treat
ment.
Bucky Harris adhered to his Gus
tomary optimistic philosophy. but
despite his attempt to dismiss the
matter as a result of juvenile rash
ness in throwing. the manager was
deeply concerned. Coppola figured
in the plans for the season as
formulated by Harris.
ARM JUST GOT SORE"
"The arm just got sore"
COppOIa said. 81 didn't force
myself at all. / ran In the
OutfieId chasing flies and did
the usual amount Of throwing.
thought / was more than
careful. I'm going to settle
the thing one way or another.
1 will either pitch or quit and
90 to work"
The sore spot was located by
Coppola as being under where
the vaccination mark would be
on the left arm"
Eddie Linke, who has just
been graduated from the Amer
ican College of Physical Educa-
ton with a bachelors degree,
said today that the soreness prob
ably was seated in the extremity
of the deltoidS. Linke said that
the soreness could be a natural
result of strain caused by raising
and lowering the arm as in
pitching. Linke naturally de-
clined to attempt an offhand
diagnosis of Coppola's case.
This unhappy Development
unhappy still even in passing
marks the only ontoward incident
in the progress of the pitchers.
Weaver's Drill Pleases
Counterbalancing the setback
to Coppola is the encouraging
display of form by Professor
Monte Weaver who worked on the
hill yesterday for the first time.
Weaver threw for about Is min
utes and left the box with his
somber face wreathed in smiles.
Weaver was looSer and freer than
he has been since 1888.
The hitters could do little with
him, and his cunning change in
pace made some of the veterans
shake their heads, and then shout
words of encouragement to the
math teacher.
Weaver pitched ''away out in
front" The short, jerky motion
that featured his throwing last
year was gone. and he swept his
fast ball in from full-arm move
ment.
WEAVER SHOWS PLENTY
"Weaver showed me plenty"
said Harris when the drill was
over. I'VE know that he knows
how to pitch; if he has the
stamina to carry his stuff
through q full game, he will win
for any team"
The irrepressible Buck New
som was in festive mood and
took the box for a full Commute
workout. His fast ball fairly
smoked over the plate. Harris
stood behind Newsom, watching
him throw and finally chased
the big boy off the hill with pat
on the back.
Whitehill has not attempted to
work off the rubber. The veteran
southpaw has confined his efforts
to running after flies in the out
field. He does this in 20-minnte
stretches and finishes with a brief
throwing practice, Bolton doing
the catching. The same is true
Of Jimmy Deshong.
Plans to Farm Rockies
Although Harris plans to re-
tain all the pitchers until the
Griffs break camp here, he has
made tentative plans for some
of the youngsters. Frank Petit
colas probably will be farmed
out with Chattanooga for de-
velonment. This youn1Ster Is