The Washington times., 1911-12-29
WILL ADD EXTRA
GROUND KEEPER TO
LOCAL PARK STAFF.
Jim O'Day Will Still Have
General Charge of
Plant.
WORK WILL BEGIN
WHEN FROST GOES
Outfeld Not to Be Leveled Until
After Coming Sea-
son.
By SENATOR"

By SENATOR" 4
In order to have the playing field in
the best possible shape. Clark Griffith
has decided to add another expert on
ground keeping to the corps In charge
at National Park.
One or my bugs Is a good park, and
I intend to do everything possible to
have National Park in condition from
the time the gong Is tapped.
we nave lot of work to do before
l will be satisfied, but as soon as the
irost Is out OF the ground we will start
the work OF raising the plate and level
ing the pitchers box. Most of this
work will be done while the club is at
charlottesville, and by the time we re-
turn expect to see everything in ship
shape.
Tim oDay, as for years, viii be in
general charge Of the park, but 1 win
give him all the help he wants and un-
less l am mistaken there will be little
to be desired here next summer.
The work of putting the outf1eld on
the, level iss too much to attempt at this
late date, but early next fall we will
start after this and continue at it until
1t is too cold to accomplish any re-
SUITS. This Is the way the manager
outlines his plans for a better National
Park
Cobb Greatest Player.
The greatest baseball player in his
tory Is Ty Cobb. and next to him is
Hans Wagner. In his prime Larry
Latoie was the third best in my opin-
ion. This business Of trying to pick the
best twenty Is too hard task for any
individual to assume, but have no
tnree IN rec IN IN min MIND that could beat the trio
This is what Clark Griffith has to say
concerning the now popular fad Of pick
ing q score Of the wonders Of baseball
In general all-round work Cobb has
never been approached, either in the
old times or during the modern genera
yst ,en to y be saS any It has
field and steal with the best Of them.
and unless he is overtaken by some
untimely accident. he will leave a name
baseball" is the unqualified compliment
passed to the Detroit demon by the
Washington manager.
Cobb Is No. I.
Mind you, have seen lot Of them,
but in my estimation Tyrus Raymond
Cobb is No. In the claim for places
in the Hall Of Fame.
Wagner Is another grand BALL player,
and, had never seen Cobb, I would
put the Dutchman at the top of the
run. field and steal, and he is making
record that will not soon be forgot
ten.
"while hardly as fast os the other
departme mt Lajoie early learned the
art of making chances lock easy. AMI
for that reason his ability as a fielder
has hardly ever been excelled. but the
nat
This thing Of naming the twenty
best IS too much for me. Some of the
closely matched that It would be diff
cult to decide between them. so you can
let my three greatest go"
Larry Schlafiy. who captained one Of
Joe Cantillon's teams here, has struck
on new idea Of training for a minor
league club. AS manager Of Jersey
City, of the International circuit, he will
take about twenty-five players for q
sea trip to- the Bermudas, leaving New
York the first week in March and re-
turning in about ten days. Then he will
put his charges to work In regular
practice, and expects to have them
primed for a flying start when the gong
sounds for the beginning of the regular
season. In addition to leading the team
Schlafy will play second base. Just
now Schlat1y has thirty men on his ros-
ter, but he expects to chop of about
half a dozen before his club goes to
sea. 60
Lew Drill, Organizer.
Lew Drill. who broke, into the pro-
fessional ranks as catcher for WASH
ington, has started about the work Of
organizing new league to contain
cities in Minnesota and Michigan. 1t
will be In no way an outlaw organiza-
tion. and until he is able to receive
consent from several owners whose ter.
ritorial rights he might trespass he Will
not be able to announce his circuit.
Drill has made quite success as a
lawyer since graduating from the law
thinks he can pick up a few thousand
extra kopecs by directing such base
ball organization as he has in mind.
Satisfied with the success tnat has FOL
tillon is planning to once more have
his Minneapolis club train at his ranch
at Hickman, Ky. The former Wash ing
in the Blue Grass state and so well did
his players come up to the mark last
year that he has completed arrange
ments to take, them there once more
Cantillcn has been making as much
money as any owner In minor league
baseball for the past two years and he
does not intend to overlook any chahces
One Of fbs things Griffith did yester-
day was to accept an invitation IRON
President Bob Young, OF the amaIsui
baseball commission of the District
to be a member of the committed
which will, draft set Of rules te
guide the various leagues OF Wash
ington during the forthcoming season
Griffith is a great believer IN tn,
and, while did not specify Just how
much time he would have to devote
to the board, he agreed to do what
ever possible to help IN Strengthening
out the situation here,
That the expected explosion of the
outlaws" who are intending to in
wade Washington, will come earlier
than was originally predicted is shown
by the latest developments.
1t now appears than instead OF on,
of the circuits including this city IL
its organization there will be two, s,
IL the plans go through, the Capita
will have the unique distinction o
having three teams Of the professiona
side The fold OF organised baseball