The Washington times., 1912-12-03
Will Visit Charlottesville
Soon to Prepare for
Training Camp.
MAJORITY OF TEAM
MUST SIGN PAPERS
Decides To Cut Out Trip to
West Baden in
Gx.x. Spring.
Dy SENATOR"

o., By SENATOR"
Manager Clark Griffith IL on tho lob
again He remained at his office all day,
trying to get abreast Of his correspon.
denos. which has been piling UP ever
since he left for the windy wastes of
Montana.
have plenty Of work ahead Of me-"
es1d he to the writer today. but /
enant waste any time and expect to Be
cIesncd up IN . few days. Then snail
run down to Charlottesville, Va, to
ssein this year. ksysnt decided any. any
tn,aE Msnf, y.t' but shall 70 SO within few
arin loks well after his vacation and
He returned last night. coming throush r S;
from Chicago. where he had rested for
z DAY or %. calling on. Ban johnson.
The American League boss. and few
Must Sign players.
But seven Of the Climbers have
aligned up for the coming season. The
boys already In the fold are Walter
johnson. Bob Groom. Carl Cashion,
S'nS and bsas bsany EES ESsr easSfss aSSss
to the treatment given them last year,
unsigned players: Zeb Milan. the Lin
Den Den dyer. may delay affxins his prec-
put that's only to prove that he Is q
time the team show. up in the Capital.
az, Snn a.. ne: ,,I practically "a decided to cut
to his plans Of last spring. The Pitch
era and catchers will 60 to Charlottes.
Vile about March 1. and week later
tss ss ss..s seSt Of s%, the 'a4sd s.s viii in
pected to finish the preliminary work
IN Virginia. and the team viii then
Eeturn for Its exhibition games at Flor.
The New York Giants. orin says will,
Climbers In the spring. They have an
option on two sets Of dates, and will
soon make their choice.
Carisch q Regular.
Joe Birmingham. manager o. the
Cleveland Naplsnders. realixing the
principal weakness Of his club last sea-
son. 10 setting about strengthening his
backstopping brigade. He had let 60 q
couple OF his worst. looking youngsters
SSmd Smdd., mas So,,,S Sgned "a. new one, shlelds 2
Carisch. the former Toledo catcher, will
be the regular wind-paddist for the
Nap: IN 1919, but Manager Birmingham
.nS Sas ptRsa * ssEhG%sns shs se
Shields Is a six-footer and weighs $50
pounds. He played with a Southern
college team i last spring and in the sum
pendent team in Mississippi. Willie
Mitchell. the Maps southpaw pitcher,
saw Shields playing football this fall,
and at once recommended him to Bir-
Birmingham is now in Cleveland pre-
pairing for the coming training sea son.
It Will be his first training trip In charge
Of q team. and he is going to put into
effect q few ideas wholly his own He
now has thirty-five players on his roll.
but intends cutting this number down
to about twenty-five before the warm
winds blow again.
Wants Small Squad.
Birmingham wants a small squad in
the Southland, and can't see the sense
in taking an army to the training camp
He believes. and rightly. too. that he
can't see enough Of the Individual play.
ers In large squad. Therefore, the az
y que .S 70 s faii and fall soon In the camp
Gregg and Blanding should oe stars
next season." Birmingham tells the in.
quirins scribe, 'while Mitchell ant
with better catching. Baskette is
handy man to have around. and Bill
steen pitched enough real classy bal
last season to warrant his being KEEP
about tho others That's what l mus
learn on the training trip"
Jack Onslow and Bradley Kocher. two
young bsGkstops, have been shipped e
club by the Detroit Tigers. their salei
being outright, and dooming them t
the minors forever, unless some othel
club brings them back Eddie Onslow
ens he on an opons nas Ssen
Donovan. the providence manager, will
try to teach him the ins-and- outs Of frs
base play so that he may return Il
i9fsI pssToi' in the coming fall for furthe
Johnstone Will Quit.
II Tom Lynch Is chosen president o
the National League again, Umpir
Johnstone will quit. Yes; he declare
season. and that he will not work fo
him again. In his dispute with Lynch
Fogel introduced a letter from John
stone scoring the league president
When Lynch summoned the umpire /
attend the recent investigation. he re
fused.
Il have been treated shamefully b.
Lynch" said the umpire. In discussini
his case. There are some umpires VIII
are breaking In the league now who ar
getting much more mo"cy than am:
have put In long time as an umpire
snd do not make enough to keep m!
tamlly.
"As for Lynch and myself not bein
on good terms. there Is no doubt abou
that. In fact, II Lynch was presden
Of the United states l would move ou
Of the country. Now. that Is how W
stand"
Ping Bodie Will Go.
Ping Bodie. the Frisco banana mer
chant and alleged fence buster, will nc
be with the White sox next year, hu
may be allowed to drop back to tn
minors. where he has always been
wsukee meeting, Charlie Comiskey trie
10 get rid of him by auction. but tn
bidding was too low to suit him.
Harry Casper. once with the Cincir
matt Reds, and last year with Toront
has quit baseball. He will hereafter d.
vote his entire time to his photograp
gallery in waterloo. Iowa. his home.
It 10 believed that Harry Lord wi
be used In a trade this winter by MAI
sger Callahan, of the white Sox. Lord
pesky. temper got the better OF him se'
eral times last season. and he had se'
e,.l suun bhlPS with Callahan Nouv