The Washington times., 1912-01-20
Jack Galloway Will Collect
81 81 Sandlot Stars for
q Contest.
NO WORD RECEIVED
ABOUT DETROIT DEAL
Reports From Navin's Town Are
or Puzzlingly Con-
"a flicting.
By SENATOR


washington fans will have an op-
Dortunity to see the surplus material
from the Nationals contesting with q
picked team from among the anna.
tsurs Of this city, II the plans Of Clark
Griffith succeed.
John Galloway, well known In anna:
tsur baseball circles here. suggested
the idea, and It took so well with the
Washington manager that the game is
Dfectically settled. II the contest IL
1pally arranged II will be played at
National Park on Saturday. May 90
which is the day the regular team will
be In Baltimore. playing the Orioles,
OF the International League.
Griffith will send his second string
men to Richmond to play the Virginia
lsaguers there on April 8. and It IL
not unlikely that other dates will be
aasotted to the youngsters on the days
when the regulars are playing exhibit
ton games in this city.
81 Will Divide Squad.
my scheme is to divide the squad
as soon as possible and. by putting
on more games than I already have. sf-
ford plenty Of real practice for the
feilows who are not on the first nine
tried 1t out with success at Gin
cinnati. and, as we have plenty OF
Players here. can't see why 1t should
not go in Washington" said Griffith
today.
81 think the game with the local am.
ateurs should be especially attractive
to-. the fans and maybe sorNe of the
youngsters will show such flashes az
VIII warrant trials with the regulars y
sent IN his contract to headquarters
today. Boehling was anxious to re-
cefve assurances that In case he should
not come up to expectations with the
Nationals that he would not be shipped
to the Virginia League. This Griffith
wUold not do. but he has promised the
young pitcher to make every effort tc
land him In faster company than the
Old Dominion circuit in case he should
not be wanted longer by the Nationals
1s Aikers Files Contract.
Jerry Akers, one OF the recruits tc
be obtained from Dubuque, In the
Three-I League, Is the seventh mem.
bsr Of the Washington pitching staf
TO file a contract, signed and sealed
with Clark Griffith.
From his winter home in Iowa. AK.
ers writes that he Is spending rnost
of his time in the open air, and viii
be ready as soon as the word Is giver
to invade Virginia. Last season, ir
the comparatively fast minor league
company, Akers won nineteen of hi,
thirty-one games. and comes here wei
heralded. The newcomer was obtained
last fall through draft.
word from Detroit concerning his casf
offer for George Moriarty. Report.
from the owners OF the Tigers have
been so conflicting Of late that 1t ii
impossible to~get line on their In
than Griffith.
Anxious to Get Him.
when the talk was started abou
Moriarty being sent out Of the league
l., made up my mind that there wa.
no chance Of Washington waving OF
him.. l have written to, Navin makint
wbat I consider a good offer, and an
sim waiting for an answer. for l an
particularly anxious to land the biz
fellow II 1t can be done" is what Grif
fifth had to say on the matter today.
Ever since becoming manager
Griffith has made it rule never tc
give out the names of any players
who might ask for a raise and refuse
to sign unless added coin was forth.
Gaming. He thinks that a ball player
much as he can obtain, and is always
willing to talk matters over with the
player who Is not satisfied.
in spite of Griffiths plan, it has
leaked out that Bob Groom believe.
he is entitled to more salary and has
declined to put his name to the pa
pers under the terms offered. The
manager does not consider this al
afair Of grave importance and think.
that all that Is necessary Is littl,
correspondence. He is now in com
muntcation with the lanky twirler
aud the impression Is that boil
parties will give a little and the tenn
porary breach be cured.
Alexander Signs Up.
Grover Cleveland Alexander. tn
great twirler: Dode Paskert, the sta
outfielder, and Fred Luderus, the hard
hitting first baseman, have signed thei
contracts with the Philadelphia Ma
tionals for 1912.
Jack Dunn has been elected presiden
and manager Of the Baltimore Interna
tional League club at meeting of tn
directors.
William Stump, who. despite hi
name, stands more than six feet in hi
undarned boys. has signed with tn
IIighlanders. He played with York, 1
the Tri-State League last year.
knigiit of the Order of the Eternal Ba
zoo and owner of the Chicago Cubs. ha
purchased the Wheeling franchise, |
the Central League, for farm.
Kitty Bransfield will manage 1t 10
him.
CIoI D4eeun- IN