The Washington times., 1912-02-19
By SENATOR"

Lapp take the high ones. If he looks
good enough in the practice he will be
allowed to remain on the bench until
he grows up to Athletics standard. If
he doesn't, he goes back to some bush
league and Connie will pull a string
and fish up some other young catcher
waiting for the signal out on the
prairie.
Giants At Work.
The fist squad of the New York
Giants Is al Marlin Springs, Tex,
today and before the end of the week
half the team will be there. The
Brooklyn Nationals begin their work
at Hot Springs this week, joining
the little band OF Independent ath-
letes already there.
George Mullin and Sam Crawford
or the Detroit Tigers, and Sir Mikail
Donlinr the Pirates latest acquisition
in the wheel of chance. are already
there, boiling off Superfluous weight
and increasing their lung capacity
for breath. Dutch" Schaefer, the
Nationals comedian first saCker and
challenger of Jim Flynn and John
Arthur johnson, Will tackle the baths
at the Springs next Monday in or
der to be able to give Jack Knight,
Jack Flynn, arPl young Spencer the
battle of their lives around the first
In other words King Baseball is
donning his reEalia. his ermine robe
and all that. and in a week or so
viii look in the glass to see if his
Ends the Clearing.
The trading of Charley Street prac-
tically ends the clearing out of the Ma
tonals, movement Griffith decided
| upon as soon as he was placed in
| charge.
While the manaGer has considerable
| knowledge Of each of the men on the
| roster, Mcbride, Hughes, and SChaefeI
| are the only real veterans left who were
| " orking regularly when Griffith quit the
, New York club. Where Schaefer is tc
! play has not yet been decided, but Nc.
Bride and Hughes appear assured OF
| their respective positions. SChaefer had
/ such an excellent season last year with
! that player as one of the most valuable
| offensive assets with the team, anC
| should some other win out in the fight
! for first base, SChaefer will have a long
| lead for one of the places in the outer
! gardens.
IN all the talks had with the base
| ball patrons of this city when | was
with rival clubs, | found out that thu
| principal criticism Of the management
here was that it placed too much re
lance on the old fellows" Griffith sal,
today, in discussing the Street-Knigh
| deal. Everybody seemed to think tina
! a mistake was being made in hOldins
onto those who had enjoyed long ca
! reerS in the majors.
! PERSONALLY, l thought the same wa!
and | mapped out campaign as sOol
as / signed to get new talent here
| OF course, it is possible that we ma!
not be able to grab up whole bunci
of new stars in one year. but | an
determined to take chance in thi
regard, so the fans will see PRACTICAL!
new ball club when we play gu
opening game here in ApriL'
Says He's Done.
Asked today if he was figuring Of
further deals, Griffith said he wa
through unless some manager shoul
come through with a proposition b
which the Nationals might be bene
fitted
That Griffith has more confidence i
his Outtied, pitchers, and Catchcrs bu
Is not satisfied with the inheld, ha
been known for some time, and all o
his moves he has made since takin
charge have been IN an endeavor t
get together a better combination. II
declines to say because he claims nc
TO know himself, what four men wi
play the intleld positions, and this wi
probably go unsolved until after tn
teams training at Charlottesville ha
been completed.
Little serious consideration is give
at baseball headquarters to the tai
that neither of the remaining catcher
will be able to handle Walter Johr
sons speed. While Street was tn
man who worked best with johnson
; the fact of the matter is that bot
2 Henry and Ainsmith have successful
' received the big pitcher, and VIII
depended upon to repeat next summe
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