Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-31
Former Athletic TWirIer Mis-
taken When He Says He Is
Wanted Here.
JOHN HENRY ARRIVES;
MAY UNDERGO OPERATION
Bio Catcher to Be Examined to
Determine Whether He Must
Go Under Knife.
BY j. ED GRILLO.

When Cy Morgan announced in Wheel
ing. W. Va. yesterday that he had a
chance to become member of the Wash
ington team. he very likely expressed
wish and not a fact. Griffith does not
want Morgan and he does not hesitate
to say SO. So far as the local manager
Is concerned Cy can spend the remainder
of his days in the minor leagues with
out being molested. Griffith does not fig
ure that Morgan would help his pitching
staff Anxious as he is to add another
seasoned pitcher to his staff. he does not
think that Morgan is of the caliber which
he would desire True, Morgan had
couple of good seasons with the Athlet-
les but he had remarkable team be-
hind him there, and his work was Tar
from consistent. There are some clubs
that Morgan cannot pitch against and
won until ii is over. His wildness and
inability to field his position are great
handicaps. Neither can it be figured that
Morgan may improve, for he has been
pitching ball for over ten years.
Griffith would go some distance to get
another good pitcher. but he wants one of
better class than Morgan has ever shown.
and reported to Manager Griffith. Henry
will he taken to a local surgeon some
time today and have his knee examined
so as to determine whether an operation
for the knee mouse is absolutely nee
essary If it is he will go under the
knife at once in the hope of being ready
by the time the season opens. Henry APP
pears to be in splendid physical condition
aside from the injured knee. which still
gives him trouble on occasions.
Grifhths plan'of housing his players
and boarding them during the training
season is very apt to be adopted by the
New York Highlanders. Business Mana
ger Irwin who is now in Bermuda trying
TO make arrangements for the teams
training. finds that he will have to rent
and furnish several houses for the large
corps of players that will be taken south.
1t is the intention to have one house
where the feeding and cooking will be
done. There is only one drawback TO
Bermuda for training purposes. and that
is that the team going there must play
all it's games among it's own players, as
there will be no teams to arrange games
with.
American League clubs may be able to
cease experimenting with recruits outside
OF the batteries within two or three years.
as by that time it is expected that the
majority of teams Will be well fortified
with young men who possess the requi-
site big league stuff. says Henry Edwards
in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Outside of the box the Athletics are all
youngsters. Boston has only three real
veterans. Stahl. Wagner and Carrigan,
and the latter is not old in years. at that.
Turner and Lajoie are the vets of the
Maps, while Land and Carisch have
served many years as professionals. Out
side of Walsh. White. Sullivan and Cal
l9han, the White Sox have few to worry
fbout. and Comiskey will scarcely think
bout a successor to Walsh inside the
Text few years. Crawford and Davy
vJohes are the old-timers with Detroit.
jack Powell and Bobby Wallace are the
sole\ of the veteran class
within st. Louis. and New York cannot
be said to have single old-timer in its
ranks. Tom Hughes and Mcbride are the
old men of the Nationals.
With twenty-one exceptions, all of the
American Leeguers have entered the cir
cult since 1905, which makes the Ban
johnson organization extremely youth
full The cause may be explained briefly.
When the American League expanded
and decided to become a real big league
instead of a feeder to the National it,
raided the older organization. grabbing
a number of star players. Only men of
experience were taken. Most of the new
clubs filled their ranks with stars, men
who had been famous for several years.
Those men could not be expected to go
on forever They began to show signs
OF age and one by one they gradually
slipped into the minors. became managers
or quit the pastime altogether. The Ma
tional League. having been deprived of
years ago to recruit from the minors. AS