The Washington times., 1913-01-25
By SENATOR y

Manager Griffith has ordered his
young pitchers to report here on Feb
ruary 20, FOR weeks preliminary work
IN the Y. M c. A gymnasium under
the eye Of Mique Martin, the safe and
sane trainer. The fingers will consi:
Of Elliott Dent Tom Drohan, Victor
Bicksrs. Robert Austin, Joe BoehIing,.
Buck" Barton and Joe EngIe. The
catchers reporting early are Dutch
Munich. "Rippy'' Williams, and "Massa
John Henry.
Il shan't have these kids show I'D un-
I'll the 3th." said Manager Griffin To-
DAY. because l don't want them 10
have more than a weeks work indoors.
We go to Charlottesville on March 1,
you know, and that'n give them just
about a weeks work here. i want to
get look at these lads little before
the real practice season opens.
ITS well to see what these young
pitchers look like. YOU know. j don't
believe In grabbing off lot of fellows
I've never seen, nor do I want to drop
any one without fair trial. But 1
don't want bunch of no-goods clatter-
ing up my training camp.
From all I've heard, some of these
youngsters are pretty good. Dent and
Drohan have good records in the
minors, particularly Drohan. / shall
look them over carefully.
may develop. These big fellows are good
to have around the club. Austin has
good recommendations. but don't know
anything about him. That week will
do e lot of good TO them and to me.
Williams Coming.
As told in these columns two weeks
ago, AJvs Williams will come early for
preliminary work. He has put on some
weight and has visited Bonesetter
Reese to have his throwing arm mend
ed. He wants to be sure he will make
a good start and welcomes the oppor-
tunity of reporting early.
Jack Egan, the semi-pro backstop
from Bridgeport, Conn.,, will not join
the prelimlnaby ., 9b eenao 1,,in here; but & Will
f. ''Dorf'' Ainsmith, w1nteTtng in San
Antonio, Tex, will also go direct to
Charlottesville. He has regained his
health and expects to start of at full
speed. Ainsmith will catch Walter
Johnson next summer. but the other
pitchers Will work with Henry and Will
1iams.
Jeeins Jawn Callahan denies angrily
that Harry Lord will be traded. He
says that the White Sox are much
stronger with both Lord and Zeider in
the game and that they will be kept.
no matter what trade talk is heard
around tne crlcult
Seeks Heinie Peitz.
Frank Chance is seeking Heinie Peitz
az a coach for his young pitchers. The
old-time backstop was one of the braini-
est in the business I'm his prime and IL is
expected that he will go to Bermuda
with the Yankees.
Frank Navin is baWling out Ty Cobb
as being responsible for the salary de- |
mands of the other members of the |
Tuker OUTFIT He says that the other |
Tigers. not to speak of players on other !
teams, point to Cobb's salary as their |
excuses fer more coin in their envelopes. |
Frank says Cobb Will never get $1,000 I
from the Detroit club while he is head |
of IL. |
Jack Murray. the big red-headed out |
fielder. has failed to sign his 1913 con- |
tract with the Giants. but loudly dis I
claims that he is a holdout He has |
postponed the task for a few days. |
Josfi Deyore has signed up, fearing a !
transfer to some other club in the Ma |
tional League.
Harry Wolverton has the baseball |
been offered the leadership of one OF |
tie biggest major league clubs IN the !
country for 1914" and that he will ac-
cept II. /
Suggests New Rules. /
Manager Johnny Eyers has suggested |
two new rules which will be discussed !
by the rules committee next month in
Nev York. he wants three balls TO
send a man TO first base and a penalty
imposed upon o pitcher Intentionally
passing batsman. men on second and
third moving up on the Intentional pass
II is not thought likely that these
rules will be adopted. They lessen the
effectiveness of pitchers too much. II
the umpire has TO decide the Intentional
pass, wrsngiinz will increase rather
Than diminish on the field.
Manager Griffith Will schedule several
exhibition games for open dates during
the summer as soon as he gets a good
neck at the schedule. He would like
10 visit Toronto again. last years con-
test being prevented by heavy down.
pour.