The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
GRIFFITH PLANS
YANNIGAN team;
SCHAEfER PILOT
Already One Game Is Booked
for Coming Spring with
Newport News Club.
YOUNG M'cABE IS SOLD
Chicago Semi-pro out6elder 6hunted
to the Virginia League-Other
Sporting Comment.
YOUNG M'CABE IS SOLD
BY WILLIAM PEET.

MdlidSSl SiHiitil uOCS 1lOt bS-
lieve in taking life easy during The
so-called "off season" The Old
Fox, in addition to signing up
most of his ball players and ar
ranging exhibition games, to be
played before the championship
season opens, has mapped out a
campaign for his second team, and
announces already one date, a
game with the Newport News
club, of the Virginia League, for
that city, April Is.
Last year Germany Schaefer
was placed in charge of the Yam
nigans during the spring training
period in Charlottesville. The
Teuton had full sway. He ar
ranged his own batting order, Sc
lected his pitchers, and planned and
plotted how to overthrow the reg
ulars during the daily diamond
clashes on Lambeth Field.
Schaefer will again be in charge Of the
Washington Yannigans next month, and
Griffith has a number of prospective
games in view, all of them to be played
out of town. The comedian has always
made the boast that no club outside OF
the Regulars. with Walter johnson
pitching, ever beat the youngsters. ~
Last spring Schaefer took the Yanni-.
gans down TO Norfolk and trounced the
Tars. He also piloted them to Richmond
and cleaned up handsomely, Joe Boeh-
ling working five innings in his home
town
That Newport News will be benefitedI
TO the extent of several players which
Griff cannot use was evident from the
announcement yesterday. when II was
learned that Outfielder McCabe. the
youngster from Chicago semi-pro ranks,
signed early last fall had been released
10 the Newport News team by WASH
ington.
Griffith probably has entered into
working agreement with newport NEWS
again. Buck Barton. Lefty Austin, ana
Catcher Esan were shunted to the Vir-
cinia leaguers last spring. The nrst
two named made good. especially Barton
who has been sold to the Los Angeles
club of the Pacific Coast League
Among the army of recruits to be tried
ont in Charlottesville this spring IL Is eN-
peeted that several of the m viii be ABOUT
The caIIber of the Virginia State League.
and Newport News probably VIII, get
most of them.s
News DISPATCHES yesterday inform US
that Frank Chance manager OF the Ne"
York Yankees has invested sse.oco IN me
stock of the Los Angeles club OF the Pa
cific Coast League and that Harry wei
ter. former Yank outfielder, had peen re-
Frank Dillon. brother-in-law OF LARK
Cirifith owned the controlling interest in
the Los Angeles team. and Grin already
has sold three ball players, inciuding
Jacinto Caivo, the Cuban. TO this aggre-
cation. besides entering into working
agreement with the Coast team
The advent of Frank Chance as a big
stakeholder may or may MOI amer oiiee'-
IL the interests OF the Nationals
GriT was asked last night regarding
tbe matter and stated that he had heard
nothing from Dillon about Chance invest
ing all this loose change IN the Los
Angeles club
Zach Erhard. the New York youngster,
who reported in Charlottesville with the
Nationals last spring only to jump camp
owing to homesickness two days after
he arrived has been declared a tree
agent by Secretary John II. Farrell, OF
the national board of arbitration
Since quitting GriG of his own accord,
E-hard enjoyed checkered career last
summer. He played in the New England
League and various semi-pro CLUBS
A dispatch late last night stated that
he would probably-si sign up with the
Newark international Leaguel team
joe Tinker the famous shortstop. Is
reported to have received contract from
Manager Ebbets. of the Brooklyn club,
calling for $3.50 year. his original de-
mand and to have turned down the Of
with the Chicago Federal Leaguers and
would stick.
Tinker was originally offered 5000 a.
year. the same salary he received with
the Chicago Cubs, and Manager Eb-
bets only sent contract calling for
1850 for the purpose Of protecting his
own interests. as he expects to go to the
civil courts with the case and protect
his interests from the Federal Leaguers
in the event that Tinker sticks with the
so-called outlaws.
while In New York recently, the writer
earned that the reason why Tinker was
not rendered $500 contract at the be-
ginning was because Jake Daubert. Nap
Rucker. and other stars CT the Superbas,
were drawing only just about this amount
ana that it was considered manifestiy
unfair TO them to pay Tinker. a rank
outsider. such sum. when they had
served the Brooklyn club long and faith
fully
II win be interesting to note the out
come of the Tinker case IL President
Ebbets taken recourse to the civil courts.
. SO s-s-si
Since Frank Chance assumed the man
,r.r,ev,t If the YANKEES af,ntff a ves -