Evening star., 1914-11-22
NATIONALS STILL HAVE FORTY
NAMES ON THE RESERVE LIST
Griffith Will Cut to Twenty-Five Before
Team Starts South-Club to Bring
Suit If Walter Johnson Jumps.
BY J. ED GRILLo.

There are forty names on the re-
serve list of the Washington club
This includes the names of the five
players who will be turned over to
the Minneapolis club IN exchange for
Henri Rondeau, the outfielder, and
many others that will be disposed of
before the spring training period rolls
around.
Holland. Cashion, Morley, Jennings.
Wilson, the catcher, and X. Williams.
the pitcher, are the players to be sent
to Minneapolis. A glance at the outfit
on the list will not make it difficult
to pick those players who will not be
retained and will be sent back to the
minors.
Pick. the utility player, stands good
chance of being retained. however. He
displayed ability as a hitter and fast
runner last fall. and Griffith may re-
tain both him and Wa1ly Smith, who,
all things considered, held his own with
the team last year.
Pick was used mostly in the outfield
last fall, a position which is new to
him, and not once during his stay
with the team did he get to third
base. which position he was accustom-
ed to playing. Griffith. of course,
for third so long as Eddie Foster is
about and he Is therefore trying to
find new place for Pick.
All the pitchers will, Of course, be
given a trial. barring several who were
used last fall and spring or so before
and found wanting. Ehmke, the Cali
fornia phenom, has not yet. signed a
poets to get him into line. Ehmke ap-
pears to have exaggerated ideas about
his salary. and has been tampered with
by the Feds. He wanted almost as
much as Walter Johnson got to come
here. He is but nineteen years old,
and won the first seven games he
pitched last season, but then went into
slump, and did not return to form
until October. This was attributed.
however, to his youth and lack of
stamina.
There are sixteen pitchers. ten in
fielders ten outfielders and four catch
ers on the list. Griffith will cut this
down to about twenty-five by the time
the team starts south in the spring,
and II the rule Is put In force to limit
the players to twenty-five during the
regular season he will cut 1t down to
the limit later on.
While there are no new developments
In Walter Johnsons case, there being
! nothing in evidence to show whether
he is going to come here or jump to the
Feds. it Is the intention of the local
club to go to court and enjoin johnson
should he decide to Join the Feds. This
fact is going to make the Feds stop
and do a lot of thinking before they
tie themselves up to Johnson with q
fancy contract, for 1t might happen
that he would be permanently enjoined
and might be able to force the Feds
to pay him big salary without his
being able to pitch a game.
johnson drew $4,000 last season for
giving Washington the privilege of re-
serving him for the coming season 1t is
contended that this provision will hold
in court for the reason that part of the
$4,000 paid johnson was in considera-
ton of the reserve privilege.
While it seems to be the general i'm
preston that Walter will report here in
due time, the Washington club officials
do not propose to give him up if he
wants to go to the Feds without a fight,