Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-15
MANY RECRUITS
FOR GR|FF'S CAMP
Besides Four Young 0utfieId-
ers, There Will Be a Batch
of T,WirIers.
BAKER AND MURPHY KILLED
CINCINNATI" BASE HIT
Charley Doom Signs to Manage Phil
lies Again--Many Players Coming
Into Big League Fold.
BY j. ED GRILLO.

| Outfield recruits will be plentiful at the
training camp of the Nationals this
| spring. In addition to Acosta and Spen
Ger, both of whom made their debut here
! last season, Griffith has four other
| youngsters, none of whom has had much
| experience, to look over this spring.
| These are Emil Meusel, who halls from
Los Angeles; Paul Smith. who made quite
| q. record around Chicago last season;
| Otto NHe, a uuch-touted younsster who
ives at Springfield, Ohio, and Jack
Nccabe. another Ohio lad.
Major lcagne ball is unknown to this
quartet, but they are toutcd as having d
lot of natural ability and Griffith proposes
to give them thorough tryout this
spring.
With .Ncosta and Spencer benefited by
what experience they have had they of
course look to have the better chance to
make a favorable impression, but the
fight for an outfield position is going to
be rather interesting, for these young
sters are sure to set fast clip from the
nutset in the hope of making the team.
incidentally Griffith will have fourteen
pltchers in the camp, the majority of
Whom are youngsters who need to be de-
veloped- johnson, Boehling. Groom and
Engel are experienced. Then there are
Shaw, Bentley, Musser, Dick Williams.
Ayres Gallia, Schwartz. CASH IN. Har-
per and Mumford, youngsters who have
shown remarkable ability. but st Il need
development Wallie Smith, Holland
Leo Martin and Gedeon are the young
sters of the infield department With
all these players trying for positions
the training period should prove most
interesting one.
William Weart, the sage of the Phila-
delphia Telegram. gives Frank Baker
and Eddie Murphy of the Athletics credit
Tor having killed the CINCINNATI base
hit. The slaughter came off in the last
worlds series. Here is Wearts descrip-
ton of the event:
Frank Baker and Eddie Murphy Of
from Fred Merkle of the Giants, killed
the Cincinnati base hit Baker and
Murphy fooled Merkle in the final game
of the last worlds series. with the re-
suit that Fred, after trying to touch out
Baker on a grounder down the first base
line. tried to throw out Murphy at the
plate. Merkles throw to Mclean was a
tribe too late. and Murphy scored, while
under the Cincinnati base hit ruling
Baker received credit for a base hit.
The scorers of New York and several
| from other cities who saw that play
could not see why Baker should get credit
for base hit on such a play. In conse-
quence. when the ballots were sent out
Association of America to vote on pro-
posed changes in the scoring rules many
of them, remembering Bakers hit, cast
a vote against the Cincinnati
Frank Baker won fame with his home
runs in the 1911 worlds series. Now he
gets the distinction of being the man who
gave the crushing blow to the most dis
cussed play among scorers by an infield
grounder.'
i Char ey Doom will again manage tine
ha
a contract for 1914 yesterday. Doom
has made good in his present position.
having had the Philies in the pennant
fight nearly every season since he took
hold in 1910. Notwiths .anding the fact that
DOOM has lost his star catcher, Killifer,
who jumped to the Federal League, he
expects TO give the Giants a harder fight
for the pennant next season than ever
before. Incidentally he feels sure that
kilifer will re emit when he receives the
contract Doom sent him few days ago
Pitcher Dick Rudolph and Inf1elder Jack
Martin signed contracts with the Bos-
ton Braves yesterday. Rudolph, after
spending several years in minor
league, being Toronto's mainstay on the
rubber for several years, made good In
the National League last season and was
SO well satisfied with the treatment ac-
| corded him that he ignored Federal
| League offers and signed up with
! Stall ings.
jay To6eis, Souii5 Ses~Siioi piSnSu up
| at Richmond last season by Frank
i Chance has signed with the Yankees.
| Rogers is said to be another Ed Sweeney,
| both in ability and size.
| Since it has become noised about that
| Russell Ford, the spit baller, is ckering
| with the Federal League, the New York
| club does not hesitate to admit that
| Ford's days Of usefulness are over, but
| the regret Is expressed that he did not
! stick to the club SO that good ball play
| er or two could have been secured in
| trade for him. Ford, of course. not to
be blamed if he can get a good contract
with the Federal League, for the chances
are that his days as pitcher are but
| few and it is decidedly questionable if
| he could hold his own in the American
| League much longer,