Evening star., 1915-01-28
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

Manager Griffith was notified this morn
ing that the American League will hold
it's schedule meeting in New York next
Wednesday, and il is moro than likely
that both he and President Ben Minor
will attend.
At this meeting the 1915 American
League schedule will be adopted, and. in
cidentalIy, matters of other Importance
will be settled.
President Ban johnson will leave Chi
cago Friday in order to be in New York
Saturday, when the deal whereby the
Yankees become the property Of Messrs'
Rupert and Huston will be definitely
closed.
Griffith is particularly anxious to get "A
look Il: the new schedule. 1t seems as
..ured that the Nationals will open at
rome this year, because they opened away
from home in 1914. and the local man
tger also hopes his team will not be given
another one of those trips which sends
them TO every city in the circuit without
ulaying a game at home. There was such
a trip last year. 1t opened in Phfia-
delphia, sent the team to the other two
eastern cities. then through the west and
wound up at Philadelphia That sort of
j jaunt is rather hard on a ball team
The signed contract of Alva Williams
reached Manager Griffith this morning.
Williams has Spe MT the winter in Cali
fornia with Eddie Foster, where both
of them have been playing independent
ball ice q week. Williams lmparts
some information to Griffith which Will
lie of interest to many of Fosters $
friends here. 1t seems that Foster has
left the coast for Washington, ana
Williams intim:ttes that the Nationals
third Sacker is making the trip for the
purpose of joining the Benedicts, there
being Il young woman here who. ac-
cording to Williams. will be Mrs Ed
ward Foster before the season is on
this spring.
From Richmond comes the story that
Joe Boehling has not yet made up his
mind as to what he will do about the
three propositions he received from
Manager Griffith a couple of weeks
ago. 1t is known that BoehllnS has
had a proposition from the Feds, but
his friends at his home are certain he
will not accept this and that when the
lime comes for him to report to Grlf-
18th he will get into line.
The sale of Inhelder Wally Smith to
ne Indianapolis club OF the American
.ssociation virtually rids Manager Crit
'.th OF ali the surplus material of his
am before the training season starts.
,nith joined the Nationals last spring.
.ie gave indications during the training
sdSOn or De1nS more lHdn dl
liter. but it was plain later in the sea-
On that he belongs to that class OF
layers who must be worked regularly
order to hit up to his standard.
Bill Rogers, the second baseman OBJ
lined from Portland by the Cleveland
ub. is one of the few recruits who
i'll break into fast company without
wing to fight for his position. When
e Indians sent Lajoie to Philadel-
MIA Bill Rogers got the title to sec
ld-bas. territory without. any opposi-
m. There is no other player on the
an who will aspire to the position,
i Rogers will be placed there al the
tset of the training season. and if he
mes up TO the reports sent out about
m from Portland he ought not have
~ trouble holding the position.
Terry Turner is the only other Cleve-
nd PLAYER who broke into fast COM
my under similar conditions. He, too,
d not have to fight for his position,
y when he arrived in Cleveland from
1lumbus, some years ago. he made
pod from the outset. and had no op-
ositiont
There is some doubt as to whether
ayers Pipp and High of the Detroit
ub will join the Yankees When Col.
lppert and Capt. Huston We're nego
,.ating for the Yankees they We're led