Evening star., 1916-08-12
BY j. ED GRILLo.

BOSTON, August 1.-THE entire re-
construction of the Griffmen is contem-
plated by Manager Griffith before the
next season opens Many of those who
have been drawing good salaries from the
Washington club for several years are
slated to be cut loose.
Griffith is not satisfied with the work
cr several of the players who have been
with the team for several years. These
cA,rs have not shown the sort of spirit
that winning team needs, and one OF
the infielders in particular seems to always
weaken after the season gets we'll under
wav This. because he does not keep him
self in as good condition as he should
Important changes in the outfield are
also contemplated Griffith. in fact. hopes
to have almost an entirely new OUTFIT t1
renresent the National Capital next sea
son and the players now with tne team
who will be retained are not IN the ma
iority Foster Mcbride Henry, Ainsmith
Sharrity. Rice. Milan. Judge. Shanks.
Johnson Harper. Gallia. Boehling, saw
YER Jameson and perhaps one or Two o.l,- y,
ers are the only ones that Griffith II intenos n1
to keep of the present aggregation IL pres
cnt plans do not miscarry.
The ACQUISITION of two new south
expected to make the pitching decided
Iy more formidable. There is no room
on the team for those players VINO can
neither think nor play up to the re,
quired standard. and every eHort VIII
he made TO make beneficial changes
The one thing that has been lacking
in the makeup in the Nationals this
season is player or TWO Win soHe
cleanup batting ability. II Is the IN
tention to add such material during the
off season. Mensokey, the Minneapolis
outfielder. is hitting well now and IN
a game last Thursday single handed
drove in seven of the eight runs the
Millers scored, making home run
drive and three timely singles.
By a peculiar schedule freak. the
Nationals make their final appearance
on the home grounds this season Sep
fember l2 The rest of the season Will
be spent on the road and the chanceS
are that the team will be better forti-
fed by the time it starts on its hnal
trip than it has been heretofore
The poor showing of the Griffmen on
the western trip undoubtedly caused
the awakening of Manager Griffith to
the fact that he needs new material IN
large quantities. and he will do lot
of experimenting during the closing
months of the campaign in the hope OF
developing some of the youngsters
who are to report to him during the
period between the closing of the big
minor league season and the END OF
the major league campaigns.
Earl Yingling is not a spring chicken,
but there is no doubt that he is still one
cf the cleverest Of southpaws. having
rare knowledge of the pitching art and
heing able to outfigure most Of the big
iAft-handed batters he will have to face in
the American League. The greatest i'm
,-ovement in Yingling is the fact that he
rs gained perfect control. which he lack
I'd during the period that he was in the
National League. He Is one of the best
ljtters in the game and is also fast on
lis feet
Griffith has several deals on. which. if
hey pan out, will further benefit the
makeup OF the team. These are not for
MAJOR league players. but for material
which some OF the other clubs have claims
on in the minors.
Grifffth is certain that the COM
mission will hold that Howard Ehmke
belongs 10 the Washington club. revert
ing to 1t because he was Internationally