The Washington herald., 1917-03-31
MATHEWSON IS AFTER /.
GRIFf'S OUTFIELDERS
Nationals Pilot Is Overburdened with
Outer Garden Performers.
By JOHN nuGAN

Cincinnati, Ohio, March ao-The Old
Master. Christy Matthewson, Is not salts
neu with the makeup Of his Red Legs
from cincinnati. Like the Nationals,
christy has as good a catching staff as
IN either league. In wingo, Clark and
HUM, while in the pitching department
he has quite a few promising youngsters
who may develop and help the veterans
Toney and Schneider over the rocky roads
this summer.
The infield of the Red Legs as yet Is
unsettled. but q great combination will,
no doubt, be rounded out from peerless
Hal Chase, Heinie Groh, Kopf, McKetch-
ME and Shean
1t is the outfield that is worrying the
Old Master and Matty Is already in the
market for new outfield material. Matty
Is sweet on a couple Of Griff's fly catch
ers and at any time now the Old Fox
may kick in and help out his "old love"
by shipping one or two of his extra out
gardeners to Cincinnati.
Matty makes no bones of the Teak"
which got out here tonight, that he IL
bidding for outf1elders and claims that al
though he has not reached any agreement
with the Old Fox. that he expects to close
deal with Grifith before the Nationals
clan pull stakes here Monday night for
the Capital City.
Grifhth has already stated that he
intends sending Horace Milan to Joe
Cantillon's Minneapolis club. but 1t may
be Young Milan who is to be sold or
traded to the Red Legs. providing. OF
course. that tho Old Fox can get him
out of the American League by the
waiver route.
Griff is stuck on the form shown by
Mike Menoskey during the training
season in Augusta, and will no doubt
allow the Minneapolis youngster to
hang around the bench for a few weeks
before he starts him in a game. with
Acouta reporting in the Capital City
on Tuesday, Grin Is overburdened with
outfielders. and unless some American
League manager blocks the deal, some
OF the National youngsters are sure of
drifting to the Cincinnati club.
Clark Grifiith and Christy Mathew
son intend to make Sunday a real gala
day for the fans Of Redland. Walter
Johnson will be opposed by Dick Toney
for hve innipgs of the route, while
vouched that they each will hurl one
or two innings.
Matty to Hurl.
Matty claims that he intends to do
some hurting this summer and that he
will work in as many innings in the
game Sunday as the Old Fox. Griff has
the luck that was attached to old
heads like Eddie Plank and Jack
Coombs. so both Cincinnati fans and
the athletes with both teams are await
ing anxiously to see how Dame For
tune will treat Griffith in this come
back stunt.
In the game here tomorrow Jimmy
Shaw and Claude Thomas will do the
box honors for the Nationals. while
the American Leaguers will be COM
PEELED to again face Dutch Schneider
and Saunders.
Harry Harper, who has been tied up
with a sore arm all season. claims to be
fastly rounding into form. and the Old
Fox may give him a chance in one Of
these exhibition games against the Red
legs.
Three more games remain to be play
ed in the Cincinnati series before the
athletes will make the hop to the Cap
ital
After the game here Tuesday the Ma
tionals will catch the $40 Baltimore and
Ohio for the Capital. and II there is no
delay to the Griffmen. they will arrive
at Union Depot in time to play George
town University. Ray Morgan's Yanni-
gans are due in Washington from Rich
mond on Saturday night and will meet
the Alexandria Cardinals at American
League Park on Monday afternoon. II
the regulars do not reach the Capital in
time the Yannigans will face the George
town University team.