The Washington herald., 1918-03-08
YINGLING now
READY TO WORK
Veteran Southpaw Agrees
to Terms Charity Sends
Agreeable Letter.

OF the first squad OF the Nationals
which will leave here Saturday night
for the Augusta training camp, there
are now but two hold-outs. Manager
Grif1ith received word late yesterday
from Earl Yingling. the Cincinnati
boy, that he had agreed to terms Of
fered and will be on hand by Mon
day morning in the Dixie camp for
the initial drill g.
The Old Fox also stated that Eddie
Charity, the young catcher, who will
be the running mate Of Eddie Ain
smith in the receiving end for the
Nationals this season, had sent in an
agreeable letter and would positively
be in line when the old Dixie Rat
tier pulls out Of Union Station to-
morrow night.
With Yingling and Charity In line
there remain but Thompson and
Lynch of the first squad to attach
their names to a contract with in the
thirty hours. Thompson is the pitch
er the Nationals received from the
Toronto club in the fall draft. while
Lynch came from the Western
League in the same manner. Man
ager Griffith Is sure both player will
answer the hurried called issued yes
terday. Thompson's home is at Mani
coke, Pa, and he can easily make the
jump here in five or six hours.
With Yingling in line the Nationals
pilot has added to his pitching stan
a veteran southpaw who should be
able to hold his own with most Of
the southsiders in the big show. Ying-
ling has been up twice, first with
- -
KEGS. but on each occasion he failed
TO produce enough of a fast ball to
get him over the burden.
Yingling comes here on a purchase
from the Minneapolis club of the AS
sociation. as he was bought outright
by the Foxy leader in the fall of 1916
Earl was a holdout last season be-
cause of business reasons which held
his attention in ne Rhine City," but
he begged to be reinstated during the
past winter and the Old Fox pushed
his appeal through the National Com
mission for him, because Grifr believes
that the veteran lefthander will be
u big addition to the Nationals stan.
Bob Brennan. the young Fordham
catcher who will be taken South with
The Nationals tomorrow evening, is
not hOldout, as has been stated time
and time again since the New York
meeting between Grin and himself
The Bronx Heights cOllegian signed a
contract two days after his conference
with the Nationals teacher in New
York City.
Although the average major league
batlplayer must accept reduced sal
airy this year. there still will be a
humher who will receive big money.
Ty Cobb heads the list with so, %.
Eddie Collins will draw $4,000 and
80 will Iris Speaker. Alexander's
contract calls for $1,000. while Wal
Ter johnson and Herzog will pay
Tor $4,000 each. other stars who
will receive high salaries are StTunk.
NCInnis. SChang. Bush. Leonard.
Ruth and Mays of the Red Sox; Dau-
l'cTt. Wheat and Marquard Ot the
Robins: kauff. Burns. Zimmerman.
Fletcher. SChupp. SalIee and McCarty,
of the Giants: Whittel, of the PhillieS,
Jackson. Felsch. Weaver. Cicottc and
Silhalk. of the White Sox; Killifer. of
the Cubs: HOFnsby. Of !he Cardinals:
S:slcr. of the Browns; GrOh. ROush
md Chase. of the Reds: Cooper and
1,."cy. OF the Pirates; chapman. Co.
','trskie and B1Gby. Of the CIevelands;
,tt. Eeach. Bush and Heilman. of
tHr Tigers, together with Baker.
I'cckiTpaugh. Pratt and Caldwell, Of
the Yankees.
Much doubt exists as to just exactly
what will happen to The InternatiGna
League this year. The killing of the
Sunday baseball bills in the LegIsia-
tUre was hailed as death-blow for
the league. but apparently McCaffrey.
the owner of the Toronto Club, will
never say die. and plans for a reor-
sanitation of the league are under
way.
Fred Walker, according to Lon
Jourdet, the Pennsylvania basketball
coach. did not lose popularity with
the Dartmouth students because of
the failure of the-Hanovar five, and
ne still stands high in undergraduate
esteem. In the game against Penn
sylvania at Dartmouth, Walker, ac-
COrding to Jourdet. was received with
great acclaim by the students when
he appeared on the floor. He had
already relinquished his coaching du-
ties and attended the contest as an
observer. 1t cannot be said that the
lineup as arranged by the Dartmouth
captain was an improvement upon
Walkers idea as to players and their
positions. In the case Of Larmon this
seems very clear. This player who
scored five goals against Pennsylvania
in the first game, was moved to for
ward in the second. facing Martin,
the Pennsylvania leader, and one of
the best defensive players in the
game. As a result, Larmon had no
chance to show. The Green was
beaten. as will be remembered, 81 to 9.
But that was only one game, and the
working out OF the new plan Of self
government certainly deserves a more
adequate test before Judgment is