Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
ED CHARITY SIGNS CONTRACT
TOPLAY WITH THE NATIONAL
Catcher Enters Fold After Chat With
Griff- Milan Now in Navy Aviation
Section Yingling Accepts Terms.

been heard recently from Harold
Thompson. erstwhile pitcher-outfielder
of the champion Torontos of the Inter
national League, who has been inform
ed that he can take or leave the
proposition made to him. GriN says no
further overtures will be forthcoming
from the club Both Bob Berman, the
Fordham catcher, and Adrian Lynch.
the Iowa pitching product, have signed,
according TO Grin.
Germany Schaefer this spring is to ap-
pear in new rple-that of college base
ball coach. The former Griffman. Nick
AltroclkS only rival as a diamond CO.
median is to handle the Lafayette College
squad and. rega riiesS Of the showing OF
the team the members are sure to attain
a well developed sense of humor l.afay-
cite was not expected to have a coach this
year. but when a large squad turned out
for indoor practice President Hampstead
OF the New York Giants announced ne
fer, who is on McGraw's pay roll. Hemp
stead is a. member Of the Lafayette alumni
committee on athletics.
That "ra rd-h itting outfelder" the
Yankees have been angling for ever
since Miller Higgins took charge of
the tear has been landed. He Is none
other than Ping Bodie. for years
member of the Chicago White Sox and
more recently the idol of the left field
phia. When Connie Mack this winter
resumed the house cleaning he started
in 1915 and disposed of Schang. Bush.
Strunk and NcInnis, Philadelphia fans
remarked he had nothing left but Bo-
die and the home plate. Now he has
only the plate.
In order TO obtain Bodie Hurgins had
to engineer a three-cornered deal, pur-
chasing George Burns from the Detroit
Tigers and sending him to the Athletics
in exchange for the Italian fiychaser
Higgins made overtures for Clarence
Walker, sent by the Red SoX to the
Athletics in part payment for Stuffy
McInniS, but Mack refused to let the
strong-armed Title go. Mack's need of
a first basenaan to plub the hole left by
Mc1nnis' departure was responsible for
the purchase of Burns and his delivery
to Mack. What effect the induction of
Burns into Army service would have on
the deal is not known. The Tiger first
baseman, who was benched for a time
last season because of a bad slump in
hitting, was reported last fall as being
in the Army and stationed at Camp
Meade, but this later was denied. Con-
ME Mack has not been informed wheth-
er Burns has been placed in class l of
the draft under the new classification.
but says he knows his draft mum Der is
well back
Manager Higgins and the vanguard
OF the Yankees passed through Wash
ington early this afternoon on their
W ds ~ the lfdiHlHs camp at macon. ia
In the party, in addition to several
newspapermen, Coach O'Connor and
Trainer Woods. Were Pitchers Hubert
Thormahlen and Caldwell and Second
Baseman FewSter, who was picked I'D
at Baltimore Bill Lamar, the Rock
vile boy, last season with the Balti-
more Internationals, Joined the squad
here. Others of the battery candidates
viii proceed direct to Macon from their
homes and the main squad will arrive
there one week later