The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-19
GR|FF DOESN' 7
LOSE ONE MAN
Comes Home to Learn All About
Joke Trade of Connie
Mack.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Clark Griffith is back in town
without the loss of single player.
The New York scribes did the best
they could to separate him from Sam
Rice and Joe Judge, but the Wash
ington magnate returned still their
leader and guardian. Griff had to
come home to learn that Connie
Mack had snapped Scott Perry, lilly
Walker and Joe Dugan for Rice and
Judge, . u,,n.a
J Griff on his return from the bandit
J ridden metropolis. Connie ana
never had a word to say about any
trading AS matter of fact, had
mighty little to say about trades
with anybody That wasn't the Cd
ject of this meeting. Miller Husgihs
did mention Rice, but he got no
further. Sam will be with the WASH
iington club next year, so don't worry
about that"
President Griffith has some players
he wants to use in trades. They are
players who, with other surroundings
may develop far beyond their present
capacities, but Rice and Judge are not
included in the list.
WATCH NEXT SESSION.
Washington fans will do well to
watch the next session of the Dig
Ileaguers. 1t is due early next month,
Ito be followed by yet another IN
/ February, the so-called schedule
meeting. Before he goes back TO
New York for those meetings Pres'-
dent Griffith will have started certain
Hines of discussion by mail and NJ
| may return with the men ne thlhks
will make his ball club.
President Griffith can use at least
one more right-hand pitcher, one out
I fielder, and a third baseman. If he
] can bring about any sort of deal
7 that will bring these players to the
: team, he may be depended upon to do
| so. But the players he Is Wiling 10
trade remain known to him only. he
I doesn't like to gossip about them LOT
: fear the information may become pub
lie and ruin his deals.
The meetings just ended in New
York were primarily for the Solving
of the major problems facing the mag
mates. The new national agreement
ITO run for twenty-five years. was
written and adopted by both big
leagues. Each organization finished
its own business, and that work out
of the way. the decks sWere cleared.
TRADES MAY COME.
Next month there will be another
session to clean up the small details.
IT is then that trades may be eX-
pected. with a few others coming at
the February meeting. However,
there is small likelihood of there be-
ing any wholesale trading. Good
PLAYERS are too few and everybody
wants the British navy for rowboat.
Having obtained Hoyt and Schang
from the Red SoX Miller Huggins is
now trying to land an experienced
outfielder He will make bids Tor
Bobby Veach, the veteran Tiger, ofer-
ing Wally Pipp for him. II he fails
there, he may be willing to accept
Bobby Roth from the Washington
club. Just what Griffith Will want
for Roth remains puzzle. He would
like a pitcher, but Huggins may not
care to part with one.
The Washington players will go 10
Tampa about the first of March.
After getting into shape, they Will
face Tommy Leach's Tampa team ana
then take on Bill Donovan's Phlllies
for a few games before joining the
New York Giants at Jackson, Tenn,
early in April for the journey home.
ONLY seven exhibition contests VIII
he played on this trip.