Evening star., 1921-02-24

The name of Valentine Picinich,
which all along has been on the list
of those unsigned. now may be safely
erased. The chunky hacNstop' VINO
last year divided with Ricardo Torres
the work of suostil ul,Hs fro,,
Gharrity. arrived in Washington from
his home in Jersey this morning. ana
has an appointment for conIah III
regard to salary matters Win
dent Griffith and Ntna%rr Nc, .s
TODAY. GrifT. who su:s%ested flcinlch
,is;t onir.d there was little or no
-, that an agreement would De
reached in short order ,
Nothing recently mas been hearu
from either of the TWO n.ttne, ;s,
Noeridge and FrlcE son, 'u' Of
rarsists in the belief that W""n OF
some sort will he forthcoming RON
tban, soon and will ne surprised IL
both are not on hand al nioh
tinr when the elan assemblies thefe
Saturday morning
The latest Of the 1is' 10 cIam"e,
aboard the band wagon IS ioMa,u
Shanks The mail this m"rh,n-
hrourht the duly INSCRIBED pa,cn-
rment of tba king of all utility p'av-
ars with the message that ne 70
tboroushly satisfied With the e'nou
ment specified and that ms
this wear is going to he OF
high order that some ONE va.
hnra to he found for purely erneI-
nav nav, roIes Hank is not due to
SNOW up at Tampa until Mareh -.
THAT is the reporting daIe i"t
JuSpe. too. The first tass'ah III
far has shown no indication oi Saa
to In the attitude he has ass"mHn
e-ap.rd to salary The Nationa's
NAV have to look to Frank bros 81
10 do the honors around the ih.ti
sack this year. but " IS soou ~.
money. bet that Josephus WIN
among those present when 'he eo
tain goes up-
EIIerbe Is Confident.
Another Washington athlete 10 sec
fhe fight is Frank Ellerpe- ine
ernor. who winters at Latta = q. III
= yf5,,s accompanving his signed cor
fracf tells President Griffith ne VIII
he sSfisfied with nothing less Ihan
thesr regular berth at third base VII VII,
the Nationals and is confident ne WI
he able to win it regardless OF tue
humber of competitors for the as
signment The spirit of the former
collsEian is to be commenced anu u
may be said that he will be gwen Sc
rious consideration when the I'M
comes to decide on the lineup Tor ths
opening game with the bos'oh neu
Soy on Wednesday. April l3- ,,
EIlerbe was a spotty player iaS.
wear. He did some fine work at ooth
short and third, and also pulled some
stuff. ON the base lines that added 10
Eriff-s collection of gray hair. FL
lerbe is better than an average mt
ter. and if he is able to earn the risnt
TO play regularly may be expected 70
boost the eminently respectable STICK
ing average of .2s2 for lvi a,a samee
W which he compiled in the 1870 cam
|pafgn. His mental lapses which mill,
|tated 50 against him last year Will
not be held against him. he - "
start this spring with clean state;
and IL he can keep his head up anu
|of opponents hustle to beat him out
for the honor of being aregular-
Sam Rice Entrains Today.
THE program for Sam Rice has been
|shifted again Originally scheduled
Ito be among the first to report at no.
Springs. it was announced ne wouid
mot make the trip. owing to the III
mess of Mrs Rice. but she has recoV-
|ered to such an extent that the cham
|pjon base runner of the majors VIII
|entrain this afternoon for the Spa to
|ioin O'Rourke, Shaw, johnson. Milan
and Lewis.
Honor George Mcbride Tonight.
All is in readiness for the. testi-
monial TO George Mcbride More
Bile at the Wardman Park Hotel at
9.31 o'clock this evening to 90 honor
to the new manager of the Nationals
The attendance of Ban Johnson.
president of the American League
the only one of the noted list OF
speakers regarding whom there was
any doubt, was assured by teie-
gram received from him by Griff to-
6av. In it Johnson said he would
arrive in Washington at O'Clock
this afternoon and that he was de-
|iipbted at the opportunity of assist
sre the fans of Washington in well
coming their new leader.
Another headliner has been added
70 the program in the person of VIII
lie Collier, who is playing this week
at the National Theater CoiIier is as
1unny AT word Juggling as Nick Alt