Evening star., 1921-12-09

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Il had no intimation that Mcbride
even considered quitting base ball"
Griff said today. II asked him to meet
me in Buffalo for the purpose of go
ing over the needs of the club and
planning for the acquisition Of new
players His action in stepping out
rather fiabbergasted me. His appear
ance indicates he is far from well. 1
have had no time to consider sue
cessor for him and am not prepared
to say now whether or not any player
already on the roster will be consid-
cred for elevation to the post.
LAS for the story that Washington
anything about it. had forgotten
there was a Danforth in base ball.
had no conversation whatever re-
garding Danforth with President
Rowland of the Columbus club. or
any one else. The last time I heard
of Danforth he was with shipyard
team in Baltimore and for all I know
he is still there and can stay. 1t
is unfor;t-aate that yarns of that sort
get into 'ie papers.
Spring Games with Braves.
Assurance that the Braves would
pair up with the Griffmen in pre-sea-
son exhibitions was obtained by
in Buffalo. 1t Is not yet settled
whether the Boston club will train at
st. Petersburg or>Orlando. but one of
the other of the two towns Will be
picked, and as both are within rea-
sonable distance Of Tampa. where the
Nationals will do their conditioning
for the third successive year, arrang-
ing for games is expected to be an
easy matter.
Severa, "home-and- home" contests
will be billed for the training camps
and when the Grifmen start their
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April they will be accompanied by
the Braves. Details of. the barnstorm-
ing trip remain to be settled, but 1t
is likely that there will be one game
at Jacksonville and it is certain an
other will be played at Columbia, s. C..
This is the place where Goose" Cos
lin received his base ball education.
He has large and enthusiastic fol-
lowing there and the entire town may
be expected to turn out to see the
young hychaser wearing the garb OF
a major league club.
No extended tour will be UNDER
taken. Griff learned a lesson from
that trip with the Cincinnati Reds a
couple of years ago, when bad
weather and early, morning jumps
over n period of about three weeks
resulted in lame arms and creaking
rang for the start of the champion
ship campaign.
Only one week will be consumed
by the Nationals in making the trip
home from Tampa. The Braves will
appear in exhibitions here Saturday
and Sunday. April 8 aud .. The, team
then will taper on on its own
grounds for the few days remafping
before the opening OF the season,
which probably will be April IL this
year.
klepper SpoOned the Mo6uis.
1t developed that the negotiations
conducted by w. H. Klepper Of the Port
land club for the sale Of Pillette and
johnson served merely to provide the
coast league magnates with an excuse
for a sightseeing tour as q form of
vacation. 1t will be recalled that much
ado was made over the fact that
Washington might obtain this pair
of promising young pitchers. Klep-
per visited practically every big
league club owner to discuss a
trade for them and spent two days
here last week comforting with the
'o.ai officiais-and the players at that
time already had been disposed of to
the Tigers for Il sum reported to be
$4,000 and a small army of surplus
Tiger talent. -
While at the meeting of the minors
in Buffalo early this week President
Navin of Detroit showed Griff a
SiGned contract. signed two weeks
previously, giving the Tigers title to
pfllette and Johnson. 1t would ap-
pear that Mr.. Klepper is one of our
leading spooferS