The Washington herald., 1922-02-25
lST ROOKIE SQUAD
TO GET UNDER WAY
FOR TAMPA AT $50
Seven Ball Players in
Party Leaving Union
Station Today.
By RAY HELGEsEN.


Seven husky young balipiayers
arrived in Washington last night.
They packed their respective bags az
Sam Steinberger's slumber palace.
grabbed the usual forty winks or
as many of those winks as their
interna. excitement would permit.
and this morning at $3.50 will en-
seonce themselves as comfortably
as may be in a-Pullman. RESERVED
by the Washington Baseball Club
for the long journey to Tampa, Fla
In other words the spring exodus
to the Southern training camps, at
least insofar as Washington Is con-
cerned, has begun.
In charge of the party of youths
who hope to make a name for
themselves In basebalPs hall Of
fame will be President Clark C.
Grifith. Vice President W. G. Rich
ardson of Philadelphia. Nick Altrock
and the clubs travelling secretary.
Pitchers Woodward. Brillheart
Phillips. Djgges. and Gleason; catch
er Nooner and outsider Goose"
Goslin are the seven rockies who
enter into the first lap of their big
league careers this morning.
Rather. all but Woodward enter the
first lap today. Woodward has been
UP before and has romped through
a half dozen big league laps with
out setting the world afire-
The first squad under President
Griffith and Altrock Is scheduled to
arrive in Tampa. where the Griffs
have Srained for the past two sea-
sons, Sat 4:30 tomorrow afternoon
The players will be uuartered at
the Tampa Bay Hotel during their
stay in the South. Harry Court
ney, veteran southpaw pitcher, and
"Bucky' Harris are already in
Tampa and will be ready to work
out with the youngsters the first
of the week.
Easy work ut First.
Monday morning the preliminary;
work will begin. Work for the first
five or six days will be confined to
exercises which tend to timber up
the muscles which have become
soft and stagnant during the win
ter. The youngsters may be al
lowed to throw the ball around
some. but Grifith and Altrock will
watch carefully and none of them
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youngster is prone to break loose
too early and Griff with Altrock
and Mike Martin and his widely
advertised and justly celebrated
horse liniment will be there to use
any restrictive measures which may
be necessary.
As Harris and Courtney have been
on the scene for the better part Of
a month, they should be nearly in
shape to step out by this time.
Courtney. for the first time since
he has been hanging on with the
Nationals, really appears to be Sc
rious this season. According to
Grifr, Courtney realizes he's got to
come through this season or hnd
some other clubs dressing room in
which 10 hang his hat. Therefore
the elongated portsider romped
South at his own expense almost n
month early. and from the various
reports Grifith has been receivins
is already in shape to whip them
over.
Three other pitchers - Francis,
Miller. and McGrew and catcher
Torres are due TO report at Tampa
tomorrow. Francis will come d.
rect from Merced, Cal, his winter
home: Ralph Miller. Bing's younger
brother. and ''Slim" McGrew will
also come direct from their winter
habitats. Torres has been enjoy
ing the races in Havana through
cut the cold season, and Ii will be
just a step or two from there Z"
Tampa
Torres Accepts Terms.
In fact, Torres has been enjoy
ing the races to such an extent
that he was classed as a hold-out
for a few weeks Evidently, how
ever. his tips didn't stand up as
well as he expected. At any rate.
Grifith received a cable yesterday
to the effect that the Cuban would
be there to greet the party Sum
day.
The fact that Torres has accepted
terms puts the Picinich case back
where IL was a week. ago. When
il became known that Torres was
considered a hold-out despite the
fact that President Griffith never
admits he ever has hold-outs). II
was thought by some that Grir
would accede to Picinich's demands s
ana order him 70 Tamna wftb -.