The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-05
JUDGE SIGNS ON
DOTTED LINE
AND PLANS TO
JOIN GRIFFMEN

First Baseman Is No Longer
HoIdout From Fold, as He
Accepts Terms Of Washing
ton Baseball cIub-Leaves
For Tampa Saturday.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.
TOE JUDGE, Clark Griffith's
II holdout first sacker. accepted
y terms last night, signed his
contract, and will leave next Satur-
day morning for the training camp
at Tampa, Fla.
Judge and Griffith have been ar
guing for many weeks about the
first baseman's 1922 contract.
Jugde claimed this and Griff
claimed that. Each chartered and
neither could understand the other.
The fans listened and waited to see
what would happen.
The end of It all came yesterday
afternoon when Judge, after receiv.
ing kilograms and letters from
Tampa. notified Secretary Eynon
that he had agreed to the clubs
terms and would be ready to go
to Tampa next Saturday morning.
1.-The fans of Washington will
probably be glad" said Secretary
Eynon last night, "for Joe is de
cidedly popular with them Person
ally, l am very glad to have Judg
with US. He Is fine fellow. and al
excellent player. -
Milan Arrives Tonight.
Zeb Milan, the new manager OF
the Washington Griffmen, Is due
to arrive in Tampa, Fla, tonight
and he will take charge of his
players tomorrow. With the man.
ager on the job an end will come
to mere preliminary practice.
Everything will be real serious.
Until the regular infielders arrive
next week, though, II will be i'm
possible to stage any practic,
games. Milan will simply have
chance to get a line on some
his new players before watchinS
them in games on Plant Field.
Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary, tn
hold-out southpaw, is due to arriv
at Tampa, tonight. He will immeo
ately go into conference with Pre-
news will be spread broadcast tina
Zachary has signed his 1922 con
tract. Either that or II will be told
that he cannot don a uniform tomor.
row morning at Plant Field.
Val Picinich, who catches walter
johnson, who needs no catcher ex-
cept that the rules demand nine men
In every game, Is going from Miami
Fla, over to Tampa today. Picinich
Is said to want more money than he
has been offered. He will also sign
up. II he doesn't, either Torres or
Noone will be given his job.
The Squad Increases.
The squad OF Griffs will be srea
ly increased tomorrow In Tampa
when the second contingent arrives.
Walter johnson, George Mogridge.
Eddie Goebel, Ossie Bluege, Turkey
Brewer, Sam Rice. Olaf Erickson,
and Val Picinich, together with
Manager Milan. are expected to be
in uniform.
The final gang to report at Tampa
will include Pat Charity and Roger
Peckinpaugh, who are now at Hot
Springs, Ark: Hank Shanks. Ear,
: Smith. DOME Bush, N. l.. Turk, and
Joe Judge.
Charity is expected to do all the
catching this spring-yes, and all
this year, as far as he can go. He
10 the only high class backstop on
the ball club. Picinick can catch
johnson, but so can ICY" Cum.
mings or Pop" HALEY, or Bsvo
Brown.
May Play Phillies. s. -
Though no games with the Phil.
lies have been scheduled for tho
Griffmen, II 10 quite likely that
President Griffith will book q
couple. One is certain to BE- played
in Tampa, IL the Phillies are played
at all. The other one may b
played at Leesburg, Fla, whore
the Phillies are training.
The Boston Braves are the Ma
tional Leaguers to engage in the
| regular spring schedule with tho
Griffs. Three games will be played
1t st. Petersburg, where the Braves
will train, and four at Tampa.
Then the two clubs will hook up in
a transforming trip through the
Carolinas and wind up at Georgia
Bleachers Arc Conc.
There are no more blaechers at
the Washington ball park. There
won't be any more, either.
Instead Of selling bleacher seats
this season, the ball club will sell at
bleacher prices the first seventy-five
| tickets for the leftfield pavilion on
week days and the first $50 tickets
for Sunday games.
1--WE found that II was better to
demolish that unsightly jury box"
explained Secretary Eynon last
night. than to keep II for the
handful OF fans who sat in II. Now
we shall have the prettiest baseball
park in either league, the only one
without a bleacher, for that mat.
| ter"
Washington has never been
bleacher town. Fans here prefer 70
sit In the grandstand than any.
where else in the park. The passing
of the famous jury box but empha-