The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-27

there isn't another spot in the Sc
IF It's UP to Bradentown Branch
you might just as well start
preparations for the 1923 world
series" spoke the Cardinals boss
to the Cardinals manager.
II know what you and the boys
had to put up with at Orange, Tex,
for two years. You came third and
you tied for third. II Orange can
produce third place club, why
Bradentown is a sure-shot for. q
pennant.
You will see q clubhouse that
equals the one at Sportsman's Park.
There isn't as much as a piece of
cinder on the infield and the grass
is so smooth that / know could
sink 40-foot putt with my eyes
closed.
'Why didn't you wire me that
you were having this kind of
weather here. ShucIxs, 1 would
have remained down there an
other week. Pay attention to
tEis-I haven't worn q hat or n
coat for the last three weeks. 1t
isn't 30 hot that you become un-
comfortable, hit warm enough
to iron. the kinks out Of the arms
Of the pitchers"
And when Sam touched the point
about the pitchers Hickey wheeled
around in his chair and displayed
keen interest.
For while the general conditions
appealed TO Breadon, it was the
warmth that would condition the
pitchers that met with Rickey's
fancy.
Regardless of what we may have
and what we may not, pitching is
what leads q club to the top or
drops 1t to the bottom" shouted
Hickey. II don't have to recite a
lot of baseball history to prove this,
but the books show us what Fielder
Jones did with his White Sox years
ago and how the Boston Braves ad.
vanced from last place to the pen-
nant and the world championship
in 1914.
And do believe that with Pfef-
fer, Toney, Doak, Haines, Sherdel,
North, and the recruits we have
there is a chance of developing q
tight pitching staff. Go. on, Sam,
tell me some more about GETTING
those kinks out Of the arms of the
pitchers"
Members of the squad bound for
BradentOwn viii be interested i'm
learning that the Manavista Hotel,
which will be the home Of the
Cardinals, is located a hop, skip,
ana jump from the shores Of
the Manatee river. The BAN park
is about half q mile away and
there Is a nine-llOle golf course
across the street from the play
ing field. What could be sweeter?
In dealing with recreation Breadon
reports that for motoring there are
gardens. groves and semi-tropical
forest; for bathing the gulf, bays
and rivers; for boating a yachts
mems paradise; for fishing the
FLORIDA waters. where they say all
kinds OF wish will be found.
Say, where the mischief do you
think you're taking us to?" snapped
in Hickey again. This isn't going
to be a worlds tour. Tell me some
thing about sliding pits, batting
q
coop to teach Clarence Mueller how
to run the bases
Although the first group of Cardi.
mails is intended to include only the
recruits with three or four veteran
pitchers. Hickey already is receiving
requests from regulars to be per-
mitted to join the squad which is
scheduled to depart on February
"a. Among them is Rogers Horns.
by.
There is nothing upstate about
ROg HOrnsby. He's ball player,
that's his profession and he loves
his game. Keeping ROg up here
from February "a to March will
be almost impossible and Hickey
no doubt will allow ROg to join
the recruits in starting for the
training camp.
The trade waves have subsidized a
hit. although there are rumblings
from near and far that mention the
Cardinals in a number of deals. 1t
is known that the Brooklyn Super
bas have renewed negotiations with
Hickey in an attempt to land an
outfielder and an infielder..
The Superbas are prepared to put
across new shuttle in their or
ganization. They won the pennant
in 1920 and have not done much
since then. Therefore Magnatc Eb-
bets and Manager Robinson feel
that a shift here and there would
help everybody concerned.
lack Wheat is the bait the SUI
perbas are throwing at the Cardi-
nails. and lack would Re an IDEAL
man to patrol that left field How
ever, the Superbas are asking too
much. in Rickey's opinion, and un-
less they lower their playing value
on Wheat it is doubtful whether
such a transaction will be ar
ranged.
STALLINGS AND HAPGOoD
MAY BUY SCRANTON CLUB
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-It is re-
ported here today that George Stall
lings and Walter Hapgood, owners
Of the Rochester club, of the Inter
national League, intend purchasing
the Scranton franchise In the resur-
rected New York State League in
the hope Of evading the draft issue
with the major leagues,
Their plan, 1t Is said, will be to
receive major league discards at
Scranton under the optional draft,