Evening star., 1923-02-25

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OF IL higher quality than that Of 1922.
Almost all of the dead wood has
been eliminated. The club has d now
manager of the aggressive, hustling
type. a thoroughly competent coach
Of pitchers and the most promising
array of juvenile talent ever rounded
up, with sufficient seasoned timber to
give it balance. But are local en-
thuslasts of the diamond being re
galed with predictions for u first
olVlSion berth or possible peunant"
Not by a Jugful, and they won't be.
either. The Scribes learned their
lesson last spring, and tn" fans. too.
for that matter This year the team
VIII be rated according to what il
shows on the field in the champion
ship campaign
-Four Players Go From Here.
The athletes expected to be on hand
when Messrs. Griffith, Bush. Gibson
and Altrock shoe them aboard a rat
tier at Union station the day after
tomorrow are: Pat Charity and
Same Rice, who make their homes in
this city; Allan Russell from Balti-
more. and Jay Bee Brillheart, who
rusticates in nearby Virginia
Those listed to report at Tampa
Hoillngsworth of Knoxville, Tenn.
Bill Hargraye of Fort Wayne, Ind;
Kay Beach of Paducah. Ky: pete
d,apan OF Los Angeles, Calf; Jextec
ZacharE or Graham. y. c.; Slim Nc
Grew of Yokum, Tex: Bob Potter OF
kingsport, Tenn; Walter johnson.
who has been wintering at Reno.
New, and Lefty Warmoth of Mount
Carmel, III.
All these athletes are supposed to
get fairly started toward physical
fitness by the end of this week. bur
there Is some doubt as to when the
most famous figure in the bunch will
ter Johnsons eighteen .months-oId
son making the date of his departure
Tor Florida problematical
Lefty Brogan Is Suspended.
Another of the players. who was
scheduled to entrain here TUESDAY.
VIII be compelled to forego base ball
I9r many weeks TO come and may not
play at all this season. He is Godfrey
Brogan. the little lefthander obtained
from the Charleston. Sally League.
Club. Brcgap has written from his
nome III New lork city that an opera
tion he submitted to last fall has so
impaired his health that strenuous
exercise is out of the question, and
he has accordingly been placed on the
voluntary retired list. This reduces
Griff's roster of prospective pitchers
TO eleven. Dad Hankins, the Tampa
boy, already is on the scene. Also. he
IS unsigned. but that little formality
viii be attended to in short order
when Griff gets there.
Muddy Ruel. who halls from ST.
Louis, and George Mogridge, the
Rochester business man, have been
given permission TO delay their ar
rival at Tampa until March 6. This
is the due date for almost the en-
tire remainder of the squad-Goslin.
Fisher, Mcnamara and Wade out
fielders, and Bluege. Evans Gagnon.
La Motto and Conroy, infielders. The
latter has yet TO accept terms but he
may be expected to do that thing and
answer present" when the roll is
called.
Peek Only Real Late Man.
Joe Judge, our fellow townsman.
is getting restless and may emulate
the example Of Sam Rice in report
ing ahead of time with this bunch
If he does Roger Peckinpaugh will
be the only performer to check in
on the day of last call. March II, for
Buchy Harris already is III Tampa
and has been for some weeks, ar-
quiring golf form and a good COS
of tan. Peck will spend this week
and next boiling out at Hot Springs
Competition of formidable caliber in
duced Rajah to welcome the distinc-
tion of being Washington's sole rep
resentatiVe at the Ozark resort this
year.
Tickets are bought. reservations
made. bags packed and grounds
ready. 1t won't be long now.