The Washington times., 1923-01-06

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and he ought to have a whale Of
Judge is one of the most earn
of my ball clubs. He is incline
good thing in many ways. On ;
is worth three of the other kind
simply because it must be done Il
streak.
II hope to have q winning ball
club next season. II I do, Judge
ought to be one Of the main cogs In
&. He's fast as a bullet around
that bag. always has his head up
and is easy to get along with.
"One of the plans I have in pros
zpect is for Joe TO hit IN fourth
place. Yes. know that he thinks
he's better leading off. but for the
good of the team, he ought to hit
in fourth place where the whole
team would get more good from his
timely hitting.
From the very first day at
Tampa this spring shall keep an
eye out fore some other player to
act as lead-off man. Eddie Goebel
- the type and hope he fits into
my plans. It's all up to his hit
ting.
Goebel has . good eye up there
at the plate. He always wants
q good bah and seldom hits at .
bad one. Then look at his sped.
With Harris hitting In behind
him, GOebel would be on third
base on almost every one Of Stans
leY,s smashes. That would leave
Rice and Judge, our two leading
hffters. to bring him across the
plate. That's an ideal cOmbina-
ton.
However, this is winter baseball.
can't say now whether Goebel
will succeed in hitting hard enough
to hold his own. There's no doubt
OF his fielding. He's as good an
0utfielder right now as there is In
the majors. It is his hitting Wnlcn
keeps him from being a regulars he
may come into his own next season.
and. if he does, he'll be up there as
my Iead-on man."
Zoe Judee. whose friends at Geor-
Ria avenue are numbered by the
thousands, has had considerable diff
ficuIty in signing his last two con-
tracts. He went to Tampa IN
signed in 1921. We went along
with him, by the way, and while
he naturally did not care to discuss
his financial truobles with US, he
did say that he would not sign
until President Griffith agreed to
his demands.
Arriving at Tampa, Judge went
into conference with his boss. They
failed to agree in the first chat,
but the second found Joe hooked to
q contract and prepared to do his
best out there on the field.
Last season President Griffith de-
clined to allow any player to join
the squad at Tampa unless signed.
One exception was made in the case
Of Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary, who
signed up in jigtime, once he ar
rived on the scene.
Val Picinich, who had spent sew
eral weeks in Florida in his big
yellow roadster before the squad
got there, was actually ordered off
the field until he came to terms.
President Griffith was very much
In earnest, and Val knew it.
BucIxy Harris was the first
Griffman to sign his 1928 con-
tract, coming through with the
grand gesture yesterday. Now
up his little old coIlarbOx, get a
smoke and shine, and LIT the
RATHER for Tampa and the Rocky
Point golf links.
Harris Is going to Tampa Wed.
nesday next, unless present plans
fail. With him will go Mike Mar
tin, the Griffs' trainer, and Jimmy
Thompson. golf professional at the
Mohawk Golf Club, Utica, n. Y. in
the summer and the same thing at
Rocky Point Tampa, Fla, in the
winter.
Thompson is going to work at
Tampa. Harris is going to play
golf and acquire a healthy tan.
Martin is going to boss the boys
around as they rebuild the grand
stand at Plant Field. All will be
on the side porch just before dinner
on Wednesday, February %, when
the first gang of Griffs arrive at
the Tampa Bay Hotel. They will
be the receiving committee.
President Griffith expects little
or no trouble in signing I'D his
athletes. He also believes that no
member Of his team has more than
passing interest in the proposed
players association. now running
rampant in the National League.
They've got too much sense,
that's all" says the boss
And that's that.
CINCINNATI PURCHASES