Evening star., 1924-03-29

the paths. II any one can put fire in
i hope he will consider my offer fav
Harris wired Egan last night stat
ing the conditions of the offer, and
expects to get a definite reply from
the former catcher today. Egan's
home is at Kenwood. n. Y. If he
accepts the position Egan will pro-
reed to Washington to join the club
when it arrives from the south, two
weeks from today.
Press reports concerning the offer
to Egan styled the job as that of
assistant manager. Harris lost no
time in killing that title. There will
be no assistant manager of the ball
club while [ am in charge Assist
ant to the manager, yes; but assist
ant manager no. I'll be open TO ad-
vice and will heed it as ! see fit, but
III be in complete control of the
"a tibuals."
The acquisition of Egan would not
mean the dropping of any of the
other coaches now with the club.
Nick Altrock is a valuabl asset and
Harris thinks deal of Jack Chesbro,
too. Jack is quite patient and pains
taking in his work with the mound
corps and is helping the recruit
pitchers considerably.
But Harris also needs some one to
help inspire the men on the paths. in
addition to handling the pitching tai
cnt. Bucky will need all the rest he
can get on the bench between innings
atield, for his position as manager
Keeps him on the jump outside of
the games, and he figures EGan as
just the man for the job.
Put in Claim for Simon
Right now. Harris is casting about
for an infielder and may land one via
the waiver route. The Browns, who
have flock of athletes trying to get
the hot corner berth. have placed one
lnt-SClEaStpr SlnOn-On
their waiver list and the Nationals
have registered a claim on him.
This Simon seems to be a good
right hand hitter. In 40 games with
year he walloped the ball at .322
rate, a number of his 167 hits going
for extra bases. He Swatted at criti-
cal times too, driving in lie runs.
He fielded .91S at third base. He is
a sizable chap, being five feet, ten
inches tall and weighing about IT'S
pounds.
But getting players through waiver
is not so easy at this time of the
year. All big league clubs send out
waiver lists that usually contain the
names - several players well worth
while, but w1-Sever any other club
seems quite keen about getting one
or two of them the waivers general
w are withdrawn. Harris is hoping,
however, that the Browns will let
he fortunate enough to land him. 1t
IS known that several other clubs are
after him.
White Sox Deal Is on.
It was officially announced this
morning that all negotiations with
the White Sox concerning an ex-
charge that would bring Outfielder
Johnny Mostil to the Nationals have
ceased. The Sox wanted more than
the Nationals cared to give, 80 PreSi-
dent Griffith summarily ended pro-
ceedings with a message to the Sox
authorities informing them that he
was not ready to give half the Wash
ington team for any particular
player.
Perhaps the improvement noted in
the work of George Fisher and Carr
Smith. outf1eld recruits, also in
tions. These boys have been going
along well, both in practice and
games the past few days and the re-
tenrion OF both is being considered
seriously. Smith at present is the
better fielder, but Fisher has learned
of the clout and is making the catches
more readily because he now keeps
his head up while traversing the
field.
watch the ground he was covering
instead of keeping his eyes on the
ball. He made several good catches
yesterday and also an excellent
throw from deep right to the plate
that prevented a Milwaukee score.
Then he contributed a slashing single
after two men had been retired in
the ninth and drove in the decisive
tally of the 4-to-3 game.
Brewers Hard to Beat.
Those Brewers who were so easy for
the Nationals at Palmetto last week,
took deal of beating yesterday. Jez
Zachary, who heaved the first five
pretty fair ball and would have es-
capped unScratched, but for a two-base
muff of fly ball by Sam Rice. That
error let Shinault. who had been
passed. score from the middle station.
Two singles and double were all
zach gave up and none of these wal
lopS damaged him.
But Slim McGrew. who twirled the
sixth. seventh and eighth rounds, was
soft pickin' for the Brewers. They
banged him in each session, punching
two blows for a run in the sixth and
three for another in the eighth. Joe
Martina did the honors in the ninth
And held the Milwaukee men at bay
The Brewers also trotted out three
twirlers and while all were slammed
the Nationals got little value out of
their hits. George VIM, southpaw.
was nicked for four blows in the
first three frames without a run re-
sulting. Skinny Shaner, right
handler. yielded three swats in the
next trio of rounds and one off Peck's
bat in the fourth tailed Prothro from
second base.
Dave Keefe, another orthodox
finger, worked the last three rounds.
Successive singles by Prothro, Peck
and Hargrave netted a run in the
eighth. and in the ninth Keefe helped
the Nationals with two wild pitches.
One let Judge score from third and
the other, that happened to be a
fourth ball to Goslin, put Goose on
second, from where he counted when
Fisher poled the sphere to center.
The Nationals were to wind up a
busy week of engagements this aft
erhoon by playing hosts to the Reds.
Allen Russell, Byron Specie and Joe
Martina probably will be called upon
for the pitching. Two of the hurling
squad are off duty at present Fred
Marberry and George Mogridge hav-
ing contracted colds. Marberry's is
quite severe and he may be idle for
several days.
IAttle Improvement has been noted
in ,tBluege's injured knee, but every
effort is being made to aviod an
operation on the joint The fourth
member of the Nationals casualty
squad, Bennett Tate, probably will be
ready for work early next week. That
scalp wound he received at Braden-
town Thursday is not so serious, but
at present 1t is too sore to permit the
little catcher to wear mask.
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