Evening star., 1924-10-12
Several to Play Exhibition
BaII-0nIy Harris to Stay
Here All Winter.
PECKINPAUGH TO SELL
REALTY IN CLEVELAND
Club Wires $1,000 to Matthews.
Letter Is Given Purse by
Teammates.

The world champions OF 1924, as
base ball team, disbanded yesterday,
leaving their record engraved in tn:
permanent history of the sport an,
in the memories of its followers
Ceremonies marking the disintegra-
tion of the fighting aggregation
which brought Washington her frsA
league and series pennant were in.
formally staged yesterday in the
local clubhouse. They consisted o.,
the simple handshake, slap on TIN
shoulder and "see you next Spring
as most members Of the team depars,
ed by train and automobile for theI4
several homes or for the scenes o.
Winter activities.
Prior to Ieave-takings Manager.
"Bucky" Harris appeared with fist
full of checks marking the winners
split of the world series ..taket
There were "a checks, each -
S0,959.6f, drawn to the - aetvc
members of the Senators, with tw9
additional made out to Nick AltroC-
| and Mike Martin, the club tralne .
and commanders of what in III
Army would be the morale section
$1,000 for Matthews.
The players themselves chipped il
/
the lame batboy, and the ground
keeping squad, and the Washingto
Club wired bonus of $1,000 to WI.
Matthews, who was sent TO Sacra-
mento in midseason as part of Il.
1000 deal which brought McNeet!
! here. President Clark Griffith dc
clared as he signed the check that
the dividends" on that investmcn
were fat enough TO Justify a gencr
Gus view of the situation
Uncle Sam, as a silent partner IA
the enterprise, will receive s10S,3l0.i
through the internal revenue impost>
An official statement from the Treas
ury yesterday placed the total ad
missions at Sl,093,104. upon which 4
/ tax Of 10 per cent will be levied.
! Men Very Tired.
/ There was little to suggest IL.
| triumphant contestants of season
battles in the little group at 1Ameri-
! can League Park yesterday. Weary
! to the final degree and sapped by
! the strain OF Fridays 12-inning
! thriller, the players barred baseball
/ and any remotely related topic from
! subjects fit to be discussed. For
| the most part they stood silently
waiting while attendants cleared
! their lockers and packed the uni
| forms and other personal belongings
in waiting trunks. Then a trip to the
treasurer's office for final OK" on
! the accounts and one by one the
! group departed.
Reticent as they were to discuss
the series. each player denied havin"
! any particular part in the victory.
! aScriblng II generally to the bunch"
! or Harris leadership, and in some
| cases to the breaks" of the game
McNealy, to whom is attributed the
| decisive hit of the final game, dis
| missed queries yesterday with the
assertion that lit was lucky bounce
that did it" The only unanimity was
! in expressions of satisfaction thai
| Johnson had come through to victory.
Piles of TeIegrams.
Piles of kilograms on the clubhouse
! desks testified TO the intense interest
held throughout the country. Scores
| of messages were addressed to in
dividual players by persons. clubs.
+! chambers of commerce and other or
! ganizations, most if whom were ut
terly unknown to the recipient. But
! hundreds came to the Washington
club, attesting the writer's JOY over
! the outcome. Similar messages deluged
the White House, some suggesting that
| the team be invited to dinner there.
| Although most of the team insisted
they were fed up" on base ball for
months to come, several already have
started on exhibition tours of vary
! ing length. Manager Harris left last
night for New Haven, where he and
Goose" Goslin are to participate i'll
! a game. Harris will return to Wash
ington for the Winter, while Goslin
will proceed to Salem, n. j., his home
| town.
Some Going to Europe.
Walter johnson. Joe Judge. George
| Mogridge. Al Schacht and NICK
Altrock left Friday night to JOIN
team of professionals for an author
lied transforming trip, while Sam
Rice also hiked off right after the
title series for Canada, where he VIII
Join a European tour with the mem
bers of the Giants and White SoN.
Muddy Ruel will also take this trip.
! Among those who left last night
were Tom Taylor, Fred Marberry.
Wade Letter. Bennie Tate. Joe
Martina. Mule Shirley and Harry
| Leibold Taylor was headed for
! Memphis, where he says he viii give
his injured hand time to heal up be
fore looking around for a Winter job.
| Marberry is now on his way to
Streetman, Tex, which proudly clalmi
him. He does not expect TO over
work himself during the Winter, but
saws he is going to try to improve his
curve ball before rejoining the Mats
next year.
Will Practice LAW.
Letter, member of the North
Carolina bar, expects to hang out his
shingle at WinSton-Salem. Martina
will again become an oyster merchant
at his home in New Orleans; Leibold
will again "wrack 'em up" i'll his
billiard parlor in Detroit; while Tate
has nothing in mind at present to
occupy his spare time at West Frank
fort. Ill. Shirley, the other National
who deserted the Capital Friday, was
bound for Snowhill, \. G., and he
expects to kill time, at least until the
snow flies, watching the college foot
ball games in the sunny South. Mule
was grid star at North Carolina
University before taking up the
diamond game.
Tom Zachary, Paul Zahniser, Cur
ley ogden and Earl McNeely will
stick around the Capital for q few
days longer. Johnson. it seems, will
play only a few games with the
transformers, and Zach expects to
take his place with the same COM
bination.