Evening star., 1925-12-09

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Here primarily for the purpose
carnival, with its stated communi,
minutes OF the previous meeting ar
boss OF the two-time American Lea
small hope OF bolstering his entry
erlng that all owners OF desirable t
the fear that he will sap" them. as
Grif's feat last year in corrallins
from the Indians. A the expense of a
9'alr of mediocre performers like Byron
SpeeCe and Carr Smith, the services of
Stan toveleSkie. who promptly pro
reeded To chuck himself to the top of
The heap in Ban .johnson's circuit
was enough to make his cotempo-
raries leary of him even it he hadn't
plucked from under the noses of IA
rival club owners n pitcher with the
potentia lities of Dutch Ruether.
What happened To such aged and
Crea king athletes as PeCkinpaugh
SEVERED, Ogden and Joe Harris, not
10 include Ferguson in this category.
"nCe they enlisted under the Grif-
fithian banner. has not been lost sight
Of by traders in the base ball bourse
The net result is that when ap-
rroa ched by the Capital chieftain with
suggestions for dicker their estima te
"f the value of all the performers he
mentions Immediately is sent upward
and they usually resort to some such
protective measure as looking out the
window
80 Players on Roster.
On the roster of the Nationals when
Griff meandered to this metropolis were
3S actives of a higher or lesser degree
of skill-l6 pitchers. 3 catchers, 10 in
tielders and outfielders. with one of
his number due to shift affiliations
n u n lI-y-1r RI loo
sea son.
The fly Chasers embrace Cowboy
Jones of the Mobile Southern Associa
tton Club. who has yet 10 he inspected
by Capital fandom; Rice. Goslin. Nc
Nicely. Joe Harris. Leibold. Veach
Ieanes and ArChdeacon. the latter that
same speed demon who received brief
trials with the Tigers and Chisox.
Listed as infielders in addition to
Pilot Eucky Harris himself. are
Judge. Shirley. Peck. BlueGe. Myer,
Adams. Stewart. Scott and Frank Nc
Gee. the first-bas sing phenom shared
from Peoria of the Three Eye League.
with Fuel Tate and SEVERED compris-
lnG the baskStoppinS trio.
In the line of pitchers are found
Johnson, Coveleskie Marberry, Rue.
ther, Zachary. Ballou. Thomas. Fer
guson Ogden, Kelley and Russell. to
name the better known ones. with
Arthur Humphreys, Raymond Joyce.
Hal Smith. Jim Lyle and Willard
Morrell either complete or compara-
i've strangers to regular attenda nts a
the Georgia avenue plant. Morlell
the newest of the lot. is the right
handler who worked 50 impressivelv
IN trimming a makeshift aggregation
of Mats in an exhibition at Hartford
shortly before the season closed last
tall. and who was drafted from New
Haven az result
Although Griffith's invariable policy
Of refusing TO discuss a plan until it
has ceased to he a plan and has be-
come an actually. makes it impos-
S1ble to present an authentic forecaS
oi what may happen to reduce the
Washington roster. it may be said
with reasonable degree of assurance
that upward of dozen of the ath-
letes enumerated above will find their
status as members of the American
League Champions altered for some
cause or another before another cam
paiCn gets under way.
Two Due to Quit.
Everett Scott has let it he known
that he intends to retire from the pa
time in which he shattered all records
for consecutive play while drawing
envelopes from the Boston and New
York clubs. in order to devote his
entire attention To the recreation
center he is conducting at Fort
Wayne. and Allen Russell is said to
he sincere in his determination to
stick close to his apothecary shop in
BOSTON.
II may he that if deals could be ar
ranged that were satisfactory to them
they could be induced to continue in
harness, but ii is extremely unlikely
that either again will be seen in
uniform with a W. on it. and the
same applies also to Bob Eeach and
Memo Liebold, another pair of 40
year men, whose wishes must be
consulted before any dicker to send
them elsewhere can be consummated
Still another pair who unquestion-
ably are regarded as available for
trading purposes are Tex Jeanes and
Maurice Archdeacon, outfielders both,
the former having failed to impress
with his work as a Griffman last sea-
son, and the latter not having actually
functloned as National yet. although
his capabilities are pretty well estab-
lished through observation of him in
other big league uniforms.
George Stallinss. the Rochester
masnate. who brought him out.
stoutly maintains that Archdeacon's
phenomenal speed should prove the
chief factor in the little fellow ulti-
mateiy developing into one of the
greatest HychaserS in the game. But
similar boosts We're put in for Wild
Matthews. who has passed on to In.
dianapolis via New Orleans in the
transaction that made Buddy Myer a
Griffman and the ma ior league
StrategiSts remain unconvinced
There are others who may he con
spicuous by their absence when the
Nationals start operations at Sev-
enth street and Florida avenue next
Spring, and one or two who may not
he accorded Winter vacation at the
Tampa training camp with all eX-
penses paid. In the latter class. for
instance. may be found Raymond
Joyce, the right hand hurler who
graduated from New Haven in 1924.
and, following an inspection with the
Nationals, moved on to Omaha. where
he was credited with turning in some
is victories last season.
Four May Not Last.
What disposition will be made of
Lyle. Morrell, Humphrey and Smith
depends to a large extent on what
they show in the preseason workouts
In Florida. assuming that all of the
quartet are recipients of transporta-
ton to the State where one dollar
planted at sunset sprouts to bear
five-case note by dawn. according to
the realtors. Arthur Humphreys is
the 1S-year-old lefthander. native
Of Snow Hill Md, who first attracted
attention by his work with the Char
lotte Hall Academy nine, and Hal
Smith is the sparse famed iowa col
Iegian who saw service in the South
Texas League before reporting to
Manager Harris last sea son.
So much for the somewhat frayed