Evening star., 1925-02-20

BuCky Qld not say tnlS III SO III
sion Of his pitching prospects today
tentatively booked to be regulars, Wi
bers of the cast to prove they are bt
Il am bit disappointed these boys
have been so late toeing the line,
said Harris today, "and hope nothing
conlls up to seriously retard the
training of a single one. Griff told
me before 1 left Tampa to come here
as the offers he had made his players
would hold good only until their re-
porting dates, and that If they were
not accepted by that time they would
be withdrawn and that no further
overtures would be made by the club;
that if they subsequently came to
him he would sign them, but not at
the original figure; that they would
have to accept a cut, adding that he
wouldn't yield even if it meant that
the team would land in last place. His
contention was that he had treated
them fairly in the matter of remu
neration and that he would not stand
to be held up.
Anxious for Settlement.
II would like to see the cases of
johnson and Mogridge settled, be-
cause with those of the others al
ready assured we would have well
balanced staff, and the probable alb
ference
Judged by the tenor of Harris re-
marks his preseason plans encompass
the use OF Walter Jezebel and George
a nucleus for his mound staff, with
Fred Marberry and Allen Russell de-
pended upon largely for relief duties.
1t would seem from Bucky's remarks
that he is not laying any too much
store in the ability of the baking
Zanhiser, Martina. Brillheart, Dudley
or Kelly to prove important factors
In the defense of the club, and that
the question of who will become the
fourth member of the quartet of reg
nlars will be determined by what
Dutch Ruether, Stan Coveleskie, War
rem Ogden and Jim Mcnamara show.
1t may come a surprise that the
last named should be accorded such
high advance rating by the youth
full pilot, but he asserts that the in
formation regarding this Juvenile
portsider's ability is so flattering that
he must be given serious considera-
ton. Mcnamara is the hurler for
whom Ralph Miller and Dad Hankins
were shifted to Wichita, where he
made highly creditable showing last
season, with a cash payment of
$4,000 to be made if he is retained
beyond the start of the season and a
third athlete, who may prove to be
Mcnamara is Praised.
wise base ball men on the coast,
where Mcnamara lives, assert he has
the makings of a first-class pitcher"
says Harris, land no less an authority
than Frank 1sbell has assured Griff
that he Is ripe for the majors right
now. Griff has lot of confidence in
the judgment of the old Chicago star
first baseman, who bossed Mcnamara
in the Western League last Summer,
and expects him to make a formidable
bid for retention. If Mcnamara has
anything it will soon be brought to
light at Tampa, where he will be Civ
en- every chance to demonstrate the
advisability of keeping him.
Yesterdays hike proved to be by
far the most strenuous thus far in
dulged in by the Nationals, and de-
veloped the fact that the ve@eran, Stan
Coveleskie. probably is in better con-
dition than any of his mates. The
tramp included climbing one of the
toughest and steepest hills in this vicin
ity, and the ancient Pole not only was
in the lead throughout but finished COM
parativeiy fresh, while his fellow
mixers were pretty we'll tagged.
There were only five athletes in
the party-Harris. Covey. Judge,
Euether and McNally. Big Fred Mar
-
mishap OF the day before which re-
suited in a badly skinned hand in
addition to numerous other minor
injuries, such as bruises and
scratches. Goslin was given permis-
sion TO lay off to avoid the danger of
getting trained down too fine, and
, in the case of Peckinpaugh it was
deemed advisab BILE to let him have
couple of days of mild exercise on the
golf links before taCkling the more
Strenuous work on the mountain paths.
GosIin Defeats Ruth.
Goslin hooked up in a match on
the course again Babe Ruth, with
Peck and Joe Bush. the former
Yankee pitcher recently. traded to the
Browns for Urban Shocker, COM
pleting the foursome. Goose con-
trived to win sizabe sum from the
Bambino, although the amount was
reduced considerably by Ruth's feat
in holing mashie pitch of SO yards
from the rough.
Harris merely laughed at story
from New York, appearing in the
current issue of a weekly base ball
publication, which represented Man
ager McGraw as having outsmarted
Clark Griffith in arranging for the
Spring tour of the Nationals and
Giants. In this yarn it is stated
Ihat IN obtaining renewal OF
the hostilities of last Fall McGraw
has played a sharp trick on Griff, in
that it will give the old league cham
pions fine chance to redeem them
selves with Gotham fans by mopping
up the earth with their 1924 con-
Querors. McGraw is pictured as
chuckling over the fact that Harris
will have to go easy" with his num-
erous veterans in the training season,
Sv he tS'
have to take any such precautions,
and by driving his athletes at top
speed should win a great majority
of the dozen or SO games listed.
TT will be time enough for that
New York gang to crow when they
have licked u.s." was Harris com
ment. They haven't done that thing
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