The Washington times., 1925-12-07
BASEBALL
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Brethren of Baseball Breeze
Hold Annual Sessions tn
Metropolis
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER
Sports Editor, The Times

BY LOU1S n. OOOOhN
Sports Editor, The Times
The brethren Of baseball breeze,
the leaders or organized baseball
hold their annual gatherings this
week in New York, striking the
keynote for the coming session
Of the winter league composed OF
fans and baseball writers.
Tomorrow the National Leaguers
convene at the Waldorf-Astoria
Wednesday the American League
convenes at the Belmont. Thurs
dav Judge Lands baseball COM
missioner, win preside over . joint
meeting Of the two major leagues
&C the Roosevelt.
President Clark c. Griffith. Of
the WI shington club. leaves today
for the metropolis. He has o date
70 sit In tomorrow as an American
League director with Frank Navin.
Of Detroit; Jake Rupert, OF New
York. and Barney" Bf rnard. Of
Cleveland. Whatever they are 20
do win be made known at the regu-
lar league meeting on Wednesday.
Matters Of interest mainly 70 the
mfgnates are schedu ed to come
MP at these meetings, but nothing
much Of interest TO the fans II ex.
pected. Nevertheless, few trades
may be announced before the week
passes.
Clark Griffith, seeking 70
strengthen his aged hurting corps,
may make . few ppases In that
direction. He would like 60 have
Waite Hoyt or Howard EhmIEe
wit. the champions. but not e
compelled to hand oveF Goose
Goslin or Sam Rice in > trade.
Griff hit the Indians and the
Robins smashing blows last winter
when he obtained Stan Coveleslxie
and Dutch Ruether for two useless
PLAYERS. Specie and Carr Smith, and
. small wfd OF coin. He vii be
watched most closely this week by
hts brethren Of the baseball breeze.
each hoping to catch the Old Fox
at his tricks of getting something
tor nothing. or next 20 that.
Thtrty-eight players are on the
Washington clubs roster, mfny
being available for deals, especially
with minor league ubs. Here is
the list of eligibIes:
Adams. Archdeacon, BalIou.
Bluege. Coveleslxie. Ferguson. Cos
I'm. Joe Harris, Bucky Harris
humphreys, Jeanes, johnson.
Jones. Joyce, Judge. Kelly. Leibold.
Lyle, Marberry, MCGEE, McNeelv.
Morrell. Myer, Ogden PecIinpaueh,
Rice. Ruether. Russell. Ruel. Scott,
SEVERED. Shirley, Smith. Stewart.
Tate. Thomas. Veach and Zachary.
The Cleveland club is said To be
IN the market for q firstsacler ana
second basenan, but in these
days money gets no players. and
there Is no telling what sort of a
deal iris Speaker can arrange tu
give him his needed athletes.
Bob Quinn, after trying youne.
sters for q year, has decided fI1st
his Red SOx need a few exner;.
enced gents TO carry the banner
N Boston and may DO his hest ~
mveigie sOnlebO1y 10 give him 4
Coyeseskie or a Ruether.
The Yankees have openly an.
nounced their desire to mari urifb
some o. their high-priced funk. HUI.
gins being dissatisfied with some OF
MS young and old man for vvI,af
tney did and didn't do last summer
FOR one thing the Yankees need a
second 5aseman, a catcher. and a
couple OF pitchers. Where thew are
g get them lie something else again.
IL may be learned at thIa veeLr' a
meeting Of the moguls,
Aside from New York. Boston
and Cleveland, American IearIe
GUIDE appear content to go on with
what players they now have re-.
served, but considerable action fa
expected among National League
cIuDs. The Pirates and Giant
nave TOO much OF a bulge on the
other clubs in their circuit. ana n
wOuio De well for some other clubs
20 norm into the fight for the 1925
ton. sA'''A''
On his return from New Yor,r
President Griffith win bep,n ~
earnest to prepare for the con,ina,
spring training trip. The pitchers
are expected to begin work af
Tampa on Monday, FEBRUARY 1k.
with the remainder of the sdua
donning their monkey suits on
March 3. i
owing to various happenings last
spring, the Giants are not expected
70 tour north with the Grit men
next year, and it is also runored
tnat the Griffs won't undertake to
play more than half as many exhIbI.
lions as they did after winning the
world title. This last won't be bad
news Tor the players or basebaI &
writers, neither Of whom get much
OF Kick out Of the usual program.