The Washington times., 1925-02-02
JUDGE OFF
TO JOIN
MATES
ioe on Way to Hot Springs,
Where Rice and GosIin
Are Training
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

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Joe Judge, quite recovered from
his threatened tonsilitis, is on
his way to Hot Springs, Ark,
today. On Wednesday morning
he will join Goose Goslin and
Samyouell Rice, his world cham
pion brethren. in jaunt over
the hills, following that with a
hot bath. He is scheduled for
three weeks of preliminary work
ut the Springs before hiking down
10 Florida for wee bit o. golf.
Judges train pulled out of Wash
ington at 3 o'clock this morning.
There should be lot of baseball
;hatter on Judges train because, in
addition to the star firstsacker Of
The world champion Griffs, it car
res Babe Ruth: the Bambino of
3ust, who is making an early start
his spring. The Babe is carrying
around too many pounds and in
lends training in earnest in order
70 be at his best when the Yankees
freak camp at st. Petersburg, Fla.
Judge was to have to have left
Washington with Goslin and Rice,
ut a heavy cold and sore tonsils
leld him back until today. He lost
1ome weight during his brief illness
Ind expects to have little trouble
aling off the rest at Hot Springs.
Were going out after another
pennant this year." said Joe be-
fore hiking to the station last
night. "a lot o. wisecrackers
seem TO think we're fluke cham
piOrs. Well, they're In for the
SURPRISE Of their lives. We won
ny two games last year. Wen
do It BY a wider margin this sea-
son.
Our increased pitching staff, to
MENTION nothing else, should be
'nough to give us the edge over
II the others. Convey and Ruether
Ight to win a lot of ball games
rr US. They'll get far better sup
srt. for one thing. than they did
year ago and it's the support
hich counts.
I'VE beat the Yankees worse
nan any other club beat them in
I and we did it without COvey and
.uether. So figure it out for
yurself. We're not going to worry
% much about the Yankees this
ear and they are the strongest Of
Il our rivals for the pennant."
Judge took his golf clubs along
It'll him and expects to do some
aging at Hot Springs before go
Il down to Tampa, where he will
.ay some more before beginning
ctive training for the coming sea-
m.
Manager Harris, fearful of not
aving his younger pitchers ready
time, has changed marching
rders. Instead OF beginning work
February %, they will be due
Tampa on March l. Thus they
IN have three full weeks Of prac-
Ice before the rest of the gang
md in town.
Babe Ruth. who will be thirty
asle wears old next Saturday, ex-
nectS to train for ten weeks this
anring i'm an effort TO hang up
= new home run record. In 1921 I
he hammered out fifty-niue cir
cult drives. and each season jt
becomes harder for him to equal
That mark.
Immediately after the 1924 sea.
,on Ruth went to California ard
,layed exhibition games for some
i've weeks. Then he returned and
rent into winter quarters on his
|arra'c at Sudbury, Mass. He has
but on some fifteen or twenty
bounds, and it is this extra weight
hat he must work off before De
nR ready for the coming season.
Two weeks from today IherS
hould be a large party of Griffmen
It Hot Springs. Allowing that
hey all sign their contracts and
Waiter Johnson decides to return
o the world champions for at
east one more mighty swing around
he circuit, Judge will have the
following team mates trudging over
he kills. with him: Johnson, Dutch
7uether, Stan Coveleskie. Vean
Gregg, Mike McNally, Roger Peck
npaSgh, Fred Marbe&Ty, Memo
1eibpld, Curly Ogden and Bucky
Harris. That gang will not be
iue ~ Tampa until March L, be-
Ginning their real training on the
following morning.