, 1925-01-20
SENATORS TAKE
ON MANY VETS
FOR THIS YEAR
Griffith Lines Up Hurl-
ing Staff Who Have
Been Long in Service.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2o.-By
The Associated Press.EWith the
cry in other cities for young blood,
Clark Griffith. proud president of a
worlds championship baseball club,
anxious to hold his team at the top
has thrown all precedent o the
winds and injected into his lineup
a sprinkling Of tried veterans for
the 1925 campaign.
Manager Stanley Harris will take
to Tampa for spring training. a
pitching staff whose mainstays
have been for years familiar figures
on major league fields. In addition
to Walter Johnson. who now is ex-
pected to join the team as a result
Of his failure to buy a Pacific coast
franchise. the mound crew will In
clude George Mogr.dge and Tom
Zachary. last years southpaw bull
warks: Dutch Reuther. obtained
from Brooklyn; Stanley Coveleskie,
bought from Cleveland; Vean Gregg.
the veteran from Seattle; Fred Mar
berry. brilliant relief hurler last
year: Curley Ogden, Joe Martina.
Paul Zahniser. Benson Brillheart.
! Allan Russell. another relief pitcher;
Kelly. n recruit from Memphis;
James Mcnamara. obtained from
Wichita. Kans.. at a fancy price.
and several other youngsters.
Tho club, according to Griffith and
Harris, has been greatly bolstered
in reserve strength. Weakness in
this respect almost lost the worlds
series for the team, and Immediately
after the championship they began
efforts to build up a machine which
would run more smoothly in the face
OF injuries.
Mike McNally. former Yankee
substitute infelder. was obtained in
a deal with the Boston Red Sox in
which third Baseman Prothro was
sent to Boston. Spencer Adams, a
Pacific Coast league shortstop. also
was bought. These two. with Judge,
Harris. Peckinpaugh, Bluege and
Shirley VIII make up the infield
eligibles.
In the outfeld. Rice. Goslin. Nc
Nicely. Matthews, Carlyle, leading
Southern Association hitter last sea
son; Leibold and Rhinehart. a South
Atlantic league recruit, are avail
able. Rice and Goslin will have nc
trouble holding their Jobs, but Nc
Nicely is expected to have a hot
fight, despite his great work OF last
season and his $4,000 hit that won
the last game of the worlds series
Carlyle is expected to furnish keen
competition for n regular place In
the lineup.
Harris will take the veterans OF
his club first to Hot Springs. as he
did last year. This plan. he be
<ieves. permitted the club to enter
the season in better condition than
for several years. 1t also brought
the veterans up to an even stand
ing with the younger men in this
respect.
President Griffith has given nc
indication of a desire to change the
Tampa training quarters. The
Tampa club OF the Florida State
league has been able to put teams
in the field for practice with the
Nationals in years past and the plan
has worked well for both clubs.
John McGraw's New York Giants
will furnish n good part OF the op'
position for the nationals on the
spring training jaunt northward
the two teams resuming hostilities
where they left of in the worlds
series.
After coming through that series
with a club handicapped by weak
ness, Manager Harris feels confident
that he will duplicate his success
He believes That the club is n great
deal stronger than last year.
Prospects of the team depend q
great deal on the effectiveness OF
johnson, who has reported himself
in good condition. It is pointed out
however, that Harris will have foui
veteran left handlers, Reuther
Gregg. Mogridge and Zachary. tt
put against teams which have shown
a weakness for portslde hurlers ant
much is expected by Washington
fans from this combination.
Longmont. Colorado, lays claim e
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