Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-13

~ EFORE the Nationals were
- ready to tackle the Tigers to-
day in the double-header, open
IL ing the series in which third
place in the American League
race IL at stake, President Clark
Griffith closed a deal that brings to
his Washington club three outfielders
and a pitcher from the Birmingham
club of the Southern Association.
The outfielders acquired by the Ma
tionals in the deal are Foster Camel,
John kloza and Melburn Simons,
while the pitcher is none other than
the left handed Ed Wells sold by the
Washington club to the Barons i'm
mediately after he had been procured
from the Tigers by waiver not SO long
ago.
President Griffith saw the three out
ffelders in action when he toured the
Southern association territory during
the Summer and considered them fine
big league prospects. He hopes to
have them report here for trials this
Fall. but as birmingham is in the
thick of the pennant fight in the Dixie
circuit II may not be so easy to get
the trio to this town.
Camel Finished Player.
Camel is of ball playing family.
He is a son Of Charley Camel, who
won fame as catcher with the old
Boston National League club. He is
a right-hand hitter and has been
singing the ball around the $40 mark
in the Southern Association this sea-
son. According to Griffith, he is a
finished ball player and an outfielder
of the type of Howard Shanks, who
used to perform so we'll for the Ma
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kloZa is a big fellow who has been
looked over by big league clubs be-
fore. Last year the Dodgers paid
fancy price for Kloza, then farmed
him out. kloza, who swings from the
right side. was leading hitter of the
Southeastern League last year, sock
ing at a $3.50 rate for the Montgomery
club. He has been hitting strongly
for the Barons lately. Simons is a
southpaw swatter Of some note, but
his main asset is speed, so President
Griffith says.
Wells, who never was much of q
success with the Tigers, seems to
have improved considerably since the
Nationals sold him to Birmingham.
He has won a number of games for
the Barons and has managed to pick
up about II pounds in weight. The
fork-hander has changed his diet AM
practically given up smoking, and
Griffith declares Wells now is in bet
ter physical trim than he was at any
time while with the Detroit club.
Griffs i'm Tie for Third.
Although they idled yesterday,
Clark Griffith's hirelings went into
a third position tie with the Tigers,
who took licking in Philadelphia,
ar, Gov
tie to the Detroit Club. Plenty of
action was expected in the double
header that was to open the Tiger
series this afternoon and there prob
ably will be no let-up by either club
IN the single games to follow to-
morrow and Thursday.
The Nationals are in fairly good
condition for this d-place strug-
gle. Excepting Sam Rice and Bob
Reeves, all of them are fit as fiddles
and Rice will remain in the lineup
despite q severely bruised heel that
has him limping at times. Reeves
will stick on the sideline for a few
more days, but as long as the rookie
fiashily at shortstop, Reeves can af-
ford to rest. 5s.
For some time, Reeves has been
nursing pair of badly battered
legs and shortly before he left the
lineup the bruising began to affect
the young fellows play. He was not
stepping about his important position
with the speed and precision that
formerly marked his work and that
hurt the club considerably. But Man.
ager Stanley Harris believes the lay
off will bring Reeves around to fine
condition once more.
Pitchers Are. Ready.
Harris has all of his pitchers ready
for the Tiger series. Garland Braxton,
Southpaw relief hurler, who was suf-