The Washington times., 1928-03-16
G]E: THINKS
He WILL Be
:. TRADED
By Louis A. Dougher

TAMPA, Fla, March 1o.--DeSplls
official announcements to the abso-
Lutte contrary. it seems unlikely
that Joe Judge will long continue
in b Washington uniform. Further'
more. this appears to be his own
opinion. The veteran first sacker
is working his head off to take OF
q few pounds of extra weight and
is positively chatting for action
which he doesn't get in quantities
to suit him. Grape vine informa-
ton has the Washington club ar
ranging some sort of a deal in
volving Judge and, possibly, Rice
to obtain one real hitting, expert
enced outfielder.
Some months ago 1t was said that
Sammy West would easily replace
Iris Speaker. It was reported that
Cleveland could have obtained Judge
IN exchange for Joe Shaute, veteran
southpaW pitcher. That deal fell
through because Billy Evans offered
Walter Miller, another southpaW,
but would not part with Shaute
Since then the Griffs have
begun training and one of the
first to fall by the wayside was
West. He strained his weak
ler az Avon Park last week and
has done nothing to change the
belief that he is about through
az d strong candidate for q
berth with the team. Lovely
Barnes is now holding down the
middle garden job and Is being
carefully gr0Omed to open the
season there.
Joe shaute was wanted by the
Washington club because. at that
time, not much was known OF the
pitchers to go into training here.
However, today. BuclSy Harris is
entirely satisfied with his pitchers.
He believes his staff the best the
club has had since he joined in
1915
One more live catcher and a sea
soned hitting outfielder would just
about Fix the Griffs on the eve of
the campaign. Without the catcher
the team could go along. Il that
needed outfielder appears. Joe
Judge Is available trading material
Indeed. he already gives every
proof of being dissatisfied with
bench duty. He will be worth moth
ing If kept inactive after so many
years of hard and brilliant effort
Sam Rice looks to be in good
shape, but he has not begun crack4
ing out the ball to the satisfaction
of his boss. The veteran is NOV
ing ahead slowly and may be ready
for the opening gong. But mean.
while Manager Harris is doing his
share of worrying lest Rice fail to
step up to the mark when the sea-
son opens.
Babe Camel is admittedly a
slugger. but he lacks the re-
quired speed specially on the
bases. III he were faster. he
would be In that 0utfieId to
stay. kIOxa and SimOns, while
having their good points, are
not what the doctor ordered In
this emergency.
Barnes is fast and evidently bound
TO be q winning player. but he is
untried in major league baseball
and too much cannot be expected
OF him. He may make the grade
up TO expectation, but that must
be seen to be believed.
George Sisler plods along silently.
If there is one thing most notice
able about him, it is his silence.
He can sit and sit and sit longer
and more quietly than any other
1AtClAOCA "a lhS SadUAs Ia Lie LIEU
he looks good, but he has set no
rivers afire with his hitting. If his
record did not show him a batsman
few would pick him for a hitter on
his work up to yesterday.
judges situation becomes
mere complicated when one con-
oiders. Mule Shirley. 1t is five
years since he first joined the