The Washington times., 1929-02-22
ICE.
ITO BEGIN
MONDAY
BY Kirk Miller

After dragging along through
y dismal winter in which
ether sports buried it in an
avalanche Of oblivion, base
ball somewhat comes into its
own around here tomorrow.
For the first small posse of per-
CORNERS leaves Washington in the
afternoon, Tampa bound, there to be
Joined Sunday by casuals from
various sections of the United States
who will make up the list OF rookie
pitchers and catchers trying for
permanent places on the 1929 Griff-
men.
On Monday morning they will
begin slowly to reveal their form, II
any, to such practical eyes as Wal
ter Johnson's, Clark Griffith's, AL
Schacht's and Nick Altrock's.
Any rookie finger who can con-
ceal his class from that Big Four OF
Baseball doesn't deserve a major
league uniform. Two exceptions
must be noted in classifying the
early reporters at Tampa as rockies,
for Irving Bump Hadley, the Lynn
(Mass) marvel, is very much OF a.
regular pitcher, as is Muddy Ruel,
the st. Louis lawyer, one of the very
important figures in WashingtonS
catching department.
Leaving Washington will be three
pitchers, Hadley, Paul Hopkins and
Paul Mccullough.
Hopkins comes from the
Montreal International League
/ team, while Mccullough is
? combination Minneapolis Toledo
recruit, being owned by the for
mer and having Oeen loaned to
the Mud Hens, where he worked
exclusively last season. He was
sort of leased out to Toledo, as
near as tho dope comes to hand.
Then in the travel orders, too,
there will be a fellow by the name
of Walter johnson, who has made
his niche in baseball as a player
and is starting out to create as
high a one for himself as man.
ager. Billy Smith and Frank Bax-
ter, of the club staff, are going
along to see that everything is
comfortable en- route for the attn
letes, their boss and the half dozen
writer's and photographers who will
be in the party. Nick Altrock and
AL Schacht complete the party
originating here. Every one knows
who they are.
However, these do not make mp
the complete company which VII
begin work at Tampa next MONDAY
morning No stree!
All day Sunday others Will he
straggling into camp, including Ruel
and Pitchers Ad Liska from Mime
apolis: Archie Campbell. from st.
Paul; Guy Cantrell, from Baltimore
and Jim Weaver, from Chattanooga,
saw nothing of Bob Burke and
Iloyd Brown, the left handlers, VINO
were with the washington club last
season and showed plenty of prom
Use.
Two yearIing catchers. Albert
RooI and Cliff Bolton, are also
to report. The former halls
from Nashville. nf the Southern
Association, while Bolton is
Piedmont League product, com
ing to the Griffs from High
Point.
EafIV MONDAY HlOI hlI1S |AiC
tle starts which determines who
will be kept and who will be sent
back for further seasoning. and
from then on the fans will he
watching the daily reports to see
how the battle RACES.
Col. Billy Smith, the hot dog
concessionier at Griffith Stadium,
will be in charge of tomorrow
hecira to hotter headquarters and
he will be assisted by none other
than that watch-charm aid to
Trainer Mike Martin. Young
FRANKIE Baxter himself. in person
frankie hasn't been looking for
ward to this Florida trip any hore
than a kid looks forward to Christ
mas. He's been fussing and fum
ing around the local clubhouse for
the better part of month. get
ting towels and uniforms and train
ing paraphernalia packed and cased
for shipment to the scene of
eeven.week training siege.
frankie is taking along enough
halls and bats to equip most minor
leagues and he has a wide assort-
ment of rubber shirts for such
ruys as Fred Marberry who in
yariably report pounds over their
normal weight.