Evening star., 1930-04-04
PLAYERS ON VIEW
HERE WEEK HENCE
Team Plays at Birmingham
Today on Start of Home
ward Tour.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

~ BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April A.
- A week from tomorrow the
1890 edition of the Ma
- tionals will be seen in
Washington for the first time
this year, weather permitting. On
Saturday, April IL, Walter john
sons charges are scheduled to
tackle the Baltimore Orioles of
the International League in an
exhibition game in Griffith Sta
dfum, and in all likelihood Capt.
tai fans will see in uniform 26 of
the 81 players whose names were
on the roster of the Washington
Base Ball Club when training
started at Biloxi, Miss, late in
February.
There has been so little pruning of
the Washington squad thus far that 1t
now includes 10 pitchers, only one OF
them a stranger to followers of the
game in the Capital, four catchers, six
inf1elders and six outfielders.
Those let go entirely were pitcher,
q catcher and an infielder, all rockies
with no professional experience. Paul
Daugert. Nelson Jester and Bill Bradley
were released as the Biloxi camp was
broken.
d4IC0 4AOAAl
Chattanooga, will not see Washington
for some time, If ever, because he Is
being left at Chattanooga to nurse
case Of neuritis, and eventually may be
returned to the LookoutS. Roy Spencer,
catcher, never put in an appearance
and has about dropped out of the squad
except as possible trading material.
So the Washington fans will see virtu-
ally the entire lot Of players that Man
Y01o hoc Iod under hiS
mand this Spring. They will see few
new players, but the few will be pretty
good. Carlos Moore, pitcher purchased
from Birmingham; Gordon Phelps,
catcher drawn from the Prince Georges
County, Md, lots; Jim Mcleod, infleld-
er bought from Little Rock, and George
Loepp, a purchase from Baltimore and
with considerable professional expert
ence, and Jake Powell. Silver Spring,
their wares as Nationals on their home
lot for the first time.
Well Conditioned Crew.
Barring accident or epidemic during
the few days remaining before the club
reaches home, the Washington fans will
see a we'll conditioned crew of veterans
and rockies. This has been the clubs
best training season In years, despite
rain and fog at Biloxi where the Ma
tionals spent the first three weeks OF
snow, cold and rain that hampered
work at Chattanooga q few days.
The SQUAD trained faithfully, the
PLAYERS already are well-hardened and
capable of withstanding the strain of
daily play. Probably the squad Of Ma
tionals this year will come out of the
South In better condition than any
cHH hrO1I0I9t nllf nf
Florida in the past four years.
There has been remarkable scarcity
Of illness in the squad in training this
Spring Not complaint was heard at
Biloxi and at Chattanooga, but three
Of the squad suffered from colds. Man.
ager johnson was first to have such an
atlment and he was followed by Joe
Judge, veteran first sacker, and Benny
Tate, stocky little catcher. Johnson
and Judge soon rid themselves of the
colds and Tate should be in good trim
again within a day or two.
The catchers, infelders and outheld-
ers-with the exception of Goose Goslin
in the aforementioned group-are ready
for regular service now. Although they
have not been In many exhibition en-
gagements they have done a deal OF
drilling and have their legs and arms
strengthened sufficiently to Withstand
the grind Of steady play. Goslin, OF
course, having reported late will not be
quite fit for duty before another week,
at least, but the Goose came to camp
In good shape and soon will round into
form.
The pitchers are particularly well
advanced in training, considering the
entire corps. Four or f1ve Of them are
prepared to go full route on the slab
now and with another week Of condi-
tioning the others ought to be fully as
A1fIA1Yn11 VNifPhopc o1uyoUc oof
most of the attention in major league
training camps, Washington's staff this
Spring has had more attention than
usual One of the greatest pitchers
that ever graced the game, Manager
johnson, knows a deal Of preparing for
q base ball campaign and has given
much Of his knowledge to the hurlers
under his direction. When the club
reaches Washington its pitchers should
be In great shape physically and their
arms should be right, too.
AL told, the Nationals have had
splendid training season thus far. They
have In six weeks missed but one day
Of training-that day at Chattanooga,
when q heavy rain kept them to their
hotel. And that's more than any other
major league club IN training in the
South can say. While many Of the
others were sitting around waiting for
the clouds to roll by in Florida, Louisi-
ana and Texas, the Nationals were 60
ing through their PAGES. And this
steady work has brought results.
Mates See Goslin Play.
After going through their final drill
for their 10 exhibition games in as
many days before the Championship
season starts, the Nationals yesterday
visited Engel Stadium to watch the
Chattanooga team defeat the Baltimore
Orioles. There was no watching by
Goslin, though, for he played right
field-the sun feld-for the LookoutS,
being eager to break into his first tilt
Of the Spring.
The Goose had nothing to do afield
other than retrieve one hit. After he
got this he showed his arm to be sound
By whipping the ball to second. At
the plate three times, he socked a sac
rtfice, q single down the right field line
and got on. zee last time up, when
the Baltimcae second-sacker erred. He
did not look slow by any means
throughout the six innings he played.
Goslin was to enter the game this
afternoon when the Nationals were to
meet the Barons and soon viii be as
signed regularly to left field, the posi-
ton he has held with the Nationals
for years. .....-.