Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-14

for Manager Walter john
- son to do this Spring. All
told the washington ball cluo mas
hit 40 PLAYERS in reserve and three
farmed under option, so the plloI
cannot very we'll let go many. MOI >,
will there likely be any squao
pruning until after the Natl0IlatS
shift their training camp 10 CnaC-
tanooga next week. Johnson
wants to see his charges in SeVeral
exhibition contests before ne De-
gins wedding out. - .ho
probably the club will carry into the
onening of the American League cam
nsipn a month from today 70 players,
: smaller number than 1t Will nave hau
in wears at the beginning OF a cnan-
,1ionship race, There likely will be three
ratchers nine pitchers, six infelders
and four outfielderS in the lot Ano
the pruning of this number is not Ap'
to prove a difficult task -
To begin with, two players seem penn
,,roor eliminating themselves at least
for considerable period. Goose GostlIl
3s saving nothing and saving WOOD lot
his little houses in Salem. N. d. any
with Clark Griffith merely saying notti-
ing here it looks as though one veteran
outfelder who does not care Iof tne
Contract offered him may be missing
from the ranks of the Nationals when
fhe hell rings April IA. Roy Spencer
catcher. also has put himself out OF the
nictIIre temporarily at least ana per-
hans permanently, by drawing suspen.
sion for his refusal to accept terms ana
report at training camp.
Pruning Should Be Easy.
This leaves the pruning of the OUT
field lot and catching staff particularly
EASY for johnson. There never mas
been anv doubt as to the retention OF
sam Rice. Sam West and Red Barnes
as gardeners and now that George
Ioenn purchased from Baltimore, looms
as bright prospect he is slated Tor
~etention Alvin Powell, youngSter
1,icked up from the sandlots OF the DIS
frict and vicinity, while a clever player
needs much more polish before ne may
be regarded a big league poSSlnlnty anu
NAV be placed with some minor ciuD
hy President Griffith.
111nce more Muddy Ruel ana Benny
rate are to start the season as tne
washington catching statf. Inese III
tle veterans for years have peen Iar
better than any others orougnG UP AO1
canp this Spring approaching major
IeaUile caliber. Nelson Jester, the
stocky boy brought down from tne
EASTERN Shore of Virginia, Is entreIy
foo inexperienced for consideration as
a bio leaoller now He needs start IN
q low-ciass minor circuit. Gordon
Phelps. bouncing Bowie boy, IS mex
nerienced. too, but Phelps shows mucn
I1romise as a catcher, can SOCK so pow
erfully and has impressed Johnson 50
fayorably he may be kept Tor a Wnlle.
There are but IL pitchers in train
ING AT the National camp ana three
eeem destined for early removal rom
fhe Climb. They are Don Sav1dge, Paui
Daupert and Herbert Pyle. savage
Yicked I'D last year when Tree agenE,
does not seem to have improved at all
aimee he first Joined the club and tnen
he was not of major calloer py taL'
Daugert came to camp with no proLes-
sional background and ne may ORD"
his outright release before tne GUY &c ae
turns to washington to open the sea-
con pyle. drafted from Chattanooga
last Fail. has had arm and dental
trouble and suffered with neuritis from
the start of training and is likely 70 De
left at Chattanooga, where he now Is
for treatment.
Moore Is Class Of Rockies.
OF the small lot of new huriers &C.
oiired by the Nationals during the past
ssven or eight months only Carlos
Moore. swarthy moundsman purchased
from Birmingham of the SouIneru
Association, looks ready for thorough
ma ior league trial. johnson THINKS wen
of Moore's chance to make good IN tne
hio show and will look him over care
fully while the Nationals are gonls
through their Spring exhibltlon setle %
Moore may not stick in the league; u
course, but he's head ana snouiu 49,
above ANYTHING else in pltcnlhs way
nicked up by the Washington cluO
recently. ,, IN.
The Nationals have but seven m
fielders on their roster and as SIX are ar;
TO be held the reduction oil the loI WIN
Give johnson no worry. william Brad
Law a youth drawn from semi-pro ranks
in New York to show his nrst pasnls
wares here, is the one slated 70 20;
Bradley, however is pretty gooo ga,
r,layer and President Grithth may Lino
= herth for him with some minor outnt.
.IinnTny McL cod, bought from Little ROCK,
has looked SO good at short since ne
sfarted practice that johnson wants
Iair, around for a sound testing. Ano'
If course. there's no chance of removing
Joe Judge, Buddy Myer. Joe Cronn'
Ossie Bluege or Jack Hayes,
The Nationals are to enter the
American League season with a small
Iot. but 1t will be select one. Perhaps
that's better than having around
deal of talent that does nothing more
than iclutter the field something that
has happened to the Washington CLUB
in other seasons.
RbI sVangrahan, often termed the
hest umpire in the American League,
sets his first test Of the season this
Afternoon in the game between the Ma
tiona1s and Pelicans in Biloxi Stadium.
Roy Arrived yesterday morning In flne
voice! He will handle all exhibition
games for the Nationals this Spring as
he has the past two years.
Phelps, the big boy from Bowie, did
not don a uniform yesterday Tor prac-
tice as he was nursing sore foot, the
result of fouling ball against 1t during
Wednesdays intraclub game. The
wound is more painful than serious.
though. so the big fellow is ready Tor
work again.
PARE is PLAYING D0EG