The Washington times., 1930-02-08
q SIGNED D
BY CL LUB
FOR 1880
BY BOB THAYER

BY BOB THAYER
With 21 out of his 80 ball play.
ers signed and the early candi-
dates slated to start work at
Biloxi, Miss, two weeks from next
Wednesday, "Old Fox" Griffith,
little weary from the ordeal Of
gathering his sheep into the fold,
goes to-, Biloxi, via his farm at
Chattanooga, tonight to prepare
the way for his followers.
The signed cnotracts Of Carlos
Moore, Birmingham pitcher, and
Jimmy Mcleod, Little Rock recruit
infielder, greeted Griff as he
opened his last mail before taking
the 1926 Southern railway ex-
press for Chattanooga tonight.
Mrs. Griffith, Miss Mildred Grit
fifth, Eddie Eynon, business man.
ager and secretary, and Henry
TAFT Rodier, man about town, will
accompany Griff on his expedition
southwark.
Two weeks from next Tues
day, February rs, to be spe-
cifice, Walter johnson will
lead q small EXPEDITION out
of Washington for Biloxi, and .
she will be Joined there on the
following day by additional
reinforcement coming from
their respective homes.
: These will include the rookie
pitchers, cetchers, infielders and
outfielders. Day by day their
elders the veterans Of the team,
will drop into Biloxi and late
in March the whole crew will
move on to Chattanooga where
the polishing-off process will be
followed.
The players who have signed
30 far include: Pitchers Brown.
Freeman Hadley, Liska, Moore,
Pyle, Savage, Thomas and Wine.
apple; Catchers Ruel Jester and
Phillips; Infielders Bluege, Boss,
Judge, Myers and Mcleod as
we'll as Outfielders Rice, West,
Barnes and Powell.
Because he's anxious to Streng-
then his legs and wind and get
himself in shape for one Of his
best years Capt. Joe Judge Of
the Washington club, will &C
company the first expedition Of
Griffmen leaving here enroute
for spring training quarters at
Biloxi, Miss, February Is.
Having gone through an ideal
preseason exercising routine at
the. Jewish Community Center
the Washington Captain intends
getting in plenty Of running and
general training at the Mississippi
resort while working out with
the earlier shift.
.Outfielders Sam West and Red
Barnes will also be asked to
show up EARLY, Manager Walter
johnson has announced, and will
get plenty Of work calculated
to bring them into their best
form.
Reporting early ought to help
those fellows a lot" Manager
johnson announced today. "The
batterymen, particularly, need
lots of hard work, but the others
can stand it, too.
Judge, for instance, has kept
In fine shape this winter, but we
are depending upon him so much
that a few extra licks won't do
any harm"
With Harley Boss, Judges
understudy, farmed out to Chat
tanooga, subject to 24-hour recall,
all of the initial door protecting,
save in the graveSt emergency,
will be entrusted to the 37-year-
old veteran.
AS a safeguard, johnson has
intimated that he will develop
one of his reserve infielders into
o substitute first-sacker, who
would be qualified to take over
first base capably II immediate re-
lief is needed.
''It's not often . ball club
depends on a veteran as much
rs we are ON JOe," Johnson
declared while discussing this
situation today, "but he's
shown enough to warrant our
taking a chance.
Boss has fine possibilities but
they can't be brought out on the
bench. For that reason we de-
cided to cut him loose on option
and give him his chance to pick
up his needed experience at Chat
tanooga."
MLLMY ClLLRSES