Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-19
IS GAMES CARDED
IN NEXT &c DAYS
GosIin's Wire to Johnson In
dicateS He May Be Yield
ing in Salary Row.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.


of general conditioning
- work, the Nationals now
turn their attention to the big
business of the training season,
that of getting ready to play base
ball by playing the game.
Including this afternoons en-
gagement in Biloxi Stadium with
the nine of Springhill College OF
Mobile the Washington club has
scheduled 10 tits in rs days, an
exhibition slate that will keep 1t
occupied to the eve of the open
Ing of the American League sea-
son in the National Capital on
April ID.
During this exhibition series Manager
Walter johnson expects to round into
form a club that will worthily represent
washington in the impending cham
pionShip campaign of the Barnard cir
cult. He looks to the games to put in
the pink of condition pitching staff
that promises to be stronger than one
the Nationals had last season, to i'm
prove generally the clubs defense and
to make the batters more effective.
That the pitchers will be benefted
and q defense will be developed in the
Spring training games seems certain
now, for the players are in splendid
trim physically and should be able to
70 about their work with zest and vlgor.
with the possible exception Of one
position - left field - Washington at
present writing Is to stand pat on its
lineup of last year, so there viii be
little schooling necessary during the eX-
hibition Tits. Rather the club must
smooth its defensive play-Something
even veteran combinations have to do
after q Winter Of idleness.
Several Need Schooling.
So far as pitching is concerned, the
Nationals have several who need school-
ing IN tests under fire. Fred Marberry,
sam Jones, Garland Braxton and Myles
Thomas do not. But Irving Hadley,
Bob Burke, Lloyd Brown and Ad Liska.
though they have had deal Of expert
ence should find the games educational,
and, of course, this holds good for the
recruits, Carlos Moore, Herbert Pyle
and Don Savidge.
Batting practice is something all the
players need-in fact. a major league
club never can get. too much batting
practice throughout the training and
championship seasons. To date. the Ma
tions have revealed little power IN their
hitting. They have slammed mildly in
drills. and in the two games up to today
they were not particularly impressive.
The l6 hits made on the New Orleans /
pitchers last Friday looked good as a
starter, but the Nationals were shoot |
ing at the OFFERINGS of rookie pitchers
only. They must be tested by pitchers
who can pitch and will really bear down
in the pitching.
Nelson Jester, the chubby recruit
catcher. who gets his release and viii
proceed to his Virginia home when the
camp here is broken tomorrow, will
have company on the way north Pres.
ident Clark Grifiith has announced that
Paul Daugret ieft-hand pitcher; ana
Bill Bradley, first baseman, will be let
out. Both Of these boys were drawn
from semi-pro ranks. While neither
has flashed enough here to warrant |
being carries by q major league CLUB
they are promising youngsters and the
Washington proxy says he Will 90 al
he can to get them jobs with MINOR
organizations.
Sought 10 Farm Bradley.
Griffith had hoped to place Bradley
before the club left here, as Manager
johnson liked the youngster very much
and thought It would be well for the
Nationals to keep string on him: But
no berth Tor the nrsy sacker coulo ps
found and Grifi1th felt the club could
not retain the boy over the long period
that might enSue before placing him.
Dropping these 8 players reduces the
SQUAD Of Nationals to q, II the sus-
pended Roy Spencer and the unsigned
Goose Gosiiri are included.
with Bradley going and Harley Boss,
a likely looking first baseman, farmed to
Chattanooga, Manager johnson plans 70
make over the veteran catcher Ed
CHARITY into an emergency initial sta
ton guardian. Although Boss went 10
the Lookouts subject to recall on I9
hours notice, the pilot wants 2 wen
drilled frst baseman at mana IN Inc
event Joe Judge becomes suddenly m
canacitated johnson does not want to
have to take q chance at using an
unframed player at the post for even
two games In the championship sea-
son which is what he would nave
to do should only Boss be avallanle.
So a FIRST baseman's mitt for Omar,
rity's left hand has been ordereo an 10
Ed will get down to the business OF
alternating with Judge in the fielding
drills when Chattanooga is reached.
First basirg viii be nothing new TO
Charity, Nearly ten years ago when
he was first up with the Nationals
he got a number of games at the
sack while Judge was on the shelf as a
result of injury and Ed did right well,
too. Now that he Is getting his reg
ular turn In the batting drill daily,
CHARITY is expected to be more handy
with the fail than he was last year.
He was given no chance to practice
hitting when the club trained last
Spring at Tampa for 1t was not thought
he would be needed for anything more
than coaching AS a consequence, he
cid not appear to advantage the few
times he essayed the pinch-batting role
in the flag race.
He's looking better now though, and
Is expected to stage hitting come
back. Charity used to sting the pail
when he was catching regularly for the
Nationals.
GosIin Telegraphs Johnson.
That Goose Goslin may be yielding in
his battle for better terms than those
offered for this season by President
Grifith is indicated in telegram from
him received late yesterday by Manager
johnson. In the message the Goose In
formed johnson he had read he must
apologize to the manager personally for
saying he would not play for the Wash
ington Club while johnson was IN
charge before he could open negotia-
tons with the club.
Goslin went on to deny making such
a statement, and added that, under the
circumstances, he did not think an
apology necessary.
There was nothing said in the tele-
gram about whether Goslin was ready
to report and discuss terms with Grifhth,
but as this is the first any club official
has heard from the Goose since he
wrote his one letter to Griffith some
time ago 1t may mean the player is
hearing the call of the game and real
lies 1t is high time for him to get in
line If he would not get in trouble with
the powers that be on the ball club.
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