Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-03
ROBBIE BURDENED
WITH CHOICE MEN
What to Do With EN- All Is
Problem New to Brook
Ign Pilot.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ LEARWATER Fla, March s.
Wnbert Robinson, manager of
~ the Brooklyn Robins, is enjoy
ing a new experiences much
good material for several positions that
he hasn't yet decided what to do with
it all.
Especially around second base and
shortStop is Robby embarrassed by too
many candidates. Glenn Wright, Cor
don Slade and Jack Warner all are
avowed candidates for shortstop, and
Jake Flowers, Mickey Finn and Eddie
Moore would like to play second base.
Wright, OF course, has the inside track
for shortstop, provided his arm holds
up, and Flowers is setting the pace for
the second basemen.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 3 LP.-
Eddie Roush, veteran outfielder, finally
has opened negotiations with the New
York Giants in an effort to iron out a
troublesome salary dispute. The
chances are that Roush will be signed
within a few days, according to club
officials.
Making up for time lost because of
recent rains, the Giants went through
a long workout yesterday. The big
surprise of the day was the assignment
Of Mel OFT, clouting outfielder, to Sec
ond base. OFT played second for a few
days in Spring training last year, but
was in the outfleld all through the reg
ular season.
BRADENTON, Fla, March 3 R.-
Trying different wrinkle of the en-
tire squad reporting at one time and
raillng to give the pitchers an extra
week OF practice, the st. Louis Cardi-
mails were due today to begin the
llmbering up exercises. The main con-
tlngent from st. Louis was expected to
step from the train into uniforms and
get the feel of the turf at the same time
as they took the kinks out of their legs.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 3
R1.-Red Rollings, infelder with the
REQ Sox In 1928, was at the Braves
training camp today with the state
ment that he Is three times as good
ball player as two years ago. On his
arrival yesterday he reported playing
with the championship Hollywood,
CAM, team in the Pacific Coast League
last year and batting for 1888. He has
nlgn praise for Manager Oscar Witt,
another former Red Sox inflelder.
and Outfielder Lance Richbourg, the
latter of whom is still with the Uni
versity Of Florida squad, are the two
aosentees from camp and Jimmy WEIGH
the only holdout.
PAso RoBLEs, Calf, March up.
Two rookie catchers. Harold Nc
Lavish and Tommy Heath, and FLOYD
young, who plays both infleld and out
field. have been dropped by the Pitts
burgh Pirates, Vice President Sam
Dreyfuss announced today.
The second squad including Pie Tray
nor, the Waner brothers, Granthan and
other stars, arrived In camp yesterday
and got down to work today. All the
players, including Dick Bartell and
Burleigh Grimes, holdouts, now are In
camp.
AVALON, Catalina Island, Calf,
March 3 (P).-Manager Joe Mccarthy
champion Chicago Cubs into week of
serious training.
His pitching staff continued to give
Mccarthy his chief concern. OF the
five veterans-Bush, Malone, Root,
Blake and Carlson-Bush appeared to
be in the best shape.
ORLANDO, Fla, March Dr.
Jersey" Joe Strip has the drop" on
the other two candidates for third base
on the Cincinnati Reds. He has been
working out for three weeks, while
Tony Cuccinello, erStwhile Columbus.
Senator, came in three days ago, and
Charles Dresser, regular third sacker,
will not appear before tomorrow.
This was the first practice day for
the RedlegS and Manager Dan Howley
promised he would work them as long
as they could stand on their feet.
WINTER HAVEN Fla, March 8 up.
-Four youthful, but rugged catchers
today began a battle to decide which
would be selected f1rst-string backstop
for the Phillies. The death of Peck
Lerian Just as he had developed into
one of the best in the league left Man
ager Shotton without first-class re-
ceiver and he has been shopping for
one for months.
The four now in camp are Harry
McCurdy, Virgil Davis, George Susce and
AL Cooper.