The Washington times., 1935-03-22

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Kirk Miller br ooderies,
trying to keep Chattanooga,
Albany, Panama City, Ian
caster and their like, happy
and contented and not feel
ing they have been s b or t.
changed.
For instance, yesterday the
wolrd gets the story that Ray
Prim has been traded to Albany
for Pitcher Henry Cor is II
Harry Cappola.
Big Days Turnover
The day before that, Chat
tanooga was getting OF Alec
McColl, Orville Armbrust, Riggs
Deese or perhaps it is DiggS
Reese, Dick Lanahan, frankie
PetticolaS and a half dozen
soiled baseballs which were used
here last year for batting prac'
tice.
At the same moment Lancas-
ter was promised Archie Scriv.
ener, our Alexandria hopeful,
and Panama City will inherit
such other flotsam and jetsam
as Washington can't find uni
forms for, including Eddie
Whitehill, younger brother of
the Earl Of Whitehill. Cedar
Rapids greatest claim to fame.
Then Griff reached over into
the Chattanooga substation and
gave Albany Bobby Reeves and
Pitcher Phil Hensick, throwing
in Twirler Hugh Mulcahy for
good measure, and just to keep
Joe Cambria's hands from ges-
ticulating wildly the while he
yelled "robber!"
Old Woman in Shoe
Now don't get the idea there
is anything screwy about this
generous Sprinkling around Of
baseball talent and timber on
the part Of the master Of the
flock-because there isn't. Base
ball law governs and controls
every shift Of baseball scenery
as well as the principals in
volved, but this far away the
whole picture is strongly re-
mindful of the old gal who lived
in a shoe.
Divesting ones self of so
many baseball barnacles is a
job for a much younger man
than Clark Griffith, and salts
flying such philanthropiStS as
Joe Engel and Joe Cambria, who
can haggle in a hotel lobby
until the Sma' hours Of the
morning without stopping long
enough for the charwomen to
scrub the floor, is q task that
only such a hoSs-trader as Gr1tf
would even attempt.
Wave of the Wand
But Griff waves his magic
wand and changes the uniforms
of his odd assortment Of ath-
letes with the deXterity of a
Kellar. II he doesn't wind up
in a straightjacket, it will be be.
cause of liberal appliances Of
Mike Martins linament, good
for colds, hoarseness, chilblainS,
ague, wet feet and harness
dressing.
Yea, on the surface Griff is
very serious about all Of this
putting and taking, but in the
quiet of his boudoir, when the
lights are dimmed, he must sit
down on the side Of his bed and
have a great big old-fashioned
abdominal laugh that shakes
the Biloxi Hotel down to its
very footings.
And then he must doze off to
dream about the fable Of the
Lord and the devil in the grave
yard dividing the souls:
"You take this one. and III
take that one!"
Off the Cuff
A tea and moving picture de-
picting some Of the best Jump
ers in the count y will be held
Sunday afternoon at the new
Riding and Hunt Club on East
West Highway and Beach Drive
Bob Boken, the string.bean
third-baseman, who hit over his
head during his trial with
Washington, is now wearing the
flannel Of the st. Paul, Amer
team Association club.
Travis Jackson. wheel horse
Of the Giants infield, gives Kic
Elberfeld. old-time Washington
star, credit for teaching hin
all there was to know about
playing Shortstop. The Kic
took Trayis in tow when HI
was IA.