The Washington times., 1938-03-04
Catcher Needed
To Bolster
Staff
TRADE LOOMS
All Players Except
Travis and Lewis
On Block
TRADE LOOMS
BY FRANK BUCK" o,NEn4L

BY FRANK BUCK" ONEILL
ORLANDO, Fla, March 4.-One
long distance telephone call to
President Clark c. Griffith this
morning might have excited lit
tie interest in this citadel of base
ball. But three calls from out Of
town within a few hours gave rise
to a flock of rumors. Before the
last version had been peddled and
enlarged, the boys had made
three trades, all Of which helped
the Nationals.
The consensus was that Griff
was hot on the trail Of q right.
handed hitting catcher, which is
entirely logical. A right-handed
hitting infielder with an explosive
punch was included in the camp
gossip. That also is entirely log
ical. A third rumor brought
seasoned pitcher into camp and
goodness knows, he. would be vel
come.
| GLENN SOUOh1
There was no way Of checking
the calls to learn where they orig.
mated, but some who pretended
to be very close to the inside said
that one came from Lakeland,
home Of the Detroit Tigers.
Maybe Griff will be able to pry
loose Ray Hayworth from the
Bengals to help Rick Ferrell.
We might as well face the facts
In the case Squarely. The pitching
staff as constituted is no bargain,
but it Is a far better buy than the
catching staff. We have Rick Fer
rell who can't catch 154 games,
and a couple Of kids who are o
long way from major league form.
It is well known that Joe Nc.
Carthy, of the Yankees, is pretty
high On Joe Glenn, the garrulouS
coal miner from Pennsylvania, but
there might be a chance to get him.
Glenn is a fine catcher, danger
Gus rather than prolific hitter, and
the best thrower in the league
Griffith negotiated for Glenn iD
Chicago, at the winter meeting. It
is possible that he has reported
negotiations with the Rupert
forces. ~.
| ALL FOR SALE
! As q matter Of fact, every mar
on the Washington club with the
exception Of Buddy Lewis an6
Cecil Travis Is for sale or trade.
Griffith is determined to keep
them and build future teams
around them.
Clyde Milan was pressed into
service yesterday as batting prac.
tice pitcher, worked for about 20
minutes. Bucky Harris, who won
an award for pitching heroism on
, Monday and Tuesday, experienced
certain difficulty in combing his
hair and confined his activities to
sitting on the bench and directing
, the work Of the youngsters. Harris
arm aches like a tooth.
Earl Wynne and Dink Stover
shared the pitching labors with
: Milan, and AL Simmons did some
; more power hitting. Rick FerreN
: cracked a couple that would havG
been good for extra bases, and
Jimmy WaSdell found the soft
pitching much to his liking.
There is a certain coolness be.
tween Bill Phebus, pitcher, anc
: Jimmy WaSdell, rookie first base
man. It seems that Wasdell at
tempted golf the other afternoon:
and Phebus trailed along to OBJ
serve the sport.
Now the fairways at the Or
lando Country Club are broad
and smooth. The turf is deep and
soft to the feet, but all Of this
was lost upon Wasdell. He drove
and hooked and sliced into the
tall grass, to the fright and be-
wilderment of meadow larkS, quail
and other varieties Of wild life.
These feathered and furred deni-
zens fled the scene with many q
plaintive whistle or angry chirrup.
Finally Phebus could stand it
no longer. He called to Wasdell:
Jimmy, you don't need to
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