Evening star., 1939-02-26
Harris Is 10 Retain
Vets in 10-Man
Pitching Corps
EorIy Gets Third Berth
With Cutchers, WosdeII
Wins Job at First
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star Stan Correspondent.

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 25.-Stan-
ley Raymond Harris tossed bomb
shell into this Washington baseball
training camp today and when it
exploded so did the hopes Of most
Of the Mats rockies.
With camp moving toward the
end of its first month, Harris an
nounced the Mats would operate
with "a players, one under the limit,
and that the division would be ten
pitchers, three catchers, six in
f1elders and five outf1elders. Further
more. he has them all picked out.
The only department still in
doubt, Harris said, was pitching.
For the 10 available pitching posts
he named II candidates and added,
1.-TWO will have to eliminate them
selves, just as others have elm
mated themselves so far"
Bucky is conceding seven of the
ten pitching jobs to holdovers from
the 1888 staff, which seems to be a
most generous way of looking at
things. Dutch Leonard, Ken Chase
and Joe Krakauskas are ranked
1928 Pete Appleton, Monte Weaver
and Harry Kelley rank after this
threesome, making half a Dozen
The still unsigned Jimmy De Shong
brings to seven the pitchers who
reasonably are sure of their jobs.
Garner Is Question Mark.
For the three remaining jobs
there are five bona flde candidates,
according to Harris. The Cuban,
Ortiz, is one who won't get away
from me-" promised Buckley, there
by clinching the eighth slab posi-
ton. Then there are Bucky
Jacobs, Joe Haynes, Arnold Ander-
son and Walter Masterson," he
added. That puts the fight for the
last two spots up to this quartet.
Doomed to the minors are the
rest. The Charlotte farm team,
owned and managed by Calvin Grif-
fifth, already is preparing to haul
away a few. One is Bob Overstreet,
the right-handed jack-of trades
who starred for John Cancels
Orlando team last year. Another
is Forrest Brewer, the skinny left
handler who misplaced his fast ball
during the winter and still is look
ing for it.
One of the big puzzles in camp
Is big Bob Garner. the 6-foot, 7-inch
right-hander from Salisbury of the
Eastern Shore League. Next to Or
tiz. the big boy is the second fastest
pitcher on the club. But Harris Ia
ments that he is not learning read
lily. If he gets some control he
might even stick" warned Bucky.
The other pitchers, like Louis
Truman, Joe Lewis and Hal Brum-
baugh, are headed for more school,
Ing in the minors. Truman may
be placed as high as Charlotte.
Lewis probably will land at Shelby,
the North Carolina State League
farm. Brumbaugh probably will
60 back to the Eastern Shore
League.
No Place for Evans.
The trio of catchers will be head
el, of course. by Rick Ferrell and
Angelo Giuliani. The No. 3 man
will be Jake Early, which comes as
bad, if not startling news to AL
Evans, the right-handed hitting
rookie who has been trying to dis
place Early in the hearts of Presi-
dent Clark Griffith and Harris.
The infelders will be headed by
Buddy Myer, Cecil Travis, Buddy
Lewis and Jimmy Wasdell, who is
due to replace Zeke Bonura at first
base. In the last couple of days,
Harris has taken quite a shine to
Wasdell and unless the stocky
Clevelander falls off badly in Ex-
hlbition play Bucky insists that he
will open the season. The extras
will be Ossie Bluege, who will be
starting his 18th season in a Wash
1ngton uniform, and Charley Gel
bert, one-time ranking shortstop of
the National League.
The outflelders will be five and
as follows: Sammy West, George
Case, Taft Wright Bobby Estalella
and John Welaj, the latter a rookie
from Trenton. Unless the Mats
make trade, Harris has little choice
OF outf1elders. There are no others
who seriously figure to threaten this
f1vesome.
Aderholt, Vernon Due Back.
AS for the others it is the minors.
To most Of them sentence to the
bushes will not be totally unex-
pected, but it still is a disappoint-
ment.
Morris Aderholt, the promising
looking second baseman, is due
back after a year in the minors.
So is Jimmy Vernon, the first sacker
from Greenville.
Nothing more is likely to be heard
from Willie c. IN, the third base
man who was en- here by Senator
Wheeler of Montana. And 1t is
doubtful If Evans ever will become
major league catchino timber