Evening star., 1939-12-31
Schedule "a Spring
Ti|ts, but Reds Are
Not Among Them
Giants and Tribe Added
To Cord, With Former
Providing Opener

For the fifth straight year, or ever
since their training headquarters
was moved from Biloxi, Miss, to Or
lando, Fla, the Nationals will play
their way into shape through the
medium of an extensive exhibition
schedule in March and April.
Clark Griffith's 1910 spring slate,
consisting of "a games, was an
nounced yesterday. If Griffith had
been able to have his way, it would
have been still heavier, for the
Washington presidents pleas for
skirmishes with the Cincinnati Reds
were ignored. For the first time in
years the Reds preferred not to
schedule the Mats.
Two new major league teams,
however, replace the Reds on the
Griffmen's itinerary. Moving from
their old camps at New Orleans and
Baton Rouge, respectively, the
Cleveland Indians and New York
Giants virtually are the Mats neigh
bors now. The Indians will locate
at Fort Myer Fla, old camp site of
Connie Mack's Athletics, while the
Giants will train at Winter Haven,
right down the road piece from
Orlando.
Griff to Proposition Terry.
The proximity of the Giants prob
ably will lead Griffith to huddle with
Bill Terry this spring and to invite
the New York club to share Orlando
with the Mats in 194l. For years
Griffith has been convinced that
Orlando will support two teams and
he has the chamber of commerce S
promise to build another park in
the event another big league club
joins the Mats.
AS for the Reds, Griffith has de-
clared vendetta Before they fin
ally won pennant', he declared,
''they always scheduled us and we
played a home and home series.
Last fall, when brought up the sub
ject, they stalled me off and not long
ago they told me trip to Cuba
would make it impossible for them to
play us. Maybe some day we'll win
q pennant."
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Detroit Tigers will appear PROM
inently on the Griffs' schedule. The
Bees, who will accompany the Wash
ington club northward at least part
of the way, will be met five times.
Two of these games will be played
in Griffith Stadium a few days be-
fore the opening of the American
League campaign on Tuesday, April
16. The Tigers will be played four
times.
Wasdell, Lewis Need Experience.
1T again was necessary for us to
have heavy schedule" said Grif-
fifth. For instance, it looks now
as If Buddy Lewis is going to be
moved to the outfield. Buddy never
has played anything except third
base. He never has practiced in the
outfield. When training starts in
February Buddy will have to start
from scratch and he'll need all of
those games to learn something
about outf1elding.
"The same thing goes for Jimmy
Wasdell. When we sent him to
Minneapolis last summer told
Mike Kelley to make Wasdell into
an outflelder. I thought that before
another season Id get first base
man. Well, Wasdell threw away his
first baseman's mitt and learned
how to play the outfeld. Now he
may have to throw away his field
er's glove and learn first base again.
Jimmy Pofahl our rookie Short
stop from Minneapolis, is another
fellow who probably will benefit by
the exhibition schedule. Pofahl,
Wasdell, Lewis, Bloodworth. Leip
and lot of young pitchers"
Slate Starts March 10.
The schedule shows the Mats
opening on March 10 against the
Giants in Orlando and quitting on
April IA, two days before the first
game of the championship race.
The slate follows:
March 10. New York Giants at
Orlando; Is. Cleveland at Fort
Myer; 16, Giants at Winter Haven;
II, Detroit at Orlando: 10. Kansas
City at Haines City; 20, Cleveland
at Orlando %, Milwaukee at
Ocala; "a. Detroit at Lakeland; q,
Detroit at Orlando; 20, Giants at
Orlando; 80, Boston Bees at Brad
enton; 8, Minneapolis at Daytona
Beach
April 2, Detroit at Lakeland; 3,
st. Louis Cardinals at Orlando; 4,
Bees at Orlando; 5-6-7, Atlanta at
- H.
S. c.; 9, Charlotte at Charlotte,
N. c.; 10-1l, Bees at Washington;
13. Baltimore at Washington; IA,
Baltimore at Baltimore; 16, opening
of American League season.