Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1922, Page 24

7 o ' 8P ORTS."~ THE EVENING STAE, _WASHINGTON, D.”C, FRIDAY,'FEBRUAR‘Yr 17, 1922.° " SPORTS. Martin Finds Tampa Diamond in Bad Shape : Mack’s Infield Holds Honor for Youthfulness 'FIELD MUST BE REMADE FOR USE BY NATIONALS Trainer Enlists Aid of City Manager to Get Damaged Playing Surface in Condition—Harris Modest, 4 =2 But Admits Team Prospects Are Bright. and a big force of men busy from now till the Griffmen reach 4’| NAMPA, February 17—Work that will keep Trainer Mike Martin Tampa will be necessary to put Plant field in playing shaze. Mar- tin discovered this when he made a the Griffmen are to train. Use of the field during the fair, and the man- careful inspection of the aeld where ner in which it has been ncglected since the last training season, have left it in such shape that Martin declared it will have to be imade over. As soon as he discovered the condition of the field Mari'n called on City Manager Hall, asking that the told the city manager that withaut sible for the American Leaguers to practice the-e took the matter up wtih the city commissioners, and ample help was promised. Martin said today that it will be mecessary to plow, harrow, roll and regrass the entire ground, infield and outfield- The playing field, he said, ‘was full of holes and bad places that would have to be made solid if play- ers were not to run the risk of se- rious injury, twisted ankles and pos- sibly broken bones. ‘The way the field has been abused is a shame,” said Martin. “When we left Tampa last spring it was as fine a training field as could be found in the country. Now it will have to be remade, same as when the Washing- ton team came here the first time, and there is very little time to do the work.” A hard rain last night softened the ground, but a norther that arrived during the night sent the tempera- ture dewn close to freezing, and it ‘was hard to get laborers to work to- iday. Martin has rounded up a gang Wwith plows, harrows, scrapers and a heavy road roller, and says he will keep from six to ten men working daily until the Griffmen arrive. Early Birds Are Confident. In a fanning bee at the Tampa Bay Hotel the other day Martin, Stanley Yiarris, Eugene Cochran and Fred Harveycutter took turns doing a lit- tle forecasting, the unanimous opin- ,ion of the quartet being that the Griffmen have a better team this year, with brighter prospects, than for many years past. Of course, they admitted _that i it was all trainin, is on a par with the “stove league” brand of prophesy. ing, but it shows that the old con- job. ‘ has a lot of friends and admirers in Tampa. His quiet, gentlemanly demeanor and his clean- cut, snappy appearance make friends for him wherever he goes, and Tampa is no exception. However, he is not strong on the advance stuff, and apparently he never had a horn of his own; at least, nobody in this part of the world ever heard him blow it. ‘Without saying a word about himself, ‘exvept that he felt pretty sure of holding down the keystone sack this Fear, Stanley expressed the belief .#hat’ the Griffmen this -season will Dresent a better working combina- tion than for many years past. He {handed_the infleld a mnice bouquet when he said Joe Judge, Peckin- paugh, Shanks, “and myself. helping out,” looked to be an infleld that would take care of just about any- thing that came its wa: . Gene Cochran, however, wasn't So modest. “Talk about you! flelds,” he shouted, ear. Look 'em over—Judge, Harris, cck and Shanks. Where are you igoing to find a better defensive bunch. And they're there with the punch, too; it's a_hitting as well as ‘a defensive infleld. As for the out- field—well, Milan. Rice and Goslin will look out for that end of the job. Maybe I'm over optimistic, but T don't think so; I really believe Grift has the best team in the American League this year. With anything like an even break—and that means ba ring any streak of bad luck and kee ing the jinx off the team—well, T ready right now to make my resery: tions for that old world series b tween the Griffs and the Glants. Golf Ts Not Neglected. Between times, and to keep in #hape, Har Martin and the two thirty-second degree fans here kee mpany are spending a few stonewall in- Sriff's got it this At the Rocky Point golf | Tinks, the club being a sort of country club annex to the Tampa Bay Hotel, where the Griffmen will be quartered, as usual. Harris and Martin are fair Performers, though Ouimet and the rest of the first flight in Scotia’s an- cient game need not lie awake nights worrying over the possibility of aither of them copping the laurels that decorate the brows of the game's kings. But they have a lot of fun chasing the little pill around the rourse, driving into the sand and mcrub palmetto_hazards and soaking up a lot of Hillsborough county's 3ustly celebrated sunshine and ozone. In the first three or four days they mccumulated fine coats of sunburn, which already has turned to tan, and a few days more out of doors under the kind of sun that shines in Tampa at this time of yvear will make them as brown as the regular run of south Florida_crackers and winter resi- dents. They are as restless as col though. Martin remarked toda #“This next week is going to be a long time. I sure will be glad when the Dunch gets here and real practice arts.” 'HEILMANN AND LEONARD SPURN TIGER CONTRACTS +. DETROIT, February 17.—Harry Heilmann, outfielder, and Hubert “Hub” Leonard, pitcher, have re- fused to sign new contracts calling for $10,000 and $9.000, respectively, and the Detroit club has Jeclined to meet their request for $15.000 each, Prank J. Navin, president of the Ti- gers, ‘League. Navin said he would inform the pitcher that he considered his demand an announcement of your retire- ment from base ball.” RIGGS TO REORGANIZE. Riggs Athletic Club will hold a ye- organization meeting tonight at 7:30 o’clock at its R street clubhouse. The club lost two of its most promising athletes in the Knickerbocker Theater disaste 605-607 7th St. by. matching your odd coat. ll_colors, materials, sizes... I has announced. Heilmann is champion batter of the American EISEMAN’S Match Your Odd Coats | With Our Special - TROUSERS Save the price of an entire new suit hundreds of pairs to choose from, making it easy to find just the pair you need. All city help put the field in shape. He actual rebuilding it weuid be impos- Tae city manager SHAW TO MINNEAPOLIS AFTER SEATTLE BALKS i James Aloysius Shaw, whose major league career has been ended, temporarily, at least, after | cight comsecutive seasons as a | member of the Nationals, is not des- tained to perform for the edifica- tion of Coast e fans after all. It seems that Seattle has remeged on purchasing him and now Clark Grifith will have to send some one | else in addit to Giebel and Fisher to complete the deal for Ray Francis. ough Shaw will leave his uddies among the Griff- srunting goliath will ng friends, for Joe Can- as taken him on. There are several former Nationals still at Minneapolis, inclading Rondeau, Jannings and Mayer. WHITE SOX ARE WILLING T0 TRADE FOR PITCHERS CHICAGO, February 17.—Willlam “Kid” Gleascn, manager of the Chi- cago White Sox, and Johnny Evers, veteran National Leaguer, who has entered the ranks of the junior major league, were bubbling over with: energy today as they started prep- arations for the White Sox exodus to- morrow night. Gleason and Evers |fll‘rive(l in Chicago yesterday. Gleason conferred with Owner Co- lmxskey, who just has returned from a trip to the Pacific coast. “We had a good ball club last year, Gleason said, upon hig arrival here “but we didn’t have e pitchers. I am well pleased with my outfield and infleld, but T hope that I will be able to land a twirler. 1 expect Jose Acosta to be a big help to me” Asked if he expected to do any trading with the New York Yankees, Gleason said he was willing to talk trade to anybody who could show something worth while in the pitch- ing line. 1t was said that Miller Huggins of the Yankees was expected here to- day or tomorrow to confer with Man- ager Gleason regarding Amos Strunk, outflelder, who is wanted by New York to play the outfleld during the suspension of Ruth and Meusel. {BASE BALL AT MICHIGAN DRAWS 65 CANDIDATES ANN_AREOR, Mich., February 17.— Sixty-five men, the largest number of base ball candidates that ever turned out at Michigan, has reported to Coach Ray Fisher. Last year's pitch- ing staff is intact. A partial ineligibility list, just an- nounced, had little effect upon base ball prospects, track and basket ball suffering the severest blows through loss of Van Orden, shot-putter; Mar- tin, sprinter, and Reason of the court] team. Myers and Johnson, candidates for | the base ball nine, also were dis- ! qualified. OLD BLUE GRASS CIRCUIT REVIVED WITH SIX CITIES PARIS, Ky., February 17.—The Blue 'Grass League, where, during its ex- istence a number of years ago, many | major league players learned the {A B Cs of professional base ball, has been revived. At a meeting held here last night Lexington, Paris, Maysville, Mount Sterling, Winchester and Cynihiana were awarded (ran- ch¥ses and a temporary organization arranged. At a meeting to be held February 28, a schedule will be adopt- ed. It is the plan at first to play only Saturday and Sunday games. Willlam Neal, business manager of the Louis- ville American Association club, is} understood to have secured the pro- tection of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Clubs for the league. CARDS CALL MEETING. ‘Washington Cardinals will meet to- morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock at 1948 2d street. The following mem- bers expected to report: Thomp- son, Sisson, Hitch, Stafford, Rivers, Lester, Ball, Escher, White, Fitzger- ald, McCauley, Mountain, O'Brien and Adams. Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE QR REPAIRED. Toren. touralisd 18 oy Eabe " E L WITTSTATT " Picture of a Man Looking for Sympathy. WEM-: 1 DON'T SEE WHERE | M GowG To PAY V'T, SEEM To BE You DoN' T WORRIE P \ SEE W TERRIBLE INCOME ‘TAX 15 NEARLY DUE. GET TH' MONEY Tl OF AL on * 200 ! g L\\%\‘“&) 1 OWNED A FEW SHARES OF SYOU< THAT DION'T PAY DWIDENDS FOR 5 YEAR S, \ SOLD ‘EM LAST DECEMEER AND MADE A PROFIT OF #1650 . 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The board announced it had re- ceived assurances that the observa- tion train to be used at the Harvard- Yale regatta, June 23, would be taken to Poughkeepsi Two Mackmen Sign. PHILADELPHIA. February 17.—Rol- lie Naylor, pitcher, and Frank Me- Gowan, outflelder, former holdouts of the Philadelphia Americans, have signed contracts. Naylor is a pitcher, and McGowan is a new flelder from Newark of the International League. Shocker Is in Camp. MOBILE. Ala., February 17.—Urban Shocker, pitcher of the St Louls ‘American League club, has arrived in Mobile and will remain here during the training season. Mobile was selected the training quarters for the St. Louis team this year. Shocker is the first player of the team to arrive. Browns Get Overlock. ST. 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Ave. INVITATION TO HANGING DECLINED BY DREYFUSS PITTSBURGH, February 17.—An invitation to attend a hanging at Minsoula, Montana, tods; declined by Barney Dre; of the Pittaburgh National 1l club. the western ecity _Joe Vukovich, according to the official the murder of Frank Jo Pirate scout. A resident of Mis- soula recently obtained the hang- ing invitation for Dreyfuss, but the base ball magnate declined on the' sround that his merves mneeded a rest after the arudous making up the 1922 schedule. [} ‘WILL PLAY D. C. NINES. POOLESVILLE, Md,, February 17. St. John's, Gallaudet, Gonzaga Eastern High teams will be met this year by the base ball nine of Briarly Hall Military Academy. Eighteen games are being negotiated. ) o heimer Clothes. v Manhattan Shirts d | bile Southern At | tomorrow at | Dot T MAKE Aty RETURN AT ALL «.1'M A BOCTLEGGER- |A’S KIDS MAY SHOW UP SOME VETERAN SQUADS SOME of the clubs are doing a players get into action. Orne is not true. Philadelphia would have another of lof the older and less wise crowd. The National League has nothing in the maiden class that can touch Con- nie's young men. ,The oldest of the Athletics has barely voted. Among them is a player from the Bronx side of New York by the name of Scheer, and he is just that sharp. He was do- ing fairly well with a New York Sun- day team, and when Arthur Irwin heard about him he sent around and signed him to a contract. That was the one thing that Irwin always could be depended on to do. Mention bail players to kim and he would go and look them over and come back and ay that the players were not quite rcady. But when some one else went to see the player he found that Ir- win had not overoloked, the little formality of signing the youngster to a contract. May Need More Experien That v .8 why Sheer was found by Mack up in Hartford, Conn., where Irwin had taken him. Connie paid pretty well for him, but some of the Bronx experts, who are fair judges, are certain that Scheer will hang on, although he may have to try a little more minor league work to make him right. He may not be able to hit quite hard enough and possibly needs a lit- tle more practice to play second base in fast company. At that, if he proves to be very good, it i sa question whether it would be the right policy to put him out in a minor league, as many ball players are being spoiled in_the minors as are being developed. Mack has Hauser of Milwaukee for first base, along with Brazil. Hauser perhaps is the better ball player. At second Mack has Dykes, who is pretty apt to stick, along with Scheer for a running mate. The latter might prove to be a good utility man in his very first year. B: tt and Callo- ay at short and Galloway at third re the other members of the Ath- letics’ kid quartet. 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