Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1923, Page 61

SPORTS Part 4—4 Pages SWITCH SHANKS, GOEBEL | AND PICINICH TO RED SOX .Griff Enthusiastic Over Landing Boston’s Hustling Young Catcher—Fans Mogridge Signs on V.V when he obtained title Muddy) Ruel and Pitcher All change for Outfielder Eddie Goebel Shauks, veteran utility player of the _This transfer of talent, in whic sideration was involved, has been having broached it, although not in winter. President Frazee of the Red tain any proposition involving Kue with the capital chieftain during the ckering was resumeg, with the re with Frazce in New York over the announcement following receipt yes: transaction. which w The enrollment of who had been making off-season noises of the ty 1 out. followit 1y ing N capital for a conflab with his by o on _top of consummation the swap with. Boston yesterday (qrift_in high humor, and was fairly radiating eheerfuln. aptimism’ when he imparted ings BY DENMAN HAT Clark Griffith considers TR familiar hold the put he nd tid- s fellow Ruel will just about our ball ciub.” he chortied “I've been after that bird for & long time, and now that I've landed | the only thing we need to be sitting Dretty for next scason is i v diteher of established worth. I may get him, too, before I've finished. 4 Rates Ruel ax Real Star. of the thre of the leagu Ic i# bubbling over with t the type of backstop needed n with tie hustling club we are have this vear. He is a ¥ twenty-six ve @ good uoodle on his_shoulders crackerjack arm. He is n rated as.n heavy hitter. but he bats well enough to suit me. W getting him for his slugging abilit we'll have plenty of power. on tack—and in every other respect Theasures right up to specifications. . “With Gharrity a doubtful quantit due 1o ouble he had with Lis Arm las: season, it Was up to us land a « ceiver of unques- tiona 1 we've done that very th Ruel for Russ=ell will appear in rescus exclusively. Tu has been formidable lurle while he narently has lc the route. will eome in I Ilef purposes. He can tr ar four innings at a fast clip, ! ¥ans Regret Lons of Shanks. Grift had_little 1o ab Wayers he is sending to Bos ated he felt ret at t art with Shanks. Tt is assured | lington fans will deplore his loss | wiell, if not more. than they did| sing of Brower tu Clevelan | { make uel is one he a od | payment for Joey Evans, for b wWere extremely popular locally. Shanks, who will be thirty-three old next July, rightly as one of the mosg play the ‘game ded ility duccd 1h 19 s first ved after spending three seas Md Ohio and Pennsylvan hanks has, at various time the regular outficlder, third baseman, shortstop and socond baseman of the Nationals. in addition to fillinsg in wt the initial sack. Never a hard hitter ~+his .302 in being the highest &yerage he ever ed—Hank has Pled every job assigned to him with aredit, and ikeable personality on the 1d has a le of well wist the capital fans will Miss the ge 1y, pleas Monocaa shrill-ve and Goebel Deficient. brole in with| ch. who Athletics in 1916 at the age of | niy. and returned to the Ameri- aen League after a period of season- ing at “Atanta when Washington Bought him in midseason of 1918, ‘is 7 fine mechanical catcher of light- hitting proclivities, whose disincli- sfation to settle down and attend rictly to business has been the sreatest handicap to his_advance Ment in the profession. His duties Were for the past three years have cousisted almost exclusively in catch- ifg the games pitched .by Walter Jphnson. Tick inherited some money & couplo of vears ago, owns & sporty adster and usually is o engrossed cjiltivating « mustache and attending h his social obligations that he can @evote but little thought to base ball. piirank Leroy Chance is just the type l'i Ao <‘u’k l:nlwl to convince | ch that “when pleasure i With your business, give bp businesss i8 all wrong Kive up business,” And while he is about it 1fe pecriess leader can make use of his tglents in this dircetion on Eddie el who, by the way, is the roommate and bosom companio Picinieh. Goe- 1, still in his e twenties, first at- tgmcted attention when a teammate of ‘aite Hoyt's at the Erasinus Hall High Shool in' Brooklyn, and made quite a nimm for himself with the Springfield club of the Bastern League in 1920, be- 7ere Washington grabbed him. Goebel a{eht now is us eflicient a fly chaser A chn be found in any leaguc. He is as as they come, handles grounders an_inflelder and has a splengia He has shown signs of batting 00, as was shown by his .306 awecrage in the International League, :then farmed to Reading in 1921, but| 21 tpually uppears about to faH asleep hen in the line-up. Under Chance the Thcinich-Goebel combination may prove of real worth, but they have been of I8tle value here. 3 Mogridge's Health Improved. i Mogridge had a three-hour session ith Grifith at club headquarters sfsterday, but both were smiling.| When they emerged with the an- mouncement that “the napers” had then duly inscribed. The lanky left- nder explained, to Grift that his siness in Rochester had grown to ch_proportions that a little semi- ball on the side would enable m _to earn the sum offersd him by the local club and still permit him to rpmain home with the wife and kid~ es. GrFiff explained that the busi- ess of the Washington club had nat wn to such proportions that it j§ annoyed much by the provisions the ineome tax law. Then they ywobably split the difference and Gplled it a go. (A Before hustiing for 3 train back to hester Mogridge said he had had sbme defective tceth oxtracted and 1§s tonsils removed, with the result that his apretite has improved with a8 conscquent Zain of fiftecn pounds if - weight He added tint the vitehes and aches n hie shouider d neci that hindcred his pitching qux season have disappeared en- rely. '{ NORWICH DEFEATS PENN. . d g Lard today ever made by the Washington ball club was cffected yesterday 1 Russell of the Boston Red Sox in ex- ere immediately forwarded to Com oot 1 i re not roles | i | Veach | decision in the case of Rube Benton. (R4 . Regret Loss of Hank— Flying Visit Here. THOMPSON one of the most advantageous deals to the services of Catcher Harold , Catcher Vaz Nationals. - h it is announced no menctary con- hanging fire for many weeks. Griff the form it finally took, early in the | 1 Sox at first flatly refused to cnter- I. but following several confercuces annual league mecting in December sult that an agreement was reached long-distance telephone Friday, the terday of the official papers in the missioner Landis, RUEL AND RUSSELL ARE | BOTH FORMER YANKEES | Muddy Rucl, horn in St. Louis Februnry 20, 1506, first played with Madixon of the Wisconxin-Tilinois ue in 1914, e was with the uix Browns in 1519, but saw The following yenr Memphis of the Nouthern Axsociation, and wan sold kees at the end of the 0. After a sea hench warmer in New V Picinich and Howard mark fo 20N in » when he wax with Pratt, cateher. he hit for 113 gamen tnined a mark of ontests. well. a native of Balti- more, got hix first professional ex- perience with the Oriolex o ternational League and was chaxcd by the Vankees in 19 ATicr weveral mensoux of indiffer- ent xpecess in New Vork he was hifted to (he Red Sox in 1919 an art payment for Cary Moy~ Run- xell has had considerable trouble with his ch and it scemed for n ix apine wan hoth- cring nt New Vork t wax in a grave condition for some time before it beenme evident that he cver would return to the game. xxell In the only spithall piteher the Natlonals have had for years. SALLY LEAGUE PLANS TORAVE EIGHT LUBS ’ COLUMBIA, S. C., February 10.— Possibility that the South Atlantic Association, commonly known as the! Sally League, will be enlarged: to eight clubs developed here' today when it became known that President | W. H. Walsh of Charleston had been in Savannah conferring with in- terested parties there. League officials are favorable, ac- cording to a statement by President Walsh, to the addition of two cities to the present six-club circuit if ar- rarigements can be made. Savannah, Ga, Jacksonville, Macon and Asheville, N. amoms the being cor with the Red Sox § ntage of Fla.; | . C.. are dered. VEACH AND FOUR OTHER DETROIT PLAYERS SIGN DETROIT. sbruary 10.—Bobby Detroit American outfielder for ten vears. who recently declared him- | self a “hold-out.” today signed a con- tract for the coming ason. Veach demanded a salary increase. No an- nouncement was made of the terms of -his contract. Other signed contracts received by the Tyger management today were those of Bobby Jones, third baseman; Kenneth Holloway, pitcher, and George Cutshaw and Clic Brady, second base- men. BENTON CASE DECISION IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY ST. PAUL, Minn., February 10.—A sold last fall by the Association club to . and who is nnection with the pitcher. who St Paul Amewican the Cincinnati Na under a cloud in cf world series scandal of 1919, is ex- pected next Tuesday at the annual meating of the National League club owners in New York, it was reported here tonight. K. M. Landis, base ball commis- sioner, expected to make khown his decision then, it was said. CARDINALS WILL STRIVE TO GET TONEY TO PITCH ST. LOUIS, February 10.—Manager Branch Rickey of theé St. Louis Na- tionals tonight announced every ef- fort would be made to have Pitcher Fred Toney with the Cardinals this season. Toney failed to report to the local club last season after being obtained from Boston. ickey explained the Cardinal club already has spent “quite a sum” on the Toney matter. Toney never has explained his stand, Rickey added. SHEELY ASKS WRITE SOX “FOR A 3-YEAR CONTRACT CHICAGO, February 10.—Earl Sheely, first baseman for the Chicago American League team today was re- ported a holdout because he was of- fered a_contract for only the 1923 season. He is said to want a three- year contract. = —_— FOUR INDIANS AT WORK. HOT SPRINGS, Ark,, Fcbruary 10.— Hot Springs saw its first buse ball #pring training activities of the season today with the arrival here of four members. of the Cleveland American TLeague- club. Jack MeAllister, Frank Roth,” Stunley Covele: Uhle’ made . up Zuard. 7 BIG NIGHT FOR PURDUE. COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 10.—Pur- Que tonlght bested Ohip State In thres western conference athletic event o the basket ball G WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORN G, FEBRUARY Nationals Get Ruel and Russell in Trade : Joie Ray Smashes Several Records 17, 1923. HERE ARE THE PLAYERS WHO FIGURE -IN GRIFF’S LATEST i)EAL. 22 CONTESTS EDDIE GOEBEL. SCHEDULED FOR HILLTOP BALL TEAM son won the championship twenty-two contests for the teen of the games that have been b EORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S base ball team, which last sca- of the ecast, already has booked coming campaign and may add sev- | eral more before the players take the field for their initial battle. Seven- hooked will be played on the Hilltop field, with four of the other five constituting a northern trip that will extend from May 30 to June 2, inclu in the_other away-from-home clash. KAMM IS GIVEN $10,000 TO SIGN AT LIKE SALARY CHICAGO, February 10—Willie Kamm, star third baseman, pur- chased by the Chicago White Sox from San Franciseo for $100,000, today wsigned a contract for the 1923-1924 weasons. Although no figures were made public, it wa reported Kamm will reveice $10,000 a ye Kamm demanded $20,000 of the purchase price after the xale wax announced. but a compromisc was reached, it was said, whereby Kamm received $10,000 for signing. The Pacific const star is consider- ed the most polished third baseman that ever came out of the minor leagues. SWEETSER AND QUIMET T0 PLAY GOLF ABROAD NEW YORK, Febrgary 10.—Jess Sweetser, national amateur goll ¢hampion, and Francis Ouimet, former national and opén champicn, will be members of the American team that will go’ to England this spring to de- fend the Walker cup, the New York Times tdday says it learns on good authority, % Another member of the team, the paper says, may be Bobby:Jones of Atlanta, a student at Harvard, who has applied to the university authori- ties for leave of absence. Chick Evans, Harrison Johnson and Jegse Guilford are also mentioned as possible members of the team. The paper understands that the cap- taincy of the team has been offered to Ouimet, although Robert W, Gard- ner of Chicago has also been men- tioned as the leader. JACK RYAN.IS SIGNED AS COACH FOR RED SO0X LBOSTON. Febtuary 10.-—Japk Ryen. catcher for the . Boston Nationaf League team in 1894-95-96, today Sox pitchers this season. iig, bad been connected witn tre -| Detroit Tygers, and Murphy, sive. Navy will be met at Annapolis In addition to the twenty-two bat- ‘tles that are scheduled and the ones that are pending. a pre-season jaunt will be taken into Virginia as tuning- up process. Prospects for a winning team are exceptionally bright, as ‘only two of last vear's title combination wHl be missing when the candidates answer the call These are “Lefty” Hyman, the pitcher, who has signed with the ¥, a short- who will' play in the Interna- Leasue. | Princeton. Yale, Ver- | mont, Fordham, Navy and Pitt are |among the teams that appear on the Hilltoppers' list. ~All will come here except Yale and Navy Following is the schedule: March 29—Syracuse. March 31—Princeton. April 2—Holy Cross, April' 3—Amberst. April 4—Fordham, ~ April 5—Vermon April 13—Washington College. April, 18—Weatern Maryland. April 21—Johns Hopkins. April 25—Trinity. April 28—Lebanon Valley. May. i—West Virginia, May 3—Ursinus, ' May 9—Roanoke College. May 11—Pittsburg] May 16—Navy at Annapolis. May 19—Mount St, Mary's. May 28-~West Virginla Wesley. May 80—Yale at New Mave: | sy ~31—Providence College at i Providence. 7 June 1—Boston College. at, Boaton. June 2—Holy Cross at Woreester. {DARTMOUTH IS VICTOR IN WINTER CARNIVAL |, HANOVER, N. H, February 10.— Dartmouth again’ won - the _intércol: legiate ski and snowshoe champion- ship when it closed -the 'thifteénth annual winter carnival here today with a total of 281 points. McGill University was second with 24 points, New Hampshire State scored $ points, Middlebury 1 and Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology 3. MeGill_staged a strong comeback !today, atter allowing Dartmouth to Irun up a long point lead yesterday. iln foday's cvents the Canadians {geored 16 points against 5 for Qart- *mouth. t game Lhis afternoen T o \ [ Dart ated MK T, 6-to 0. ! SIGNS LE BOURDEAUX. , Calif., February 10.—De lelder, League sto tional Holy Cross, hocke: ath de club last AT — o I SIKI MAY BE REINSTATED BY FRENCH FEDERATION By the Associated Pre PARIS, February 10.—Battling Siki will be restored to good standing in the boxing game and be reinvested with ail the tities taken from him an a result of his various escapades when the ¥rench Boxing Federation celebrates itn feth anniversary mext Mon. maerted today by Siki's Delmont. recognition again of heavyweight cham- id M. Delmont, the rought by Siki following his disqualification . will be dropped. WO SKATING RECORDS ESTABLISHED BY MOORE LAKE PLACID, N. Y., February 10. —Joe Moore of New York shattered two-world skating records this aft- ernoon in the closing meet of the Adirondack gold cup series on Lake | Placid rink. - Moore skated~the 440- yard event in 0.37 2-5 seconds, clipping one-fifth of a second from the record held by Charles Gorman of St. John, N. B., which previously had been recognized by the International Skat- ing Union of America, and..drove through the _three-mile race in 8.21 2-5, which is 22 4.6 seconds under the record set earlier in the season by Richard Donovan, Endicott. The New York skater was high- score man for the ‘three-day meet here, but hie was unable to overcome the lead of Charles Jewtraw. Lake Placid, in the Adirondack gold cup competition. Jewtraw, with a point score of 80 for the past three days, amassed a total score of 410 for the gold cup series and was awarded the trophy. Charles Gorman won the runner-up cup with a point scare of 200. Harry Kasky, Chicago, —and Richard Donovan were tied for third in_the serfes. The Maxwell *“300-point” cup wiil notbe awarded until next year, the leading competitor, Jewtraw, lacking 30 points of the required 300 to cap- ture the trophy. Jewtraw’s score for the Maxwell cup was 270, with Moore second, with 250, and Willlam Stein. mets, Chicago, third, with 180, - N The skaters were. léaving Lake Placid tonight for St. Jéhn, N. B, for the international”championships Feb- ruary 14, 15 and 16. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. At Georgetown—Georgetown, Sonth Carolina, 4., [ At Ithaca—Cormell, 28; ; vania, 14. 31 Pes At Ruleigh—Narth -Carolina State, | | 303 Flefidn, 18, At Macom—Vanderbilt, 37;/ Mereer, . ; At~ Columbus—Purdue, ' 2¢; Ohlo HOWARD SHANKS DEMPSEY HAS $200,000 OFFER FROM MONTANA GREAT FALLS, Mont., February 10. —1In reply to an offer from the Toole antee a $200,000 purse to Jack Demp- | sey and $30,000 to Tommy Gibbons jof St. Paul for a 15-round fight at Shelby: July 4 next, with a $50,000 llon’eit posted to guarantee the con- | tract, T. A. Sampson of the legion | association today received a telegram from Jack Kearns in New York stat- ing it the association would wunar- antee protection for the bout {rem the authorities and post $100,000 for- feit instead of $50,000, he ‘would be ested in taking up the offer. Gibbons has not yet replied the offer. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Februar: 10.——Jjack Dempsey. world heavy- weight boxing champion, reached Salt Lake City late today from the Iast to be with his father who. is ill at a local hospital. Hyrum Dempsey, - father of the champion, is suffering- from stomacl trouble, and his condition is reported as_serious. The champlon appeared somewhat worried when he arrived, and lost no time in going to the hospital from the train. 2y Dempsey said “he had not aMxed his signature to articles for 2 match with Joe Beckett. SUNDAY GAMES BANNED UNDER ARKANSAS BILL to The bill to prohibit' Sunday games and fishing in Arkansas was 1 Speeial order of business for next I\\ ednesday, when it reached the sen- ate today. At that time, it was an- nounced, Senator Imory will offer an amendment, requiring prosecuting at- torneys to enforce the -law, under penalty of losing office if the law is not enforced. -The bill passed the house yesterdad. BRITISH POLO PLAYER WIN FROM ARMY TEAM ‘WEST PQINT, N. Y., February 10.— Army's indoor polo team lost to the British 'international indoor pdlo team here today, 9 to 6. The cadets.got away to an early lead,.and &t the end of the first period led, 2 to 11, As soon as they were warmed up to their worl, however, the British- ers casily: outclassed the Army lads. i Eour pefiods were played. BOONE MAY NOT PLAY. | ST PAUL, Minu. February 1o Danny Boone, shortstop with the St Paul American Assoclation club, may not. be with the.Saints this year, ac to & letier received today by County American Legion Boxing As- | soclation of Shelby, Mont., to guar-| LITTLE ROCK, Ark., February 10.— | made | PERFORMS UNPARALLELED FEAT ON NEW YORK TRACK Chicagoan Sets New World Indoor Marks for 13 Miles, 3,000 Meters and Two.Miles—Also Creates Record for 173 Miles. EW YORK, February 10.—Joie Ray of the Illinois Athletic Club, N Chicago, broke three indoor world records, lowered the timc for one outdoor world record and -established one mew indoor world record at <he Wilco Athletic Club games tonight. .Tt was a feat un- paralleled in track annals. 3 The diminutive Chicago taxi driver lowered the world best indoor marks for 134 miles, for 3,000 meters and for 3 miles, indoor and out He created a mark for 17 miles) indoors. Allen Helfrich. was second, and Jumbia_ University |Penn State College. {J. W. Driscoll, Boston A. A., (Hird The tim# was 1.231-5. Connolly or | Georgetown also ran, but was not in {his usual form and failed to show. Meyer Lowers a Record. Ray’s new world records are: One and threc-quarter miles, 759 4-5. 3,000 meters, 8.31 1-5. T'wo miles, 9.08 2-5. He ran 17 miles in 8.34 3-5. | The old record for these distances| Amother indoor record was lowered were 1% miles, 8.103-5, made by |PY Herb Meyer of Rutgers College by George V. Bonhag at Buffalo in | Whe made ghe 100-yard low hurdle 1910. ih 0.11 8-10. The old record was Two miles—9.11 2-5, made by him- | 0-121-5, made by James S. Hill at self in New York in 1910. jEsmore it 1011 3,000 meters—8.91 3-5, made by him- | Alfred Le Coney of Lafayette es- self in New York in 191 tablished a record for 125 yards in-_ Two milex outdoor—3.09 3.5, made | doors for which there had been no Al Schrubb -in England in 1904. | revious mark. He was timed at this In_breaking the record Ray won |gistance in a 150-yard heat in 0.123-5, the Hirshon trophy for 3,000 meters ope-fifth of a second slower than the continuing on to 2 miles in special | world's indoor record, made by C. H. Mt‘vmmdu to b"Tk ‘hvfcmrec?rd‘s-d"“. herrill in 1889 in New York defeated a select fleld, including | g 2 Walter Higgins of Columbia, Willie Kiviat Fails in Comeback. Ritola, Finnish-American star, and| Abel Kiviat. famous when he re- ©. McLane, University of Pennsyl- | tired seven years ago as an olympic athlete and still holder of the world vania runner. Ray ran a graceful race and, as al- [record for 1,500 meters, failed in his attempted comeback in the 880-yard ways on the track. did not appear to be extending himself. He sprinted|run, finishing fourth. The race, run in the slow time of 2.01, was won through the last lap of the 3,000 meter | race and maintained his fast clip on| by Willlam Sullivan, Paulist Ath- the next lap, which completed his two |letic Club. miles. PIRATES RELEASE TWO. Walter Higgins, Columbia long dis- | tance man, strode into the lead, and PITTSBURGH. February 10.—The Pittsburgh Nationals have released Ray kept close behind him until the first mile, when the Chicagoan quick- Pitcher Paul Shephard and Outfieldc Art Jahn, formerly of the Dakdtau ened the pace. Thereafter he contin- League, to Flint, in the Michigan- by Qed to increase his margin in front of the fleld, completely lapping it at the Jespite the sizzling gait maintained, | Rox was not exhausted at the finish. | Ontario League. ord had been broken. He had pre- " dicted as much. HARVARD BEATS ST. NICH'S. - 1al invitation |hockey team defeated St Nicholas S h;r&'m';r'f(':pfiuh of Co- ! Club of New York here tonight, § to 1 With the Sporting Editor EEK after next the advance squad of the Nationals will hike southward for the longest training trip ever made by a Wash- 9 o'clock in the morning President Clark Grifiith, Coaches Nick Altro_ck and Hack Gibson, and as many of the batterymen ‘and youngsters aspir- place to start will board an Atlantic Coast Line train due to reach Tampa in time for supper the following d: Then on Thursday, March 1, the e revampe S > 2 " steel and concrete grandstand, for the most extensive period of condi- More than five weeks will be spent at the southern Florida resort bv a great majority of the athletes on the Washington roster, and in Braves a total of practically seven weeks will be devoted to preparations for the championship season which will get under way for the Griffmen end of the 3,000 meters. He smiled broadly when told the rec- Connolly Fails to Show. BOSTON, February 10.—Harvard By DENMAN THOMPSON. v ington club. Two weeks from next Tuesday—February 27—at ing to other positions for whom the capital is geographically the natural athletes will trot out on revamped Planet Fi€ld, adorned by a new tioning ever undertaken by a local team. | cluding the barnstorming trip northward of one week with the Boston at Philadelphia on Wednesday, April 18, | Not only is the approaching period of prepping the most com- prehensive outlined in the history of local big league entries, but the schedule of practice games is far wider in scope than any heretofore attempted. Of the seventeen practice games listed, only one—that with the Naval Academy team at Annapolis, two days prior to the opening of the season—is with an outfit not of major caliber. | In the month, from the date of the initial clash of the training season, March 17, at Tampa, until the final, April 15, here, the Boston Braves will be encountered ten tinies, the St. Louis Cardinals on three occasions and the Cincinnati Reds twice. Phis program of competition with big league clubs is designed to give the Nationals all the practice they can stand to fit them for the grueling grind of the title race and because of Griff’s announced intention of using his rookies almost cxclusively in thest | games promises to definitely cstablish the caliber of the squad of re- | cruits he. has corralled. Only Handful to Report Late. | While the aggregate of forty-eight days from the time practice is | instituted until the season actually opens sets a new mark for the length | of training season it will be ih effect comparatively cven longer than is | apparent, by reason-of the fact that with the exception of a mere handful | all the athletes on the roster will be in active training over that stretch of time. Heretofore it has been the custom to have oniy the greenest of the rookies comprise the first phalanx to go south, with the veteran batterymen arriving after a week or so and the “regulars” reporting even later. This year even Walter Johnson will be required to show up with the initial squad, the present outlook being that those not required to check in until March 12 will include only Judge, Harris, Shanks and Rice, ~ To date Reger Peckinpaugh is the only athiete on the roster who has been directed to visit Hot Springs for a boiling out. The veteran sh r has been ordered to go there for a two-week sojourn on February 26, and will follow a course of treatment out- i lined for him by President Griffith. Rajah was in poor shape when he reported last spring and did not reach his true form until midseason. At Peck’s own suggestion he has been given a schedule for preliminary training by Griffith calculated-to haye the old-timer in trim to battle for the berth that several youngsters are ambitious to oust him from. Nineteen in Fold, Eleven Unsigned. Nat Turk, the red-haired righthander with the Griffs last season, is slated to be placed elsewhere this year. Infielder Jack Probst of the Greenville Sally League team, and Infielder Owen Kelly of the Grand Rapids club of the Central League are not on the roster. This leaves just thirty actives on the Nationals’ list, including Manager Bush, who may inject himself intor the fray occasionally, and of the number ninéteén already are under contract, with eleven yet to be heard from. Those in the fold: include six pitchers, two_catchers, seven infielders (rating Evans ag such) and four outficlders. The athletes still outside the reserva. tion embrace six hurlers, two backstops, one putfielder and two guardians of the inner works. o Here'’s the complete roster of the 1923 Natiorials with their present status: : UNSIGNED Brogan _ Ceonroy Goslin Hollingsworth SIGNED Hargrave Harris Johnson Jucge McRamea Altrock Gibson Beach