Show J Gordon Rhodes To Join Yankee YankeeS Outfit Feb 25 I S Local Mound Star to Visit on Coast Before Going Going Go ing to Florida Gordon Rhodes probably the most promising baseball player de developed developed de- de In Utah In a good man many years will leave Monday for Long LongBeach LongBeach LongBeach Beach Cal where he ho will make n a a three weeks' weeks visit before beCore departing for tor Florida to train Ith eith the New NewYork ev York Yank Yankees es Rhodes made mado the announcement this morning following a definite decision to spend a vacation on the coast with relatives before departing departing depart depart- ing to the baseball camp where he will make his his' first fling as a major league player Although Gordy plans to enter into no regular baseball base base- ball play while on the coast ho hoe ex expects ex cx- to get acclimatized and whip himself Into the best of ot shape shapo for his lois major league debut Gordy will take up regular training at the Yank camp at St. St Petersburg Fla on February 25 EXCELLENT RECORD Rhodes has Ions made m do an enviable record record rec rec- ord in amateur competition and the tho recommendation giver given him by Bill Essick Yank scout is nono none too good EssIck offered Rhodes a contract contract contract con con- tract while he was playing in a Nevada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada league two years ago However However However How How- ever Gordon did not finally accept It until last year Gordon took up active baseball work for the tho first time while a 1 sophomore at the West Vest high school hool Ho lIo worked as a a. regular mounds mounds- man for three seasons At the same time he took up amateur b baseball in the city ity and performed on ore the Western Opts Upstairs Clothes Shop and Smith Fans Faus teams In 1926 he played semipro baseball baseball base base- I ball with the Elko team of 01 a Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada circuit and won four out of 01 five games games- Last summer lie Jle pitched in the Butte Mines Mine league and won eleven of ot fourteen games I |