Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-09

| 1t is more than likely that when Manager
| LOTUS and his team returns to Washing
ton next Saturday afternoon to meet the
| Athletics he will have several new faces tt
present to the local public. Shortstop Cas-
| sidy of the Harrisburg, Pa, club has signed
papers for next season, and as he is not
| wanted in the keystone capital any more
he will shortly be with the Senators An
agent recently went over the Pennsylvania
| circuit for Manager Lotus to report on
| the material that was 'touted" to be ready
| for major league company. Cassidy was
| one of them, and Lush and Bressler of the
| Williamsports and Weigand, shortstop of
gand looked far and away the best, on &C
count of his batting. He is a large man,
almost too large for shortstop, and looks to
be a natural second baseman. He has a
good throwing arm and handles grounders
well, but his chief fault is ip losing easy
chances. AT the bat it can be quickly seen
that he possesses the confidence of a nat
ural hitter, and in the games witnessed by
the reporter there were no pitchers he
couldn't hit. In fact, he appeared to out
class all the others when 1t came to bat
ting.
Early this season Weigand signed with
the Baltlmores, but on account of adverse
criticism by the press of that city he de-
serted the team and returned to York Wei
gand said that he would like to be given a
trial by Washington, but that his release
from Baltimore would have to be secured
before he could play here Hitters are
what Manager Lotus needs more than
fielders, and Weigand looks to be the best
in sight.
Lush and Bressler are pitchers and util-
ity outfielders. Both are left handlers. and
IN the games witnessed by the representa-
tive of Manager Lotus both appeared to be
1airiy fast They hit and ran the bases
Well, and in fielding were up to the mark
The remainder of the team was of the or
dlnary sort, which made the pair look I'M
usually strong. Neither player has reached
MS majority yet, they have plenty of
time to learn and develop.
When Cassidys playing was seen he was
handicapped with bad ankle but never
theless he appeared to take care of his DO
sition most cleverly. He is a small man,
naturally quick and has the pugnacity of
an Eiberfeld. AT the bat he stands up well
and his team mates claimed that he was a
good sticl1er.
There is another ball player, an out
fielder by the name of Billet, on the York
team, who possesses all the natural reoui-
sites of frst-class man. but lacks the ex-
perience to put him on edge. He is fast on
his feet, can throw like shot and at the
bat Is fully the equal of Weigand Being
a left-hander, he can LAY down. the baI
in fine style, while in long hitting he is as
good as any in the Pennsylvania organ.za-
ton. Billet is cheap man and of the
good-natured sort, who have to be pushed
forward. He is willing to listen to advice
and some day he will appear full fedged
star.
In the pitching line the York team ap-
pears to have the cream in Hilbert, Lpp
and McGlynn, although Matthews of Har-
r1sburg is touted conner. Hilbert was
with Milwaukee a short period last season
but this year has been the mainstay Of the
York team. Lush and Bressler have done
well with several teams, but when facing
the Workers have generally been hit hard.
All the diamonds in the PENNSYLVANIA
League are skinned" that is, without
grass. so that it is difficult matter to com
pare players with the major league stand
ard, but this plays no part in the batting.
Several games of the Eastern League
teams were also witnessed by the agent.
and the daddy of them all appeared to
be Tom Jones, who is now playing second
for Baltimore His right position Is first
base, but Jennings injury has driven him
to the second sack, where he Is doing ex-
traordnarily good work. Jones belonged to
the Boston American League team last
spring, but was released without a trial,
His hitting, running and throwing are fully
up to the major league standing Another
good man on the Orioles Is Outfielder Hay-
den. Mcintyre and Gottman of Buffalo are
also fast enough for fast company, the
former being claimed by Detroit