The Washington herald., 1908-04-05
BASEBALL NOTES.

Nearly All or TIE teams OF tiie loCdi
amateur leagues will get down 10 real
practice tomorrow.
Tom Brown. Of this city. will start
South shortly TO begin work as umpire
in the Southern League.
AT Cincinnati they are calling the BOs
ton Americans imitatOrs. They don't ike
the idea of any other team being called
Reds
Frank Chance accuses Hans Wagner of
being record player. He should at least
give the "Dutchman' credit for making
d success of it.
Secretary Willie Fowler, OF the Wash
ington club, will leave here on April Is
to go TO Boston for the opening OF the
American League season.
The Milwaukee team has left its train
ing camp and is working its way north
by slow stages 70 Louisville, where the
regular pennant race viii begin.
With favorable weather conditions on
the exhibition trip. the Nationals will open
the championship race in as good condi-
tion physically as any other club in the
league
Patsy Donovan says that the Jackson
vile training "trip Of the Dodgers has been
the most successful he has ever known
and that the good results Will be evident
when the season opens.
One of the toughest jobs Manager Grif-
fifth has had IN a long time is TO pick his
pitching stam for the season All OF the
Yankee tWlrlers look good and Griff may
open with eleven box artists.
Monte Cross is much taken With Joe
Wood nineteen-yea youngster
picked up AZ Hutchinson. Kans lie has
been pitching great ball. and Cross pre-
diets a brilliant future for him.
! Charley Comiskey who used to work
/ for Chris Won der Abe IN the old St.
/ Louis days, bought box seat for tlle
benefit hall game for Chris. paying s500
I for H. Pretty healthy mark Of spprecia-
ton.
/ Al Bartlin the youngster who was
turned over 10 the Giants by the Dallas
/ team. will be taken TO New York by Me-
Graw and loaned to SOME one Of the
/ Eastern League clubs. Bartliff has been
! Ilaying a fast game.
Doc Payne. the Maps trainer. says the
i players drink too much icewater during
the game He claims they sometimes be-
i come water-logged, and il they would
only drini. half as much, they could plaS
Iaster hall
Terry Turner has developed into a great
I pinch hitter. In practice mis- spring
, he has been doing gre.t work with thS
stick. alI has learned the beauty of tht
inside game. With his wonderful field
ing ability, great things are expected u
JI "Cott0ntop this year.
The Georgetown team has shown stead!
Improvement under the tutorlege Of Coacl
/; Grillo and the indications are that tn
, Blue and Gray will be primed by III
time the big series opens with the lead
/. ing Eastern colleges The team showe'
a most commendable lighting spirit ant
? fully deserved TO win from Cornell yes
terday
Il The Maps hoodoo has gone On dut.
again Catcher Harry Bemis had hi
right hand injured by a foul tip. Brad
Hey, Birmingham, and Berger are on TN
sick list They think il is on acCoun. c
the water Pitcher Hess may be left I
the South until the weather gets warn
in the North. He would not be used mt
7 late in May, in any event, and can Sc
| / IN better shape in the South than any
) where else.
AcAleer is more than pleased, not onl
with the condition of his men. but wit
Shreveport as a training place. He saiC
"The weather was such that we got II
. advantage of the sun practically the Ell
! tire time we were there. Barring "a. fe
bad DAYS the conditions were ideal, whic
, accounts for the excellent condition of n
, men. II the Browns don't make good tn
year 7 will be the most disappointed ma
| in the business