The Washington times., 1908-03-20
Flashes and SideliqhtS
From the Training Camp
By THOMAS S. RICE.

across the lady-KilliLS Teuton anu
asked him what a. the name or the
Seven Sutherland sisters caused him 10
stop the proceedings. ''Why," answered.
he with a look OF mild surprise, Il saw
the girl going out the gate and just nat
uralIy had to keep the engagement so
went after her"
SpiegeIberger is no longer the Herr
Umpire in the Texas League
Probably no major league manager
ever took his baseball as seriously as
John AfCCloskey, manager Of the 81.
Louis Nationals, OF Cardinals. He even
beats Jake Stahl at the worrying game,
which is a bad sign. When Washing
ton beat Fin On March "a in HOu stOn
in the first game for the cellar cham
pionshsu McClosi1ey was 50 sore ana
excited o rei Che prospects or having the
lemon bunting summdrily thrust upon
him that he had a different explanation
OF the defeat and a different excuse
for his men every time the subject was
brOaCh0d. He laid most Of the buFOsn
on Jack Barry, his principal adWs@r
and captain OF The Cardinals. FrommS
pitched tMe first seven innings and had
Washington helpless. Then mis- arm De
gan 20 feel heavy and tired, ana barry
insisted that he be taken out or the
extra inning exhibition contest before
the regular schedule, and was lad up
I for weeks. Barry feared that Woulu
| happen again and did tho wise thing
IN taking no chances, but McClOskey
had to have somebody to blame the de-
feat upon AID Jack had 10 stand the
gah,
When the Cardinals won the Sunday
! game beOSUse Burns, Washington new
southpaw, lad q bad arm ana was con
sequeuuy extremely wild, McClOskey
swelled w like a new walking delegate
| and spoke as IL he had the greatest ban
club on earth.
| While It is encouraging 10 see man
ager take such an absorbing interest IN
/ his men ana their success, such tenn
permanent is not the best in big
/ league, Ter when things are breaking
/ badly he is likely TO lose his head ana
/ be utterly unable to plan line or
| action 70 stop the rush or defeat.
Being in Galveston. it is safe to make
| the assertion that this town. with its
/ sea breeze, IS Tluch cooler and more
/ desirab as a temporary abode than
/ Houston. which is inland and sometimes
I dead calm, But, Houston IS ten times
as lively on the streets as Galveston.
/ and there is o. surprisingly large NUM-
/ Der OF people moving along day and
/ night. Real estate values there are
/ amazing, and they are not due To sud
/ cen boom, but are the regular timing. A
1 large. new apartment house which is
] the principal landmark in looking across
/ the left-field fence from the graudstand
] IS eight or ten stories nigh, and ] was
; told tiuaC 81 was full, with q waiting INST
| front apart meuts bringing SO Der mOnln
! and those in the rear so. This place is
] on the main street, and fifteen squares
/ from the center OF tia city. Other
/ rentals Of both bushes. houses anc
/ dwellings are in propOrtoH.
| Bill Burns, the new pitcher. IS from
/ western exas. where the tarantulas
/ are the handy companions OF the un-
/ dertakers. and tells many 1nteresllne
/ stories OF q q deadly insects. He has
J been bitten ~ two or three snakes, and
: IS a shining iiLht for the prOhibitionists
] IT he was clireo WlthodI IsSSLtSg "
/ tie DroVerblSl remedy. BIZ nan
| sh owed a shrinking. retiring tendency
/ 50 me tins ago. ana EefOre fepolLlIlE
! hare no mad il shaved. with me result
/ thar tile flies are causing nm more
| trouble than The snakes ever did Jerry
| Freeman ESQ scraDed his thlnk-tanh
! before coming to Galveston. when
| makes hin look Ike the prize rat boy
| IN school
Texas closely follows the careers Of
/ ball players developed on It's son,
! Karger. one Of the mainstays OF the
| Cardinals in the box. pitched Tor Hous-
| ton In 1906 and the people there demand
| that McCIOskey use him on ali possible
occasions Ollie Pickering, who played
there IN 1892 with MCClosltey, and
| Burns are also warm favorites, theiI
! credftable deeds getting wild applause
| Gerald HAYES, who IS umpirlnE the
levhfhItton games in Houston. IS a
/ former Texas League umpire, ana Is
now one OF the best on the American
! Association staff. He is a good man
but the Houston fans roast him severe
Nv IL he does not give the Cardinals
a SHADE on close decisions. They are
dead anxious 20 have the team trained
in their town avoid the lemon pennant