Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-22
OUTF|ELOER GESSLER
AT LAST LOCATED
Is on Business Trip and Will
Be Ready to Report
March /.

The lost is found Doc" Gessler has
at last been located. In President Moves
mail this morning was letter from the
hard-hitting outfelder dated Nincennes,
IND.
Gessler had signed his contract for the
coming season last fall SO that there was
no worry over that matter, but a per-
sistent report has been in circulation to
the effect that the big fellow would cut
out base ball this year. To squash these
iumors and get a true line on Docs"
Intentions was the object in getting In
communication with him. Gessier IN
part says that he has been travelling on
business and is under contract to work
until the lst of March. Under these cir
cumstances he will not be able to start
training before the first of next month.
II was the intention of the club officials
TO send GesSler to Hot Springs along
with the early group, but they were I'M
able to locate him and as it turns out he
could not have gone at any rate GesSler
says he can go to the Springs the hrst OF
the month. but IL will rest entirely with
Manager McAleer whether he Is ordered
there or to Norfoln.
Doe says the story that he wouldn't
play this year is all poppycock- His
health has been of the best all winter and.
like A majority of the players, he is
again.
Manager McAleer will probably reach
Washington Thursday night or Friday
morning and then the season. in bust
ness sense. will be opened. as there arc
many details to be attended to by the
leader of the Nationals before the ship
sails for Norfolk.
Pittsburg's best posted base ball men
have it that the reason Fred Clarke
parted with Victor Willis was because he
was bent ON busting up the Willis-Ilei-
field combination. All summer long last
summer there was heap of chatter in
the air in Smokeboro that Big Vic and
Lefty" did too much pal work for the
teams good-that they were so compan-
ionable that il was for the best to let out
one of them. Willis finally drew the
count, Magnate Robson giving $5.On-or
was IL $6D0?-for him. Clarke probably
wished to retain Leiffeld in pref,renc to
Willis because Albert is the younger war
rior of TIE two and because he's the
Pirate chiefs lone established southpaw.
II was reported yesterday that Murphy
was dickering with the Giants to swap
Johnny King for Mike Donlin. This deal
would be a good one for both clubs con-
cerned. as the two players have no love
for the clubs they now belong to. and
would also strengthen the two teams If
! they were snapped. The Giants stand
badly in need of a catcher to fill up the
gap made vacant by the release of Bres-
nahan to st. Louis. while the Cribs need
hard hitter like Donlin to carry along
their weak hitting outfeId. Neither
Sheckard nor Schultz hit anything like
their regular stride last summer.
The New York Giants are the first to
get in actual harness for the spring work
outs. Some Of the New Yorks have been
at Marlin. Tex, for a week and the rest
of the squad dropped into the quiet Texas
town Sunday McGraw believes in a long
spring trip f. the players, and the
Giants will be away nearly two months
in the far southwest before getting back
to New York Marlin. Tex. is the same
place where the Athletics trained in 1907
but the town then did not personally APP
peal to Connie Mack or the players 1t
is nearly three full days ride from this
city. and while the climate is very warm
there the Athletics never went back after
spending two weeks in the exas bor-
ough. Marlin is about six hours ride
from Fort Worth and Dallas, and Nc
Graw. like Mack, takes the players there
for Saturday and Sunday games of each
week. This is a good move financially
for the Giants. the rooters I'm both
towns turn out strong To the Saturday
and Sunday games The Giants are very
popular In Texas and are always invited
back again before they depart north.