The Washington times., 1910-03-21

He occasionally reaches for one over his
mead or away outside. and slugs II for
Two or three extra bases In a manner
that upsets all calculations.
Schaefer's antics at tho bat made a
great hit with the Norfolk fans
George Mcbride believes that ne great
y improved his batting by changing his
style He was long known as a brilliant
helder nut hopeless hitter, and that
was the reason ST Louis turned him
Dach from the National League TO Kan
saS CITY George Is one OF our best lit
tIe tnlnkers, and after that experience
ne decided there was something wrong
Win ms system. He had been standing
at the plate with his feet together, and
rcached the conclusion that he lost lis
gauge Of il.~ l,~-it h. Balancing over too
far He decided 10 FRY standing " IN
MS Ieel further apar.. as he now docs,
and jumped his average from Z35 10
10 M the American Association. Sir ce
ne has been with washington he has
/ peCh Dattlng around .235, about a normal
dluerehce Of twenty points between the
TWO leagues for a batter of his class
Maybe IL his legs were longer and he
could stfaddle further he would he In
the 800 hail Of fame.
Pill Shipke tried various schemes. but
none helped his hitting permanently.
Tom Reynolds. the old minor league
manager and ball player. tells the story
that in 1905 when he was managing the
jackson, Miss, team in the Cotton
states League and trying to manage
Bugs Raymond, the erratic Bugs famed
Willie Keeler three times in an ex-
hihition game
1t was played in jackson and RAY
mond was AT his best Clark Griffith
was immensely impressed by the per
formance and wanted to take Raymond
away al once. for keeler In those days
would go a whole season without fan
ming that often. but the deal did not GO
through. Later Raymond was sold Ia
Detroit and by Detroit 10 Atlanta and
achieved nOtoriety there by stOppiug
Gov Hoke Smiths buggy on the street
I 10 feed the horse cabbage Reynolds
/ SAYS that when Bugs was on his team
| his salary was S30n per month. Every
month Bugs was relgIoUsly fined s15
! which sum was paid TO a private keeper
/ who followed the erring one around anc
! agreed TO deliver him ready 70 pitch
I every third day That keeper must have
/ loved his family to have worked so harC
/ for money.
{ Are the House Democrats going tr
/ have Insurgents on their ball team thL
3 year?
! Bob Groom has been complaining that
/ ne could not sleep well iH Norfolk. and
I as ne SuOOLtu onlN IiOln I'D . m ~dIlT
/ day until a. m. Sunday, the poor boy
must he suffering intensely from inSum
| MIA. Fortunately. when he does 20 into
4 dreamland he does not have Nightmares
4 like Jack Powell, OF St Louis JacI
went 10 sleep I'm an upper berth on
/ Pullman last summer, had nightmare
/ kicked the footbOaTd off and grievOusly
/ injured his feet.
Dolly Gray says he makes one hom'
! run year.
] The players are specularinE upon how
I rigidly the clause in their COntraCtl
which prohibits them from playing base
| ball except under the direction Of IN.
| club owners will he enforced
! There is a strong inclination to rebe
| at a strict application Of the new clause
and IL will probably create trouble 10
/ several years. The general impression
| is that n man winters I'm plac
| where he can pick up a few extra dol
I lars by taking part I'm an occasional lu
| dependent game, the owners viii maxi
no objection, and this is probably cor
/ rect, except In the cases Of some mei
/ who might be thought in need Of com
/ plete rest from baseball. That the cIul
/ owners had a right TO inteUdiCt the us
/ OF the club name on the harnstOrmiui
trips which have usually followed IN
I major league seasons Is general,
agreed