Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-11

Hans Wagner has been mentioned IN con-
nection with deals, but the chances are
that when the smoke has cleared away
Wagner will be found with the Pirates.
Hal Lanigan writes in the st. Louis
Times that Harry Davis. captain of the
Athletics, told him during the world s
series that the Athletics were always
quick to see when Chief Bender was not
going right. Lanigan quotes Davis as
follows:
Bender is another wonder When he's
right-and his off days are few and iar
between-he's got as much steam and as
much stuff on his fast ball as any pitcher
In the profession. Chief is peculiar
chap. When he's wrong We all know II
quickly, and thus do we give hlm tue
hook before he's hit and before the
game goes slipping away
ANY time the batters start to hit Ben
der it's when the heat has the big feilo"
sroggy. He's always putting more or less
in mfdseason, and perspires as freely as
any player on the team. however II
when little bead of perspiration begins
forming on his nose that We all KNOW
he's beginning to weaken. and it's then
that I flash along the relief signal TO
Connie. I'm watching the CHIEFS nose
every time he works on hot day ana
when / see him brushing it with ms
gloved hand l know that II not HIS ia!
to shine
II such is really the case, beads OF
perspration on the Chippewas PROPOSES
must have been as numerous last sea
son as they were upon Or. Cooks nose
when he was making bluff at locating
the north pole. At any rate. Bender was
NOT knocked out of the box all year,
which shows that he did not hoist the
moisture signal plainly enough to pe
visible from where Davis stood at hrst
base.
Jack Flynn of course. may never be-
|,come a member of the local team. Inc
fact that he is in the rival league makes
should fortune favor McAleer in this in
stance he will do much to make the Ma
tionals a winning aggregation IN the
first place. Flynn proved hlmselI hlttef
of more than ordinary ability: last sea
son. and he was handicapped all year
by reason Of illness. What is more, he
is of the intelligent type of player,
young, ambitious and sure TO improve
with time. 1t is not an easy mater LOT
young player to jump into "orIo
rams with set ways, and make good.
FLYNN was up against this proposiflon
last season besides not davis; ius usuai
good health. The fact that .Ie Pirates
had won the worlds title ire year pc
fore and encountered slump did not
have pleasant effect on the players,
and Flynn was also handicapped IN TINS.
One thing is certain. that If Abstein
heIped to win q championship 1OT flttS-
burg FLYNN was not responsible for It's
loss for there Is no comparison III the
two men.
The, chances are ten to one against
FLYNN coming here. but McAleer is max
ing every effort, and will continue to do
SO until the last hope is gone.
There ia no gainsaying the fact that
Charley Street is a hfgh-class catcher.
The manager who would decide to part
with him would not do SO without giving
the matter considerable thought, Tor
catchers of the Street type are hard to
find. indeed Had 1t been Streets good
fortune TO land on winning team when
be. broke into the American League he
world have been a most sensational per-
former. AS It was. he got on a loser and
really never showed to his best advan-
tase For this reason he has perhaps
not heen able to display the wisdom be-
hind the bat that is expected from high
cIass catcher, yet he has don brilliant
Rut as The local team is now made up
no car, be spared. I'm fact an older head
would have a more beneficial effect on
the ,,itchers who have ever shown lack
of Judgment in working batters. 1t has
been argued by many that II Walter
johnson had man of the type of Billy
sullivan behind him he would be much
more effective. Not that McAleer wants
sullivan, for It won be a mistake TO
give up a youngster like Street for vet
eran like Sullivan, but that type of man
would be invaluable to the local team.
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