The Washington times., 1910-03-23

the result OF good cOndltlOn ana cneertul
spirits he Is veteran, and has not
yet reached his top notch Cf effective
ness for the season, but he VIII be the
goods. and the other players have as
much confidence in him as lie has In
himself. He and Mcbride and Unglaub
make the territory between first and
second look as safe and sound as ElDer-
field and Mcbride make that on the left
Pittsburg city councilmen selling for
$6L10 apiece What a fine chance TO
form trust and boost the prlcel
Germany Schaefer tells a funny story
about an experience in Milwaukee. one
day when the team from Minneapolis
Was in Milwaukee the Davidson Hotel
where the players stopped, was burned
and all the uniforms were destroyed A
naSty TummaginE and borrowing pro
duced enough baseball clothes for the
visiting team, but Il was nOudGSCrtpL
collection of odds and ends borrowed
from amateurs. semi professionals, and
others. Among the suits brought into
service were three or four loaned by the
Minneapolis Club. AS IS always the
eleVen-lnning game The men wearing
the borrowed uniforms o. their Oppo-
nents performed many notable deeds.
and finally Minneapolis Won A large
number of the TeutOniC rOOteTS In the
Milwaukee crowd did not understand
the strange mixture Of attire. and one
Of them expressed the home sentiment
when ne yelled. Dot Minneapolis done
peat us OUid. but py Cheeminy dey yos
hat to borrow Milwaukee mems to do
i'd" And some OF them stiU believe Mil
waUkeC loaned players along with the
uniforms
It's that same bunch Of Plusburg
grafters TrhO tried 70 shake Barney
Dreyfuss Gown for a license fee Of so
for every game played on the PitJShurg
NgN ms Ia M FHH
them IN United passes. Barney the
Brute he might have known that a
councilman who could sell himself for
only SSll0 could not AFFORD 10 buy tic
kets.
Doc Gessler's bruisinS and maiuiuZ OF
the bali in practice ls "a source OF great
delight TO the entire Washington squad.
There is practically no Tiya. Tor Doc s.
job in right field, and no one 20 envy
him or detract from his performance.
on the other hand. every sign he gives
Of recovering his old Boston form with
the stick means A boost for the rest OF
the team He can hit UEcuoUeuGIy
hard. as Ty COBB viii testify. one day
last summer Doc sent liner into right
that was so vicious 10 literally tore
CObb's hands apart and dropped safe.
When he IS called upon 10 hlt with the
runner the man on first always keeps
, a weather eve on the Docs attempt.
for II one Of his fuLl-grUwu SCrFamers
We're TO land on the man going 20 Sec
ond there would be a sudden death right
there
What will interest number Of
WeshinEtou's most fami lar and wine
buying figures is this: lid those Pitts
burg city COunrilmeu stay bought after
they We're bought
NcAleer does not expect 10 send in
supposed pinch hitters as often as Joe
Cantillou did. but he remembers one
instance in which this move met with
brilliant success. II Wss on the last
trip OF the St Louis team East I'm 1873,
when 10 went 10 Philadelphia after l0av-
inE Washington 10 viii be remCU Dered
what q shock went through thousands
first game In Philadelphia, and Detroit
/ thereby gained a lead which was never
I headed krau@e. Connie Mack S great
ind, had won twelve straight games,
/ while McAleer had team composed al-
most entirely Of youngsters. In the last
I inning Of that first game with men or
bases NcAleer ordered D0Ge Cri-S 90 bat
[ in a pinch against Bender. who had sue
/ cCedcd krauSo 20 .iincE the game. CrISs
violently protested, Sa-iuz ne was not
/ feeling right and could do nothinl
against Bender anyhow. NTrA1ccr iu-
sisted, saying The other PLAYERS were
3 Nuttcriu- I'm his wrath. Criez went %
| the plate and got two strikes and three
/ balls Then the Indian sert a savage
I final EFFORT straight over the plate. CriS7
met 70 S0Uarely, drove IL 10 the foId
| bleachere. and sent in the runs that
practically ruined the Athletics pennanf
! hopes.