The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-27
KID ELBERFELD NEVER
PLAYED SECOND BEFORE
Veteran Now Covering Position New to Him. but Is
Learning FaSt-Other News and Gossip.

July frolie. the confession was accepted
as hopeful sign of financial and base
ball progress.
George Stallings smiled yesterday morn
ing every time he saw any of his spright-
ly youngsters peeping at the clock.
There's baseball ambition oozing from
every athlete in the big family. Some
of these fellows would like to play before
breakfast, just after the meal, and then
attack a double-header, commented
Manager Stallings. 'If it did not mean
breaking up a winning combination, some
Of the youngsters would be in the game.
have seen college men ia large clusters
breaking into the big league, but a more
impressive trio than Walsh, Daniels, and
Fisher never hit any camp 1 was con-
nected with at one time.
There is a long string of knOck-OutS,
besides Walsh's record as a football star
and catcher. Il had no hankering for
the diamond when I went TO Villanova,
said Walsh yesterday morning. but after
a season as end on the football team.
some of the coaches said l ought TO
tackle baseball. had some good teach
ers, too, and played against Eddie Col
Inns as a member Of the Pittsfield (Mass)
Independent team"
Walsh was christened Joseph, but all
the players know him as the Big Bear"
Visitors TO this city who have seen Walsh
as a member of the Rocky Mount On. CD
team, IN the Eastern Carolina Associa-
ton, say that Walsh has the knack OF
properly blending gridiTon and baseball
tactics. Plungers into the home plate
have never made Walsh break ground.
Walsh makes the runner bound of his
chest, and then the catcher claps the ball
on the fellow before he can wallow to-
ward the plate. Walsh weighs 1873 pounds,
and is thoroughly seasoned. Admirers in
his home town-Waterbury, Conn.-are
already preparing 10 greet him as big
league regular.
Bert Daniels, an outfelder, who has
had a merry round OF experience as a
coIlegian and follower Of summer ball.
is a civil engineer. Daniels is built for
strength, but shows speed on the base
paths. After playing football and base
ball as a team mate of Walsh at Villa
nova, Daniels fitted TO Notre Dame Uni
versity. and then mauieulated at Buck
nell. from which college he was gradu-
ated last week. Bueknellians say that
Daniels will heap as much fame upon
the American League as ChTisty Mathew
son has in the National Daniels doesn't
say anything about that, but he's full
Of pep" and quickly clutches ar the
deeper points OF inside baseball.
Ray Fisher, OF Middlebury CVt) Col
lege, adds height TO the pitching staff.
The raw-boned Vermonter is a former
member OF the Hartford Connecticut
State League team. where Earl Gardner
and Pete Wilson sprouted as big league
material. Fisher goes high in the air.
structurally speaking. but he is an icycle
on the field The youngster saps up all
the pitching knowledge that the veterans
show, and is so thoroughly IN earnest
that the players refer 10 him as the
parson."
Lou Criger defies all the surgeons who
have been lowering near his home in
Elkhart, Ind. In a telegram received
yesterday Criger announces that he will
not give up his appendix. even for the
sake Of science. The nub OF the message
IS, 1T will Join team in Philadelphia"
That means a stronger front for the
Yankees in the series against the Ath-
letics If Criger is not strong enough TO
face the fire of Yankee pitching, his adj
vice will be on tap, and the fingers for
Stallings viii go into battle better armed
for big game than would be possible
without the coaching OF Criger. The vet
eran has such an active brain and so
much sound baseball sense on tap that
bis return will spruce up the Yanks
amazingly in the tests that may yield
first place by wide margin for the win
ner Of the big end of the series.
Jack Quinn has never been beaten by
Washington, and some Of McAleer's men
! confessed yesterday that they would feel
better when Quinn had taken his turn.
jim McAleer says: Il viii never put in
a claim for player when waivers are
asked for. Young players will be devel-
oped, and 1t may take time TO build UP
a team, but have retired from the field
when other clubs turn adrift a player.
| No big Lacquer is good enough for me
/ when the rollers are under him."
Where is the Coney Island Of this
placer asked Warhop yesterday. "You
viii find it on the next street." said Tom
| Davis. There are some four-sheets
there announcing a circus" Some Of the
players had a riot Of a time looking at
the pictures