The Washington herald., 1910-04-08
SPRING BASEBALL.

1 Is Rockville NNOnN.J boy.
Tub Spencer will do the bulk Of the
catching for St Paul this season. If he
attends to his business.
Boston fans will miss Beals Barker's
grand throwing. He classes with iris
Speaker in this respect
Barney JOY. the Hawaiian, has not been
heard from since he signed his Boston
National contract.
Beaumont and Zimmerman. Of the Chi
cago Cubs. for Harry McIntire is the
latest trade talked about
! Orval Overall classes Arthur Devlln
with the most dangerous batsmen, as he
can hit any kind of a ball.
Manager Jack Ryan, Of the Jersey
City club. has purchased Warren Gill
from the Chicago Americans.
Jack McAleese. who Was with the ST
! Louis Americans for a few minutes last
year, has been signed up by Denver
Young Casey. of Wakefield. is said to
be- the best thrower of any of the Detroit
catcRers.
Bill ChappeHe the former Altoona
pitcher, viii open the season with the
Mobile club in the Southern League
Fred Lake is said to have an option on
| Bud Sharpe or Jack Flynn. whichever
gets left in the competition for first base
man of the Pirates.
/ Harry Gleason. who had refused to join
the York club. has been traded TO Scran-
/ ton. York gets Outhelder Caui and a
cash consideration for Gleason.
Outhelder Jack Flourney. the former
/ Johnstown player, has signed 10 chase
| flies in the outfeld for the Evansville
/ team in the Central League this season.
What with Johnny King and Larry
Mclean. catchers have been as prominent
in spring news items as If they had been
hunting dik-diks and warthogs in Africa
Few bali players have stuck TO one
city like Theodore Breitenstein has to
| New Orleans. The old fellow seems to
TO have drunk of the fount of perennial
youth IN the Crescent City.
Fred Lake laughed at the proposition
of a trade of Larry Mclean for Peaches
Graham, and Garry Hermann is con-
WINGED that every club in the National
League would waive claims 10 Mclean
if asked to.
| Bill Clarke has taken his Albany team
| of the New York State League to Prince
ton for three weeks practice, and viii
| train them at the same time he coaches
/ the Tigers Princeton ought TO benefit by
/ this theme.
!
Sid Mercer, who has had a chance TO
| size up Collins. the new Boston Rational
outfelder, says the youngster is light
ming fast in the field. but at the bat is
not strong, except in his ability to beat
out hunts and inheld hits.
The possibility Of becoming scout in
/ case his pitching arm has served its time
does not appeal to Harry Howell, and
he says he viii look out for a minor
| league managerial berth should he find
/ that he is through with pitching.
Neither Flynn nor Sharpe is showing
much class at first with the Pirates in
training, Manager Clark is disappointed
with their playing, and unless they i'm
prove he may secure new man TO cover
the initial corner for the champions
Franzel Hosp of the Cincinnati staff
! Of boXmen. is a rival for John Titus in
/ the matter of conversational power and
| frequency. lie spoke four words during
one days trip with the Reds. and every
body emitted a whistle of establishment,
because he was so prodigal of speech.
COvaleskfs record with Cincinnati
during the spring season shows that
the miner is in no better form than when
| he was with Philadelphia. He has been
wild as a hawk during the five or six
games where Clarke Griffith attempted
to use him, and has been yanked from
the box on each occasion.
Bob Ewing, the former Reds pitcher.
now with the Phillies. has always
proved a stumbling block TO New York
and is enc Of the banes Of Johnny Nc
Graw's existence. It was always impos-
sible for the Giants to beat any team
with Bob Ewing pitching, and he will
probably be another barrier to them this
year.
Providence is bit jealous of Rochester
for claiming TO be the home of umpires
A New England scribe points with pride
10 the fact that the following former
| Providence players viii handle the in
dicatOr when the season opens: Jack
Egan, in the American League; Frank
Rudderham, in the Southern League. and
Jim Conner, in the South Atlantic
League.
Cincinnati has started the regular
Understandings an-stop-us-th is-season"
cry that has been a regular product of
Redland since her first appearance on
the National circuit Each year the
Grifithites are going 10 win the flag,
and each year it does not fly from Garry
HERMANN park. This year. however,
Foxy Clarke's team is considerably
faster than before. and he is confidently
predicting that he will be in the van.
President FogeTs pitching staff looks
fully capable of holding up its end with
any Of the benders in the major leagues.
MoQuillan, In warming up. seems to
have regained his great form, and should
have a splendid record when the close
Of the season rolls around Earl Moore,
too, seems in excellent fettle, and the
veterans and the youngsters who will
be permanent connections with the pay
roll ought to form a fine combination.