Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-20
DIAMOND CHIPS.


! Left-handed pitchers as a rule make
| good batsmen when played in other posi-
tons than the battery work. Remember
Van Haltren and Elmer Smith?
Clarke Griffith means to shunt one Of
his outfielders to another position this
season on the theory that he will be a
better batter if he does not play sun
| field.
| The Browns are so desperately In need
of a catcher that OConnor is trying To
| make one out OF Griggs. The Texan is
a good hitter and fielder, but catching
is hard proposition.
| One little man who went back to the
minors. but who had plenty of big league
stun left. was Jimmy Slagle This small
but capable performer would strengthen
half dozen big league teams right now.
Bill Dahen is showing his recruits a
lot of tactics and snappy plays. Can he
show them his wonderful secret of last
ing nineteen years without ever getting
up good perspiration?
Little Cree declares that no youngster
can crowd him off the Highland outfeld
The chunky fellow is a good and capable
ball player. and it will take a wonderful
juvenile to displace him.
Good old Cy Young is coming IN the
pike for his twenty-second consecutive
season in major league company in the
best of form, and fit for a hard seasons
work.
Looks as if Otis Johnson, Stalfngs'
recruit from the coast, had Grabbed his
chances by arriving long after Roach and
Foster had shown their PAGES. He will
have to be marvel to displace either OF
| them now.
Connie Mack wasn't afraid to nut his
Yanigans to the supreme test FITTING
| them thus early in the season against
such powerful opponents as Georgia Tech.
and the Marist School compelled the
youngsters to show their castron nerve.
1t is said that Keiber, the big southern
pitcher now on trial with the Giants, is
showing such skill that he can pitch
soft-boiled egg for six innings and nobody
can break it with a bat Magnificent!
Simply wonderful,
SchweitZer, who was SO badly crippled
last season that the doctors thought he
was all through. Is showing great form
in the practice work. When right he is
bird, and one of the best men on O'Con-
nor's pay roll.
According to many oldtimers. the larg-
est number of errors ever made on one
| chance came off one afternoon when
Mike Grady tried to play third. He FUN
bled grounder, threw it wild over first.
muffed the throw back, and threw over
the catcher. This was surely going some.
Raymond Fisher. one of the High
landers' young pitchers, who did fine
work with the Hartford team last year.
has obtained permission to finish his
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porting to Manager Stallings. Similar
permits have been granted to Daniels,
the crack outfielder. who is at Bucknell
College, and Walsh. the catcher. at Villa
nova. There will be more college-bred
ball players in the professional ranks
this year than ever before.
After all, how certain is 1t that King,
if he returned to the Cubs, would occupy
the place he used to of first catcher?
Archer has developed into one of the
great catchers of the game and his
throwing has shown wonderful improve
ment. King has been out of the game
for a year, is year older which at his
age counts considerably; has had no
spring training. Archer has been going
steadily, Is much younger than Noisy
John and is training up 10 the minute.
OF Kings powers to draw at the box
Office there could be no doubt, a. least
for time. but Of his powers to excel be-
hind the bat much as would be nee
essary to allow him to dlsplace Jimmy
Archer there is grave doubt.
Base ball gives every promise OF keep
ing up its end of the general march of
progress which this year 1910 shows.
There are more organizations. more play
ers, of course; more hope of close COM
petition in the larger leagues this year
than there have been, and more of the
big league clubs are investing large sums
in modern plants, sthus paying stout
tribute to the permanency of the game.
On the surface of things there is every
reason to believe that this will be the
greatest year base ball has ever known.
And there Is greater peace in the ranks
and courts of base ball than there has
been for some time. The annoying prob
lem of California outlaws has been solved
effectually and the only serious hitch
with any player of consequence is the
dispute over Kings reinstatement