The Washington times., 1910-05-17
GRAY WANTS CHANGE
TO SHOW HIS FORM
AIcAleerS Only Souhpaw Thinks He Is Ready to Pitch
Walker Works Today-Reisling's Splitter
Too Much for Maps.
Bv THOMAS S. RICE.

Dolly Gray has told Manager Nc
Aleer that he IS feeling mt 10 take his
regular turn in the box for the Wash
inEuon team. and help relieve the
strain which now seems likely 10 fall
on Walter Johnson and Bob Groom
as the mainstays Of the pitching sJaff.
Gray is still somewhat Of an enigma
20 AfcAlesr- who did not see him wor K
lest year. and has seen him give rather
weak exhibitions this spring Wash
inzton needs a feft-hsnded tvirler the
worst way, and as era 3 the only
one on the list, his ret ..rn 10 active
duty viii be Of special Importance 70
both the fans and the manager. In
fact. the stan could well support an
other good southpaW, and the next
new face seen in the lineup viii be
an individual touted as such
walker Is TO pitch today and Groom
tomorrow. walker has been showing
some Of his old speed and control in
practice. ana the manager thinks he
viii make good this afternoon If he
does not. IL would not be surprising
70 see Walker ranked permanently y
with the busted phenoms.' for at no
time since the regular season opened
has he shown the class ne had n the
four games he pitched toward the end
OF last season
Game today with Cleveland. 4 ?. m
Why do the heather raEe2 Three
games in a row would be nothing for
the Washington baseball team # the
pitching were 10 remain consistent
and il may DO that
NOT many comets are lucky enough 10
arrive az Washington when the home
team is having a winning streak
II there IS any cysnogen n the tail
Of the comet as we pass through hope
some ian viii catch hall pint OF It
as little gift for Kid slump
Thought IN the f-st inning yesterday
that Doc ReisIinE was an advance
agent for the comet
Look up Jimmy McAleeT's stenogTaph
er and ger him 10 confess Then may D.
Jimmy will be able 10 fnd all Of sud
den ike the answer 20 the TeTnaT Ha ote
Improvement in Washington piJcnlI s.
That would be a valuable document Ior
reference
Doc RefslfnE pitched the easiest look
srv game in beating Cleveland 20 i
and making II three straight victories
in row for Washington that ever was
seen How he got away with i vas a
mystery 20 those who were not IN a po-
=irfo1 70 see that his spitbaH was break
5-r down in a manner startling TO the
Mans. and that left them with smaH
chance Of hitting II sQUarely- Lhe aP-
rarenr lack Of effort in the doctor
--orI- was -eaIlv amazing and kept the
crowd guessing when he would eNplooe'
F5e had his fun share Of luck, at that.
h.
or Turner and LsajoIe in the sixth in
ufnr- which went where Kid Elberfeld
could knock them down. even = ne could
NOT handle them afterward. Mcbride
also did a whole lot 20 save the doctor
IN er1erCencies, for the geTtle George
uravcd the kind Of game that IS going
10 cause cigars TO be named after him
some day
Courov had an odd experience He
lad one cnauce in the whole game,
and that was so easy he booted IN IN the
ninth inning, with two on bases. That
Is not Conroy's usual style
sim. ReisIing demon strated 70 the
reIEhbors there assembled that in an
emergency ne I ad more than his 1ree-
auL-eaSE style OF JTIrlluE ludlcaIso-
Ju the sixth inning Clarke led on with
Z double. and the OUTLOOK was as
s-loou0- IN the extreme but the doctor
Epar upon the bah with great vigor-
and made u 80 slippery InaI Kruger
fouIed nigh 20 Elberfeid- Bradley
should have been as easy as Kruger
Tor his SrOUnder was a mere detall 20
such a promising athlete 2S h1d
F.TDerfeld, but the spit --nr zed JnU
ether way this time. and tic , u slip
ped from the third baseTF-nS nanoS-
The KIDS miscue in the nrSt inning
vas largely due TO the same handicap
When il comes 10 the fashion plate
stun Doc Gessler Is right there de
Iar more clothes OF all sorts than any
athlete we know, and on the principal
THAT 10 him who hath shall be given
ne is busy this day getting measured
for a nice new suit, which IS part Of
his peTcuisite for ma King q home run
Go 10 i. Doc We don't care II You
break the tailor just 50 you Keep on
nearly breaking the fence with our
home runs and doubles. as you dld yes
rerday. Aye, prithee, proceed Let the
good work 80 on II may take nine
lzlIOrS 10 make q maus but that TTallCp
10 the right ueld fence II the fourth IN
ming would indicate that at least eight
share Of the Job, for there was nothing
bows size a bout that clout- II vas a
most mighty and manful smash, and If
The fence had not been there It would
hsve been going yet
Also. GessIer's throwing arm was
never IN better shape
The making Of the washington runs
was entirely orthodox and in keeping
with the lofty attitude our team has
preserved toward the opposition through
out the season 50 1ar Washington
has mostly spurned sc9rChing on er-
rors and thoughrlessneSs by the other
fellows 1t has insisted upon beating in
the runs by main force which has been
g most comforting reflection even IN the