Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-06
BUILDING UP NATIONALS TO
BE DONE ALONG NEW LINES
Only Way to Develop Strong Team Is
to Secure Young Material-Pitcher
Meyer Of Youngstown Signed.

lefty cannot lose money. 7 shall make
every effort to get every promising young
ster that shows himself this summer. l
won't. OF course, get them all, but
propose to get my share of them, for we
need them badly.
J NcAleer now has three scouts out,
Kahoe. Elberfeld and Dick Padden. not
| to speak of Denny Long, who keeps the
club posted on the players of the coast
| league. This trio is competent to judge
material, and should give McAleer some
good youngsters to work on next spring.
| Elberfeld, of course, is only out tens
porarily. while he is being kept out of
the game with an injured finger, but the
others will remain at the scouting game
/ until after the draft season.
| Dolly Gray and Ed Killian Will hook
| up in the initial clash on the champions
grounds this afternoon. Gray has always
| been successful against the Tigers, and
| ne appears TO be in better form now than
ever before.
When Walter Johnson hit Cy Young on
the shoulder Saturday he put the veteran
out of commission for a week or more.
Young was forced to retire after the
seventh inning because of the pain in his
| arm, and he left for his farm Saturday
night to spend his time there while his
shoulder mends. When Johnson hits any
| noe it usually means a layoff. Young
had a very narrow escape from being
struck in the face and just got his
shoulder up in time to protect himself.
George Brownies stay with the Nation
ais appears to be short-lived. He will
not be in the game today. according to
McAleer. Lelivelt being sent back to his
old place in left. Brown has not worked
up to McAleer's ideas Of playing the
outfed nor the inside game. His stupid
Ia running cut a decided figure in the
struggle of Friday, and he did not look
any too impressive Saturday. Lelivelt
he believes that his general playing will
improve if he is in the game every day.
Until such time as Dixie Walker takes
his profession seriously he is not apt to
be of much service to any team. RUDE
Waddell does not possess more eccen-
tricities than the big fellow from Ala
bama. and until he can be Strengthened
out and made to realize that base ball
is not played to give him a vacation he
is not going to he the good pitcher he
ought to be. Walker has been given
repeated warnings. but he is more like
a big boy than man, and it may re-
quire some drastic measures to convince
him that his position with the team is
not intended to be a joke. Walkers
great fault lies in that he does not take
good care of his arm He is constantly
doing that which he should not do though
his arm is made of steel and cannot
be injured with the result that after he
goes few innings he begins to weaken.
McAleer and most of his players wit
messed the game yesterday between De-
troit and Philadelphia. in which the lead
ers in the race were shut out.
The Tigers are playing wonderful ball
now, and the chances are that before the
act falt ont IF nf fhn Tow,
nings' team will have regained the lead
in the race. The Athletics on the other
hand seem to have lost heart. The nu-
merous Injuries to several of their most
valuable players have put damper on
the outfit and their games are no longer
of the kind that would impress one that
the team has a chance to win the flag
Connie Mack Is much Discouraged but
still believes that he will overcome his
present handicap and land at the top of
the heap