Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-12
ny J. ED GRILLO.

BY J. ED GRILLo.
Patsy Donovan is to be succeedeo as
manager of the Boston team by Biiiy
Murray formerly manager oil the NIX"
delphia National League team
This information reached mere 'AS
morning from a most reliable source.
Tbe cha,oa of management of the Speed
Boys may take place within the next
few days.
Rumors that Donovan was treed.ng on
thin ice have been current for seNerai
weeks Owner TAYLOR has not been Satls-
fed with the way the team has Deen run
by Donovan He would have made
change some time ago had he been aoie
to decide upon capable successor
When the Philadelphia club settled us
accounts with Murray few Gays aSo
Taylor set himself in communicates
with the Phillies' former manager, ana IL
IS now understood that an agreement mas
been reached whereby Murray will take
charge of the team.
Owner TAYLOR who has done many as
founding things in base ball when IL
comes to making changes on his team
surprised every one last winter when ne
let out Fred Lake. under whose mahase
ment the team was success iast seq
son, and appointed Donovan, VINO nau
been the teams scout
Lake had been successful, and there Is
an old rule in base ball never TO preak
Up a winning combination which, how
ever Taylor ignored. He probably re-
grets the change he made, though, If ne
has secured Murray. he will have one OF
the most capable men in base pail IN
charge of his team, and incidentally one
who will not tolerate outside interference.
Murray's failure at Philadelphia was
entirely due to conditions. With the CLUB
- foa
constant wrangle for control. and Murray
was the one to suffer thereby. The Amer
lean League will undoubtedly welcome
Murray to its fold for he will add mate
rial strength to the already brilliant ar
ray of managers the league now boasts or
Walter Johnson is just now the victim
of all sorts of rumors, none of which,
however, is founded on facts Whenever
ball player has an off period it is al
ways attributed to everything but the
real trouble. Rumors that Johnson Is
playing for his release, that he is not
taking care of himself. and similar
charges. probably emanating from the
rear room of some Chinese laundry. are
absolutely without foundation. No one
could be more displeased with Johnson's
slump than the big pitcher himself. He
has put forth his best efforts, and is at a
loss to explain his own ineffectiveness
unless it be the result of a soreness he
feels in his right side. Johnson is too
,level-headed youth to allow all the sto-
ries to annoy him, being confident that it
will only be question of few days
when he will again display his old form.
II may only be a coincident, but it is a
fact that the two players. who played
winter ball last year, Mcbride and john
son, are the ones whose work has been
a disappointment this spring, and yet the
Athletics, who made the same tour that
did Mcbride. are playing thei- best ball
and leading the race.
Rlfr he m
ing the of season is a privilege which the
local club will deny its players in the flu
ture.
Surely no good can come of it. and
players who are capable of earning good
salaries during the summer take chance
of putting themselves out of 1t for little
or nothing during the winter.
1t is not at all unlikely that the Nation
ais will do their training at Hot Springs,
Ark. in the future. The Boston club,
which, together with the Cincinnati Ma
tional League club. holds lease on ball
park at the health resort, intends to do
its training on the coast in the future,
and Manager McAleer has opened nego-
tiations with President Taylor in the hope
Of getting him to allow the Washington
club to take the Boston clubs share of
the lease on the Hot Springs grounds off
Of his hands.
Hot Springs is an ideal spot to train, as
has been shown by the Pittsburg club.
which. though it has on its roster several
veterans. always toes the scratch in good
condition and that after putting in less
time training than any other major league
club.
First Esseman GandiI who injured his
ankle in Tuesdays game, is not as badly
hurt as was expected and lie will get
into the game in day SO. Charley
Mullen, a substitute first baseman, who
was sent for Immediately after Gand.
was hurt. arrived here this morning
This is Mullens first year in professional
bail. He was picked up from ascollege
team in the far west, and is said to have
the making of great player.
charley Street has caught every cham
pionship game the Nationals have played
TO date. but because of the weak pitch
ing he has been forced 10 90 about twice
As much work ordinarily would be the
case. Catching all sorts of wild pitches
and being forced to handle the ball ten
times as often in every game would be
the case if the pitchers were going right,
Street has done splendid work. Most of the
bases stolen on him have been the
suit OF the base runners being given big
lead by the pitchers. making 1t almost
impossible for Street TO get the ball to the
base In time to make a play.
Excepting the pitchers and Purtell the
u lite SOX are presenting entirely
now front. Their entire in and out fields
re made I'D of youngsters secured from
the minor leagues, and Hugh Duffy be-
of youngsters "a ever broke into a major
league at one time. He doesn't claim
any peunants for his team. but he ex-
poets it to be in the fight from start to
finish and show marked improvement as
the season progresses. while next season
Re expects to have team which will
have a good chance to capture the flag.
Catcher Billy Sullivan, whose life was
endangered from blood poisoning as a
result Of stepping on rusty nail. Is out
of danger now. but il will probably be
month yet before he will be able to join
the Sox. Sulivan's foot had To be OPP
Grated on twenty times. and for a time
his life was despaired of.
All teams have different systems of
training. and il is not an easy matter 10
p,ck out the most successful plan. The
Chicago team. for instance, played some
fnIng like seventy games on it's tour to
the west and back again this spring.
VI the fears which were entertained
that 80 long a schedule might make the
payers stale has not been realized, for
the Sox appear to be in fine fettle.
Herman Schaefer has entirely recovered
from the indisposition which forced him
out of the game and IL is most likely that
he will be found at his old position at
second base again before long McAleer's
experiments have no doubt proven that his