The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-22
NATIONALS HAVE A CHANCE
TOBEATDOC WHITE TO-DAY
Are Determined to Smash Old HOodOO- Chicago Play
erS Pick Athletics to Down Cubs
Other Gossip.


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than likely that Manager Duffy viii work
Doc White. the official keeper OF the Ma
tionals' goat.
AS the main squad Of the White Sox
will not arrive in Washington until Il
o'clock this morning. it could not be
learned definitely whether White would
do the finging, but Ed Walsh, Scott, and
Billy Sullivan drifted into the Capital
late Saturday night. and they all thought
White would be Dufty's selection.
For three years White has been a thorn
IN the Nationals side He always seems
10 be at his best when he works against
our club. and, besides. the Windy City
tribe always manages to develop heavy
hitting streaks behind White and come
across with more than the required num-
Der Of runs TO onset the locals efforts.
Hes been the keystone Of my infeld
and one OF the most reliable players on
my club all season. and I think he is
one Of the grandest shortstops in the
game to-day"
This tribute Manager Jimmy McAleer
paid George Mcbride last night, and he
said a lot Of other nice things. too.
Local fans do not know that the Ma
tionals came within an ace OF losing
Mcbride early last spring. The great
shortstop was siezed with cramps dur
ing one OF the practice games and had TO
be hustled to his hotel. where medical aid
was summoned. Mcbride did not leave
his bed for five days and it was feared
that typhoid fever had set in. one Of
the physicians diagnosed the case as
typhoid fever, but later developments
showed the player was suffering from
stomach trouble.
McAleer said yesterday no was mighty
thankful Mcbride pulled through an'
right, as he would have been strictly
up against it with George out OF the
game.
Personally. Mcbride IS one OF the finest
men in professional baseball. His habits
are exemplary, and his friends are legion.
The foregoing tribute to Mcbride is IN
no sense boost-just a plain statement
Of facts. Mac doesn't need any boost
ing; his work speaks for itself.
1t is doubtful If McAleer Will be able
TO obtain a single player by the draft
ing process this fan. The manager in
talking with the writer last night stated
that ne would put in a bid for six OF
eight minor league stars, but knew for
a fact that other big league clubs were
after the same men, in which case Nc
Aleer will be lucky II he draws a single
player.
When one or more clubs draft the same
minor league player. the national commits
sion simply conducts a small-sized lot
terry. the names Of the clubs are placed in
the hat and drawn. Luck alone will aid
McAleer in his hunt for minor league
stars by the draft process.
According to the White sox ball play
ers. most OF them believe that the Ath-
letics will win the worlds series If the
Cubs are their opponents. They think
Chief Bender, Jack Coombs, and Eddie
Plank can trim Chances people. or. at
least. prove extremely troublesome TO the
pennant leagues bunch II is their opin-
ion that Paddy Livingston viii do most
of the catching in the series. and that
he Is being pointed for that now. Those
who are predicting a Cub victory If the
two teams meet base their prophecy or
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than anything else. They assert that
King and Archer will put an awful
crimp in Collins and Oldring on the
base and that the Philadelphia back
stops VIII not prove any more effective
than Detroits did in the series OF 1907
and 1905. They figure the pitching strength
of the two teams TO be about even. give
the Athletics a shade in batting, and the
Cubs a shade in fielding and noodle"
OF course, the Sox are not pulling hard
for the Cubs TO win the National League
pennant. for that would mean no city
series. and no city series would mean no
extra money and no chance for revenge.
O. George Graham, Of the Philadelphia
North American. comes across with the
following: There has been a noticeable
change in the methods OF big league
team drawing on the minor circuits for
young players. There was a time when
virtually all the recruits came to the
majors from the Eastern League and the
American Association. the two strongest
minor circuits.
But OF late years the scouts have been
paying more attention to the smaller
leagues Apparently they find better ma
teral in them than in the two crack
minor organizations. There Is a reason
for this.
A majority OF the players on many OF
the teams in the American Association
and Eastern League are dast-off big
league players. Some Of these men,
who are doing good work in the two
leagues. have been repeatedly tried in
the fast set, and have been found want
ing. Scouts. therefore. fight shy Of
them.
AS for the youngsters. the scouting
system has so broadened in late years
that the promising young players are
picked by the big leagues before they
have a chance of getting into the East
ern League or American Association. as
they would in the natural order OF
events.
There are a number OF exceptions, but
more and more are the two leading minor
circuits being abandoned by the scouts
as a place to recruit players.
A Norfolk paper last week said: It
is expressing it mildly that there are
thousand fans in the city Of Norfolk
who are pulling hard" for the success
OF Big Bill otey. the former Tar South
paw. who is now with the Washington
team.
There was general disappointment last
night when the report OF the Washing
ton-Detroit game failed to show Otey in
the lineup as the Washington papers
had announced that he would probably
occupy the box in the game.
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