The Washington times., 1910-03-16

llfNe htii very inuCns ana told MIN ne
was free TO sign elsewhere. We are
going into this thing because The public
has forgotten the details OF Reislings
long exile. and az he is now a major
Lacquer again he slou,d be set right
When Reisling let Toledo he owed
that club $1l9. which il had advanced
him 10 complete private business deal
The debt was transferred to Brooklyn
with the pitcher. When Hanlon orally
gave Reisliag a release in May, 1905,
he still owed Brooklyn that Sli5. TAX
ing Hanlons tip he wired all over the
country trying to land a job at de-
cent salary. but 1t was the time OF
year when every club was chock ablock
with players and there was no market
for him. He went home and finally in
the middle OF the summer, joined Coates
Vile IN the outlaw league.
Now fell the blow OF fate. Ebbets
promptly had Reisling blacklissed,
thinking he was a deliberate contract
jumper. Hanlon. according to Relsling.
neglected to tell Ebbets that he had
given the pitcher permission TO get
another berth For three wears this
muddle continued and it was not until
! year before last that Ebbets learned
| the Facts. Then he was man enough
/ 10 so before the National Commission
and urge that body 10 restore Reisling
/ 10 good standing, but did not succeed
I until April OF last year. Reisling had
long since paid back the S1l9 which
made his jumping so heinOus in Eb-
/ bets eyes before the Brooklyn magnatr
understood the situation
Comes to Capital.
! ReIsling was with COatesviIIe in 1895.
| Lancaster in 1905 and 1907, Altoona in
1908, and York in 1879. being one Of the
| contract-Jumper exempted from the
/ amnesty clause when the Tri-State
! League went under the national agree
ment He had an arrangement with
York that II he was reinstated and could
get major league club 10 buy him for
/ a certain sum, he was 70 be allowed 10
20 and improve his condition Thus II
was that Washington got him in August
of 1903
/ This year Relsling has shown better
/ spring form than any member OF the
( Washington pitching corps. He will
probably be one Of the main reIiances in
/ the box in the early games. especially
/ since Witherups arm has gone wrong
] We repeat, he is not as old as has been
/ supposed because OF his long wrangle
| with the National Commission, being
]
! eral years Of high-class baseball in
! him
Quite a long story. but we believe the
| doctor Is worth IT,
There IS one thing AIcGraw is afper-
feet crank about" remarked George
Browne after smashing a ball to center.
He insisted that nv batting practice the
men should pick ont the ball to hit at
! with as much disc Elimination as II they
were in a championship game. He
maintained that Carclessuess and kid
ding in this respect was reflected I'm
| real contest. and he would call "A man
! down Just as hard FOR swinging at one
! he knew he couldn't hit in the morning
/ workout as he would n it were a tie
| inning I believe that Is the right Idea
and / try 70 live Up 10 IT,"
I Bill YOhe is taking a cheerful view Of
going TO Kansas City, and is one OF the
lmOSt DepDery members Of the squad.
Trainer Joe CUirk knows the elements
OF anatomy in a manner that surprised
DR.. GessleT. who is a practicing physi-
lcian when he wants 20 be. Quirk thinks
Witherup has a ruptured Iigament in
swelled up after his work yesterday
but decreased rapidly under the iufiu-
ence OF n baking. II Quirks diagnosis
Is correct and the injury was received
in St Louis the latter part OF last year
IL getting on a bus, il is hardly likely
that the damage can be repaired in a
couple Of months.
-Then the weather in Norfolk is good
- can't be beaten.
| McAleer and Qulrk have not run wild OF
the subject OF reducing the flesh on
their men. Mos, of them are down
about as tine as they should be. Ball
players DO nos work UP gradually 10 a
eliminating event like football game,
an intercollegiate meet, or a regatta
/ like college men. They have a schedule
OF 154 games or more, extending from
the middle Of april to the first week in
/ October. and every game in that time
counts inst as much as any other II
they were reduced to perfect condition
by April IL and kept there. they would
be as stale as a half-hatCned eggs be
fore July /. ObeTlin and several others
Of the Washington squad could well
afford TO take on weight. The two
pounds gained by Mcbride, from 157 TO
lj9, is a source Of COngratulatiOn