Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-06
MARCH 5 SAILING
DAY FOR NATIONALS
Will Be Home the Last Day of
That Month to Tackle
the PhiIIies.
Nationals Exhibition Games.
March 3l--Hith Philadelphia.
April 2-With Cornell.
April 6-7-With BROOKLYN.
April 12-With Baltimore.

The players Of the Washington club
will be ordered to report in Wash
inston probably March S, and will
leave that night for Norfolk This
will give them Sunday to get set-
tied down, and practice will begin Mon
day. the 7th. A number of players who.
have been spending some time at Hot
Springs. Ark, win join the club at Nor
folk At this time. Few exhibition games
will be played for at least two weeks.
Along toward the latter part Of the
month the club will play the Norfolk
club several exhibition games. and will
play one or two games with Portsmouth.
1t Is also possible that an exhibition
game will be played at Norfolk with
Yale. The club will stay at Norfolk until
the 9th of March, when it will 20 to
Richmond. playing two games with the
Richmond club, March IS and %. From
Richmond the club will come to Wash
tngton. and on the 31st OF March will
play the Philadelphia National League
Club. Saturday, April 2. a game is
scheduled with. Cornell University, and
April and games with the Brooklyn
National League club. April Ii the club
will run over to Baltimore and play the
Baltimore Eastern League Club. and on
the following day the Baltimore club will
play here.
Many wild rumors have been floating
about recently to the effect that several
OF the Washington players are on a
strike for higher salaries. but it. can be
stated with almost official sanction that
the contrary is the case. President
Noyes has been handling the con -racts
every spring for the past three years.
and desired to be relieved Of the task
this year, but was finally persuaded to
again assume the burden. He said last
night:
Every spring more than half the
players ask for increased salaries, as
they have a perfect right to- and IL is up
to the club to get them as cheap as pos,
sible. This is only business PROPOSE
ton and the public is not concerned
therein. Every spring from five to ten
players open the season without having
signed their names to contracts. but by
the time April Is rolls around they are
generally all inside the breastworks.
THE Washington club Is fully aware
that dissatisfied player is almost worth
less and for this reason has always been
very liberal in the matter of salaries.
But the negotiations between players and
club does not come under the head of
news, and for this reason alone lie kept
out of the newspapers. AS soon as ..
player signs contract the fans viii
be notified
All the way from Philadelphia comes a
suggestion from a woman admirer Of the
Nationals relative to the uniforms to be
worn the coming season. The heavy
black suits worn last year were distaste-
line with Manager McAleer in recon-
mending that cadet gray with dark
trimmings would be the proper thing
When Manager McAleer was here last
fall in conference with President Noyes
he gave out the information that the
Washingtons would be clothed in gray
suits the coming season, SO that at least
one fair damsel will be satisfied with the
locals appearance when they take the
field this year.
The many admirers of Clyde Milan
will be pleased to hear that the lad ID
IN excellent shape, and confident Of max
ing regular place on the Washington
team. In letter to President Noyes.
Milan said that his injured ankle at the
opening Of the season last year held him
back all summer, but that it is all right
once again. and he feels confident he
Will be able to get away this spring in
winter at his home in Tennessee. and
says he is hunting almost daily, and the
tfamps through the woods has made his
underpinning as strong as ever. Many
patrons of the club were fully aware
that Milan was not himself last season.
and the news that he will be right for
the opening this year win be welcomed
with glad acclaim. Just how good Milan
is when right can be cleaned from the
fact that Elberfeld says that when he
was manager of the Highlanders he Of
fered Cantillon almost any man on his
team for the speedy outfielder.
The makeup OF the Nationals infield
this season is attracting more than the
usual notice over the American League
circuit. The fact that Dutch Schaefer
hit over 400 in six games in Cuba against
pitchers whom hard batters couldn't touch
has woke up the wise ones to the fact
that perhaps the old boy has regained
his one time batting strength. 'Dutcn't
is conceded to be one OF the wisest men
playing base ball, and George Mcbride
knows thing or two on inside work.
This pair will work like well oiled ma
chinery with Elberfeld and Ungiaub on
each side to help along. Loaf1ng will be
out Of the question with this quartet 60
ing right, and as good judge as Connie
Mack recently said in an interview that
the Washington infield is as strong q
any in the country"