Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-10
RY J. ED GRILLO.

4 deal which will give the Nationals one
~, .bo whit Sox pitchers in exchange FOL
,.eaIdar is one of the possibilities
during the Chicago teams stay mere
Roth Manager Duffy and McAleer ex-
pressed themselves as belhS dhAiou' -
make such a deal this morning ana the
two will probably get together some time
TODAY and try to bring about such deal
"NcAleer needs pitchers, l understand
ra-,arl,ea Duffv. We'll, L have nine OF
them which is more than L can use' aho
/ would he willing to trade one OF them
for an Observation-Disclosures hitter pre-
ferred. We only have one left-hander IN
the lineup now-Patsy Dougherty-and
we need another, while we can spare
pitcher
When McAleer was informed as to
DuFv's statement he grew very much IN
1erested
..Such a deal can be made if the pitcher
Duffy wants TO give me Is Oh lle Iisnt
kind We certainly need pitchers, ana can
snara an outdelder | shall see Duffy
about it while he is here and Try 10 MAKE
the deal. 1t all depends. of course, on
what Duffy has 10 offer, lot we wait d
pitcher who can win for US.
linn McAleer is far from satisfied with
his teams playing. He has about con-
Guided that Wade I\illifer is not an m
fielder but too good a batter not TO De
on the team regularly, 80 there is a like
Ihood of his being switched TO the out
field within the next few days NC
Bride too, will be back in the game prop
ably TODAY for Mac seems TO nave re-
covered from his illness enough to p}ay,
and he has been badly missed at snort
field.
II will keep on changing and switching
this team about until l can ma the rieht
No.
that eventually We VIII get this team
shaped up where it will be stronger than
ever. 1t may be that i Will nave 10
change it about after every game 1Or
while until | get it the way L want IT.
There has been a slight Improvement IN
our pitchers. but not enough yet to make
the staff look strong, though L believe
they will come right along from now
out.
what about Cray" was asked.
Well Gray impresseS as pitcher
who will round into form one of these
days, and be winner. l am not dis
ceuraged about him. thoughvhe has not
: been winning He goes betteY every time
he gets in a game, and look for him TO
be at his best before long.
Hugh Duffy believes the White Sox will
be factors in the race this year. His
team of youngsters has shown him
enough to- warrant this prediction with
good break of luck we would have lost
but two games this season and Detroit
would have won those. SIhe other games
We threw away because We were not go
ing right But the team has been coming
better every day and by the time this
trip is over we will be going at our best.
Our youngsters are going great. They are
the gamest lot of kids that have broken
into the majors for a long while. They
are not afraid of anything or anybody
and fight every inch of the way
THE Detroit players tried to bluff them,
but found them TartarS. Cobb wanted to
throw scare into my infielders by
threatening TO cut them down if they got
In his way. He got call in a minute
and then Jennings resOrted to the old gag
of kidding the youngsters, but Zeider put
it on him by cautioning him not to jump
into any empty plunges.
Big Ed Walsh has pitched as good ball
as he ever did. but he has lost games ~
hard luck. Something always happens
every one of his games. Frank Smith is
at his best this spring and the team which
beats him is lucky. Blackburn, Zeider
and Gandil are making good with VEN
geance and with a little more experience
Chicago will have the best team it has
ever had"
The American League is a new field for
Duffy. He has not seen half of the teams
in action, does not consider himself
qualified to express an opinion as to which
teams will likely battle for the pennant
this fall. We looked good as any of
the teams we struck out west, though We
were not playing up to our standard. -
said he. Detroit has a strong team,
and yet it is not well balanced for il YOU
can stop Cobb and Crawford they are