Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-08
PITCHER WTHERUP
SIGNS WITH LOCALS
Contract Received This Morn
ing and He Is Ready to
Start for Hot Springs.

rs the time draws near for the " ASH
ington players to report for spring prac-
tice President Noyes' mail becomes
heavier. Last night the signed contract
of Frank oberIin, the spitball pitcher. was
received. and in this mornings mail the
important document came from lie Roy
Witherup. the tall twirler.
Witherup writes: Il have been enjoying
splendid health this winter, and am ready
10 start for Hot Springs whenever or
dered. | am positive / viii be III good
shape to start the season.
This tall boy has not been OF much
use to the Washington club for the past
two years, on account of sickness, and
the fact that he is all right once again
is important news for the local aggrega-
ton. Witherup gave flashes of being
1.-THE goods on several occasions, and
many of the wise boys are confident that
he will turn out winning twirer once
he gets going at his real speed
Frank OberIin reported to the Washing
ton club late last fall and did very little
work His work with Minneapolis last
season was above the average, and he Will
he held on to to see If he can't regain
the form he displayed three years ago,
when he was at his best.
President Noyes' mail this morning and
II was to the effect that he is ready TO
start for Hot Springs when ordered.
Browne has been playing indoor base ball
around New York and says he is in the
pink of condition, but that good boil
ing out at the Springs will just about put
him right.
Another letter came in from William f.
Conroy the widow from MoorStown.
is tickled to death over the chance OF
going to Hot Springs, and says he is
sure the baths will do him world OF
good.
Last year my leg bothered me great
deal end il was the worst season On
the diamond since / broke into baseball.
/ am confident the mud baths will just
about fix me up. l ran over to New
York expressly to see McAleer and he
told me he didn't think the club would
stand the expense of my trip to the
Springs. Your letter telling me that
was to take the trip proved pleasant
surprise and / am waiting anxiouSly Tor
the notification of the time to start.
Wild" adds that he has wintered well
and has enjoyed the best of health.
Jack Theney, who once wore WASH
ington uniform, will go down in base ball
history as the unluckiest player of his
time. Ever since he Joined the Red Sox
in 1908 the twin hoodoos OF accidents
and illness have followed him, and now
1T would seem that at last they nave iald
him low for good and all.
Thoney's latest misfortune, that of Sat
urday when he fell, fracturing his right
shoulder and dislocating his shoulder
blade, will, 1t is feared, mark the passing
of the speedy athlete.
Jacks arm was in poor shape the past
two seasons. His throwing was severe
handicap to him. but this year he thought
that his wing had regained Its strength
and that he would be the same terror TO
american League runners as he was to
Eastern League pilferers In 1907. Inc
new injury will probably so weaken his
arm further that the Bullet will be un-
1T for fast company.
Thoney when he went to Boston was
supposed to have everything that goes TO
make up star. He could hit, run bases,
field and throw. In the first three de-
partments he made good in 1903. Last
year illness gripped him during the train
ing season, and hardly had he returned
to the game when he broke his leg, this
accident laying him up for practically the
rest of the season.
He has always been a popular player
and made many friends Everybody will
be sorry to learn of this latest injury to
the Bullet"
Denton T. Young. better known as
'Cy,'' the veteran pitcher OF the Cleye-
land American League team, is about to
follow the footsteps of Fielder Jones and
become an Oregon rancher. Young has
arrived in Portland, Ore, and announces
that he is on the way to visit his brother,
who is rancher and stock raiser at
Elgin, Ore. He says that his brother has
lands near Elsin with d view to purchas-
ing. .Cy'' admitted he would be likely
to make Oregon his home as soon as he
is through with base ball.