Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22


energy to his players and he is certainly
| doing it.
| He is always the first down stairs in
the morning and with the first bunch to
| leave for the park. He walks the two
| miles to the park and back four times a
day. Once on the field he is going all
| the time
| If he is not batting to the infelders he
| is back of the pitchers showing them
| how to keep from baking or how to keen
| the runners hugging the bases or a thou-
sand and one other little things This
human dynamo seems to be run by a
| scheme of perpetual motion. There is
never stop or even slackening of pace.
! Jim may make certain players slow up in
| their work but he himself works on al
the same old pace and untiringly.
With all his energy he is far from be-
! ing a slave driver. Mac has the happy
knack of getting just the work he wants
out of his players. and still at the same
time he does not give them the impress
sion that he is driving them. This. TO a
| large extent. accounts for his popularity
| among the players.
Bill Rapp had a narrow escape from a
serious injury while catching Dolly"
Gray yesterday morning in practice. but
the plucky boy kept the matter to him
self until last night. A fast foul tip. from
an inshoot. just grazed the nail of his
right thumb and struck him the
knuckle. The thumb was only bruised.
but has swollen up to, twice its natural
size. Had the ball caughts the nail 1T
would have been ali over with Bill for at
least fortnight. Trainer Quirk got busy
on the swollen thumb at once and Rapp
worked as usual this morning.
Capt Thompson carried MeAieer and
big bunch of the Nationals down to the
harbor yesterday afternoon to see his
boat. The captain is a great fan and a
good entertainer and the crowd had a
splendid time.
Manager McAleer took a swift change
on his pitching staff, after seeing them
work out yesterday. Saturday he was
somewhat respondent over the showing
of different pitchers, but last night-Wel
he couldn't say enough in praise of their
condition.
"The more l see of that bunch" said
Mac the more | think. have the best
pitching staff in the country. Gray and
Groom are going to be corkers. and with
Johnson, Reisling and Walker | can't see
anything buc trouble ahead for the oppos-
| ing teams
Il just want 10 place myself on record.
! II we don't get out of last place this
year, I'm going to jump off the Washing
| ton Monument-and that goes"
| The players have a habit of picking a
/ pool ball off the table and slipping it into
another mans pocket This causes those
playing to have only fourteen of the
| worries to shoot at.
| Last evening Charley Street vowed Ven
| geance on the man who had swiped the
| ball. only to find after he had played
several games that some one had slipped
! ii into his own pocket. ''Gabby' shot
several side glances at Dutch Schaefer
and Bob Cngiaub, but neither cracked a
smile, and he is still guessing.
Mrs. George Browne has not been in the
best of health since coming to Norfolk
and left this morning for her home in
! New York to recuperate. 1t was no My
wife has gone to the country. hurrah,
hurrah'' for George. as it brought the
honeymoon to quick finale
Manager McAleer will play no more ex-
hibition games until next Saturday, if he
can get out of il. He says the regular
practice is more beneficial.
Wild Conroy likes to watch the play
ers at pool or billiards. but he seldom
picks up cue. Conney thought he would
fool the players, so he took lump of
loaf sugar and placed it on the rail of
the table. thinking that some one would
take it for piece OF chalk For more
than an hour the Widow watched that
piece of sugar like cat does a mouse
He was momentarily hoping that the
trick would work. Unfortunately for
Conroy's scheme one of the players saw
him place the sugar on the rail and the
laugh was on the Widow"
McAleer saws Schaefer. Gesser and
Tnglaub belong to the nobility, and has
given the first named the title of count,
the second emperor and tho last
prince" When shown this paragraph
Schaefer said Unglaub dug up the story
| himself and selected the best name
Don't be surprised if McAieer carries
all of the present bunch throughout the
season. with the possible exception of a
pitcher or two.
Il don't see where | can tighten up
says Mac. They all look SO good to
me that I'm afraid to take a chance
and let out any mothers son of them.
This goes for the wise boys who are
predicting an early departure for Tom
Crooks and little Miller. Both are simply
killing the ball down here. but get little
chance to perform in the field on account
of the regulars.