The Washington times., 1910-07-27
WASHINGTON LOOKING
FOR TRAINING QUARTERS
Still Hopes to Get Hot Springs-Norfolk Abandoned
How Signal Tipping Issue Was Avoided-John-
sons Strange Defeats.
By THOMAS s RICE.
By THOMAS S. RICE.


WASHINGTON .HelL- EL..t is ee-lAl
looking for training quarters next
spring
NorfoIk VIII not be the selection. at
least, not unless something Gztraordi-
nary occurs TO induce the club TO
change its mind
The training quarters VIII probably
be some inland city on the Atlantic
seaboard such VIII be the place If
the club IS unable TO make a deal with
President John T. Taylor Of the Bos-
ton cub Tor the use Of the Boston
grounds at Hot Springs. Ark
AIcAleer IS thoroughly convinced that
Hot Springs IS the greatest training
place for ball players ever invented.
and when he was a player, me used
TO go there at his own expense early
in the spring 10 get INTO shape When
the Washington club was last IN Bos-
ton, a strenuous effort was made 10
persuade President Taylor to allow
Washington 10 share IN the Boston
clubs park at Hot Springs instead Of
The Cincinnati club, which has split
with Boston in the matter M Taylor
refused 10 give an answer one way or
the other, but when President Tom
Noyes Of Washington returns from his
trip TO the wiIds Of Canada in the next
week OF zen days he VIII probably 90
after Mr.. Taylor again
AIcAleer was delighted with Norfolk
and the treatment there and was par
ticularIy taken with the bah park. which
has one OF the best playing FIELDS In any
Of the smaller minor leagues But, he
says, the squad found great difficulty III
getting u q sweat. despite the srear
heat IN which much OF The work was
done The constant breeze from the
Chesapeake Bay thar sweeps IL from the
ocean tended 10 dry our the men entirely
too fast This objection has been made
10 Galveston and many other seaport
training camps Macon, Ca OF some
such location is thought TO be about
the proper caper-
AIcAleer is not strong for the far
Southern trips Ike CauuUlu made 10
Galveston and through the SDuthUes-
when he was manager here. for he
thinks they are largely q waste Of time
ard energy Nor does he think the eN-
Jr6melE hot weather is good for men
who sometimes nave TO open the season
IN weather than makes overc1ats and
pocket stoves de r-EeUr-
Washington hopes Of getting INTO
aol springs are largely based upon "a
belief that President Taylor viii take
the Boston squad 10 California next
winter in place OF the Chicago White
SoE, who are not likely 10 make that
trip again Ar Taylor is sweet on the
coast proposition FOR many reasons one
Of which IS that he lives in san Fran
cisco IN the winter ana wants 20 aston
1sh the natives with q glimpse of his
Speed Boys
Grand weather at Norfolk this spring
but you never can tell what you VIII
get In the way Of rain down there
John Henry. the Amherst college man.
Is not Yet a first bsseUzu, nor Yet soon
And you cant blame John. He never
Played first base -- his -fer so Tar As
Ia Lea
10 take UnElaUb's place once or twice
since he Joined the Washington team
To expect a raw recruit from the col
leEes who has not won his spurs -u fast
company 10 so in and make good ia a
position entirely new 90 him is TOO
much Speaking Of Henry, McAleeT
He looks to me ike a bail player.
and 7 am going 90 give him every
chance, for IN addition 10 his apparent
Natural ability he has the night spirit
told and when Le makes mistakes
learns by them. He IS check fun gE
For instance. when 3 Dur MIN on ITSt ne
held his glove so that the bali came 10
him at his body I showed him how 10
take II at fuil reach which saves a
step. and he was n0r @ minute in apply
ing the i1eai also / showed him that
when the pitcher throws TO eaten me
runner of first he should hoi1 his hands
back and as near the runner q possible.
and he promptly GOT that He was not
on the Job in covering the bag on com
uI5cared PLAYS. such as bUuts- which are
open PROPOSITIONS for the first baseuau-
second baSeUEu. and pitcher but You
viii see some Of the best In the business
become betuldled ON such plays
One thing about the team being away
We don't have 10 watch Berrlne umpire
any more for che three weeks
Il should be remembered In this dis
.7srrHH al rHl
be going on in New York that the 'ac-
ouitfaI'- Of the New York management
on the same charge C- tie meeting %
the American I.eaEuc last winter was
somewhat eQUivocal. 10 say the least
The statement was given out that no
member Of the New York club had
been engaged tr such 2 scheme. and %
these columns at the time The New
York club Is COMPOSED Of the stock
holders. and IS entirely SeDara-e and
even New York management It was
pointed ont that the -oLcved men who
composed the New York club not only
probably knew nothing Of the aIleEed
clipping. but would probably be the last
70 he Informed MANY stockholders n
baseball clubs are simply business men,
Win no intimate knowledge Of TIE
game and leave the mining OF the team
10 the manager. which is much the case
n washington To acCUir the club
was both a Joke ard "a Joker Nobody
rHought The stockholders turned the all
Ieged trick. but q whole Ior OF people
believed the Team which included tLe
management, did
The system could not have been work
ing yesterday when Detroit beat New
York ! TO D.
An influential and wise citizen who at
tended that American League meeting
practically admitted that the word
club was used as stated for the spe-
CiaI purpose of avoiding -he issue
Now comes Hugh Fullerton with the
declaration that neither the signal tip
ping charges against the New york
team, nor the demand by Joe Cautiu0n
for hearing ON the charge bE Presi-
dent Johnson that he had been diSI0yaI
10 the league. was heard at the meeting
Fullerton insists that both the ac1Ei-taI
OF CanuI0n and OF View York was sim
ply @ bit Of executive work biz Johnson.
who acted for the league on his own
hook. @ statement which does not agree
with that Of other sources Of [nforna-
ton.
Any way YOU take il. II is q bad mess
and the matter should be thoroughly
aired. even II &c costs George StaUiaEs
his lob as manager Of the New York