The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Fill Purtell's arm is weak this spring,
and Clyde Engle will cover third for
the Boston Americans in the early
games.
Ty Cobb is not in shape. He is soft
and high in flesh and doesn't show his
Old speed, say critics. Wait till April L.
Olson will cover short for the Maps
In the early games at least. He beat a
small regiment of candidates to the job.
Cincinnati seems to have the Indian
sign on the Clevelands. The Rhineland-
ers beat the Maps for the Ohio cham
pionship last fall ard started yesterday
TO give them spring spanking.
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The Giants have been barred from At
Lanta because Of the rowdy conduct of
some of the players who used their fists
On their minor league opponents. Nc
oiraw's mIckerE are a disgrace to base
ball.
Catcher Peaches Graham is practising
with the BOston Nationals, although he
hasn't signed a contract.
Fred Tenney has to favor his plaster
of paris legs and isn't playing the game
at first demanded of a big Lacquer. He
may be sorry he let Bud Sharpe go to
Buffalo.
Major league clubs can afford to carry
recruits several days longer than usual
this spring, as the rates for upper berths
have been reduced.
Jack Coombs, Chief Bender, and
Russell Ford are the most talked Of
pitchers in the Maps camp. They were
hardest for the Maps to beat last sea-
son. The young pitchers like to talk of
these stars because they are good
pitchers to copy after.
Hans Wagner sometimes makes the
young pitchers do some awful fretting
before he quits fooling and hits the
ball. With the count two and three the
Teuton will foul them off one after an
other, keeping Ed Laforce and a num-
Der of small boys gathering UP the balls
on the hillside Finally he gets tired
and hits them where they amt"
Both st. Louis clubs wore crepe on
their arms the day after Stanley Robi
son died, but they played just the same.
If he had died early in the week during
the season all the clubs would have
postponed their games and doubled up
on Saturday or Sunday. Such is respect
in the national game.
1t does not take Tommy Leach, of the
Pirates, long to study out new batsmen.
The great little middle fielder dopes out
the hitting proclivities of new men as
fast as any of the pitchers. He plays
close or deep, as the case may warrant,
and keeps shifting all around the outer
garden as the various Yanigans step up
to the plate. 1t is remarkable how per-
fectly he guesses out the system.
Rarely If ever is he pulled out of rosi-
ton.
Many guesses are being offered as
will go to the Boston Nationals. Pat
O'Connor has been mentioned most
frequently, but these guesses largely
are based on the assumption that such
a transfer would be agreeable to Pat
because his home is in Windsor Locks,
Conn. President Dreyfuss and Mana
ger Fred Clarke are silent on the
question as to who the backstop is
that will go to the Hub. OConnor is
silent, too, because he knows nothing
Of the plans Of the Pirate manage
ment.
Fielding n. Yost, coach of the Michi-
gan football team. and Dan McGugin,
the old Michigan guard, now coaching
Vanderbilt. acted as hosts for a group
Of the Cubs when the Chicagoans Wis
tied Nashville this week. They were
which is located in the house used by
General Grant as his headquarters
during the civil war. McGugin is prac-
tic1ng law and Yost is promoting a
big water power scheme in that To-
cality.