The Washington herald., 1911-02-17

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best scouts. Malachi Kittredge has signed
| to manage the Saginaw club of the
! Southern Michigan Association, and Jim
mie Casey will direct the destinies of the
| Fort Wayne club in the Central League.
! If Herman Schaefer does not play with
Washington this year there is sure to be
| job as scout waiting for him.
'One Of the queerest things about the
old baseball days" says Clarence Childs,
once the great second baseman of the
Cleveland club, was the tendency of the
man with a saving inclination to rob
the man who spent his freely. The saw
ing man would put all his money in the
bank and then borrow the price of a
meal from one of his generous team
mates. The spendthrift would buy for
everybody and then lend what he had
left to his old companions. Often. at
the end of a season, a generous man
would be $500 in debt and the tight
wad' would have $3.50 coming from the
other players. / don't think there is such
big difference between the spendthrifts
and the savers OF to-day, but the man
who gets down on his knees to a golden
calf or to a silver candlestick is still
very much In evidence"
Down in the corridor of a hotel at
New York at the last big baseball meet
ing. the question as to the relative bat
ting abilities of Cobb and Lajoie came
up for discussion Each batter had his
hackers; each man his supporters
Finally a man got on the back OF
chair and shouted:
Gentlemen, 1 beg you to be silent.
One of these two men is a slugger. the
other is a diplomat Why play the string
away at every ball that is served to
him, let him do it If the other man
wants to wait for the ball he wants.
why should we question his methodist"
The effect was almost magical. With
in an hour the partiSans of the two
batters had exhausted their arguments,
quit the job and left nothing to dispute,
and all the time these two factions were
wrangling, Cobb and Lajoie were sitting
over at one side of the lobby, side by
side, talking about automobiles. with
out a single word about baseball.
Hugh Duffy says his White Sox pitch
ing staff is stronger than anything in
the American League, not excepting the
Athletics. Hugh says that if he can de-
velop a hitting outfield, he will be right
in the hunt for the flag from the start Of
the season.
Falkenberg. the elongated twirler Of
the Clevelands Maps, will work for an in
sUrance agency on the side this summer
1t will be the duty of the human string
to write accident policies for major league
athletes.
Il think President Murphy, of the Cubs,
is exactly right in his contention against
the present rules, and that no man on
the coaching lines SHOULD ever be allow
ed to touch a runner" said Manager
Clarke Griffith. Il only hope he will put
1t through. 1 would suggest that he make
a play to have the coaching line put
back, say five feet, in order that this rule
can be enforced"
That the Binghamton club intends to
make a strong bid for State League hon
ors this year has been made evident by
the steps taken by Manager Harry Lum-
ley and the loyal manner in which he Is
hacked up by the owners of the club.
Last year at this time Binghamton had
scarcely a player under contract, but
Lumley so far has twenty on his list and
could put fine club in the field with the
men ne has now. Lumley is ex-manager
Of Brooklyn.
George Kaler. a Columbus graduate to
the Maps last season. longed for the old
folks at home before he finished his first
game as a professional He started with
Newark in the Ohio State League in
1908, after a good season at Ohio Uni
versity
Il put on my college uniform" said
Kaler, "and the Newark manager came
into my room and sized me up. Peel off
that uniform and get into a Newark
suit he growled. We play in the after
noon, not in the evening
when Murray told me to warm up |
stopped grounders. I got another good
call down for that 1 was told to throw
to a catcher.
IT had just pitched two days before
and my arm was stiff. but cut loose. |
When my arm was about-ready to drop
OF. Murray came around again
Speed up. now,' he said, and IL you
show anything III pitch you this after
noon
"I was only seventeen, and had never |
been away from home more than half a
dozen times, and / was scared stiff when
the coachers and fans got after me-
"Gygli, our first baseman, called me a
big stin for being scared. and the other
team mates called me a dub. We lost,
10 TO O.. 1 passed eight batters, hit five,
and famed ten"
The Cleveland club has secured left
handler from the Toledo club in the
American Association who is touted as
another wonder, and his name is Ying-
ling. The dope says that he has sweep
ing curve, and In addition to that has a |
dip on the ball which is going to make
all the American League hitters, do the
two-step around that home plate We
will be able to tell more about this baby
later in the season