The Washington herald., 1911-06-26
Catcher AinSnlith
Not Badly Hurt
WIN Be Back in Game Soon-Bob Groom to
Face Yankees To-day Other Gossip
spsaai . me Washinetm Herald.


New York, June s.-Rain kept the
Nationals close to their quarters In the
Marlborough Hotel to-day, though there
were enough interniss.ons between show
ers TO allow Of short walks. and the
athletes sYafled themselves of the oppor-
tunity Of stretching their limbs. None
was sorry for a day of rest. however,
for there are yet three games to be
played here. Notwithstanding three IN
two days have been played.
Manager McAleer, when seen at the
hotel tonight, said that he is going after
the remaining contests, and win send
Groom to the firing line for to-morrow's
combat Groom beat the Yankees on the
Nationals FIRST trip to Gotham this sea-
son, and Jeems hopes he viii repeat.
For Tuesday, johnson and Walker are
the prospective slabrnen.
McAleer says that the Yankees were
81 hitting streak yesterday, that made
the Athletics and Detroit look like school
teams, and would have gotten to al
most any pitcher In the business. They
certainly did fancy the offerings OF
every washington finger sent against
them, and all of the pitching was the
kind that usually lands games, with the
exception Of the work of young Sherry,
who had to stand the gam for the whole
route in the final game yesterday. The
boss of the Nationals does not think his
work was of such character as to prom
ise q regular berth with the team, though
he will be given further Gyout.
Catcher Ainsmith is not as seriously
injured as was at first thought, and
McAleer thinks he viii be back in the
game in ten days or less. No one on
the Washington team, not even Am
smith has any hard feelings against
Outfelder Cree for running into the re-
ceiver at the plate on the Yankees thlro
attempt to put over the double steal
And which, incidentally, was killed on
by Mcbride and Ainsmith for the third
consecutive time. The stopping OF the
double theft is one thing the Washing
tonians seem to have done exactly right
Cree had no intention Of hurting AIM
smith, and the object of the play was
TO see If the run could be scored on the
Washington catcher and shortstop.
"a league president might hunt for a
hundred years without digging up i've
better umpires than Klein, Emslie, o'Day,
Johnstone, and Rigler, OF the National
League, or five better ones than Evans,
Sheridan, Connolly, O'Joughlin, and Di-
neen, of the American League" declares
an Eastern baseball man. Yes; and he
could hunt for 200 years without digging
up two worse ones than Doyle and Fin
neran," adds the Pittsburg sun.
At Louisville. during game between
Bible Grove and Ingraham, IL, Arken
Efchison. catcner for Bible Grove, and
Elmer Fehrenbarker. Of the Ingraham
team colIided, and each had a leg broken
lust below the knee Eichison was CATCH
ing. and Fehrenbarker tried to steal
home, Eichison received the throw Just
outside the diamond, and dashed for the
plate Eichison's limb was later am
putated.
A dispatch from New York Friday
night says: President Frank Farrell
of the Yankees, announced this morn
ing that he had filed protest with
the national commission as result Of
the deal whereby Cicotte, the Boston
American League pitcher, was to have
figured In a trade with the Highland
ers He claims that John J. Taylor,
owner of the Boston club, made a ver-
bal agreement with the New York boss
at the office OF the Yankees IN which
Taylor had agreed to sell Cicotte TO
the Yankees, and that the deal would
be closed before the Boston club
finished their series here yesterday.
The deal blew up, however, as owner
Taylor left for Boston wednesday ana
had no more 20 say about the transac-
'tion. II made an appointment with
Taylor at the American League ONCE
on Wednesday," said Farrell Taylor
had given me his word that he would
sell the pitcher to the New York club.
The price wss fixed, and 1t was just
a case of signing the agreement. !
agreed TO the price which Taylor want
ed for the pitcher and everything was
satisfactory to him and he promised
me that he would sell the player and
close the deal before the Boston club
left New York. I have heard no more
about II, and have sent my protest to
Ban johnson, president Of the Ameri-
can League, and to the national COM
mission. / will fight this case through,
ss don't think Taylor treated me fair
" on the Smith and Lord business
Those players tried to get but TO my
surprise Smith was turned over to the
Cincinnati club OF the National League
for q cash consideration. It's peculiar
how this player got out OF the Ameri-