The Washington times., 1911-02-17
Says McAleer Will Be In
Town Soon to Arrange
for Atlanta.
START EXPECTED TO
BE ABOUT MARCH q
Entire Squad to Return After Lin
bering Up Till First
of April.

Considerably animation was injected
into the baseball situation ncr, 1oda,
by The announcement by Presidcp
NOyc& Of the plans of the Nationals fu
the spring campaign. MIR. Moves say,
That Manager McAleer will arrive il
this city next week, and make the tina
arrangements for the shift to Atlanta
! nc manager will also m.ake a run (,
The training ground in order to see tina
everything is in good condition fo
his charges.
1t is expected that at least seventeen
players VIII assemble i'll the Arlington
hOtel March 4, and leave that night fol
Atlanta.
Those players in command of Cap
tain Mcbride at Hot Springs will leave
there on March 6, and go direct to At,
!anta, and EIberteld will leave Virginia
IiCt Springs on the same date for The
ualning quarters.
After lnnb"rng up till March 80 tie
entire squad will return to this city, ana
snow their PAGES April l in a game with
Georgetown.
The players who will arrive her,
March are the cdtchers, Street, Am
smith and Henry; the young pitchers,
Jlll, Bussey, Sherry, Meyer, Gray, and
Groom: the OutItelders. RaIston, Corbin
SWAN, and Conway, and the innelderS
BuntlnS. Cunningham, and Somerlott.
In Atlanta the team will be uuartered
81 the kimbalI House
Connie Mack, commander of the some
what noted Athletics, who last fail
tanned the formidable Cubs, and whose
young men are expected to be rather
troublesome all around the coming sea-
son, pays fine compliment to the Ma
uonals and their able manager, in his
forecast OF the season.
The shrewd Philadelphia manager
also makes an interesting discourse on
the relative strength of the various
teams IN the American League
IL" Is OF the opinion that WASHINGTON
should be an improved team over 1910.
Mack 5 remarks follows:
1t seems only few months hark
mat a great many of the baseball
writers, as well as the fans, or the base
ball lovers, We're saying that the Afh-
lcilcs would be lucky to win the Ameri-
have little chance, if they did so, to de-
lcat the Cubs, on account of their weak
catching department. They also saw
many other weaknesses of the team
IhlhgS nave changed greatly since that
time, and now we seldom pick I'D a
paper. or whenever hearing baseball
discussed, but that the general opinion
Is that the Athletics will be easy win
the Athletics as now constituted make
a great ball team, | don't feel that we
are to have any waIkover in winning
out this coming year. In order to do
so the Athletics will be obliged TO go
through the season without any IN
Juries TO their best players Last sea-
son we were fortunate in this respect,
and the question now is, Can we do so
again? We will open the season with
practically the same team that dis
posed of the cubs, and l am confident
our pitchers can repeat the good work
they did last year.
Other clubs in the American League
have strengthened a great deal. The
New York club looks strong, and no
doubt will play a much improved game
over last year. Detroit is always a
dangerous team. Last year they met
prived of their best players through
part of the season. This club will surely .
be contenders for the flag.
cleveland and Chicago hook like the |
two dark horses in the race, and either (
one is liable to spring a surprise 1t
been done in this league.
Boston has practically young and I
fast team. Should Stahl fail to report !
II will be a great handicap to one of |
the best teams in the league.
Washington should improve over last |
had last season he accomplished Won
derS and with one or two good
youngsters coming to the surface, we
would all have to hustle to win our
games from this club.
St. Louis is hard to tell much about.
AT this time it does not seem that Man
Bger Wallace has the material for a !
winner. | would not care TO make any
predictions as to how the clubs will
finish 1t will depend a great deal upon
he accidents that will befall the teams.
do look for 3 n excellent race. A much
nertpr than we had last season -