New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Walter Johnson at Odds with the
Washington Senators.
REFUSES TO SIGN CONTRACT
Giants Get Home and Will Ca
wort at Polo Grounds
To-day with Yale.

cered" Brown among the great pitchers VI
the country. is on strike and may moi play
with the Senator'S this year.
Word came from Washington yesterday
that McAleer. losing all patience. mad Is
sued an ultimatum TO Johnson. which III
short words was: Sign contract or quit
and go home" According TO report the
clever pitcher decided on the latter course
II is said that he is holding out 1or wow
whereas the contract calls for $500
johnson knows his value to the Washlns-
ton club. which would he sadly weakened
by his absence 6ut McAleer is not the klhu
of a manager to relent. once his mind i
made up. and may have counted the cost
II Johnson is sincere in his determination
10 quit, baseball will lose one of its bright
est stars. as ne viii Je barred from joining
sny team operating under the nstionai
agreement lie won twenty-five games Tor
Washington last year and lost seventeen
Ills percentage Of victories would nave
been higher with better support.
The Giants are home after their ionS
jaunt from the spring training camp IN
Texas, and viii facc Yale al the Foio
Grounds today. tie game being set for S.CJ
o'clock They arrived late last night rom
9alti,nor4--or at least most OF them die
Ioohlne The picture of ruddy health ana
iaten: power It was close 10 midnight
when TIE train pulled u. and all hands hur-
.1ed away 10 get nights rest ~ '@"'
ned" az one Of them said.
They VIII be on show to-day. ana those
enthusiastic fans" who canno, wait for
The opening OF the pennant race on Wednes-
-
ZANE under the lea OF Coosdns Bluff. the
Yale team mas had i.ttle outdoor work. Dut
- nkely 10 make q sood dsht As an other
years.
When ,hc Giants broke camp at Marhn'
Tex. and started North in easy stages III
>.dsd into three squads. lie war CORE
spondonts stuck 10 the regulars, and little
or nothing was heard OF the cubs, beyond
the fact that they won here or lost there.
When the players reached this city last
night. however. more than one had word
10 saw about Otis Crandall and his re-
markable hitting. The big pitcher. who
won seventeen games for the Giants last
year end lost only four. ana who, playing
in forty-three games. actually led the Ma
rional League in batting, with a percentage
Of $40. had charge of one squad on the
way osfcA 10 the Polo Grounds. In a series
of games in Texas he made thirteen
straight hits, each one as clean as new
coin. His team won seven OF the eight
games played, too. thanks largely 10 the
hard. consistent hitting Of the clever
pitcher.
John Henry, the Amherst College catcher,
who. with Mcclure as the other end OF the
battery. helped 20 keep the Amherst nine or
the baseball map for four years. has earned
place at first base with the Washington
Senators Summerlot. 1t appears, is not in
good condition and in any case Henry has
heen making a fight for the place that
promised 10 land him on the bag against
any competition. j. Ed Grillo. good
Judge, expressed the opinion two weeks ago
that the young college player would soon
develop into one of the best first basemen
IN the American League.
According 10 the same authority. Henry
folds his position as if he had played it for
%.ars. and. what Is more, plays It intelli-
gently. He has remarkable speed in run
ming on bunts handles all sorts of throws
. Ia Hal Chase and is fun Of action about
1he bag without wasting any energy. In
hitting he steps To the plate in a deter
mined way, swings hard and truly at the
ball and. once on the bases. Is speedy,
clever and daring. II all this is true Me
Aleer has another star on his hands.
Word comes from Louisville that Jack
Akin has been retired 70 the stud. The
great son Of Sain-El Salado. which has
been one Of the most brilliant and con-
sistent performers in the history of the
American turf has earned q rest. He was
dubbed the Iron Horse by racegOers be-
cause Of the fact that Barney Schreber
campagned him winter and summer under
beavy imposts and over all kinds Of track.
Jack Atkin earned chief fame as
weight carrying sprinter, but he has won
mp To one mile and a quarter. although one
nile was about his limit in the best COM
pany Perhaps his greatest triumph came
IN 1905. when as a four year-oid lie took up
rs pounds and won the Metropolitan Handi-
cap. az one mile. IN the fast time Of ! :SS 3-5
over the Belmont Park track
While not sighting the men. ladies
first" is practically to be the motto and
slogan Of basebans newest figure personi-
red by Mrs. Helen Hathaway Britton. of
cleveland. owner of the 81. Louis Club of
Tho National League
The women. girls and children are TO be
catered to at the park" says Mrs. BrittOn.
and FOR that reason the elimination OF the
lar remains a perpetual order My uncle
established that rule for this season, and
81 is my wish. as strongly as i was his, 10
do away with this feature OF baseball In
The absence Of the bar We expect 70 have
moro women and children at the games.
Tire women II st. Louis. / notice, are tax
ing more and more to baseball"
The entire gate receipts OF the Brighton
Peach Athletic Club tonight viii be do
mated 10 the fund for tho relief Of the
families OF the sufferers OF the Washington
Place FIRE. I'Lis fund was started by Mayo.
GaynOr Already the managers Of boxing
clubs boxers and the pugilsts themselves
have contributed more than $1,000 and are
working hard to increase the amount
Knockout" Brown, the clever light
weight has raised more than 500, and re
will appear in one Of the bouts tonight
With his brother Adam. Among the other
fors Of lesser prominence who have volun-
,cered their services are Mark Anderson.
who will spar four rounds with Dick Green;
Tommy Barrett and Harry Phillips, four
rounds; Jack Martin and Battling" Man
tel. four rounds: Jimmy Mitchon and Terry
Mitchell four rounds. and young" Hack
and Ray Bliss. four rounds "Darkey"
Crif1n. frankie Williams Young Gold