The Washington herald., 1911-04-06
PRUNING KNIFE HANGS
OVER NATIONALS RECRUITS
Charlie Swain Will Go to Pacific Coast-Other Cuts
Soon to Be Made.

laid low by an acute attack Of mumps.
I'D like to get hold of the fellow who
wrote that; I'd pull his nose for him.
Somebody suggested that perhaps il
was a belated April FOOLS joke, but the
Dutchman fails to see wherein lies the
joke.
Some days that boy Henry looks like
the best first baseman in the world, and
the next day Somerlot shows up just
as well-I declare I'm up a tree for fair,
and can't for the life of me say which
one will start the season for us on first
base" quoth Manager McAleer, after the
practice Monday morning.
Fiscal Agent Billy Lehman grabbed a
calendar off the wall Sunday week and
put it over his dressing stand. Each
morning when he tumbles out of bed he
checks off one day, and then smiles at
his own reflection in the looking glass
Billy is really and truly homesick. He
says that dear old Washington will look
mighty good to him when the train pulls
in next Sunday.
Lehman has filled former Secretary
Willie Fowler's shoes in a most CAPABLE
manner. and is mighty popular with all
the boys.
No more 1O-cent limit poker games for
the boys here. Capt. Mcbride has intro
duced whist, and everybody seems to be
playing it There is nothing financially
at stake, as it is played for the love of
the game, which suits a lot of the men
better than the great rational indoor
game. for the reason that nearly every
member of the party is now carrying
around a fiat pocketbook
The report that Scout Nike Kahoe, who
left camp hast Thursday for Augusta, went
for the purpose of looking over a young
college player named McWhorter, is I'M
true. McWhorter hangs out in a diff
ferent part of the State, and is going to
cast his lot with one of the Southern
League teams.
kahoe's trip to Augusta was for the
purpose of looking over some of the big
league youngsters who were booked to
play there. and from augusta he hits
the rails to Washington. where he can
probably be found about Thursday
Long John Somerlot is a Seventh-day
Adventist. He is firmly convinced that
the time is fast approaching when the
world will come to an end. During a
talk fest the other night Tom Hughes
Put in his oar and said:
I suppose. John. that if Washington
should win the pennant this season YOU
would expect the world to come to an
end the next day.
This remark got a stiff rise out Of
Sonerlot and roars of laughter from the
players.
Washington fans who have followed
each day the progress of the Nationals
down here in Atlanta are familiar with
the conditions which called for heroic
treatment for one of the most promising
of Manager McAleer's family.
Second BaSeman Bill Cunningham. who
was told last week that on account of his
bulk he would have to take off twenty
pounds or one pound day if he expected
10 start the season and draw wages from
the Washington club.
Cunningham reported hog fat, and after
three weeks here in Atlanta showed only
a shrinkaSe of one pound Hence the
and the rubber shirt
This shirt has worked like a charm
The first day 'Cunny' put it on he
dropped five pounds. He perspired so
freely that when he came to take off his
shoes they were full of water, and Train
er Quirk was able to wiring out nearly
4 quart of moisture from the youngsters
outer shirt and baseball pants
So efficient has been the rubber shirt
that in six days Cunningham has
dropped from the heavyweight class to
a lightweight, and will be in fighting
trim when the ump shouts Batter up"
in the opening game.