The Washington times., 1911-08-28
Injured List Includes Five
Good Men-None to Take
Their Places.
LAKE WINDS GET
BLAME FOR TROUBLE
Cleveland Scout Tells How He
Almost Landed Clarence
Walker.
By SENATOR"
Only Washington Newspaper Man
With the Nationals.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug 2S.-With a
constantly growing red cross list tn,
Nationals are finding themselves short
Of substitutes. Everything went along
swimmingly until the Chicago engage
,ment. and then the trouble started
Since then Elberfeld. Lelivelt, Schaefer
Hughes. and Cashion have been put out
of commission.
For three weeks Elberfeld has beer
handicapped by a muscle bruise in his
right hip. He was out OF the game al
Washington. but he felt that he was
about ready in Chicago. but the first
time he tried to play his OLE trouble re-
turned. and now he is limping badly.
Lelivelt is NOT able to get into a trot
because of trouble in his thigh, while
Schaefer is in Detroit under the care OF
q specialist who is trying to give him
some relief from the pains in the back
he suffers every time he moves. 1t may
be ten days tefore Schaefer can per-
form.
In giving his imitation of Jack John
son. the night before the club left Chi
cago, Hughes sprained knuckle, and,
while IT is still troubling him somewhat
he says he is ready to so to the front
as soon as he receives orders.
Blame Lake Breeze.
Those cutting winds that often blow
off the lakes at Chicago. Detroit, and
this place have got to Carl Cashion, and
his pitching arm is 80 sore that he can
not 90 himself justice. He tried yes
terday. and. although a slight twist in
the back was given as the excuse of
substituting Gray, it was really the
painful wing that caused Cashion's re-
tirement.
Street has 4 split finger on his throw
ing hand. but he does not let that bother
him to any great extent
Bob Gilks, head OF the extensive
scouting troupe of the Cleveland club
the South looking for future Maps.
I'm all my years l have never seen
such a poor crop Of players. Neither
have / met so many scouts who are
quietly working their heads off trying
10 show something for their efforts, "
said the veteran judge of young players.
'One of them l was after was this
Clarence Walker. AS soon as l heard
about him l beat it over into South
Carolina and saw him work. He i'm
pressed me so much that tried to get
a price on him, but found that Mike
Kahoe had beaten me to 1t and that
Walker was the property OF the WASH
3ngton club. Walker is clever fielder
and a mighty fast man"
Fast Men At Top.
The changed batting order which the
Nationals tried yesterday places the two
fastest men on the club, Milan and
Morgan, at the top
All Of the Cleveland papers today pub
nshed pictures Of the Washington re-
cruits and declare they are a mighty
impressive looking lot Of youngsters.
Morgan, in particular, comes in for a
lot Of complimentary notices.
1t is reported that the sudden exit of
Street from yesterdays game was due
20 an argument with McAleer over the
score which Cleveland made. Neither
would discuss the subject today, neither
was there any explanation forthcoming
why johnson, a weak hitter and a slow
man on the bases, should hit for Street
when Ainsmith was to be put in the
gfme as catcher.
This whole town is pulling for the
Athletics to win the pennant That af-
fair at Detroit caused little JOY here.
George Stovall, the Maps manager is
out Of the game with an injured wrist.
Take the upper tires from the pavil-
ions on the first and third base lines
here and League Park is an exact du-
phcate Of National park, although the
playing field in the Capital is somewhat
larger.