The Washington herald., 1911-04-09

Henry should be an improvement over the
veteran.
The outfield will be just the same as
started the 1910 season. Jack Leiiyelt
holding down left, Clyde Milan center,
and Doc Gessler right y
McAleer had his scouts dig I'D seven
recruit outfelders, in the hope that he
would tod at least one good man out of
| the bunch They have all been tried out
here and found wanting Charley Con-
way alone has been retained, because he
looks to be the most promising, and a
year on the bench may fit him for a
place on a major league club
Jack Lelivelt always could hit There
! never was question about that He
also plays fair game in the field, but
| has poor arm and is slow in returning
| hard-hit balls. He stands head and
| shoulders over any of the recruits.
| In case Lelivelt slumps in batting Wild
| Conroy can be sent in, and the veteran
is in better shape than at any time he
has played with th4 Nationals
Great Season for Milan.
i, In center field Clyde Milan is in a
| class by himself He is easily the third
| best fielder in the American League, and
| as the writer has previously stated bids
| fair to experience the best season in his
| major league career
Much was expected of Doc Gessler, the
| former Boston slugger who played right
field for the Nationals last season. and
McAleer was the most disappointed man
| in the world when the sawbones failed
to deliver. Like Unglaub, Gessler ex-
| perienced a poor year. but says things
will be different this season.
Gessler has trained faithfully down IN
Atlanta and is ready for the season to
start. He knows that If he does not hit
this will be his last year in major
league baseball
The remainder of the club shows Capt
George Mcbride at short and Kid Elber-
field holding down third. Both the vet
Grams are in condition. and while neither
will ever set the world on fire by their
hitting. they give the club just the
necessary defensive strength needed, and
are mighty handy to have around
Now for the question IS to where the.
team will finish. This is a hard one to
dope out for the reason that nobody.
seems to know just how strong are,
Cleveland and Chicago. St Louis is out
OF the question. It's 80 to 1 shot that
this bunch will bring up the rear
Chicago's pitching staf causes them,
10 be feared, while the Cleveland Maps
have picked UP couple of youngsters
that would seem to have bolstered them.
up a whole lot.
He never does, but he has high hopes
OF finishing the race at the top of the,
second division. If he was assured that
the Nationals would get fair share Of
luck, he would likely come out boldly
and say that his club. as IL stands to-,
day. will wind up the 1911 campaign.
ahead of ST. Louis, Cleveland, and Chi
cago. but the tickle goddess Of luck has
never perched on a Washington club,
bench for more than a few minutes.
Harmony in the Ranks.
There is one thing that can be said in
the Nationals favor. Every man on the
club is pulling for Manager Jim Har-s
mony is the keynote The boys will
give Mac everything they've got, and it
will never be said that a game was lost,
because somebody was loafink on the
job. '-.
word regarding the Nationals catch.
ing staff. which is surpassed by none in.
the league Gabby Street, the veteran.
has been walloping the bali at a 800
clip down here. and strange as 1t may
seem is much faster on the bases than,
in several years, due. he claims, to his,
course of treatment at Hot Springs last:
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