Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-04

American League debut by beating the
Tigers. Three days later he again
downed the Detroiters. and to make his
job all the more certain he made 1T three
straights a few days afterward. Word
was sent out from Detroit that Ray was
the greatest pitching find of the year.
Then MIR. Ray went against the Maps,
who proceeded to drive him from the
box. incidentally. Ray did not win
another game all the year.
Early in the year the Chicago writers
were extolling the wonderful hitter, base
runner and fielder that Duffy had picked
game with the White SoX with a hurrah
and was soon given the fourth place on
the batting order. In fact. he looked SO
dangerous at the bat that one of the
get at the next man. But Collins soon
began to slump and will probably be
sent to the minors.
Fisher, the red-haired outfielder of the
Browns. had an experience somewhat
similar to that of Collins. During the
games at st. Louis early in the year
Fisher looked like the One-best-bet that
OConnor had picked up. He could field
like Ty Cobb. hit like Lajoie and run
bases like Eddie Collins Then the
Browns invaded Cleveland and before
that series was over Fisher was warm
ing the bench. Just naturally faded away
and never stopped until he landed in the
minors.
that matter. the entire team brought sor-
row to Hedges) was First Baseman Bill
Abstein. When O'Connor bought him
from Pittsburg he thought he had round
a bloomer and to the Eastern League he
drifted.
Art Kruger a Lemon.
Then there was Art Kruger. the Cleve-
land left fielder. He had failed i'm Gin
cnnati, but that was nothing against
him. Several of the best players in the
country today really got their start in
base ball by being canned by Cincinnati.
Columbus took him and he was the real
class of the American Association as an
outfielder and batter In the spring prac-
tice at Alexandria he appeared to be the
finished player. He was almost finished
as a big Lacquer, but Manager Mcclure
did not discover that fact until a month
or SO later. He had no strong COMPETE
ton for his job in the sun field. but he
fans got after him and that set
tied 1t. He went from bad to worse, but
out in Oakland he managed to show good
form again. 1t is doubtful. though, if he
ever will be seen in fast company again.
Hughey Duffy had two three other
dfsappointments at Chicago in addition
to Collins. Arnold Gandil. the tall first
sacker was touted as being a real live
wire early in the season, and bore all the
earmarks Of being destined to be as good
first baseman as Jiggs DonOhue was in
1900. which is good enough for the most
exacting public. But soon as the
pitchers discovered what Gandil's batting
weakness was he failed to get many hits
and his release to minor league club
was only question of time. Shortstop
Russell Blackburne was another who
failed to come up to expectations. But
he had sickness and injuries to offer as
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he will deliver the goods this year
But such false alarms are to be expect
ed. hundred or more youngsters will
be tried out by each of the big leagues
this spring. Some of them will look like
live wires during the training season and
during the early days of the regular cam
paign, but they will fade away before the
hot weather arrives.