The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-03-24
MANAGER McALEER WILL
DROP SCOUTDICK PADDEN
Mike Kahoe Will Be the Only Lookout Employed by
Nationals this Season.
By WILLIAM PEET.


Special to The Washington Herald
Atlanta, Ga, March 23.-There will be
only one scout drawing wages from the
treasury of the Washington baseball
team this coming season, and he will be
Mike kahoe.
Manager Jimmy McAleer announced
this morning that he would not employ
the veteran Dick Padden, who skirmlshed
throughout the Middle West in search OF
talent last summer. MCAIeer refused TO
give his reasons for dropping Padden.
hut il was limited that Eahoe was per-
fectly able to dig up what new men the
Nationals will want; also that the results
of kahoe's fOraGing into the minors have
been greater than those of Padden.
Another reason advanced for dropping
Dick Paddcn is because Of the recent fire
ar the ball park grand stands, and the
lGrse amount of money the club owners
will have to spend this year, making
rctrenchment almost necessity.
1t costs considerable money to keep
4 baseball scout at work, but in the
long run club owners figure the coin well
spent if the expert is able to unearth
few real ball players.
As Il matter Of fact all of the first
class youngsters now on the Nationals
pay roll have been purchased upon the
recommendation of Mike kahoe, and
they have already made good in the
american League.
The first man kahoe =iEned for Wash
inEton Was Jack Lelivel., in 1903; then
came Dixie Walker. and last season
Eddie Ainsmith Bill Cunningham and
John Henry were kahoe,s products.
NCAIeer figures that with kahOe on the
h, mood Dick PaGden
According to present plans. kahoe will
remain with the Nationals until the club
Re turns TO Washington.
Every time I happen to he near Man
ager McAleer in the hotel corridor and
he has his eyes on the Tonny-in-the-slot
scales. I quietly take a little sneak out
OF the side door" remarked Second Base
man Bill Cunningham after luncheon
Yesterday.
Twice now" "Cunny'' added. Nc
AIeer has grabbed me and made me jump
or the bloonin' things, and they do not
show that l have taken off a single
pound; then Manager Jim begins to
rave
Cunningham strives harder than any
body on the club to reduce his weight.
and, while he has taken of few pounds.
it is discoura gincly hard work. and the
yGUnESter is greatly worried over his
condition.
If. at the end of the third week. Cum
bingham does not show what he con-
. iders the proper loss of weight. he will
try another method. thrt Of donning a
rubber shirt and putting in a couple Of
hours playing handhalI in the Atlanta
Athletic Club gymnasium. "Cunny.
however. does not think this will be
necessary.
Attributins their poor hitting during
the practice games the past few days to
the loss Of their favOrite bats. Jack Leli-
' cit and Warren Miller have sent to
their homes for their pet sticks. 1t seems
that when Miller and Lelivelt left for
the spring camp they only took one bat
apiece. and during the stay here both
bats have been broken. 50 they have had
to use clubs not to their liking, and as
sert that because of this their batting
has suffered.
LeliveIt WAS hitting the ball hard when
he first struck Atlanta but Just as soon
as he broke his bat decided difference
was noticed.
Miller is always complaining about his
inability to hit, but usually manages to
sneak in one or two every day. Miller
is a funny little chicken-never satisfied
unless he wallops the ball safe every
time up.
Trainer Joe Quirk. poet laureate of the
Atlanta camp. went just one step too
far when he dedicated a bit of verse to
Wild ConrOy, and rceled it off at the
supper table. The title Of this poem was
Forty Years Ago" and it told of how
good the Widow was tO-day-playing just
as well as when a big Lacquer some forty
years ago.
Conroy Immediately got hot under the
collar and let fly a piece of Georgia corn
pone. which bounced off Joe Quirk's head
a nd landed in John Henry's soup.
You think I'm old. you YOU" COnrOy
yelled. why. my father used to take
me out in my baby carriage TO see you
run foot faces, and you were an old man
then"
This last shot seemed to have the proper
effect, for Quirk said no more.
No sooner had Long John Somerlott
hit camp Tuesday than he was assigned
to room with Kid Elberfeld, and 4 gen.
eral smile went around when this be
came known, for the Kid has already
quarters, and Long John is flirting with
trouble.
Elberfeld has ideas of his own on the
proper amount of slecp-when to go to
bed and what time to get up. He re-
tires promptly at 9 o'clock each night,
and If his roommate is not on hand then,
the latter stands no chance of getting in
as Elberfeld refuses TO open the door.
On the stroke of in the morning FL
berfeld jumps out of bed and takes a
cold bath, dons his clothes. and enjoys a
two-mile walk before breakfast If his
takes exception TO the early
rising hour. the Kid proceeds to admins
ter a cold bath himself. filling a big
pitcher full of water and sousing it all
over the sleeper.
AS Long John Somerlott is A country
boy he may be able to get along with
conform to Elberfelds earIy-to-bed and
carly-to-rise notions, or else seek another
room
Both Dave Bunting and John Henry
have relatives living in Atlanta and are
invited out to dinner. On
Sunday they are expected to accompany
said relatives to church, which thus far
they have done.
1t is estimated that the Nationals have
broken, on an average two bats per
day during their stay in Atlanta Nearly
fifty sticks were shipped from Washing
ton and half of them have already been
consigned to the ash barrel. The first
day in town Business Manager Lehman
purchased five light willow bats for
fungo hitting and these were smashed
the third day out.