The Washington herald., 1911-04-01

McALEER CANCELS PRACTICE
GAMES WITH ATLANTA
Weak Pitchers Cause of Managers Decision to Call
Off Contests With Southern Club.

the boys asked him if he happened 10
know Tom Andrews, the veteran sport
ing writer of the Milwaukee wisCon-
sin
DO know him." replied Mcbride. II
should say do. Tom Andrews gave me
my first real start in baseball in 1901
1t was like his" the shortstop con-
tinued. had made quito d reputa-
ton as an amateur. when Mr.. Andrews
got hold Of me one dav and asked me
If | would like chance with the Mil
waukec club. OF course | told him ]
would he delighted. and a couple of
weeks passed. when ono day | received
telephone call from him and was told
to go to the ball park and carry nv glove
and shoes They put me into a Milwau-
kee uniform. and | was sent in to play
short, as one of the regulars was laid up
, with weak ankle Here's the funny
part of the story. The man who was tenn
porarily ont of the game was none other
than Wild Conroy. now with our club
here.
Mcbride played a number OF games with
Milwaukee that year and by his fine
showing had little trouble in catching on
with minor league organization the
following season
W alter johnson introduced the news
paper men and several OF the players to
fine new game at the ball park yester-
day. 1t was new to the war correspond
rnts any way, for it cost them about 90
cents each to learn how it was played.
Two parallel lines about ten feet apart
are drawn in the dirt. and while stand
ing on one line the contestants toss a
nickel at tn" opposite line. the one coming
nearest winning the money. johnson
won all the money in sight, and did it
50 easily that the contest nearly wound
UP in a fight.
Dixie Walker, who was also badly stung.
walked away saying, NO wonder he can
hit that line nearly every time. Ill bet
he spends his time out on that Kansas
farm of his praCticing up so he can get
our coin in the summer"
During the practice game here last
Tuesday Doc Gessler's baseball trousers
ran afoul Of a pair OF spikes and were
slit up the side for a distance of ten
inches. The following day when the boys
appeared for practice the sawbones
waltzed onto the field with pair OF pants
that barely extended to his knees and
fitted like a No. Is collar around a No
l6 neck.
IT'S all of If you sneezc," yelled Tom
Hughes.
Bet you cigar YOU don't dare bend
down." chirped Eddie Ainsmith
Everything went lovely until GcssIer
tried to beat out bunt He slipped Just
before reaching first base and measured
his length in the grass. The strain was
too much for those skin-tiSht trouscr-
cites. for they ripped in half a dozen
places. and GesSler was forced to quit
work for the remainder of the morning
Arthur Dcvlin, the former Central High
School and Georgetown star. is here with
the New York Giants, and still puts UP a
wonderful game at third base. There was
some talk of a youngster named Manusch
beating out Devlin this season but It
looks from here as If the youngster would
have to warm the bench for a couple of
seasons more al least. DevIin does not
appear to have slowed up a bit
At the Kimball House. where the Ma
ionals are stopping. an attractive look
ing young woman has charge of the cigar
stand, and, according to custom in At
dice with one and all for tho cigars The
Washington players have thus far proven
good patrons, but in the long run it
usually costs them more money than if
they had bought their smokes outright.
Here's the Inconsistency of the laws in
Atlanta. On Sunday a city ordinance
compcls all cigar stands, ice cream, soda
water parlors. and near-beer joints to
close up tighter than a drum. but you can
go into almost any hotel and shake dice
with the women clerk for the cigars
Can YOU beat that