The Washington herald., 1911-03-13

This is the situation Manager McAleer
| is Up against, and when il comes time
] to make the final selection he may have
to flip coin or draw lors.
Henry. through the coaching of Kid
Elberfeld. has changed his position at
! the bat and meets the ball better and
hits harder than ne ever did before in
his life. The young collegian is abso-
lutely fearless when in the batter's box.
| His great fault has been overanxiousness,
and just soon as he gains a little
more experience it is freely predicted that
he will be able to mold his own with any
of them.
''As long as I play in the big leagues
I shall never overlook the opportunity
| to go to Hot Springs for a boiling out
before the spring training season starts"
said Clyde Milan, the Nationals great
little Outielder. My visit to the re-
sort this spring has Worked wonders
with me. 1 don't know when 1 ever
felt as good as 1 do now. and my ball
playing when the season opens will
convince the clubowners that il was
money well invested"
Dixie Walker, who had been trou-
bled with rheumatism most of the win
ter, and who was with the Nationals
Hot Springs squad, joined in the con-
versation at this point and related his
experience at the Arkansas resort
Said Dixie: My left knee had been
troubling me whole lot, and after 1
took the first two baths l woke one
morning to find the pains entirely gone
from my knee, but my right shoulder
was giving me the dickens. The baths
had evidently chased the rheumatism
/ INV 20 Oh
a scared chicken for fair-as 1 don't
have to pitch with my knee, but my
shoulder put me down and out.
Il mentioned this to one of the at
tendants. and he replied, Well soon fix
that up. old boy: in a couple more baths
you won't have any more rheumatism
than a rabbit Sure enough, he told
ache and pain had disappeared, and
was as good as new"
Second Baseman Bill Cunningham is
causing Trainer Joe Quirk to lay awake
nights. for the big fellow is considerably
over weight, and no matter how hard he
works the superfiuous flesh does not
come off as quickly as it should. In a
baseball uniform Cunningham looks as
big as a house. his legs are easily as
large as Cheerful Charles Hickmans,
and unless some of the weight begins to
peel he will not be in the right condition
until about>the Fourth of July.
Secretary Billy Lehman is the fair
haired boy with all the ball players. He
is alwayss on the job ready to do what
he can to make them comfortable, and
the hotel arrangements could not have
been better. Billy is also out at the
ball park for practice each day and is
developing into one of our leading out
fielders. He has also had remarkable
success in keeping track of balls, bats
&c. Up to date nothing has been lost
or stolen.
The seating accommodations at Ponce
de Leon Park are much better in every
respect than the sta.ds at Washington.
The grand stand is a double-decker and
easily holds 1000 persons, while the
bleachers extend from beyond third base
into deep left field.
PitLBer Bussey and Gabby Street are to
meet some time in the near future to de-
termine who's who in pool, both have
licked the other would-be sharps and
stand in class by themselves. The bet
ting odds are about even.