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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
WESTERNS AND TREMONTS
ONLY FIRSTS IN BIG MEET
Other Washington Athletes Can't Do Better
Than Second or Third Smith, of
Georgetown, Sprains Tendon.

revived. however and was able 70 leave
for Washington with his teammates.
Although the Capital city athletes only
got ten points in the individual events,
they were prominent throughout the
evening; especially was this so in the re-
lays. in which they were very successful.
Failed to Break Record.
An attempt to make new record for
three miles on the part of the Canadian
champion, Harry Tresidder of the Toron-
to c. Y. NJ. c. A, failed as far as the
American mark was concerned, although
he lowered the Maryland state record
from Is minutes 81 seconds to Is minutes
II 20 seconds. He was paced by Elphin-
stone, Howard and Rogers of this city,
each man pushing him for a mile. He
easily finished quarter Of a lap ahead
OF Rogers, who ran last of the trio.
Aorgue. Tome School Us yards) second,
Buckley. Virginia g yards); third. z. H.
Wroe, c. Y. NJ. c. A. "a YARDS. Time,
O.52 3-5.
One mile relay-Dead heat between
Marston School and Gilbert School. Time,
$40
One-nile relay-Won by fremont A. c.
Exemption, Swing. Mahoney. Rawlings;
second. Baltimore c. c. c. Time. $40.
One-mile notwithstanding Academy
AGAINST Tune on account or Default Time
$50.
Pole vault-Won by Tappan, Johns Hop
kins, II feet inches (handicap. feetl !:
second, J. A. Sterrett, w. G.. A. A., II
feet inch (handicap. scratch); third, K.
r. Curtis, Tome, II feet inch (handicap
3 inches).
The Tremonts, after being compelled to
start q second team In a mile relay
against the Baltimore Cross Country
Club. showed their superiority over the
locals after one of the most exciting
struggles of the evening. The result was
In doubt until the very last lap, when
Spike Rawlings spurted beautifully,
crossing the mark by but four yards lead
over Hoffman, the last man of the Cross
Country Club.
The University of Pennsylvania had
little difficulty trimming the Indians in a
two-mile relay, the last event Of the
Continued on Second Page.)
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Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February n.-No par
ticular condition OF optimism exists IN
New York over the real championship
chances Of the Eighlanders in 1911. Not
that plenty of good base ball is not as
sured 1t seems to be the common op1n-
ion that the team will be in the fight
all Of the way, but that it lacks just
enough in batting ability to prevent It
from capturing a flag this year.
If it should happen that Otis johnson
should make the team on the infleld and
he should prove to DO cleanup
hitter which is factor now lacking IN
the lineup Of the team. perhaps the High
landers would have a chance to say more
than a little about the pennant- That is
where the local chaps are weak. They
can get on the bases, but they would make
at least one-fifth more runs than they
were able to score in 1910 II only they
had a. powerful batter Of the Sam Craw-
ford type.
There is little reason to believe that the
pitching corps will falter this year. There
Is where the team is supposed to be
strong and where it Is likely to offset
the good work Of some of its opponents IN
the American League race. pitchers, now
ever. can Keep scores QOWus OuL lASy S0AA-
not pile up scores. and the Hfghlanders
need a slugger to help along their speedy
base runners.
some uncertainty has been expressed as
to the possible combination which Will
work on the infield for the team this
year.
The pitchers who will be given trial
in spring training work are ColdWeii:
Ables Revelle, Mcclure, McGratner ana
Burbank. The old pitchere who were
most successful in the campaign OF 1910
will be retained by the management LOT
the season to come
In the catching limo Walsh. Williams
and Russell are newcomers. The High
landers are not overstrong behind the
bat, in spite Of the fact that Sweeney has
shown much Improvement, and the work
of the youngsters will be watched with
interest. II Walsh should make q good
catcher he will add greatly to the sue
cess Of the team this year.
Johnson Elliott and Litsch are the IN
flelders to be given trial.
Only one outfielder has been added TO
the team-a player by the name OF Kaun
The first port OF call of the older play
ers will be Hot Springs, Va They are
to leave for that resort the latter part
of February and will remain for ten
days. From there they go to Athens,
Ca. where they trained during the sea-
son Of 1910. All of the pitchers will be
invited to go to Hot Springs.
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There is perhaps no way to figure that
the Nationals should finish higher in the
next campaign than they did in the last
because reports from other cities indicate
tat every team has been strengthened
alout as much if not more than the local
outfit But on it's showing last season
TIE team promises more. 1t showed in
creased strength in all departments, ex-
cep;ing the outfield. last season. and If
the unexpected should happen and good
man or two be developed for those posi-
tons there is no telling how high up the
team may finish.
While not of the best. the pitching
staff showed occasional spur,s last sea-
son, and the chances are that it will
show still better form the coming season.
The addition of Tom Hughes to help
out Walter Johnson may make big diff
ference IN the teams work. Then, too
Cunningham seems to be a better man
for second base than any the Nationals
have had for some years. Ainsmith,
Street and Henry make an ideal catching
stan. and while Somerlot. Lelivelt or Henry
may not prove star first basemen. yet
they are sure to do as well as did Tn
slaub last season, SO the team will really
not b weaker there than last year, come
what may.
Little n known Of the untried material.
Of which there IS considerable. Ralston,
Meyer and Otey were here last year, but
Corbin. Swain, Conway. Sherry. Bussey
and Bunting are still to show what they
are made of. Out of this bunch McAleer
hopes to get one or two good men, and
II he succeeds In this it is going to make
a material difference in the teams show
ing.
The team will start for Atlanta early
next month. where 1t will be joined by
the advance squad. which is now doing
pralil iinary work at Hot Springs. Ark.
McAleer will most likely have twenty
eight players in his training camp at At
lanta OF this number ten WILL be pitch
ers. three catchers, eight infelders and
seven outfelders. OF the entire squad
but six are new to a Washington uni
form. several Of the youngsters having
had trials here last fall
Here is the list of players:
Catchers-Street, Ainsmith and Henry.
Infelders-Somerlot. Cunningham, Nc
>pride. Schaefer. Conroy, Bunting, Fiber
fed.
Cd.fielders-Nilan. Lelivelt, Gessler,
IA ston, Corbin. Swain, Conway.
Pitchers-Johnson. Hughes, Walker.
Gray. Groom. Reisling, Otey, Meyer,
Sherry. Bussey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
LEAE HERE MARCH 4
McAIeer and Squad Start
South in Three Weeks.
FEW CONTRACTS UNSIGNED
Players Who Are Dissatisfied to
Make Peace With Club Be-
fore Leaving.
FEW CONTRACTS UNSIGNED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. February IL
Some heart-to-heart conferences are TO
be had with few of the players on the
Washington team when Manager James
McAleer goes to Washington week after
next. There are some Of the players
who have not signed their contracts yet,
but McAleer says that there Is no trouble
and the signatures will be affixed when
he sees them.
Most Of the men have Signed said
McAleer. Some Of them have not, but
think when l meet them in Washington
there will be no trouble with any one.
practice with a team which will be
stronger in every department and most
satisfactory
McAleer will leave Monday night for
Chicago to attend the meeting of the
league which will be held Tuesday. when
he will meet President Noyes. There are
some important matters to be considered
and plans laid for the spring practice.
Manager McAleer will return here for
about a week after that and then go to
Washington. March i tie players will
leave for Atlanta. where they will be
| joined by the players who have been at
Hot Springs for the last couple of weeks
| McAleer would not say which of his
CTS idu 10 come TO terms, but
| in no instance does he believe the breach
| to be serious. In fact, he seems to have
! the assurance that all the players who
have not signed will report to him in
Washington before he starts south, or a,
Atlanta. where the team will train
| AS the team will be in Atlanta abou,
| a month before it returns to Washington
| to play exhibition games, McAleer makes
the prediction that every man on II will
| be in midseason form when the exhibit
| ton series start. In fact he expects
every one of the pitchers who will go tc
/ Hot Springs to report at Atlanta ready
to pitch winning ball
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Special Dfspatch to The Star.

Special DispstcA to The Star.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark, February H.
The opening game Of the season scheduled
to have been played here this afternoon
was postponed on account OF Indictment
weather. but will be played tomorrow
afternoon, the weather and the officials
permitting. Fans were looking forward
to the game this afternoon with con-
siderable interest and genuine disappoint-
ment was expressed when rain and snow
flurries kept players inside doors. Tommy
Hughes and wife. together with George
Mcbride and Clyde Milan, are the only
Washington players now in the city, though
others ars expected tomorrow or Monday.
Among those expected are Schaefer. Con-
roy, Dixie Walker, Bill Otey and Gessler.
These were expected here today. but they
did not arrive. Clyde Milan has been
visiting friends in Clarksville. Tex. and
came from there to Hot Springs. Milan.
Hughes and Mcbride will get down to
practical work tomorrow afternoon.
Arthur Fromme and George McQuilIan,
the two pitchers on whom Griffith Of Gin
cinnati Reds Is banking mostly to win
the coming season. are both here and in
excellent form. Both have had light
workouts, but they have SO far been un-
able to get their uniforms. Jimmy Burke,
manager Of Indianapolis Qnd) team, had
been here but a few hours before he had
mis- uniform on and was out at Majestic
Park working out.
His stentorian voice could be heard for
blocks around, and he furnished much
amusement for the fans. Hughes, Milan
and Mcbride will don their uniforms to-
morrow and do some practice work. They
are scheduled to participate in the OPEN
They have expressed the desire to get
down to work as speedily as possible.
They have thus far done nothing more
than stroll over the mountains and take
the hot-water baths.
Jiggs Donahus, former guardian Of tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
THREE WASHINGTON PLAYERS
HAVE ARRIVED AT HOT SPRINGS
Mcbride, Milan and Hughes Will Start Train
ing Today-Colony Of Ball Players
Expected at Resort.

Chicago White sox. but now resident
Of this city. has decided on q tryout
with Comiskey's crowd again, and viii
leave next week for Mineral Wells. Tex.
to join the team there. He is vastly
more interested in organizing q State
league In Arksansas however. than land
ing a berth with the White Sox. Seven
major league teams are booked to do
their spring training here. the first ar
rivals being the Cincinnati Reds. who
were scheduled to arrive the 21st Of this
month The Pittsburg. Brooklyn, st.
Louis Nationals and st. Louis Americans
are among the teams who will train here.
No reservations have been made for the
Washington players at any Of the hotels
The management Of the Park. whore It
was expected they would stop, today stat
cd he could not take care OF an entire
base ball aggregation. as he had not the
room
Eight Detroit pitchers. however, VIII
stop at the Park, special favors being
granted them purely out Of personal reai
sons. Jimmy Delehanty Of the Detroit
team Is here. His leg. which gave him
so much trouble last season, has entirely
healed and he is in pink OF condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

sporting SuASdSo SOuiA ois
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, February 1I-When
the White Sox leave Chicago the
evening of February q for Mineral Wells,
Tex, on their annual spring training
trip they will go in special train with
all the luxury of travel that IS to De
had and with high hopes that the season
of 1911 will be one Of the most success
full in their career. Manager Duny 1eeis
that he has a good chance to land near
the ton of the list with the team that
ha will have to battle for him this year,
and President Comiskey backs him up IN
! that opinion. With nucleus OF Ola
n1avers that will be surrounded by some
of the best young players OF the coun-
try duffy believes that the Sox will be
| IN the running from the very start OF
| the coming campaign. To begin with the
team should be in much better condl-
ton this spring than it was for the last
three wears. The long California train
ing trip has been abandoned. and this
wear the conditioning will take place AZ
Mineral Wells, Tex, famous resort
lust out of Fort Worth. There new
base ball ground has been ftted up .oa
fhe use Of the Chicago men. and the
climate will be much better than tnat
Of california has been for the men, as the
season is further advanced in Texas In
| the early spring weeks than 1t Is IN CAL
| fornia. The cold winds off the PACING
ocean have prevented the Sox from get
| ting into their best shape while IN Cali
| fornia for the three years that the team
has trained there and the tiresome rides
and countless nights in the sleeper DUR
| ing the six weeks just before the opening
| Of the season have handicapped the Sox
rather than helped them every year.
This year there will be no long Journey.
as It is only a two-night-and-a day run
from Chicago to Mineral Wells. and there
| they will have the best kind OF quar-
| ters for working out the soreness IN their
| muscles, and the bathing OF the famous
springs will help to soothe the sore spots.
The men that will go on the training
| trip will be as follows:
Catchers-sullivan. Mullen. Block. Nc
| Gray and Reynolds.
| Inflelders-Collins, Mullen, Mcconnell.
Zeider. Blackburne, Parent. Lord. Tan
nehill. Jones, Koerner, Gagnier and Cor
| han.
| Outfielders Dougherty. Messenger.
Waite, Mclean. Chouinard. Mcintyre,
Bodie, johnson, Bowser, Gilmore. Brink
er and Zwilling.
Pitchers-Walsh, White, Olmstead,
Scott, LANCE. Young. Baker. Farthing,
| Royce, Heinrich and Greenslade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
BY J. ED GRILLO.

TWO months from today the base bail
season OF 1911 will be opened, but long
before that time there will be much doing
To keep the followers OF the game inter-
ested.
Already several members OF the Ma
tlonaIs are in training at Hot Springs
and in a little over two weeks the entire
team will be- In Atlanta in training. In
ike most teams. the Nationals will make
their appearance before a local crowd
twelve DAYS before the season opens.
April 1 McAleer's men will open their
exhibition season at home, playing
Georgetown on that day. Then will come
several National League teams. SO that
by the time the season opens every one
hereabout should have fairly good line
on the teams strength.
At the schedule meeting to be held at
Chicago Tuesday the dates allotted to
the Washington team will be definitely
decided upon. 1t is unofficially an
nounced however, that the Nationals will
open the season on their own grounds
with either Boston or New York as OPP
ponents There was a time when ii
seemed certain that the locals would open
the season in Philadelphia, and If the
change is made as to have the first
games played here ii Will be pleasing tc
the fans. for the reason that nome games
early in the season give a better chance
for victory. and no doubt McAleer woulc
rather stack his team against Boston oil
New York than to tackle the world:
champions right at the outset OF the cam
paign
AS for the teams strength. no morta
can guess il, though assurance is giver
that il Will be no weaker than it wa
last season. Any one who watched thu
paying OF the team under McAleer las
year must agree that on the Who'll.
II impressed one as needing but
man or two to make 1t 4 contender IL
the race. Whether this man or two ha
been found remains to be seen. Once tn
team got into its stride after the frs
ak weeks OF the season and 1t showed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

Special Dispatch to The Star
BOSTON, February IL. = The Boston
American base ball club faces the sea-
son OF 1911 with tougher outlook than
at any time since John 1. Taylor owned
the club. While for q time last year
the team looked as II 1t had a chance to
finish well up In first division, there Is
little, II anything, which points to other
than the hardest kind Of q fight to get
into tho first four. In order to break
into the first four clubs In the standing
the Boston team will have to win q ma
5ority of games from at least four clubs.
figuring that Philadelphia IL as strong
this year as last These four clubs ere
New York. Chicago. Cleveland and D.
troit.
President Taylor has secured no patah-
ers to strengthen his pitching stan. Tho
new twirlers being largely men untr1ed
in fast company. Behind tho bat ct
the present ume he IL very weak. Bnl
Carrtgan stu remaining ''hold out"
At first base tho absence Of Jake 9tahl
means a serious loss to the team. For
this position there arc only Jack Thonsy
and Hugh Bradley. President Taylor
seems to think Thoney's arm is all right.
Bradley hit well In the New England
ACdSuOb "ACA0 A0 pay Gu LfSI VIC
cester, and was reasonably good hitter
when played regularly for Boston On
the other side Of he diamond Bill Pur-
tell, while good fielder, is certainly q
weak hitter. Tho outfleld. comprising
Speaker Lewis and Hooper. II about the
only classy thing to the team.
Tho following are tho new men 70 Be
tried on the training trip:
Pttchers-Jean Dale. Jack Killilay, Wal
ter F. Moser. Thomas j. O'Brien, George
Pierce and Hugh Bediant.
Catchers-C. D. Thomas, Aiva NJ. Will
liams, Leslie G. Nunnan1aker.
Infelders-George Hollis. Harold c. jan
win. Richard Nebringer. Herman Priepke.
8. d. Yerkes.
Outnelders-Henry Perry. Joseph Rig
CERT. Taylor Terrell and Curt Elston.
The Red Sox leave February Is at 1
o'clock for Redondo Beach, Cal. where
they will train until March 2, when the
team opens the new ball park at Los An
geles, playing the next day at San Fran
CISCO The squad Is to be divided into
two teams. playing up and down the
coast until March %. when the start for
tho east is made The Speed Boys play
an exhibition game at home April IL
with the Harvard University team. The
opening of the regular season IS on the
18th with the New York Americans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
st. Louis Globe.Democrat.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS. February 11.-Prospects
for the st. Louis Browns the coming sea-
son are anything but bright. to say the
least. 1t Is certain that Manager Bob
Wallace has accepted a job that will
prove to be the hardest he has ever
tackled. II he is able to do anything
toward the advancement of the club In
the American League race 1t will indeed
cause considerable surprise to not only
the fans Of st. Louis but base ball fol
lowers throughout the entire land.
But there appears to be more interes,
in the Browns this spring than there was
last year, fact which can be attributed
to the appointment Of Bobby Wallace te
manage the team. Wallace, who has
been the one real star to make good veal
after year since he has been with the
team, which has been ten seasons, Is de.
cidedly popular with local patrons OF the
game. and 1t is In the hope that he may
succeed where McAleer and OConnol
failed that the fans are pulling for thu
Browns. But, of course that alone Will
not bring results.
Wallace will start the spring training
trip next month in Hot Springs with q
number of old timers, who for many
years have failed to show any class
whatever. and a number Of young re-
cruits. few Of whom can be said to hold
wonderful records in the minor leagues
from which they have been purchased
Lefty George comes to the Browns with
q very good record and the critics who
have seen this young man in action are
certain that he will prove great twirler
for ST. Louis. Mailman, who will try for
tho position at third. also comes highly
touted. Outsideof these two 1t Is
hard to find q real star among the
youngsters that have been rounded up
for trial this year. The players who
will be tried out are as follows: Pitchers.
William Bailey. Dode Crisis, Charles
Eaton. Charley Tanning. H. w. Gregory,
Lefty George. Joe Lake, Roy Mitchell.
NJ. Murphy, w. Noyes, A. Nelson. Jack
Powell. Barney Petty, E. Pfeffer l..
Tretter, J. Willis, ]. Lott and W. Harper
catchers. Joe Crisp. Bill Killefer, Krit-
chell. j. Stephens and Mig Clarke: first
base, Pat Newman and Ben McAuley;
second base, Emery Olson and Truesdale
short stop, Wallace; third base. Mailman
left field, Stone, Blake and Black; CEN
ter field, Hoffman. Hartzell. Murray.
Shotton, Gus Williams and j. Covaleskie
right field, Schweitzer and ]. Earl OIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
Sporting Editor Detroit News.

sporting Edltof DetfoiS news.
Special Dispatch to Tho Star.
DETROIT. Mich. February I'LL
Hughie Jennings can get three or ever
two flrst-class pitchers out Of the 1e11
squad Of recruits. tho Tigers will Civ,
some team in tho American League 9
tough battle for the pennant, but II Jen.
nings fails to add to his present twirline
star only a phenomenal reversal of form
from 1910 will enable Detroit to be up IL
the race this year.
The old weakness pitching again con.
fronts Jennings. For three years he has
tried to get hrst-class man out of thu
party OF aspirants he takes south with
him, and for three years he has failed
This year ought to be different than tn.
others, think tho Tiger adherents.
Detroit needs a good catcher, q new
first baseman and another outdelder. bu
these positions will readily be filled II ,
few good hurlers turn up to Join Tn,
present staff Of regulars
| For Tom Jones' place are two candi
dates. John Charles Ness and Dellas =
NAAASN' >>CSS anu OdIIISE nave OOll Deer
here before
II neither Ness nor Gamer make goot
at first Jennings Will take George Mo
riarty from third and send him across
tho diamond to the initial sack.
There are plenty Of candidates for thirt
base. There is Jack Wuffli. and "Chick'
Lathers, a holdout at the present time
because he thinks he Is worth more
money than he drew az q utility infield.
err for the Tigers last year, is also 9
candidate for third base. So is Micke,
Corcoran. another holdout Uhere are
eight Of them on the Detroit club RICH,
now.
Matty Mcintyre Is gone and Detroi,
must get another outflelder. and two new
gardeners could be used. Walter Smaller
on paper. looks as the best outfield pros
poet. He has had one year Of professions.
base ball, with Springfield. ILL.,, last year
But as said before everything depends
on the pitchers. II Mullen, Summers
Willett and Donovan. the four veterans
have a good year the youngsters need moi
be world-beaters for the Tigers to repeat
but should any ono of this quartet fal
down things will go hard with the team
unless there are some stars among the
dntried material.