The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-17

The warning of the United States gov
eminent in ordering the Sixth Cavalry
to proceed at once from Fort Des Moines'
Iowa, TO points along the border stirred
Manager Chase up yesterday morning.
when he ordered his Yankees to proceed
10 the home of the Nationals this after
noon. and, what is more. he ordered his
men to continue the good work which
the team displayed in Philadelphia,
where they beat the Athletics three
straight games, and they were all mid
season games: and there will not be any
more disturbance at Shibe Park than
the New Workers furnished in those three
games.
We might say it is foolish to tell and
rave about what a good club the New
Workers have at this early date. as there
are Isl more games to play; but with
all that, the fans in New York can rest
assured that Chase has a good and dan
rerOus ball club, because the team is
lighting at all times to win, and every
player on the club has enough agrees
siveness in his makeup while the nine
is in action to make them the contenders
for the pennant in the Ban Johnson or
EaniZatiOn.
The players are not claiming the pen
nant or anything like that. but better
spirit never prevailed in the Yankee
camp, and the same thing goes for the
harmony among all of the players. who
are with Chase to a man-and that's a
big, percentage on any ball club.
1t is very evident. as said before. that
the Hilltoppers' pitching staff is going to
keep them up in the race. This is very
important to any big league ball club.
Ray Caldwell got into the box on Sat
urday, and while he was taken out ow-
ing to being little wild, all of the Yam
kee players are high in their praise for
the slim pitcher. None of the New YOrl;
pitchers, with the exception of Jim
Vaughn, has gone the full route, the
hurlers not being keyed up to that pitch
where they can work in the full nine
innings. However, all of them are rap
idly getting ready, and all of the pitch
ers look good. Ford is ready to work
He had the same stuff as he had last
season in the short time he was In the
box on Saturday, and will likely pitch
one of the games in Washington or open
up on the Hilltop when the Yankees put
their feet under their own table on
Thursday.
In reviewing the Yankee infield the in
ner works never looked more formidable
Chase and Knight make a brilliant pair
on the right end of the inffeld while
johnson and Roy Hartzell are going like
race horses on their end of the infield
Hartzell has been going at top speed in
the three games with the Athletics Sue
cess seems to be marked all over Hart
zell, owing to his change of scenery from
St Louis to New York Hartzell hasn't
struck his right stride in the hitting, but
is pounding the ball as well as could be
expected at this early stage of the sea-
son.
While the Yankees got in the Easter
parade yesterday, they were talking
shop, just the same. Walter Blair had
something to say when the question came
up about Russ Ford's mystery ball:
81 have been catching Ford the past
few days, and he has showed me some
thing / never saw in my life when 1t
comes to having peculiar break on the
ball. That's the reason he is such a
success. His ball which breaks both
ways is wonder, and i am afraid that
the batters in the American League are
going to have just as hard time with
him this season as they did last"
Despite the fact that Ed Sweeney Is
somewhat out of the game with q bad