Evening star., 1912-11-21
CASH|ON LEARNING
AMOT|ON TO FIRST
Big Pitcher Writes He Is Try
ing to Improve Himself
During Off Season.
DAHLEN SAYS keller
HAD 1T ON FOSTER
Considers Wee Willie Greatest
of Place Hitters-Ameri-
can League to Meet
in Chicago.
BY J. ED GRILLO.

When ball player puts in the of
season trying to perfect himself in his
weaknesses he displays the right kind
OF ambition and deserves success. Carl
| Cashion, the giant pitcher of Griffiths
staff. evidently proposes to show to better
advantage next season than he did during
the last. and with this end in view he
| Is already putting in his spare hours.
One of the big fellows shortcomings
was his inability to hold runners on first
base. He did not have a deceptive mo-
| tion toward that bag and it was possible
for base runners to get a good lead, thus
making it difficult for the catchers to
prevent them from stealing.
Ever since he has been at his home at
Huntersville, n. c., Cashion has been
practicing a motion which will make it
possible for him to hold the runners near
er to first base.
In letter to the writer Cashion tells
how he is trying to improve himself.
Here is portion of his letter:
Huntersville. N. c., November 10. 1917.
]. Ed. Grillo, Sporting Editor Evening
Star, Washington, D. c.:
Dear Ed: Just few lines to let you
know how l am spending the winter.
am out on the farm doing a good day S
work every day. but not overlooking a
my arm. thorough rest, but every day
| get out and practice a motion to first
base. I do this without any strain on
my arm. 1 want to be able to hold run
ners close to the bag next year, and by
the time I report at the training CAM l
will have 1t down pat
l am going to show more next season
than I did last. / am keeping In fine
shape. and l hope to be able to put the
ball through a knothole when the season
opens. 1 realize when ] get control of
the ball will have no trouble holding up
my end and / want to do everything
can to help the Nationals to the top of
the race. CARL CASHION.
$50 Kid Foster can place the ball
around the lot in batting on the order
of Willie Keeler, eh?" said Bill Dahlen at
the foot ball game over at Washington
Park, in Brooklyn, the other day. well,
the kid who stops them at third base for
Griffith may be good as place hitting, but
when they compare him with Willie Keel
er it is time to take the dope stick away
from them There will be none who could
hit them around the lot and lay them
down like Willie did. l have seen him in
many game where the left fielder would
be pulled in and the shortstop moved over
toward third base when Bill was hitting
them in that direction. Then he would
and the shortstop as neatly as IL he took
the ball in his hand and placed it. give
Foster all the credit he deserves, but he
is not the place hitter that was Willie
Keller when in his prime"
According to Owner Farrell Of the New
York club, the American League will
hold it's annual meeting in Chicago De-
cember II. Farrell says he has received
official notice to this effect from Presi-
dent Johnson. President Minor of the
Washington club stated this morning that
he had received no such notice as yet,
but that he expected to have a letter
from the president shortly.