Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-13
BY 81. w. LANIGAN.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 13-Hot
Springs, aptly called the American
Carlsbad, is now entertaining the Brook
Ign Nationals and Philadelphia Nation
ais, Bill Dahlen's family arrived in town
in a body February % and is husting
hard, twice a day, at Wilmington Park.
Charley Doom arrived with his best bets
last Monday, and Tuesday that pert-look-
new campus. 1t is located within spacious
Wilmington Park Enclosure. directly
across the street from the Pirates re-
ers are using and will continue to use I'M
til Fred Clark comes along with his
braves March 16.
Tomorrow the Boston Red Sox make
their grand entry. Garland Stahl starts
practice going the next morning at Ma
jestic Park, on the south end of town,
and Is shaking hands with himself that
Henry O'Day passed up Hot Springs this
year. This means that the Red Sox will
have Majestic Park all to themselves, and
further means that Stahl won't have to do
what Clark Griffith and Rhody Wallace
did year ago, to wit, divide the pasture
and thus get only half a days work
Manly hO oOdSCIS Will OcdL IL WHEN the
Pirates hit town, and when the Phillies
depart Jack Hendricks will come along
with his Denver team.
That is a synopsis of Hot Springs
active base ball doings for the month.
To thoroughly round out the synopsis it
can be inserted that Mullin, Dono-
van, Crawford, Stanage. Delehanty and
lO'Leary of the Royal Bengals; Cy Young
and Hub Perdue OF the Boston Nationals,
| Germany Schaefer of the Washingtons
and a score Of lesser greats including
Rowdy Elliot. Nashvlle's tidy lookinl
catcher, chap who will be a successful
| big Lacquer some day unless he does not
take the trouble to climb to the fore:
Tonneman, a Highlander receiver. who
| looks very $3.50. though who can scarce
| ly hope to beat Gabby Street and Billyam
Sweeney out of their jobs; Riggs, an hon.
est little workman, who wants to make
good under Rhody Wallace; Jimmy
Burke. Indianapolis boy manager, who
can go TO third on his own team in
pinch; Charley Starr of Mobile. Bill Chap
pelle of Chattanooga, ETC., etc. etc, not
ito forget Bill Carrigan, Clyde Engle,
Charley Hall and Fred Anderson. who
| were on deck early with Stahi, have been
playing on our diamonds, hiking over our
mountains, quaf1ing our water and taking
our baths for the past thirty days or so.
Hot Springs was chrfstened the mecca
of the ball players long, long ago. and
L
grows bulkier every year. The good luck
| always encountered by the venerable
/ Pittsburgh team and the way Cy Young
/! sticks in the game affords couple Of
| is the place where the base ball colony
| should come in February and March.
| George Mullin, Sam Crawford and Bill
Donovan are three other veterans who
have long been visiting every spring, and
| they form three of Hot Springs very best
\ chanrniOnS Garland Sfahl has
swung into line. Also Cy Seymour. Then
| James c. Gaffney, the new Boston mag
nate, has hopes that ]. King will want
| to pass up Augusta after this spring. and
| guarantees that If King favors the
switch to Hot Springs he will buy the
| ground and put up tiptop ball field
| here for the Doves. Mr.. Gaffney has
| called every February for lot of Feb
| ruarys. and has it in his book as the darb
| resort town Of the world.
Brooklyn has not cut up many styl-
ish capers in the late National League
races, but it wouldn't surprise yours
truly II Dahlen had quite lot Of luck
this year. He has had q corking good
team, excepting hitters, for two years
His squad is a splendid appearing one;
he seems to be fairly lucky with his
grabs and he made shrewd move when
he engaged Wee Willie Keeler and Eddie
Phelps to help him out on the training
trip. Bet the coming two big races won't
1 be very far advanced before some mag
nate Will be sorry he did not sign Keller
club to run. He Is handling Dahlen's
recruits, and first day out showed them
how to choke their bats and stand
up at the plate and how to place the
helped Bresnahan in ST. Louis and ne
bids fair to help Dahlen In Brooklyn.
Chink has long been q faithful work
man. IL inclined to be lazy during the
guns with Dahlen's youthful battery can
didates. The Dodgers only beat out one
team in 1A11. Yours truly looks Tor them